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Watching the US Championships reminds me
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| John J. 2006-03-09, 7:32 pm |
| of how much better the Masters are with the openings than the under 2000ELO
crowd. Sure, they are better at tactics but I just saw a complete
dismanteling of a club player's Alekine Opening without breaking a sweat.
Then again, the Master I'm talking about has opted for gaining material
instead of going for the mate.
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| And how did that Kelly Cottrell qualify?At the very least one should
learn to resign and not get mated
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| David Richerby 2006-03-10, 7:33 pm |
| John J. <detectorist@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> of how much better the Masters are with the openings than the under
> 2000ELO crowd. Sure, they are better at tactics but I just saw a
> complete dismanteling of a club player's Alekine Opening without
> breaking a sweat.
Completely surrendering the centre to a stronger player is kind of
asking for trouble. If you're going to play something like the
Alekhine defence, you need to play it very accurately to avoid getting
killed by a stronger player.
Dave.
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| David Richerby 2006-03-10, 7:33 pm |
| EJAY <etj718@aol.com> wrote:
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> And how did that Kelly Cottrell qualify?
We've already been through this. She was the only woman who entered a
tournament where the top-placed woman got qualification to the US
Championships.
Dave.
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| John J. 2006-03-10, 7:33 pm |
| I agree. I don't know what she expects to accomplish by insisting on getting
mated every single game.
She qualified by playing in the National Open last year. There were women 2
slots from that tournament reserved for the US Championship and she was the
only one to pay the special $75 fee. There were only two women who
participated in that tournament so it could have been an unrated player who
qualified instead of a Class 'B' player.
"EJAY" <etj718@aol.com> wrote in message
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> And how did that Kelly Cottrell qualify?At the very least one should
> learn to resign and not get mated
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