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Scid Daily |
Scid: A Free Chess Database Application |
Welcome to Scid Daily, a daily newsletter providing Scid users
with hints and tips, opening theory ideas and a bit of chess entertainment.
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by Scid with ScidBase), a recent novelty
(a new move in a relatively common opening position),
a chess tactic,
a classic endgame study,
and hints for getting more out of Scid.
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The Opening Report today is an interesting line in the Nimzowitsch variation of the
Nimzo-Indian, and the novelty is an interesting idea in the Open Catalan.
Opening Report |
E45 Nimzo-Indian: Nimzowitsch, 6.Ng3
Opening Report: HTML / PDF format |
179 games, White scores 53%
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In the Nimzo-Indian (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4) with 4.e3, the
Nimzowitsch/Fischer variation (4...b6) remains a reasonable alternative to
the main lines of 4...c5 and 4...O-O. After the usual 5.Ne2 Ba6, most
common and thematic is 6.a3 but many grandmasters have preferred 6.Ng3
(our report position).
6.Ng3 makes perfect sense to me: why waste a move on 6.a3 (and more importantly,
deprive the c1-Bishop of the a3 square) if Black is probably
going to play Bxc3 anyway?
Black has a few choices here:
(a) 6...c5 is uncommon but I think Black is fine after 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Bxf1.
(b) 6...h5!? suits enterprising players, forcing 7.h4 and intending pressure
against the White kingside after 7...Bb7 8.Bd2 Bd6, but obviously four bishop
moves by move 8 come at a cost in development.
(c) I don't like 6...O-O much but it is a popular choice, often continuing
7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1 9.Kxf1.
(d) 6...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d5 is the main line. White has two important choices here.
8.Qf3 is less common, with only a minimal White edge in my opinion after
8...O-O 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bxa6 Nxa6. The more common choice is 8.Ba3, where White is
willing to gambit the c4 pawn to prevent kingside castling. White gets excellent
central compensation after 8...dxc4 9.e4 Qd7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Qc2 h5
13.Rfd1 (6 report games), so Black usually plays 8...Bxc4 9.Bxc4 dxc4. Here White
can regain the pawn (and have a small queenless middlegame edge) with 10.Qa4+ Qd7
11.Qxc4 Qc6 12.Qxc6+ Nxc6 13.c4, or play 10.e4 Qd7 11.O-O with perhaps not quite
enough compensation, since the light-squared bishops have left the board.
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Opening Novelty |
E04 Catalan/Semi-Slav
Gleizerov 2589 - Pridorozhni 2493
Cappelle la Grande FRA / 2004.02.28 / 1/2-1/2 (44)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.a4 is a
Catalan position often reached from Semi-Slav move orders.
Here Black played the new 8...b4!? with 9.Ne4 Be7 but perhaps 9...c3!?
is the logical continuation, aiming to lose back the extra c-pawn in the most
disruptive way possible. Previous moves here were 8...Bb4 (with several wins
to White) and 8...f6 (Gelfand-Shirov, Paris 1992).
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FEN Notation of Daily Positions |
Opening Report: | rn1qk2r/p1pp1ppp/bp2pn2/8/1bPP4/2N1P1N1/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq |
Novelty: | rnbqkb1r/p4ppp/2p1p3/1p1nN3/P1pP4/2N3P1/1P2PPBP/R1BQK2R b |
Tactic: | b4rk1/5ppp/6q1/rB2p3/Pp2P3/3QP3/1P4PP/2RR2K1 w |
Endgame: | 5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w |
This table shows only the most recent Scid Daily editions.
A Complete Index of all past
editions is available.
Date | Report | Novelty | Hint |
08 Mar '04 | E97 King's Indian | B90 Sicilian Najdorf | My Player Names |
09 Mar '04 | B32 Sicilian Kalishnikov | A40 English Defence | Filter Graph |
10 Mar '04 | D85 Modern Exchange Grünfeld | B33 Sicilian Pelikan | Move Entry |
11 Mar '04 | B07 Pirc | A33 Symmetrical English | Tree Training |
12 Mar '04 | B90 Sicilian Najdorf | D37 QGD Classical | Favorite Reports |
13 Mar '04 | E45 Nimzo-Indian | E04 Catalan/Semi-Slav | Editing Raw PGN |
14 Mar '04 | C13 French Chatard-Alekhine | B56 Open Sicilian | Clipbase vs. Clipboard |
15 Mar '04 | C13 French Chatard-Alekhine | C02 French Advance | Opening Report |
16 Mar '04 | C13 French Chatard-Alekhine | C80 Open Spanish | Piece Tracker |
17 Mar '04 | A45 Trompowsky | A41 Modern | Annotation Symbols |
18 Mar '04 | A21 English | D45 Semi-Slav | File Finder |
19 Mar '04 | D16 Slav | E97 Kings Indian | Compressed PGN files |
20 Mar '04 | B01 Scandinavian 2...Qxd5 | C00 French Two Knights | Toolbar |
21 Mar '04 | B01 Scandinavian 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 | E13 Queens Indian | Best Tree Games |
22 Mar '04 | B01 Scandinavian 2...Nf6 | C42 Russian Game | EPD Files |
1.Rc8! Qb6 2.Qd8! 1-0
1.Ke7 g5 2.Kd6 g4 3.e7 Bb5 4.Kc5 Be8 5.Kd4 Kb7 6.Ke4 Kc7 6.Kf4 Bh5 7.e8=Q =
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