tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post7293553639821837111..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: quintuple whammyElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-89734874154084810902010-10-29T16:15:31.208-04:002010-10-29T16:15:31.208-04:00You have written very little about USCL this seaso...You have written very little about USCL this season. Perhaps you should change your current blog title "USCL news and gossip" to Elizabeth's chess blog.<br /><br />Just a thought.<br /><br />Best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-57636996825924703952010-10-29T08:44:20.805-04:002010-10-29T08:44:20.805-04:00I hope the fellow gets to 1600, and you get the bo...I hope the fellow gets to 1600, and you get the book, though if he does, perhaps you'll grant him the power to have raised his own rating, with your help :)Gurdonarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808311825546186934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-64256760260665157472010-10-27T07:05:10.419-04:002010-10-27T07:05:10.419-04:00Hey Liz,
I wouldn't get down about the game, ...Hey Liz,<br /><br />I wouldn't get down about the game, the deck was really stacked against you before it even started. Not playing much in the past couple years make things tough. That combined with the time penalty and playing board 3--not a fun situation.<br /><br />Anyways as far as the opening is concerned, this pawn sac line is fine and I don't think you should really blame the opening. I feel like black equalizes in this line but white gets an imbalanced position where he/she has chances to outplay black. The h3-g4 nh4-g2 stuff is harmless and black is atleast = in all the positions I've looked at. If I were you I'd look at either Bf1 with the idea of playing a quick c3-d4 or Ba4 after a6. I still think black is = in these lines but there is a lot more room for black to mess up.<br /><br />As far as the moves in the game are concerned, Qc6+ was a pretty big inaccuracy, my king is always better on f8 than e8, and then Qf4 allowing me Rg4 with tempo was another one (Qd3 is better). Rd1 was not great either, the best chance to hold at that point is just Rb1 but it's already not much fun to play as white.Bradennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-77171086484142111482010-10-27T04:07:09.289-04:002010-10-27T04:07:09.289-04:00found a (couple of) four-mover(s)
Nh4/e5-g6, Nd5-...found a (couple of) four-mover(s)<br /><br />Nh4/e5-g6, Nd5-e7<br /><br />0__0ben daswaninoreply@blogger.com