Last year, as well as in 2016, the historical city of Leuven – very close to where I live – received the absolute elite of chess, when they played there for the Grand Chess Tour. I attended the tournament about four times, finding a sp...
In my last blog post on H.E. Bird I mentioned that I had found four new Bird games, of which I published two back then. In the meantime I was pointed towards two more, so all in all I have now six additional games, compared to my book which was pu...
A few days ago I received the first batch of proofs of my manuscript which will quite soon result in the publication of my second book, Neumann, Hirschfeld and Suhle. 19th Century Berlin Chess Biographies with 711 Games. In Septemb...
In November last year I made a rather extensive blog post here at Chess.com in which I wrote a bit about my research on Henry Edward Bird. It was announced as a “Part I”, but circumstances prevented me from writing a follow-up. By now ...
A few weeks ago, my first book – Henry Edward Bird: A Chess Biography with 1198 games – was released. During the eight years that I worked on the manuscript I didn’t talk much about this project so that the publication came ...
Dear Chess Friends, This post entry is the follow-up of the previous one, released two days ago. As this post is of an instructional nature, you may want to read that one first. If so, please look HERE. I am glad to find some people...
This post is a re-entry of one I did two years ago. Now that I have time again to give chess lessons (by game analysis) it seems relevant to repost it, and finish the query I posed back then. So, below is a fragment of a game of mine, played at a ...
During the past weekend I played in my first chess competition since I abandoned the practice of OTB chess nearly three years ago. My decision back then to withdraw from the tournament arena was mainly influenced by the heavy workload I experience...
Yesterday I had my first experience with this new kind of tournament. As it has been more than a year since I played officially, I considered myself quite rusty. I started with two wins, but in both cases I needed some luck and time pressure from...
Hi, In my recent post, I informed you about chess lessons I give by analyzing your games in an extended fashion. Some people were interested, so that I now propose to give a fragment of a game of mine with some analysis. As I believe some inte...
Hi, I'm available for chess lessons in the form of analyzing your games. You can find more information here: http://www.chess.com/coach/nightlamp.
Hi, After quite an absence, I'm back with a new video! In it I analyze a very tense game, played with the main line Sicilian Paulsen. I hope you'll like it!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4QQQrR_e8
Hi, Hereby a tense game explaining some crucial ideas when playing the Sicilian defence. It is gained by a few cunning king moves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juN1TBn16z0
Hi!, Below you find the link to my newest video, explaining another tense game in the sicilian. It is the latest (for now) with a side line. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVQpzyJSJP8
Hi all, In my second installment on building an opening repertoire, you'll find me facing an unfamiliar side line. My opponent tried to trick me into unknown territory, in which he succeeded, but this party went to the cost of his position. Yo...
Hi all, Today I commenced a series, dedicated to the mastering of an opening. In casu the Sicilian Defence. I took it up about 10 years, got decent results from the beginning, but also paid some learning money in my attempts to master the open...
Dear Friends, I proudly present you today my first video of the new year. It consists of 2 parts, three short, flashing, games with a certain opening and some sort of a tactical puzzle to finish things off. I hope you'll enjoy them! http://ww...
Hi, Today I uploaded a video in which I analyze one of my favorite games. It contains a queen as well as rook sacrifice, all for the sake of a mere pawn of mine. Hope you'll enjoy it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs5uyraFFUk
Hi, Today I analysed an eventful game I played a few years ago with the Sicilian Defence, Paulsen Variation. I discuss the importance of following the main theory for at least some time to obtain a decent position to start playing from. The analy...
In all senses of the word... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvfyDuEHOrI
Hi, Thanks for the nice comments on my previous post. I just analyzed another game, played by Willem, a pupil of mine. You can watch it here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWo1e7hGIM.
Hi, I am a FM, rated about 2370, with 2 IM norms. I started a youtube channel dedicated to game analysis. I took off with an old game of my own (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn-japmfeM), but I invite you to send me a game of you, with some an...
