tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post6297153477457512915..comments2024-03-28T01:17:43.262+01:00Comments on Temposchlucker: Studying the Leningrad DutchTemposchluckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-2141784178527136412007-11-23T11:35:00.000+01:002007-11-23T11:35:00.000+01:00Edwin,now you mention it, I remember that I must h...Edwin,<BR/>now you mention it, I remember that I must have the CD myself somewhere! Thanks for offering.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-10792603696311468582007-11-23T01:52:00.000+01:002007-11-23T01:52:00.000+01:00I recognize something in this opening. Maybe it is...<EM>I recognize something in this opening. Maybe it is an indication to what my real chess style will be like. I never had that before with an opening.</EM><BR/><BR/>Ah! I see... In my opinion when you recognize yourself in the opening you're playing, you should play it. I've had that feeling too and it really makes you feel the difference. Because i also played/play openings that just don't feel right but which i just <STRONG>WANT</STRONG> to play. Even though you notice that you just not quite get it. Well, you know what i'm trying to say... Now go and make that Leningrad your own. I offered Samurai some stuff on the Lening including the contents of a <A HREF="http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=001226&AFFIL=JEREMY" REL="nofollow">ChessBase CD</A> on the opening. If you want it too, let me know and i'll make sure to send it to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-41886927346399936942007-11-22T11:11:00.000+01:002007-11-22T11:11:00.000+01:00Edwin,good point. I couldn't turn the early deviat...Edwin,<BR/>good point. I couldn't turn the early deviations of the Benko into something useful. It is my strong belief that if you want to transform the slow 1.d4 into an active counterattack with black you must either play f5/e5 or the Benko accepted.<BR/><BR/>Since I couldn't force an accepted Benko, I must turn to an opening that forces f5/e5. Which is the Leningrad for instance. As far as I can see, the early deviations in the Leningrad can be dealt with without altering the character of the counter attack. In that it differs from the Benko.<BR/><BR/>It has to be proven first of course that early deviations will cause black no problems, but that is what I intend to write about in a next post or two.<BR/><BR/>I recognize something in this opening. Maybe it is an indication to what my real chess style will be like. I never had that before with an opening.<BR/><BR/>After all there was only one reason I adopted gambits: in order to learn tactics. Besides that a risky style is very alien to me.<BR/><BR/>About the KG: a gambit is good when the opponent is worse off when declining it. Which I consider to be the case with the KG.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-79563571378537429982007-11-22T10:30:00.000+01:002007-11-22T10:30:00.000+01:00PMD,you can read about it here. It's mainly becaus...PMD,<BR/>you can read about it <A HREF="http://temposchlucker.blogspot.com/2007/11/1d4-nf6-2nf3-now-what.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. It's mainly because I have no answer to 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3<BR/><BR/>Alas at our club we have at least 4 men who play that. And I'm fed up to draw against much lower rated players.<BR/><BR/>Besides that I'm outphasing some gambits that don't work in my hands or that I don't trust.Temposchluckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977208394417444785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-67446288508939820722007-11-22T05:31:00.000+01:002007-11-22T05:31:00.000+01:00The Leningrad Dutch? Kind sir, please tell me you...The Leningrad Dutch? Kind sir, please tell me you have not abandoned your beloved Faj in response to 1.d4. <BR/><BR/>This opening looks like it would do well in quick games because people so rarely see it. Thus if you are booked up you won't eat time while your opponent will waste precious time figure out the moves. <BR/><BR/>What made you decide to take on this new opening line. Needed something new? Frustrations with your current repertoire?Pale Morning Dun - Errant Knight de la Mazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12404376177031016354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10713928.post-36946187233364600652007-11-22T03:01:00.000+01:002007-11-22T03:01:00.000+01:00That "main line" is pretty. BUT... I played quite ...That "main line" is pretty. BUT... I played quite a few Leningrad games myself and i found that most of my opponents do <STRONG>NOT</STRONG> play the main line. Better yet, they get out of book at move 3 or 4 or something like that. But hey, you gotta deal with that shit too. So you could've just as well started playing the Benko. As you said you really wanted. Or are you only out to play the accepted variation? Because as with the King's Gambit... You have "accepted" and "declined". So i ask you, <EM>first five moves</EM>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com