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Updated 'First repertoire' materials

Submitted by DrDave on Thu, 26/01/2012 - 20:30

Kevin Hurst has kindly been through the one-stop starter repertoire booklet and found a few errors, mostly small but one was absolutely colossal.

Updated files:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP/JuniorRepertoire.pdf
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/PGN/juniorep.pgn

Oh, the colossal error? I left out some vital moves in a line of the French Advance:

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6

6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 (these moves were omitted)

When the Black Knight comes to h6, White might want to take it.

The Knight will be strong when it comes to f5, and the White Bishop on c1 is always going to be blocked in by the White Pawns. So why not take it? White will get a surprise!

8. Bxh6 Qxb2! T

Black is winning.

This is rather important to get right, as if instead

6.Be2 Nh6!? 7.Bxh6! Qxb2? 8.Be3! Qxa1 9.Qc2, and the Black Queen may be trapped, and if not White should get a big attack.

Chess Quotes

There is, of course, a very famous saying from Rueben Fine:
"I'd rather have a pawn than a finger."

  It's often quoted during analysis.

  One of my favorite sayings, though, came as a response to this.

  About 40 players were watching an online broadcast of a major match.

  One of the players was a pawn down, and there was some argument as to how much compensation the other had.

  One of the masters present quoted Fine, "As Reuben Fine said, "I'd rather have a pawn than a finger."

— -- Duif