Smith-Morra Analysis
This is the blog page for the video lessons on Smith-Morra.
Modern Benoni Part 3: The Snake
This is a placeholder for the Snake Benoni (Modern Benoni Part 3). http://www.chess.com/video/player/modern-benoni-3-the-snake-benoni Analysis and comments go here.
Modern Benoni Part 2
This is a placeholder for comments for the 2nd Modern Benoni Lecture. You can hear it here: http://www.chess.com/video/player/modern-benoni-2-b5-strikes-against-the-center) The first Modern Benoni lecture was the exciting g2-g3 M. Amanov- Z....
Modern Benoni
This is the placeholder for discussions on the Modern Benoni (my November 2011 video lecture series on Chess.Com). http://www.chess.com/video/player/modern-benoni-1-the-amanovs-thrilling-battle
Week 5 Material
The Sharpest King’s Indian At the World Team today GM Nakamura scored a key victory leading the USA over Israel, 2.5 – 1.5 Last year, Nakamura also confounded GM Beliavsky in the same variation at the “Rising Stars vs Experience” match in Holland...
Week 4 Material
[Event "North American Open"][Site "Las Vegas, NV"][Date "2009.12.29"][Round "7"][White "Milman, Lev"][Black "Ginsburg, Mark"][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "B83"] [EventDate "2009.12.26"][EventRounds "7"][SourceDate "2009.12.30"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4...
Week 3 - an Ending
Here's a Week 3 Ending Puzzle. This is a fragment of a game between British player Gavin Crawley and Norwegian GM Jon Ludwig Hammer. Hammer won the event (London FIDE Open 2009, that went on concurrently with the London Chess Classic, with a hug...
Thinking your Way to Chess Mastery - #2 Solution
This is a placeholder so you can make comments to try to solve the Installment #2 Problem.
Thinking your way to chess mastery - #2 Problem
I will post here Installment #2's problem. It involves a game we went over, GM Fier - GM Iturrizaga, Sao Paolo 2009 Open 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 (Very popular) 4...O-O!? permitting white to grab the big center with 5. ...
Week 1 Assignment
Week One's Assignment. In the Becerra-Ramirez game (USCL 09), (257) Becerra,Julio (2615) - Ramirez,Alejandro (2601) [B04] USCL Miami vs Arizona Internet Chess Club (10), 04.11.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Nd7...
Week 1 Solution
This is a placeholder so you can try to solve the Week 1 Exercise. Add your comments/solution ideas. (no analysis, just verbiage).
Monday Nov 23 2 PM PDT Chess.com TV Lecture
On Monday November 23, 2009 I will be hosting a new show on "Chess.Com TV" (look under the "Fun" tab on the right) at 2 PM PDT. The name of the show is "Thinking your way to chess mastery." Every week I will present a tough game between tw...
The Fabulous 70s Part 10: US Junior Open
In August of 1976 I ventured up to rural Storrs, Connectictut to the U Conn campus for the US Junior Open along with fellow IM-to-be Steve Odendahl. This event had New England juniors Jim Rizzitano, Charlie Hertan, and NY hopeful Eric Moskow...
The Fabulous 70s Part 1: Maryland Junior Championship
In 1974 I played in my first round-robin, the U-21 Maryland State Junior Championship. Although i was only 14, I won easily with the score of 8-1. Here is a representative game versus Frank Teuton, who is still alive and well as ‘Fytin...
