A ladder shows your current ranking in relation to everyone else. Red Hot Pawn Chess records your rating as you win and lose games.A chance to play against any level of ability you desire ? there are international class players, and then there are others at the opposite end of the spectrum who are just starting to learn the basics of the game, and many, many in between.Using arguably the best, most attractive and most functional interface for playing chess on the internet.Being part of a large, vibrant chess-focused community.Just some of the features that are available include : The flexible 1.Nf6 has been played as well.The best way to discover what RHP can offer you is to start up a game or three, visit the forums, and simply have a general snoop round. In theory and practice, Black usually responds by playing in the center with 1.d5, or by exploiting the weak position of the pawn by playing 1.e5 or 1.e6. The Sokolsky 1.b4 (Orangutan) Foxy 106 by IM Andrew Martin Play 1.b4! Shock your Opponents with the Sokolsky Language: Englishīy IM Yury Lapshun, Nick Conticello Everyman Chess, 2008, PBġ.b4: Theory & Practice of the Sokolsky Opening Full of Fresh Analysisīy Jerzy Konikowski, Marek Soszynski Russell Enterprises, 2009, PB - English Not surprisingly, none are by GMs (although two are by IMs.) Surprisingly, there are a few fairly recent books on this opening. GMs Hort, Ljubojevic, Miles, Petrosian and Smyslov played it at least once against fellow GMs or IMs (International Masters) Larsen played it in at least 4 serious games. GMs Ivanchuk and Fischer played it three times – in simultaneous exhibitions. e4 in the DB is 2135 with an average performance rating of 2161.įew Grandmasters (GMs) employ this opening in serious games. The average rating of all players employing 1. c4 and the average performance ratings of these openings (both categories are +2200). The average FIDE rating of all players is 1926, the average performance rating is 1942 which again compares unfavorably with the average ratings of all players employing 1. The winning percentages for these games are: White 46%, Drawn 30%, Black 24%. The Big Database has 291 games (out of almost 5.5 million) played with at least one player having a FIDE rating of 2400 or higher. b4 giving White a 47.6% winning percentage - which is very bad when compared to White's winning percentages with 1. White wins 33%, 26% are drawn and Black wins 41%.ĬhessBase's Big Database 2010 has 14,389 games with 1. White wins 37%, 41% are drawn and Black wins 22% of all games.īig Database shows 6360 games with 1. Game Explorer Master Games DB shows 1704 games with 1. Bxe5 is actually good for Black anyway despite the fact that black loses a central pawn for a flank pawn. The idea after Bb2 is that the black can't play Bxb4 right away, anyway. If 1.e5 or 1.e6, usual play either continues with 2. Trading the b-pawn for the c-pawn may give white central power.At some point a quick b4-b5 might dislodge a knight on c6.The Polish opening is classified under the code (A00) as an irregular opening. b4, the purpose of this move is to fight for an advantage on the queenside instead of taking control of the centre, getting the dark-squared bishop fianchettoed, b4 can always be played later in the game which is the reason why this opening is very rare nowadays, however, Tartakower and Magnus Carlsen have tried it in tournaments and won successfully. The Polish Opening is a flank and rather uncommon opening starting with the move 1. Rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/1P6/8/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKBNR b
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