#the alekhine defence

[lgbtcorp]

@danviers: don’t get all hard & forget that you’re human.

chess is a game of symmetry and wit — pawn to e4. knight takes pawn. pawn to e5. pawn to d4. pawn takes pawn. knight to d6. pawn to centre. check. aggressive. swift. stuffy afternoons by a roaring fire as the condensation builds on the windows in the drawing room — that's what it comes down to. an oft-smug you're getting better, lena (pawn) is countered by alekhine's defence. (check). that was then, in stiff collars and loosened ties, with lionel's montblanc all to play for — she still has it, somewhere. tucked away in her desk drawer for when the sting of neglect settles a little too comfortably in her ribs.

she has two options: play aggressively, or conserve her pawns for the greater play. defensive.

there hasn't been a single moment where she's not been acutely aware of just how human she is. it bitters the whiskey on her tongue and sears the blood pulsing in her ears. it's attack after attack. a sniper through the high-rise windows, a poisoned coffee swapped out from the local café, a tied escape in the back of an armoured vehicle — lena is more human than she'd ever like to be. she is incredibly, and almost always so very aware of it.

"like her." (pawn). a long stare sits between them toward the glass on the desk and she wonders if she had what she had, whether the cracks in the steuben would shatter into her paperwork by now. she takes her time, swallows each word and swills it round her mouth as though the bitter dribbles down to the crest of her chin. like her.

"i mean, she's not human, is she?" (check).

[ignacymich]

June: Service

In chess playing games with a child, I recently started teaching him simple tactics. First of all, getting space on the board. This is an interesting tactic where both players start  - for example - with their knights on e4 and d4 respectively. The first player plays f3-f4 followed by g3-g4 then h3-h4 etc... until both players have played all their pieces except for their kings which are left behind on their initial squares. Then the second player plays Bc8 followed by Ba7+ followed by Bb7+ etc... until both players have played all their pieces except for.

After he has learned the basic rules of chess, we play simple tactics games like Sicilian defense or Alekhine's defence. When he’s ready, we can play more complicated games like Philidor's defence or Pirc defense.

In order to improve my chess skills, I watch competitive tournaments on TV and read books about how to improve my game.

[ilreleonewikia13]

COWBOY LIKE ME : C H A P T E R 2 ↴ - The Alekhine Defense - ↪ Part one ↩

Benny couldn’t help himself from enjoying the way his adversary’s mind crumbled before his hazardous Opening; the Alekhine Defence, the most dangerous and reckless opening that a professional player could ever play in an official tournament like that: only an idiot—or Benny Watts—could decide to start a game with such combination and expecting to win. And it was exactly what he did; in less than two moves, he was able to throw into confusion Stevens’ strategy and then in less than seven, he put in check his king. The crowd clapped, astonished; they knew who would win in the end - it was taken for granted - but no one would ever have imagined that the match would have ended so fast. In reality, only Benny's moves had been smooth and without indecision; some of reporters present there—would write later—that for a moment they believed to be witnessing a blitz match and not a National’s Final, for how swift his hands were: Kevin Stevens, on the other hand, seemed to be in dire straits and unsure about his strategy, he wasn’t prepared for that.

[hereisleo]

Play the King

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“Good game.”

Mingi only raises his whiskey glass in acknowledgement before downing the amber liquid, the burn warming his throat. His mind is delightfully mushy, a bottle of Hennessy is almost empty next to the wooden board on the table. His opponent vacates the booth as he perches a cigarette between his plush lips, someone lights his cigarette but he doesn't see who it was, his eyes slip shut and he slumps into the leather seat. He takes a drag of the menthol nicotine into his lungs and smoke dances out of his mouth.

When he is not busy mixing drinks, dealing with drunk patrons and gathering intel, he finds escape within a board game. Chess, a controllable eight by eight zone yet uncontrollable, humans are predictable and unpredictable. A side hobby, guilty pleasure, however they like to call it. It has been so long since he was beaten in the game.

He hears the faint sound of moving chess pieces, rustling fabrics and glass touching the table. The whisper of ‘boss’ makes him sigh out the rest of the smoke from his system, he stubs the fire in the ashtray. Him playing chess always attracts a crowd, it’s not often he sets up his board when he works but the itch to indulge needs to be scratched every once in a while.

Mingi opens his eyes to you, his breath almost got knocked out of his lungs. He knows you. A friendly face in the Seoul elusive shadows. He watches you fix the board with the same elegance when you played him last, giving him the white pieces for old time sake. If he’s being honest, he misses you. He misses your observant eyes and listening ears, the camaraderie and mutual understanding. He misses playing with you into the early hours of the morning. He misses the escapism space you provide for his mental state.

There are gasps and murmurs through the crowd, you lean over the table and fish the pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket. He only smirks as the striking of a match alights the cancer stick as you often refer to it as. Smart of you to use such a method to keep time. He moves King’s pawn to e4, the butt of the lit cigarette faces you. Knight to f6, the Alekhine Defence. There’s a reason why he likes playing with you. You’re unconventional. It’s not often he sees Alekhine Defence crop up in his games, it’s not necessarily the best counter for black.

“Are you asking to lose?” He asks, the threatened white pawn advances one square. You shrug with an easy smile, knight to d5, “No, I came to win or at least pull a draw from you.” Mingi scoffs in amusement. The pieces on the board shift into Modern Variation, the cigarette passes to and fro. You are buying time with lax movements and hope the man across the board doesn’t notice. He recognises the gameplay you’re leading him into, Spassky and Fischer’s Match of the Century. The last game both of you discussed over coffees and resin-cast flowers ashtray, a token of friendship from you.

“The article is doing well, I see.” You laugh at his comment, kicking him good-naturedly under the table and your leg immediately trapped between his. God, he misses that laugh, so free and joyous, not many things are like your freedom in his life. His liquor induced mind is making him sentimental. He’s been in the business long enough but a taste of freedom has him softening. He spends the most time with you in your stay at the mansion, sticking to you like your own shadow, first out of duty then willingly. Mingi reaches for his rook, he could do with a draw. The game is a bloodbath, he forgot how viscous you can get on the board. Quite the dichotomy from your temperament but a testament to your sharp mind. Not a journalist who lived to tell the tale for nothing.

You stop his hand. He snaps his attention at you, intelligent eyes lock into yours with bewilderment. “Time’s up, Mingi.” His fierce gaze shifts to the cigarette in the ashtray, all burned out on his side. You check your watch, exactly ten minutes. He recognises the woven steel strap, it was the one he gave you after the accessory was mangled in a bullet scuffle. He leans back and stares at you with an unreadable expression, eyes fleeting back and forth from the board to your face. He thinks he knows what Spassky felt when he lost to Fischer. Spassky missed his chance for a draw but Mingi lost on time. I came to win.

For the first time in many years, Mingi lays his king gently on the board. He holds his hand open, waiting and inviting yours to shake it. Your hand slots easily to his bigger one, not a perfect match but safe and somewhat familiar. An almost peaceful smile grace his sharp features, plump lips brushing against your knuckles. He is content with the lost.

“Good game.”

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제 6-3편 "Sung tieu"의 작업 및 전시 사진

제 6-3편 "Sung tieu"의 작업 및 전시 사진

1. Zugzwang, 2020, Haus der Kunst, Munich

2. Alekhine's Defence, 2020, pencil drawing on document, Haus der Kunst, Munich

3. ‘Manning The Deck’, 2020, mirror stainless steel, print on newspaper stock, paper notes, photograph, magnets, Zugzwang, Haus der Kunst, Munich

4. 'Borders 2.0', 2020, print on newspaper stock, paper notes, photograph, Zugzwang, Haus der Kunst, Munich

5. Zugzwang, 2020, Haus der Kunst, Munich

6. Sol LeWitt, Incomplete Open Cube No.5-6, 1974, Paint on aluminium

7. ‘On a Clear Day’ (1973), Agnes Martin. © Estate of Agnes Martin/DACS 2015

8. Monologue 2, 2020, Haus der Kunst, Munich

9. Rudolf Herz, Zugzwang, 1995 (Room installation at the Kunstverein Ruhr e.V., Essen, Germany) © photo: Werner J. Hannappel

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[puephung-fy]

[3.16] Chess

Originating from the Indian game ‘Chaturanga’ before the 600s AD spread throughout Asia and Europe and evolved into the game we know as chess around the 16th Century.

Chaturanga Board

Game pieces are found in Russia, China, India, Central Asia, Pakistan and elsewhere that it’s determined to be regarded as a distant board game involving dice and sometimes using playing boards of 100 or more squares.

The earliest game being chaturanga flourished in north-western India by the 7th century and is regarded as the earliest precursor of modern day chess as these two features of different pieces having different powers and the victory being based on one piece, the king of modern chess.

How it evolved is unclear however, some historians say it was perhaps played with dice on 64-square boards and gradually transformed into shatranj (chatrang) which was a two-player game that’s popular in northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and southern parts of Central Asia after 600CE. This can be won either through eliminating all the opponents pieces or by ensuring the capture of the king. The initial positions of the pawns and knights have not changed however their regional and temporal variations for the other pieces.

In the 1920s a new thought entered chess called hyper modernism which was to control the center with minor pieces rather than occupying it with pawns. Causing new openings and development schemes to form popular openings such as the Indian Defenses, the Grunfeld and the Benoni.

The most hypermodern is the Alekhine’s Defence - named after the fourth world champion Alexander Alekhine, he was remembered as the first dynamic style player as he could play tactically and aggressively or quietly and positionally. Holding the world champion from 1927 until 1935 when he lost the title to Max Euwe. Winning it back in 1937 where he held the title till he passed in 1946.

Taking in the research I���ve been influenced to use the checkerboard pattern in my designs and take the shapes in my own interpretation. As checkerboards have stayed consistent throughout history remaining with the alternating squares.

[korusalka]

A side effect of me recreationally playing chess whenever I managed to get a partner but never actually studying the moves is that now that I'm googling around, of course I've unknowingly used some of the strategies because they made sense to me. The Queen's Gambit for example is fairly simple, but the openings I've used much more often are the Alekhine's Defence and the Sokolsky Opening of all things

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The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit. Although it was analyzed as early as 1590, it was not until the 1920s that it started to be explored extensively. Many masters of Slavic descent helped develop the theory of this opening, including Alapin, Alekhine, Bogoljubov, and Vidmar.

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[kingshunt-blog]

Title - Alekhine's deadly Windmill tactic with queen sac against Alan Fletcher(1928) Variation played - English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation

Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. he discovered a variation called Alekhine's Defence  . Alekhine's Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves:1. e4 Nf6

Alan Fletcher was a New zealand’s chess player.

[Event "Simul, 6b"] [Site "Gambit Chess Rooms, London ENG"] [Date "1928.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Alan Linnell Fletcher"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A31"] [PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 Nc6 4.d5 Nb8 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 h6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.e4 Nh5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Rae1 Rb8 14.Nh4 Ndf6 15.h3 Ng8 16.g4 Nhf6 17.f4 e6 18.Nf3 exd5 19.cxd5 b5 20.e5 b4 21.Nd1 Ne4 22.Qd3 f5 23.e6 Qa5 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Nh4 Ba6 26.Qxe4 fxe4 27.Bxe4+ Kh8 28.Ng6+ Kh7 29.Nxf8+ Kh8 30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Ne5+ Kh8 32.Nf7# 1-0

Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. he discovered a variation called Alekhine's Defence  . Alekhine's Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves:1. e4 Nf6

[clonchi]

The chess of it all

because I still have a lot  of feelings about last night’s episode, I looked up the Alekhine Variation Lillian mentions in the flashback, which is the same one we see Lena beating Lex at, and holy shit. 

“Black tempts White's pawns forward to form a broad pawn centre, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure later in the spirit of hypermodern defence.”

 If we go by the default that Lena is White and her mom is playing Black, this fits into framing Lena for giving Metallo the kryptonite and getting blamed for it, instantly making her guilty in the public eye. 

“The game immediately loses any sense of symmetry or balance, which makes the opening a good choice for aggressive fighting players.”

We can all agree Lillian is an aggressive person, fighting for what she believes is “the right side of history”,  and when Lena is captured, the balance of power is completely thrown off, because Lena has nothing else to do, no more moves to make on her own.

“Although opposing to all tenets of the classical school, Black allows his King's Knight to be driven about the board in the early stages of the game, in the expectation of provoking a weakness in White's centre pawns.”

What is Lillian’s main motivation? Showing Lena she is alone (confirming her one true fear/weakness), and that she only has her family to rely on. She wants to draw Lena out, feast on her insecurities to make her do something rash, something that will leave her vulnerable.

So how can White win? There are many many many different variations for it, although the most daring one is that White sacrifices a bishop (her reputation?her company? her FAMILY?), hides the queen and attacks with the Knight until Black caves in. 

So Lena holding the White Knight in the end? To me, that’s her. She’s gonna keep fighting her mother, without stopping, until her mother is finally defeated. And Kara is the queen she’s trying to hide.

[kingscrusher]

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