Wednesday, July 17, 2013

An argument for the fianchetto Grünfeld...

...is that some strong amateurs don't know about moves like 7...Nb6! It's annoying for the horsie on d5 not to have a buddy on c3 to trade lives with, and Black has to worry about White grabbing the center with tempo.

Incidentally, please let us know what you think of the various versions of this viewer.

9 comments:

Frederick Rhine said...

Correct was 6...Nb6! (before castling) 7.Nc3 Nc6! forcing 8.e3 (8.d5? Bxc3+!) as in Chow-Kudrin, Colias Memorial 2013. 7...Bf5 is horrible. So is this viewer. Go back to the regular viewer that you (and I) have been using forever.

Frederick Rhine said...

And what's with 11...f6? If you want to trade off your bishop pair, go right ahead: 11...Bf6! 12.Bh6 Bg7!

Bill Brock said...

The viewer is customizable: what don't you like?

I'm test-driving it because USCF is considering this viewer for its forums. I like the way it renders in-game annotations, and it has better support for Informant-style symbols.

Bill Brock said...

11.Bg5 was a bit of a bluff, wasn't it? I was going back to d2.

Bill Brock said...

White's formation in Chow-Kudrin is trendily modest: compare the Schmakel game below.

Maret Thorpe said...

Regarding the viewer: I like the functionality just fine. Which one is it? Is it "flash free"? Am wondering if the colors, text fonts and chess fonts are customizable. I'm not in love with the appearance...

Bill Brock said...

Check out pgn4web. The board widget generator is explained here, and I have not really played with it....

the pgn4web project said...

If you plan to use the pgn4web viewer here or elsewhere, feel free to contact the pgn4web project for help: pgn4web@casaschi.net

Bill Brock said...

Well, that's responsive!