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Subject: Re: Rebel draws with IM Russek

Author: Ramón Martínez

Date: 07:04:48 12/31/99

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On December 31, 1999 at 09:56:45, James T. Walker wrote:

>On December 31, 1999 at 07:36:08, David Blackman wrote:
>
>>On December 31, 1999 at 01:24:40, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>I have to say, Russek sucks in the opening....
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>Maybe it's not that great an opening objectively, but i think it has reasonable
>>chances against an opponent who doesn't know it very well (ie. anyone who hasn't
>>guessed you're going to play it). Especially if white is going to castle into
>>it. Black has some fairly obvious plans here, and white has a few chances to go
>>wrong. This may be a better practical approach than playing 25 moves of
>>Scheveningen Sicilian theory that the computer has memorised better than you
>>have, and then landing in a tactical mess. And in fact there have been GM games
>>won with similar variations (not sure about this exact move order though).
>>
>>>On December 30, 1999 at 23:41:30, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>>>
>>>>[White "*RebelCentury"]
>>>>[Black "*Russek"]
>>
>>>>1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Qd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Nf3
>>>>Rg8 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bg3 b6 10. Bxh7 Rh8 11. Bd3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Bb7 13. c4 Qh5
>>>>14. O-O Nd7 15. Nh4 Qh6 16. Qc1 Qg7 17. Qf4 f5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Rae1+ Kd8
>>
>>BTW Desperado likes 14 Qe2 at ply 8 and 9 (deep as it got) and doesn't like 14
>>O-O at any depth. But this version is very experimental and probably weak.
>
>Hello,
>I enjoyed watching the game but the Knight sac was completely out of character
>for Rebel which usually plays a more conservative game.  This made the game
>interesting with up to 4 pawns vs a bishop but not exciting since it was almost
>devoid of tactics after the major pieces came off the board.  I think both sides
>played very accurately to the end.  When is the next game??
>Jim Walker

We didn't set an exact date because Russek had to leave almost immediatly to
give a private lesson, but we talked about January 3 or 4.  I will confirm.



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