Is 3. Bc4 a coffee house move ?? part two

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4

3....NXe4 4.Nc3 is the continuation I like to play when N takes e4.

This is the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit.

Here are some representative games:

Morphy wins with it


http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1264566

Boden draws with Morphy with it

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1357059

Allies vs Alekhine

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012395

Lasker is beaten by Harlaub with it

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1267156

Revenge ! Harlaub trys again and Lasker beats him silly

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1267157

Lasker wins with it(paste pgn file in the pgn viewer)

[Event "Philadelphia sim"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[Black "Martinez,Dion M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C42"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nxe5 Ng5 6.d4 d6 7.Bxg5 dxe5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Nd5 Qd6 10.Qe2 c6 11.dxe5 Qd8 12.Nf4 0-0 13.0-0 Kh8 14.Qh5 Qe8 15.Rad1 Nd7 16.Rfe1 b5
17.Bd3 g6 18.Qh6 Nc5 19.Nh5 1-0

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lucky 13:nearing the end level 20

Session**** Problem Set***#Problems******#wrong**%session****total%******
S1*********** 111-160 **********50**********0******100%*******100%*****
S2*********** 161-169***********09**********1********96%*******99%*****
S3*********** 170-190***********21**********1*******98%********99%*****
S4********* 191-210***********20**********4*******85%********97%*****

S5********* 211-230*************20*********4******85(%********95%*****
S6********* 231-250***********20**********3******93%*******95%*****
S)********* 250-270***********20**********8******??%*******93%*****
S)********* 270-290***********20**********6******86%*******92%*****

S)********* 290-310***********20**********6******82%*******91%*****
S)********* 310-330***********20**********9******77(%*******89%*****
S)********* 330-340***********10**********6******63%*******)))%*****
S)********* 341-360***********20**********8******80%*******88%*****
S)********* 360-397***********36**********15*****75%*******86%*****





incorrect
164,181,194,195,198,203,215,216,221,222,240,247,248,251,253,255,258,
260,263,268,270,274,278,279,296,302,303,305,306,307.309,316,317,319,
320,321,322,323,325,326,332,335,335,337,338,340,341,342,343,348,349,350,
351,353,356,362,369,375,379,380,381,383,388,389,390,392,393,394,395,396

Is 3. Bc4 a coffee house move ?? part one

I am white and J'adoube is black.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4

Is Bc4 a coffeehouse move???????

What do you think? please comment
Inquiring minds want to know

endgame class

Ran across this link in my travels

http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/epshteyn/toc.htm

Might prove to be a good resource for a simple endgame self study class

A tactical game

Heres an interesting game I played last night that I am very happy with. Some day I will figure out how to post the game within the website but until then just cut and paste the game into the game viewer at this link.

http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html



[Event "Rated game, 30m + 45s"]
[Date "2005.08.22"]
[White "Takchess"]
[Black "nn"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[TimeControl "1800+45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Qg4 Nh6 7. Qxg7 Nxd4 8. Qxh8+ Ke7 9. Bg5+ f6 10. Bxf6+ Kf7 11. Qg7+ Ke8 12. Bxd8 Nxc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Qh8+ Kf7 15. Qf6+ Ke8 16. Qxh6 Kxd8 17. Qxh7 b6 18. Qg8+ Ke7 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Bf3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qg8+

Back in the Trenches MC12 L20

Session**** Problem Set***#Problems***#wrong**%session*****total%
S1********* 111-130 **********20**********1******98%********98%*****
S2********* 131-151 **********22**********2*****???%********98%*****
S3********* 152-170 **********19**********1******98%********98%*****
S4********* 171-190 **********20**********2******95%********97%*****
S5********* 191-200 **********10**********1******96%********97%*****
S6********* 201-220 **********20**********3******94%********96%*****
S7********* 221-230 **********10**********3******89%********96%*****
S8********* 231-250 **********20**********5******85%********94%*****
S9********* 251-270 **********20**********10*****76%********92%*****
S10******** 271-290 **********20**********7******83%********91%*****
S11*********291-310 **********20**********9******75%%*******90%*****
S12******** 311-330 **********20**********5******88%********90%*****
S13*********331-350 **********20**********8******73%********89%*****
s14******** 351-370 **********20**********6******80%********88%*****
s15******** 371-396 **********28*********11******70?%*******86%*****
Completed and now a study set of incorrect ones.









S1 126W* S2 131,132* s3 162* S4 180, 184*, S5 193*, S6 202,203,216*
S7 225,227,229 S8 240,241.248,249,250 s8 250,251,252,255,258,266,267,
268,269,270 S10 272,273,274,275,279,289,290 s11297,298.299,300,301,302,
303,307,308 s12 316,320,321,323,326 s13 336,340,341,343,344,346,348,349
s13 351,355,358,359,365,369,370 s14 377,378,379,380,381,382,389,392,393,394,
396

War of Attrition

I will be done my last session of my current Level 20 circle tonight. Frankly, I am a little surprised that my recognition of the problems and their solutions are not better. My next step is that I am going to work on my incorrect problems. I will start with the first incorrect problem and do it 10 times then move on to the second problem. It sounds extreme but to do the same problem in rapid succession does not take significantly more time that solving it the first time. My tactical play in games does appear at times to be better. On Friday, at Chess Club I beat another strong player who had a record of 10-0 against me.

Session One: completed the subset for 116-200 10x 172,193,194 review once more
Session Two: completed the 200-210 subset 206 & 208 review once more
(202 is walking down the ladder tactic)
Session Three:completed 211-220 subset 10X
session Four :completed 220-250 subset 10x 248 review
Session Five& Six : completed 250-307 subset 10X 266,302 review again
Session Seven: 308-334 subset 10X 327 is an epalette mate(sp)
Session Eight 335-352 subset 10x
Session Nine 353-379 subset 10x 320 is an unusual queen bishop mate,356
review,379 is a tough Nezh tactic
Session Ten: did final 10X subset 389,390,393 review
might do a 1 subset before another circle at l20
Post 10X review....100-200 only 193& 199 to review
200-250 202,203,204,208,240,248,250
250-300 257,274,275,276
300-350 302,303,306,308,309,320,323,340
350-389 review 353,356,389 379 (correct but hah)

Pure Evil

This gambit is pure evil.....

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/shilling.htm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/blackburne.htm

Playing the giuoco this can really hurt you.

MC11 L20 Once again

on Minicircle 10,just wanted to get er done and finished at the same score as MC9 82%. Did problems at times when I was tired and barely awake. Played alot of intuitive moves played quickly without full calculation so my score reflected it. Will do MC11 a little differently if I get a problem wrong I will f3 then f4 and return to redo the problem immediately. Will most likely affect scoring so it could not qualify as my final circle.

Session**** Problem Set***#Problems***#wrong******
S1********* 111-150 **********49**********3********
S2********* 151-170***********20**********4********
S3********* 171-190***********20**********3********
s4********* 191-205***********15**********7********
s5********* 206-230***********25**********6********
s6********* 231-250***********20**********10********
s7********* 251-270***********20**********6********
s8********* 271-290***********20**********8********
s9********* 291-310***********20**********6********
s10*********311-330***********20**********6********
s11*********331-350***********20**********8********
s12*********351-370***********20**********9********
s13*********371-396***********26**********14********

116W-MO.....131w.....150W-MO (also 128 although correct has complex moves to review)
*********151...156...158...170....
152cdfs....163cdfs......
184w.....188w....189WMO.....drill for speed these 172....173....185......
on 189 evaluate if you make the sac check that creates the opportunity of a discovered check or the attack first
193...194....199...202....203...204...205....
dfs 197....198.......
Wrong 208....215......216MO.....221......223.....225.....
DFS 206.....207....
207 is the coat rack mate
220 is an important arabian mate combination net
wrong 233....235...237...239....240....242....246....248....249....250....
wrong 254....257...259...263....266...267.....
wrong 274...275...276....281...288...289....290...
wrong 302...303...306...307...308....309.....
wrong 313....320...321...322...323....327.....
Wrong 335....337...340...341...345...348....349...350...
Wrong 353...354...356...362...365....367...368...370....
Wrong 375...378...379...380...381...383....384...387....
wrong 389....390...391....392...393...394....395.....

300 positions

I had a week at the beach and brought a stack of chess books to read. My earlier goal was to read My System by Nimzovitch during this time and get away from studying
tactics. I found this to be too heavy reading for the beach and ended up reading from 2 books.

The Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas by Lev Alburt and a book on checkmates by Robertie.

I really like the Alburt book which is pocket sized with the left page containing 4
position and the right side page containing the answers and a paragraph on each position. Unlike a typical tactic book there is much more variety: simple pawn vs king endgame positions, position where it seems intuitive to take a piece but doing so would lead to losing material, quiet moves, simple checkmate nets and more complex ones. They are hand chosen by Alburt to contain 300 positions that he feels
are the most important to know. This is the closest thing I know of as to someone creating a set of flashcards for the most important positions.

300 positions is a number that has some significance. According to the book GM-Ram,
Russian Chess Folklore says there are 300 positions contain the essential knowledge one needs to be a grandmaster. The debate of course what are those 300 positions. Gm-Ram contains the collection of about 250 positions that Ziyatdinov feels are important without any discusions about them. You are to study them on your own. The first 130 are endgame position and the balance are middlegame positions.

Perhaps there is value in doing fewer tactics and studying them deeper: Stoyko exercizes. I may incorporate some simple endgame studies into my circles.

I like Roberties writing very much. His books have good illustrative games,lots of positions simply explained. One thing I picked up is the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Knights_Defense
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane38.pdf

I have played this before in games without knowing the name and can be derived from the Petrov as well. It leads to some interesting open positions. Here is a link to the game listed in the Robertie book that leads to a Legal style Mate in 9 moves.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1243074

Good luck with J'adoube reading of De Groots book . If ever a chess book needed cliff notes this is the one. I'll be interested in reading his post on this.

Hope to write a post on my latest thoughts the MDLM Experience soon but want to get
more tactics done first.

MC10 L20 Taking another run at it

Session 1: 111-130 20 problems 96 Session % 96 overall %
Session 2: 131-150 20 problems 96 Session % 96 overall %
Session 3: 151-180 20 problems 86% Session 92% overall %
Session 4: 181-200 20 problems 83% session 90 overall (done while tired)
Session 5: 201-213 13 problems 80% session 89 overall
Session 6: 204-220 16 problems 85% session 88% overall
Session 7: 221-266 45 problems 81% session 85% overall
Session 8: 267-291 25 problems 68% session 83% overall
Session 9: 291-312 21 problems 78% session 82% overall
Session 10:313-330 19 problems 87% session 83% overall
Session 11:331-341 10 problems 58% session 82% overall(dwt)
Session 12:341-365 25 problems 82% session 82% overall
Session 13:366-396 31 problems 79% session 82% overall






S1 wrong 116....127.....
drill for speed 128....

s2 wrong 131...150....
drill for speed 132...239...143...147....
cool tactics 140...142...146...(pull into tunnel mate) 149...rook stack

s3 wrong 151...152...155...165...178...
drill for speed 156...158...164....
cool tactics 163...166....

s4 wrong 171...172...176...178....180...182...184...189....
dfs 177

s5 wrong 193...198...199...202...203...
dfs 196...197,,,,
ct 194.....202....

S6 wrong 204....206...208...209...215....216...
ct 207...220

S7 wrong 221...223....229...230...232...240...242...246...
247...248... 250....254...266....

ct 222through 232
also 252 ...265....]

s8 wrong 267...269...270...272....276....277...288...290...291...
ct 285...289....

s9 wrong 300...302...303...304...307...309....

s10 wrong 323...324...327...329....
ct 327...

s11 wrong 332...334...335...336...340...
ct 334....337...338.... (338 is an important Queen/bishop pattern to memorize)

s12 wrong 355...362....

s13 366.... 369....371....373....377...379...380....383....387....389...
394....395.....

ct 370....374

Back again L20 post 9 circle subset

longer post later but first tactics...

first post 9 subset of problems 53 problems those l20 between 100-300,score is 77%
overall

redo these (before moving on to the 300-400 subset)

162...176....180....191....194....198....200....202...206...230.....

239...242....247...249...250...252...257....278....279...286.....

290....291....292....

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

now redo these

176....194.....200....206....230...239....249....250......

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

now redo these
194....230....239......

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
subset of 300-350 wrong to redo

300...304...306...307...308...313...320....332....

334...336....337....341....344...349...350....
>>>>>>>>
now redo

300...306....307...308...334...337...341....

344... 349.....

>>>>>>

Redo these 350-396 l20

356...359...369...370...371...377....379....380...
381...383...386...387...389...390....392...393...
394... 396...

now redo these

356...369...370...379...380...381...383...
389...390...393...394...396.....

redo these
379...380...389...390...393....394....
redo these
380....390...394....