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  • Q&A with Coach Heisman May 10, 2013

    A viewer asked if, in the Ruy Lopez, White should play 5.d3 or 5.O-O after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6: I responded that while 5.d3 is currently fashionable among some higher level players, that does not make it better. Top GMs are only... | Read More

  • Q&A with Coach Heisman Apr 12, 2013

    Chess is a game of knowledge and skill. Yet many players - as evidenced from the majority of questions I get on the show - seem to think improvement initiatives lean toward the knowledge side, typical questions being "Where can I learn more about ... | Read More

  • Q&A with Coach Heisman Mar 15, 2013

    Today's show coincided with the first round of the Candidates Tournament in London. Unfortunately, none of the games were exciting (all draws, most fairly short), so it was not a big topic of conversation. However, I was asked who I thought would... | Read More

  • Q&A with Coach Heisman Feb 1, 2013

    When I get asked generic questions on the show about improvement, there's about an 80% chance that I already have at least one Novice Nook containing a much more comprehensive answer than I could easily cover on the air. This, of course, makes me ... | Read More

  • Q&A with Coach Heisman Jan 4, 2013

    At the beginning of this week's show almost every question involved openings. Don't get me wrong; I think openings are important - it's the only part of the game which you are guaranteed to reach each time you play. But this obsession with opening... | Read More

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    • ELO rating estimater

      So I was browsing Chess.com forum posts sunday evening to see how far off the site's rating system is from the ELO system, and chess.com is miles off. I've always wondered what my ELO rating would be around exactly and stumbled on an old closed th... | Read More

    • Experimenting with blogging

      I've just reached a new ratings high, and so I think I will take a break and try blogging for a while, because if I keep playing games I am bound to plummet back to my real rating fairly quickly. Incidentally, there is definitely an intimidation ... | Read More

      • Flatfish
      • | May 18, 2013
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    • The Queen is a rubbish piece

      A core strategy in my ratings climb will be my QUEEN. Central to this is simple "use my queen to remove my enemy's core piece" The Queen is the most powerful attacking piece on the board, it is central to a lot of players armory. My response i wil... | Read More

      • crok
      • | May 18, 2013
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    • LoL damn sick of waiting...

      Very annoying the waiting... I am 49 years old and just avoiding chess, but reading about it, especially my openings... I am waiting till i turn 50 in a few days, then i am going to turn my 1100 rating into 2200 Master rating. Can an 'old' man be... | Read More

      • crok
      • | May 18, 2013
      • | 48 views
      • | 1 comment

    • Two Knight Raiders to Joust in 14th Death Match

      Two Texas Tech Knight Raider teammates will square off in Chess.com's 14th Death Match this Sunday, May 19th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific. The match could be the "Modesty Cup" as neither player gives himself a ringing endorsement in blit... | Read More

      • MikeKlein
      • | May 17, 2013
      • | 6206 views
      • | 60 comments

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  • Karch, Robert

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    Robert Alfred Karch (1930-2010) was born on March 24, 1930.  He was active in organized chess for over 60 years.   Robert played chess for the Lincoln High School team in Tacoma Washington in the 1940s.  He enlisted in the United States Army ... Read More »

  • Pogonina, Natalia

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    Natalia Pogonina (born on March 9, 1985) is one of the best female chess players in the world. Woman Grandmaster (WGM), three-times European champion (U16, twice U18), bronze prize winner at the World Championship (U18) and European Women Champi... Read More »

  • Elo, Arpad Emrick

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    Arpad Elo (1903-1992) was born in Egyhazaskeszo, Hungary, he moved to the United States with his parents in 1913.  He played in 37 consecutive state championships in Wisconsin, from 1933 to 1969, winning the title 7 times (1935, 1937, 1940, 1... Read More »

  • Cunningham, George

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    George Cunningham was born in Maine on March 25, 1909.  He was a college professor in Maine.  In 1978, he was Executive Director for the United States Chess Federation (USCF).  In 1980, he was the ratings statician for the USCF and ... Read More »

  • unusually good chess players

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    These famous people not only were avid chess players, but established the following ratings.  I'm not sure why, but leftist dictators and revolutionaries seem to be unusually good chess players. Alan Alda (actor) ... Read More »

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