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Battle of Giants

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 »

» posted in Amazing Games

Bronstein- Creator of the Chess Classic

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 »

» posted in Middlegame

Driving Without Directions

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 »

» posted in Opening Theory

The World Chess Championship 1963:Review

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

The Creator of Algebraic Chess Notation

Submitted by 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 »

» posted in Chess Players

Opposite Side Castling: The Basics

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 »

» posted in Strategy

Defense Under Pressure

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 »

» posted in Strategy

The Open File - Chess Limericks

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 »

» posted in Other

Chess Fantasies I: The Stranger

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 »

» posted in Fun & Trivia

What is New in Theory?:Oct.09

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 »

» posted in Opening Theory

Openings for Tactical Players: Petroff Defense

Submitted by 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 »

» posted in Tactics

Keres Defeats Winter

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

When the Clock is Ticking

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 »

» posted in Middlegame

Russians versus Fischer:Epilogue

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

The Thomas Crown Affair

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 »

» posted in Fun & Trivia

Russians versus Fischer:Part XI

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

Botvinnik Sytem Part 2 by GM Magesh and GM Arun

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 »

» posted in Opening Theory

Russians versus Fischer:Part X

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

Growing Pains in the Opening

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 »

» posted in Opening Theory

Options for Black vs. 1.d4

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 »

» posted in Opening Theory

TEST YOUR CHESS: BLACK DRAGON

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 »

» posted in Middlegame

Openings for Tactical Players: Ponziani Opening

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 »

» posted in Tactics

Bisguier Plays the Schliemann Against Spassky

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

Russians versus Fischer:Part IX

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 »

» posted in Chess Players

A Library of Positional Pictures

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 »

» posted in Middlegame
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