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Myzo-system
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  • Chess.com Player Profiles: GM Magesh Chandran Panchanathan

    He didn´t like school but has a masters degree in computer science,  his nickname is "Captain Mag-Pan" (according to IM Danny Rensch) and he happens to be a fan of Gandhi... Meet Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan from Madurai in India, ... | Read More

  • "The Test of Time" by Garry Kasparov

    This week I will be reviewing a book that was pretty influential for me when I was growing up. This is Garry Kasparov's game collection The Test of Time. The book includes his annotations of games starting from his first steps in international che... | Read More

  • The Truth About Doubled Pawns, Part 4

    In the previous part of our discussion about doubled pawns we could see that in the majority of cases such pawns are a clear disadvantage in the endgame.  But what about openings and middle games?  As we could see the major drawback of... | Read More

  • Chess.com Player Profiles: JamesColeman

    In this Player Profile we get to know an exciting "under-the-radar" - player from London a little better. He is a polite and knowledgable man, and last year he was on a team of chess players who won a tv-quiz show in England. CM James Coleman... | Read More

  • Q&A with Coach Heisman Aug 31, 2012

    In today's show there were many open-ended questions similar to "Hi! I'm 1600 and want to get to 1800. What books should I read?" or the more answerable "Hi! I'm 1600 and I want a good book on positional play. What do you recommend?" There's a to... | Read More


    • Influential Chess Books

      We had a pretty cool discussion at chess club tonight about chess books.  A rapidly improving young player (very strong tactician, the rest of his game will catch up eventually if he's anything like I was...) was asking about which chess books ar... | Read More

      • ih8sens
      • | May 15, 2013
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    • A Masterly Example of My System

      By Hans Kmoch   Kmoch's translation (appeared in English in 1951) in the American Magazine Chess Review.    Anderssen started the sacrificial style, Morphy and Grunfeld the pure attacking style, Steinitz the positional style, Tarrasch the scien... | Read More

      • mcgaughp
      • | Mar 31, 2013
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    • Top 14 chess books for beginners/newbies

      Not my post, I'm just posting here for easier access for me   We play chess because it seduces our intellect, is an analogue to life itself, and represents the ever-elusive quest for mental and emotional elegance.At least that’s why I play c... | Read More

    • Nimzowitsch Mate in 7!

      This one is a puzzle from "My System" which is featured as a diagram but I thought it would be nice to put it here as a puzzle! The game is Nimzowitsch - Amateur , Nuremberg 1904. The theme of the puzzle is creating strong passed pawn and open f... | Read More

      • gadiper
      • | Feb 7, 2013
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    • Favorite peices of software.

      When it comes to fighting viruses and malware, there is nothing better to have then more 1 scanner on your computer. (as long as they are not conflicting) A few of the scanners I've tested out were rogue viruses and didnt own up to what they adver... | Read More

      • uPokerBrat
      • | Jan 14, 2013
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  • Open Sicilian

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    The Open Sicilian is a large branch of the Sicilian defense. It goes: 1. e4 c5 2.Nf3, the move that signals an open sicilian. Black has many different replies to this move. The main replies include Nc6, d6, and e6. These variation possibly tr... Read More »

  • Barcza System

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    The Barcza System is a interesting formation that is kind of like a reversed King's Indian defense, and it can become a King's Indian attack, which is one of its main lines. Here is the bare bones of the formation: White can reach this position ... Read More »

  • Modern Defence

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      In the Modern Defense, also known as the Robatsch Defense, after Karl Robatsch, Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4. Black's hope is to attack and undermine White's "ideal" position without directly attempting to... Read More »

  • King's Indian Attack

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      The King's Indian Attack (KIA), also known as the Barcza System (after Gedeon Barcza), is a chess opening system for White, most notably used by Bobby Fischer. Its typical formation is shown in the diagram to the right.It is an attacki... Read More »

  • Values

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    Each of the pieces in chess has a different value indicating its usefulness relative to other pieces. Under most systems, including that used in the "Details" section of Chess.com games, a pawn is worth one point, a knight is worth three points, a... Read More »