Submitted by
GM arunabi on Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:59pm.
This week we have decided to dwell a little more on the Spanish opening, also famously called the Ruy Lopez. We studied one of the main lines, the Chigorin defense last week, this time around we can discuss the Anti-Marshall variation. As the name... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:32am.
Arthur Bisguier faced the new kid, Bobby Fischer, in the third Rosenwald in 1956. In the same event Fischer's win against Donald Byrne was called the game of the century. Fischer was already a player. The kid played the King's Indian Defense, a... Read more »
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Submitted by
FM TigerLilov on Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:33am.
A constructive plan for white in Ruy Lopez Exchanged
Ruy Lopez Exchanged has always been an interesting alternative to the bishop’s retreat to a4 for White. With Bxc6, White damages Black’s pawn structure and either trades pieces to get into ... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM thamizhan on Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:29am.
This week we shall take a look at the Ruy Lopez Chigorin defense. Personally I (Magesh) have played this variation as both white and black for quite some time. Not that I can call myself an expert in it, but we felt I have had quite a few interest... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sun Nov 8, 2009 3:01am.
Kill KID
By Semko Semkov
Softback:p.140
Chess Stars.2009
http://www.chess-stars.com/
“Warning! Do not kill any kid around, I only refer to the King’s Indian Defence! That one, I am trying to kill for more than 20 years.”
These wo... Read more »
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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 »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sun Nov 1, 2009 5:29am.
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Submitted by
GM arunabi on Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:24am.
This week in our article we shall see The Botvinnik System. We wanted the readers to understand the opening clearly. So to begin with we decided to check the side lines that are played by white against this system. In this system White is consider... Read more »
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Submitted by
IM Silman on Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:40pm.
A blog appeared by farbror (10/05/2009) that claimed I seemed to be recommending the Latvian Gambit to chess.com readers while badmouthing the same opening on my site.
Dear farbror and all the people that think I have turned into a Lativan Gambit... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Oct 17, 2009 1:18pm.
I have long said that chess requires intelligence and character. This is the motto of the Grandmaster Chess School operated by Alexander Khalifman and Gennady Nesis. They express it as a formula, "chess = intellect + character." The school is in S... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM arunabi on Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:52am.
This week we shall see an old line in the Sicilian Pelikan or the Sveshnikov Variation. This system was very popular in the seventies and after taking a break it sprung back to life in the late nineties especially after a couple of strong wins by ... Read more »
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Submitted by
IM Silman on Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:35am.
Basheer Unneenkutty asked:
Today I had a game in which my opponent played 3…Nxe4? in the Petroff Defense: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4. I played 4.Qe2 (aiming Nc6+ to get black’s Queen). He responded with 4…d6 and after 5.Nxf7 Kxf7 6.... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM arunabi on Thu Oct 8, 2009 5:44am.
This week we shall study another interesting early g2-g4 idea in the Slav Defence. To play against the Slav Defence Meran is not everybody's choice. The side that comes up with a new idea has a better chance of winning the game. For white players ... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Tue Oct 6, 2009 12:53am.
In this final part of the series I shall explain what works for Black and what doesn't against the Groningen Attack.Let us start with 4...0-0.This plays right into White's hands as his moves 4.g4 and 5.Rg1 are aimed at the castled king.How about ... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Mon Oct 5, 2009 7:07am.
This opening made its debut in Groningen at the 1997 FIDE World Championship. That was how it acquired the name, Groningen Attack. The line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 has shock value. But if you are prepared, it loses its effect.
Last tim... Read more »
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Submitted by
IM Silman on Sun Oct 4, 2009 10:13pm.
Chronotis asks:
One bit of common advice for selecting openings is to choose those that match your style of play. I have three questions about this. Do players under master class really have a style other than patzer style? Supposing we do, how w... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Sun Oct 4, 2009 11:38am.
The recent losses of GM Magesh, one of our own authors to the Groningen Attack* have thrown a kind of creative challenge to all of us. First of all, we would not like a friend to lose, and not in this dreaded opening.While GM Magesh ... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM thamizhan on Thu Oct 1, 2009 12:30am.
Most smart players have a knack for taking their opponents into uncomfortable areas very early in the game. Like we have discussed in previous articles, chess not only involves strategy over the board, but also before the actual game is started. S... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:40am.
http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/
For first time readers:This is a series devoted to recent developments in theory from ChessPublishing.com. While it would not be possible to deal with every TN on the site,the focus would be both on topica... Read more »
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Submitted by
NM GreenLaser on Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:48am.
Alexei Shirov was born on July 4, 1972 in Riga, Latvia. He was World Champion Under 16 in 1988 and became a grandmaster in 1990. He defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a match to play a world championship match against Garry Kasparov. Instead of playing ... Read more »
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Submitted by
GM arunabi on Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:25pm.
This week we shall have a look at the Dutch Defence. To begin with we have an interesting concept, the 'h-file operation.' Usually the advancement of the h-pawn occurs in variations like Sicilian Najdorf, Dragon, Classical System, KID samisch vari... Read more »
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Submitted by
chessbibliophile on Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:58am.
The Sharpest Sicilian
by Kiril Georgiev and Aanas Kolev
Softback, 272 pages
Chess Stars.2007
http://www.chess-stars.com/
The Sicilian Najdorf is not a park where you can take a nice stroll around. It's a jungle where beasts of prey lurk rig... Read more »
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