Comments on: The Unsound Torre Attack http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: bicyclethief http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-123 bicyclethief Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:02:21 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-123 wtf Jeffrey. Why do I get a maneuvering, war of attrition game-- and that's just us fighting for the center-- while Greg gets a miniature with the Torre Attack?! wtf Jeffrey.

Why do I get a maneuvering, war of attrition game– and that’s just us fighting for the center– while Greg gets a miniature with the Torre Attack?!

]]> By: checkersisfortramps http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-122 checkersisfortramps Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:17:26 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-122 HA! Perhaps you should ask Jeffrey. HA! Perhaps you should ask Jeffrey.

]]> By: bicyclethief http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-121 bicyclethief Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:56:07 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-121 I sometimes play the Torre Attack, but only when Bg5 pins the Black knight on f6. Who played the "Cursory Conclusion" game?? I sometimes play the Torre Attack, but only when Bg5 pins the Black knight on f6.

Who played the “Cursory Conclusion” game??

]]> By: checkersisfortramps http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-120 checkersisfortramps Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:21:35 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-120 <p>The Kenilworthian is the best chess blog in the universe…I'm so jealous of their club and their blog.</p> <p>It wouldn't have occurred to me, but it makes sense why the hedgehog formation could be good against the torre, and that nugget of info is definitely worth knowing for blitz, since I've encountered a few blitz players at the chess shop who play the torre with white, and nothing else.</p> The Kenilworthian is the best chess blog in the universe…I'm so jealous of their club and their blog.

It wouldn't have occurred to me, but it makes sense why the hedgehog formation could be good against the torre, and that nugget of info is definitely worth knowing for blitz, since I've encountered a few blitz players at the chess shop who play the torre with white, and nothing else.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-119 Jeffrey Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:17:56 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-119 <p><a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/2005/09/torre-plays-torre-at-moscow-1925.html" rel="external" rel="nofollow"> Torre Plays the Torre at Moscow 1925</a> on the Kenilworthian.</p><p>"Basically, I think Black does well against the Torre with a hedgehog formation. That's not to say the Torre is bad at the amateur level—and you could learn a lot from Torre's games with it. But in every game, Torre's opponents were fine or even better out of the opening and blundered later…</p> Torre Plays the Torre at Moscow 1925 on the Kenilworthian.

"Basically, I think Black does well against the Torre with a hedgehog formation. That’s not to say the Torre is bad at the amateur level—and you could learn a lot from Torre's games with it. But in every game, Torre's opponents were fine or even better out of the opening and blundered later…

]]> By: Jeffrey http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-118 Jeffrey Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:13:43 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/11/24/the-unsound-torre-attack/#comment-118 <p>The shame, the shame…</p><p>Yesterday's beer is today's shocking loss…</p> The shame, the shame…

Yesterday's beer is today's shocking loss…

]]>