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Last November I was in Brno the second city of the Czech Republic. I was visiting an old school friend of mine and also participated in a chess tournament. Unfortunately during the first few rounds I was ill and had to cancel a few rounds. I decid... | Read More
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Hi all,Bogoljubov - Alekhine, Hastings 1922, is a famous chess game that was played in the 10th and final round of the Tournament of Hastings on 21 September 1922 by Alexander Alekhine with the black pieces against Efim Bogolyubov (White). Alekhin... | Read More
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Hi all,In New Orleans Adams played what is probably the most beautiful overloading combination in the history of chess.Poor Torre was desperately trying to keep his pieces together but in the end could not manage against the well poised violence o... | Read More
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In this video I take a look at an instructive chess study by Hermanis Mattison.It features some fine maneuvers and a thinking technique called "thinking with the end in mind".How do you like this study?Leave your comments below.http://youtu.be/Anp... | Read More
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In this episode of Chess Opening Traps we are going to take a look at a well known opening pitfall from the Queen’s Gambit Accepted.It features a game fragment that is quite common amongst unexperienced chess players.Black takes a gambit pawn an... | Read More
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Hi all,The great Polish master Akiba Rubinstein was a purist in the game of chess who always believed in a positional and correct way of development of the game.Despite this attitude, which meant that he avoided what looked beautiful but was in re... | Read More
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In this video I take a look at an instructive chess study by Henri Weenink. It features some fine maneuvers and ways of "eliminating the defender".
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http://youtu.be/NH8QiSRbNFc
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Hi all,In episode #3 of The World's Most Famous Chess Combinations I take a look at one of Wilhelm Steinitz's finest moments.He managed to play a very deep and fine combination against Von Bardeleben in Hastings, 1895.Apparently Von Bardeleben cou... | Read More
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In this video I discuss a useful chess study by Abram Gurvich. It was composed in 1962. It shows a nice bit of “strangulation” on White’s part!
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http://youtu.be/cgioJHEwrYw
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In this video I’m taking a look at a tournament game fragment that was played by Dolrish who is one of my students and also a member on chess.com. I decided to discuss this game because it heavily features one of the most important topics in che... | Read More