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Date: 21 Mar 2006 04:59:22
From: john doe
Subject: Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein notation with 5 Ne2
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Does anybody know why so many chess writers give the move 5 Ne2 in the
Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian as 5 Nge2? There's no need to clarify the knight's
departure file.
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Date: 21 Mar 2006 12:10:31
From:
Subject: Re: Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein notation with 5 Ne2
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john doe wrote:
> Does anybody know why so many chess writers give the move 5 Ne2 in the
> Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian as 5 Nge2? There's no need to clarify the knight's
> departure file.
I would guess it's for the sake of clarity. An inexperienced reader
might not notice that 5.Nce2 is illegal and thus move the wrong knight.
As an irrelevant aside, I've noticed that experienced players get so
into the habit of writing Nge2 (or Nge7) and Nbd2 (or Nbd7), because so
many openings work that way, that they will write it that way even when
it's wrong. For example I've seen tournament games that began 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7, but the player recorded his move as
4...Nbd7. Not a problem in OTB play, but I've seen pieces lost in
postal chess through such errors.
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Date: 21 Mar 2006 09:29:30
From:
Subject: Re: Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein notation with 5 Ne2
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john doe wrote:
> Does anybody know why so many chess writers give the move 5 Ne2 in the
> Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian as 5 Nge2? There's no need to clarify the knight's
> departure file.
I would guess it's for the sake of clarity. An inexperienced reader
might not notice that 5.Nce2 is illegal and thus move the wrong knight.
As an irrelevant aside, I've noticed that experienced players get so
into the habit of writing Nge2 (or Nge7) and Nbd2 (or Nbd7), because so
many openings work that way, that they will write it that way even when
it's wrong. For example I've seen tournament games that began 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7, but the player recorded his move as
4...Nbd7. Not a problem in OTB play, but I've seen pieces lost in
postal chess through such errors.
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Date: 21 Mar 2006 14:02:02
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein notation with 5 Ne2
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john doe <[email protected] > wrote:
> Does anybody know why so many chess writers give the move 5 Ne2 in
> the Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian as 5 Nge2? There's no need to clarify
> the knight's departure file.
Habit, probably. There's no harm in giving more information than is
required to determine the correct move.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Perforated Cat (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ cuddly pet but it's full of holes!
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Date: 21 Mar 2006 08:39:21
From: Ray Gordon
Subject: Re: Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein notation with 5 Ne2
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> Does anybody know why so many chess writers give the move 5 Ne2 in the
> Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian as 5 Nge2? There's no need to clarify the knight's
> departure file.
I'm guessing there's a pinned knight on c3 in this line.
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