30-11-2001 22:25									#1
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"And now, the moment you have all been waiting for..."

The challenger, Carolus Rex, throwing the gauntlet at the feet of the champ! What an insult, what a nerve! The challenger actually picks black!?

Inspector Dirty Rex: "So you have to ask yourself, 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, champ? Go ahead, champ! Make your move (and my day)!"

Carolus

	01-12-2001 02:20									#2
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1 e4

	01-12-2001 02:23									#3
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What an insult
Black is beautiful and black can win
I even happen to have won some games with black
Most seriously, I think playing black is as good as playing white except that the 1st player can choose more easily an opening to his liking

	01-12-2001 02:25									#4
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And of course good luck
In the last encounter you were pretty close with your kingside attack
I'm looking forward to see your opening choice

	01-12-2001 04:05									#5
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1. e4 e5

Carolus

	01-12-2001 04:07									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida I even happen to have won some games with black

LOL!

True, that's why I chose black. Figured it was time for a white win...

Carolus

	01-12-2001 04:10									#7
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BTW, I'm in Geneva for the moment (and have been since September), so I don't have my chess board with me. I will have to buy one really soon, but the first couple of moves should be fine.

Carolus

	02-12-2001 22:22									#8
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3

	03-12-2001 15:35									#9
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1. e4 ... e5
2. Nf3 ... Nc6

Carolus

	03-12-2001 23:52									#10
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ...

	04-12-2001 20:05									#11
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1. e4 ... e5
2. Nf3 ... Nc6
3. d4 ... exd4

Carolus

	05-12-2001 14:01									#12
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4

	06-12-2001 11:17									#13
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for the record its "FLOAT like a butterfly,sting like a bee"

rumble young man, rumble

	06-12-2001 13:25									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Smash for the record its "FLOAT like a butterfly,sting like a bee" rumble young man, rumble

Smash, ours butterflies float, but having lived over in that area for a few years I can assure you that those in Northern Europe and Scandinavia Dance. They're closer to the Pole so gravity is a bit stronger.

Ken

	06-12-2001 14:57									#15
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I was thinking of Cassius Clay's own description of his boxing. The Swedish translation is "dance like a butterfly", I thought "float" was something boats did?

Carolus

	06-12-2001 14:59									#16
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6

McCarolus

	07-12-2001 15:34									#17
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6
Julius McZaida

	07-12-2001 20:06									#18
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6

Carolus

	07-12-2001 20:10									#19
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No more moves for me until Monday.

Have a good week-end, everybody!

Carolus

	09-12-2001 02:22									#20
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5

	09-12-2001 02:29									#21
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Good week-end to you too, Carolus
I hope not playing chess is not meaning you got to work or something terrible like that

	10-12-2001 15:52									#22
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5 ... Qe7

Carolus

	10-12-2001 15:56									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida I hope not playing chess is not meaning you got to work or something terrible like that

Heh, heh, heh! No I didn't work.

Carolus

	12-12-2001 00:13									#24
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5 ... Qe7
7 Qe2

	12-12-2001 16:19									#25
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1. e4 ... e5
2. Nf3 ... Nc6
3. d4 ... exd4
4. Nxd4 ... Nf6
5. Nxc6 ... bxc6
6. e5 ... Qe7
7. Qe2 ... Nd5

Carolus

	12-12-2001 16:33									#26
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I have played the Scotch game quite often as white, but I always favoured:

5. Nc3 ... Bb4
6. Nxc6 ... bxc6
7. Bd3 ...

This gives black some seemingly aggressive counterplay (starting with the pin in the 5th move), but I never liked the route now chosen by Julius. Why? Because after 6. e5... White has moved the e-pawn twice (although with a threath the second time) and has no pieces developed, whereas Black has a knight out (and is a move down!).

That being said, 6. e5 ... certainly looks aggressive and I'm sure I'll be succumbing to a heavy attack in the next 5-10 moves...

Carolus

	13-12-2001 16:39									#27
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1 e4 ... e5
2 Nf3 ... Nc6
3 d4 ... exd4
4 Nxd4 ... Nf6
5 Nxc6 ... bxc6
6 e5 ... Qe7
7 Qe2 ... Nd5
8 c4

	13-12-2001 16:43									#28
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Well, I’ve mostly played the 2 knights, the italian and the Evans in my “career”. But I wanted to try something else. The Scotch is very interesting. The 5Nc3 variation is less ambitious, in my opinion black has a much easier game and fears nothing if he remains cool in defence. His central pawns (d5/c6) should even guarantee him a small advantage. I recall a Lautier victory in this variation with a proper Na4 as white, but that’s all (I think) as far as top chess is concerned. We’re definitely not on the same level as the top GMs but I was more convinced by some Kasparov game in the Nxc6 variation. True enough that everything has a price and the spatial and central advantage of white comes not for free : he is behind in developpement. But I hope it is managable.

	13-12-2001 20:14									#29
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In what move did Lautier play Na4?

Carolus

	13-12-2001 20:20									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida We’re definitely not on the same level as the top GMs...

Are you sure?

I'm most definitely not at the same level as the top Apolytoner!

Carolus