Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sat Nov 7, 2009 3:44am.
Who is The Champion of The Champions?
By Fritz Baumbach, Robin Smith and Rolf Knobel
Hardback.224 pages
Exzelsior Verlag.Berlin.2008
http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/
Imagine a world champions' tournament in which Fischer,Tal and Kasparov w... Read more »
111 reads | 4 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
WIM energia on Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:48am.
More than a half of a century has passed since David Bronstein wrote probably one of the best chess books that have ever been written: “ Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953.” The book is about the tournament that gathered fifteen o... Read more »
2729 reads | 9 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
spassky on Fri Nov 6, 2009 12:55am.
When you have to drive somewhere you have never been before, there are two types of people. One type gets a map and plots a route to the destination, prints out driving directions from the computer, or uses a GPS navigator. The other type reli... Read more »
683 reads | 8 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:31am.
The World Chess Championship 1963,M.M. Botvinnik v.Tigran Petrosianby R.G.Wade
Paperback, 228 pages
Descriptive Notation
Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics.2002
http://www.hardingesimpole.co.uk/
Mikhail Botvinnik and veteran grandmaster Sal... Read more »
1551 reads | 12 comments | 3 votes:
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GM Julio_Becerra on Tue Nov 3, 2009 8:38pm.
Philipp Stamma (c. 1705-1755), was born in Aleppo, Syria, but moved to Europe (France and Italy) and established himself in England after 1737.Stamma was a chess master and pioneer of modern chess, but his reputation rests principally on his autho... Read more »
2664 reads | 44 comments | 8 votes:
Submitted by
spassky on Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:37am.
In games where the players castle on opposite sides, an attack against the opposing king is almost always in order. The rational for this is "If you don't do it to him, he's going to do it to you" or, if you like, the more pithy "Kill or be kill... Read more »
1642 reads | 12 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
GM vbhat on Mon Nov 2, 2009 9:21pm.
After playing in Montreal, which I wrapped up with a loss to Naiditsch in the 11th round (covered at: http://www.chess.com/article/view/developing-an-opening-repertoire), I had a week off before playing another strong round-robin. This one was in ... Read more »
2583 reads | 14 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
NM Zug on Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:21am.
The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Chess Limericks
I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t like limericks. However, since they are a type of humor distinct to the English language, a good definition might be in order. According to ... Read more »
1034 reads | 14 comments | 4 votes:
Submitted by
OBIT on Sun Nov 1, 2009 10:34am.
Theme music begins. Fade in on The Stranger, who is walking along a city street at night. He stops at a window and peers inside, where many chess games are going on. He watches as the theme music continues. When the music ends, The Stranger o... Read more »
1264 reads | 21 comments | 5 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sun Nov 1, 2009 5:29am.
http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/
Chesspublishing.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.The tiny sapling that was planted a decade before has now become a banyan tree.Cheers.What is more, every one is invited to the party.If you visit ... Read more »
1011 reads | 0 comments | 0 votes:
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GM Gserper on Sun Nov 1, 2009 12:06am.
The Petroff defense is loved by super GMs and hated by the average chess players! Why so? Here is what the Wikipedia says about this opening: "The Petrov has a reputation of being dull and uninspired." Indeed, this is a weapon of choice for many... Read more »
6833 reads | 38 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:35am.
Paul Keres was born in Narva, Estonia January 7, 1916 and died June 5, 1975. From the 1930s to the 1970s he was one of the world's best players. After winning the AVRO tournament in 1938 he was to play Alexander Alekhine for the world champio... Read more »
1619 reads | 18 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
WIM energia on Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:44am.
The last article was about how to collect a library of positions and use it to improve your chess. This would improve your technique, increase the quantity of familiar positions, and make you overall a better player, but chess is a game too and on... Read more »
2493 reads | 9 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:01am.
Russians versus Fischer
by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov
Hardcover, 462 pages
Everyman Chess.2005
http://www.everymanchess.com/
There is only one player who has beaten Bobby without making a single move on the board. No, his name... Read more »
1399 reads | 33 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
billwall on Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:11pm.
In 1968 the movie entitled The Thomas Crown Affair was released, starring Steve McQueen as Thomas Crown and Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson. Thomas Crown stages a two million dollar bank heist while Vicki is the insurnace investigator who suspect... Read more »
1900 reads | 14 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:32am.
Russians versus Fischer
by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov
Hardcover, 462 pages
Everyman Chess.2005
http://www.everymanchess.com/
http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fischerpart-x
How time flies!Today many see Ka... Read more »
1052 reads | 11 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
GM arunabi on Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:03am.
Last week we saw the sidelines of the Botvinnik System and for this week we shall head into the mainlines of this system. This system a couple of years ago was considered very dangerous for Black and was played only by few Elite Players. But now t... Read more »
1684 reads | 8 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:12am.
Russians versus Fischer
by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov
Hardcover, 462 pages
Everyman Chess.2005
http://www.everymanchess.com/
http://www.chess.com/article/view/russians-versus-fis... Read more »
2031 reads | 38 comments | 4 votes:
Submitted by
GM vbhat on Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:02am.
For better or for worse, the opening tends to be the aspect of the game that gets the most attention. More books have been written about that phase than the middlegame and endgame combined. This importance, though, is probably overstated at lower ... Read more »
4921 reads | 21 comments | 3 votes:
Submitted by
IM Silman on Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:21am.
ChessPaladin2009 asks:
The subject of my question to you is: when White opens with the Queen Pawn, what are black’s best defensive opening option(s)? Some people say that Queen Pawn Openings always lead to positional chess games that often lack... Read more »
6172 reads | 34 comments | 7 votes:
Submitted by
SWRR2009 on Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:30am.
Hi again everyone,
This time we will try to take a look at how black can answer a variation which a lot of sources consider to be critical to the whole survival of the Dragon. I’ve tried to include a lot of possible deviations for black tha... Read more »
1661 reads | 20 comments | 1 vote:
Submitted by
GM Gserper on Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:53pm.
The Ponziani Opening is one of the oldest openings in chess (it was mentioned for the first time in 1497!). Yet it was never really popular. Top chess players avoid it because Black has many reliable ways to equalize. For the club players the open... Read more »
4228 reads | 17 comments | 4 votes:
Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:54pm.
Arthur Bisguier was born October 8, 1929. He became an International Grandmaster in 1957. He remembers when "there were so few of us." He was the US Junior Champion in 1948 and 1949. He was the US Open Champion in 1950, 1956, and 1959. Fischer won... Read more »
957 reads | 24 comments | 0 votes:
Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:16pm.
Russians versus Fischer
by Dmitri Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov
Hardcover, 462 pages
Everyman Chess.2005
http://www.everymanchess.com/
The Secret Meeting
Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer met for the first time in the Fried Chicken To... Read more »
1530 reads | 26 comments | 2 votes:
Submitted by
WIM energia on Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:26pm.
Two years ago I spent the summer in Ukraine, a chess Mecca, took chess lessons, played a couple of tournaments. In theory I know many methods that are designed to improve your chess, but in practice I hardly ever put... Read more »
4263 reads | 21 comments | 5 votes: