page 1 of 131; games 1-25 of 3,260  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Suhle vs Anderssen 0-1 49 1859 Cologne B42 Sicilian, Kan 2. A Schwarz vs Anderssen   0-1 40 1873 matches B42 Sicilian, Kan 3. M Porges vs W Paulsen   1-0 70 1892 DSB-07.Kongress B42 Sicilian, Kan 4. G Marco vs Von Gottschall   1-0 37 1904 DSB-14.Kongress B42 Sicilian, Kan 5. Taubenhaus vs Tarrasch 0-1 47 1905 Ostend B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. Capablanca vs Tartakower   ½-½ 37 1914 Vienna B42 Sicilian, Kan 7. G Marco vs Reti   ½-½ 31 1922 Bad Pistyan it, CZE B42 Sicilian, Kan 8. D Daniuszewski vs O Naegeli 1-0 32 1924 Paris f-B B42 Sicilian, Kan 9. G A Thomas vs Tartakower   ½-½ 35 1925 Marienbad B42 Sicilian, Kan 10. R P Michell vs Tartakower 0-1 59 1925 Marienbad B42 Sicilian, Kan 11. Carlos Torre vs Spielmann 1-0 22 1925 Marienbad B42 Sicilian, Kan 12. J Penrose vs Filip   0-1 49 1957 Hastings B42 Sicilian, Kan 13. K Klaman vs Furman   ½-½ 29 1957 URS-ch24 B42 Sicilian, Kan 14. Geller vs Tal   ½-½ 17 1959 Moscow USSR Team ch B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. W Pietzsch vs Gipslis   ½-½ 41 1959 Riga (Latvia) B42 Sicilian, Kan 16. Keres vs Tal 0-1 40 1959 JUG ct B42 Sicilian, Kan 17. Y Nikolaevsky vs Polugaevsky   1-0 64 1959 Moscow B42 Sicilian, Kan 18. Smyslov vs Tal ½-½ 40 1959 Yugoslavia, Zagreb B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. Stein vs Kliavin 1-0 34 1959 Olympiad URS B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. B Milic vs Taimanov   ½-½ 31 1959 Kiev B42 Sicilian, Kan 21. D Mardle vs P Clarke   0-1 31 1959 BCF-ch B42 Sicilian, Kan 22. Bagirov vs Suetin   ½-½ 36 1960 06, URS-ch27 Leningrad B42 Sicilian, Kan 23. Bagirov vs Korchnoi 1-0 47 1960 Moscow B42 Sicilian, Kan 24. Geller vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 53 1960 Leningrad ch-SU B42 Sicilian, Kan 25. Polugaevsky vs B Vladimirov   1-0 36 1960 ? B42 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 131; games 1-25 of 3,260    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jun-01-04    PinkPanther: <OneBadDog> Then all you have to do is play one of the sharper lines in the Kan where you play f4 and perhaps g4 and go for a kingside attack. There is almost no way black can force white to play a certain type of chess, that's one of the great things about playing the white pieces, you get to (for the most part) control the "flavor" of the game. You can't find an opening for me (which is perceived as being boring) that black can play where white can't turn it around and play something relatively sharp and tactical. Jun-01-04    OneBadDog: <PinkPanther> I think our old buddy Kramnik would disagree with you. The Berlin Defence is a dull opening that White really cant avoid if he he wants to play the Ruy. Jun-01-04    PinkPanther: There are some variations of the Berlin Defense that aren't as drawish as the one Kasparov kept walking into. Jun-01-04    refutor: a good attacking line v. ...Be7 was shown in A Ivanov vs Gulko, 2003 Jun-01-04    Dudley: Attacking always carrys a certain amount of risk for the attacking side. A slow strategic line like the Kan is harder to attack in relative safety than a more aggressive line like the Dragon. Black doesn't give anything for white to attack, like a fianchetto pawn formation or a knight on f6. By playing lines like this,Black can force white to play positionally or unsoundly if he insists on attacking. There is always some wild line you can find if attacking at all costs is your goal, and if you are the stronger player it might work. If not, you tend to get slaughtered. Jun-01-04    OneBadDog: Look out world! I just purchased Emms book on the Kan! Jun-01-04    PinkPanther: <Dudley> No knight on f6? I don't know what kind of Kan Sicilian formations you've been playing, but nearly every time I ever played the Kan my knight came to f6 fairly early on. Jun-01-04    Dudley: Well, there is a line in the Kan where the KB goes to c5 followed by Ne7 so it doesn't have go to Nf6, which I have looked at as a way to avoid the Keres attack. Jun-01-04    PinkPanther: <Dudley> But in the line you mentioned the bishop CAN come back to e7. Also, the Keres Attack is part of the Scheveningen not the Kan (although the openings sometimes transpose, I don't think they really can in this case). Jun-01-04    Dudley: Maybe you are right, but I think the intention is for the bishop to go to a7 if attacked by Nb3. Another option might be to move Ne7 before the KB moves, play Nc6, NxNd4 and then Ne7-c6. To tell the truth, I am mainly an acc. dragon player and am looking for another type of Sicilian to play that requires less memorization. Jun-02-04    PinkPanther: That Ne7 to c6 maneuver to "replace" the knight that has just captured the white knight on d4 is a common theme found in the Taimanov Sicilian, a close "relative" of the Kan. Jun-02-04    Minor Piece Activity: I've been thinking about the Taimanov. :/ Ppl say it is one of the most flexible Sicilian lines, but doesn't putting out that knight on c6 let your friend (I don't like to call him an opponent :D) setup appropriately? Jun-02-04    Prophylaxis: An interesting point you make. Perhaps the ability to exchange early on d4 is a reason the Taimanov is considered flexible? I have more classical tastes and play the Ruy Lopez against 1. P-K4, sorry for not being much help. Jun-02-04    PinkPanther: <MPA> I almost never play Nc6 in the Kan. Instead, I almost always play Nbd7 with the intention of moving the knight to c5 at some point, or perhaps to b6 to get better control over d5. Jun-02-04    Minor Piece Activity: Hey Pinky, I was talking about the Taimanov. Sorry for confusing you and going off topic. :D Jun-02-04    tomh72000: Thankyou everyone for your comments. Thanks for the game link <refutor>. <OneBadDog> Does the Emms book have any info on this ...Be7 line? Is it any good? <PinkPanther> I just find playing white against the Kan difficult. Black has a number of good lines, and transposition into the Scheveningen is sometimes a possibility. Oct-04-04    RKelley: Yes, the Emms book covers Be7 as well as Ba7. When first learning the Kan I was very intrigued by Ba7 and I liked it very much because of its attacking prospects against the white king. All my interest in this line vanished once I discovered that Be3 is pretty much always played after Qe2 and that "nice" bishop is traded off. Therefore I personally feel Be7 is better as it is a very important defensive piece. I like the Kan alot, as it has been said it's very flexible. I think one should typically play it with keeping in mind the general principle of the Sicilian: white usually gets attacking chances, but if he slips or overextends black's structure and position generally holds out and black has the advantage. The Kan definitely requires patience, if you're impatient you probably should play another Sicilian. Aug-26-05    Backward Development: I think the ...Ba7 lines are maybe strongest for black; they resemble the Bc8-f5-h7 maneuvers that frequently occur in the Classical Caro-Kann. The ...Be7 lines are more in line with a French Defense manuever; not really my flavor and more passive. Feb-14-06    Marvol: Great opening, this one :-). Currently I am also going through Emms's book. Interesting stuff. So far my favorite is the 'main line' with g6 and Bg7 to strengthen the king's quarters. But that is because my girlfriend is very fond of majesticide, so any help around the king is welcome :-O. I like it being less dynamic than other Sicilians... nothing wrong with some patient positional play while still keeping an eye out for tactics. Sep-01-06    weisyschwarz: For those who have played this opening, what is the best strategy for white? Sep-01-06    Open Defence: probably a good plan for white is to concentrate on the center maybe like this Matulovic vs D Ciric, 1967 Sep-16-06    yanez: <weisyswarch> I dunno but I like f4, c3, d2 and 0-0 then h4 and g4 wih a pawn storm Sep-26-06    RonB52734: Kan anyone komment on how the Kan Sicilian kame to have this name? Certainly it kan't be this: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Sep-26-06    Domdaniel: Hello again <Ron> They named it after Ilia Abramovich Kan - but other people still call it the Paulsen Variation after the 19th century pioneer of 2...e6. Sep-26-06    RonB52734: Thanks, <Domdaniel>, I see it now: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches..., just not B42 itself. < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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