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[AlabamAlum]

I, Duke Alum The Merciful of the House Alum, First of His Name, Grand Chancellor of Glenfiddich, Smiter of Morons, Eater of Pork Snacks, hereby claim this thread in the name of His Majesty, Lord King Saban. Let it be known to all who venture here and take respite and sanctuary in this fair land that henceforth and forever more, this thread shall be known as the thread of the Game of Kings, Chess. Any man who dares question this rightful and just destiny of acquisition shall be sentenced to death by Buchanan post. This I so swear by the Bear God.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

And DSL, thank you for staying on-topic.

[iam416]

Seems like you were, once again, the fair and just.

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[AlabamAlum]

Agreed, Talent. Agreed.

[AlabamAlum]

A portrait of one of my favorite GMs: Emanuel Lasker.

[Dr. Strangelove]

He looks drunk, high on poppy seeds, or clinically insane. A true chessmaster.

[AlabamAlum]

PhD in mathematics. Dabbled in philosophy. Author. Highly skilled bridge and GO player and wrote about both games (and chess, of course) as well as inventing his own game. Longest reigning world chess champion. Taught math at Tulane here in the states and someplace in the UK and at a university in Moscow. He is German and so is his wife and they are both Jewish so they fled Germany for the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power. He later left the Soviet Union to come back to the US.

Fascinating fellow.

[iam416]

So, I've spent some reading openings. I've focused on responses to d4 as an initial matter. After some review, I've decided to learn more about this Nimzo motherfucker mostly because wildcat00 was my favorite K-State poster ever. So, I read up on it and I like the underlying theory. I have a basic understanding of the principles and even go so far as to look at (not learn) some Rubinstein lines. So, I'm ready to get to business trying to see this in real action against on-line patzers. Lo and behold, I get a d4 opening and I'm ready to go...

What do I get? 2. f3?

[AlabamAlum]

Let the early f3 guys bite some granite with a c6/d5 pawn structure. Kingside fianchetto guys hate having a blocked diagonal for that bishop. And/or work to swap off that bishop with a Qd7/Bh3 move (like you attempted with me). You have to spend some tempo for it, but they will too to defend.

[iam416]

I rather doubt there's much thought to this. In any event, isn't a kingside pinnochio g3, not f3?

I'm almost certain his f3 was to prepare for e4, so I moved d5. If he moves e4 now then I'll take. My guess is he'll take back with his f pawn opening up that file. If he doesn't then I've got myself a gambit and I'll accept. Fortunately, in this untimed games I can read up on this new shit. It doesn't feel very sporting, but I'm trying to learn. So, now I've learned the seldom used "Pale Face" attack to the Nimzo.

d4 nf6
f3 d5
?

[iam416]

Also, there's no much on-line re Pale Face nonsense, so there's not much to "cheat" on. The predominant line seems to be the gambit situation, but I rather doubt I get there.

[iam416]

I mean, I actually had my board out and played through several variations from my MCO book. And even took a cursory look at the Queen's Indian. Bah.

[AlabamAlum]

[AlabamAlum]

Pale face? I am not familiar with that at all. F3/e4 for white. Or f6/e5 for black is a fantasy variation. It is spectacularly bustable.

[iam416]

The interwebs says that's what it's called. I found several master games played with it. The game analysis is alread -0.6 with d5. The best response is, apparently, e4. At which point I need to decide on dxe4 or c6.

I think it's 90% that he plays Nc6 to continue his effort to fortify e4. Then I think I can play Bf5. Or I could go e6...Bb4 and force my way back into some sorto Injun set up.

I'm sure this will play out over the course of days. Fucking 21st C correspondence chess.