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ABOUT LEADERSHIP My opinion about the philosophy of the king in the game of chess. Physically king of chess and the supreme leader of a group or a nation, are very different, chess king just a wooden statue and did not have absolute power and political, but the creators of chess and the rules of the game, whether intentionally or not it turns out has managed to bring in such chess detail approaching philosophies in social life. In the early phases of the game until the middle round where there are a lot of pieces on the board, the king became the target so as to be secured. king is the only chess piece that can castle to save or protect itself. Here the king actually serves as a symbol for other pieces may die, but the king can not die. This is the same role with the leaders of the nation level, groups or companies, which is why in an organization, every leader has always defended and avoided to make a mistake by their group, of course, very clear that if the leaders make mistakes or die in chess, then it means the whole group bad status and this resulted in the completion of a game of chess. On a political party or company, any errors that occur and the potential level leadership's decision to drop the image of the party and the company, there will be a subordinate who sacrificed, so that the leader can be secured. Chess was like that, any piece will be sacrificed for the sake of avoiding the mat. A subordinates in a company, for example, it is banned to reveal any error of judgment to the top leaders and partner relationships, because it will result in breaking the business relationship between the company and those relationships are, theoretically error will be deducted as a personal mistake subordinates so that leaders can quibble would fix it. I'm not interested in contemplating the king in chess with political leadership philosophy, because chess is quite different to politics. Chess prioritizing moral values of honesty and sportsmanship, no subterfuge technically high level. There is nothing wrong to be right and good to say bad at chess, whereas in politics I do not know, do you also like that? For me, the king of chess philosophy is more akin to the informal leadership in the community, or formal leadership in the company, group, or family relatives, without the involvement of political elements in it. Therefore, we limit the discussion area here alone, so do not talk about something that is not well known. King is not the strongest in chess, only slightly better than pawns. Certainly the leaders was such that, in the company or any organization, top management was not the most mastered the entire problem, it is technically mastery on the subordinates, which should be reported and the correct inputs to the boss, so that the leader is able to perform every decision with precise and accurate. This philosophy is important because if a leader was the most intelligent and the most knowledgeable of all things from all the people he leads, when it came to pass one man show which resulted in ineffective leadership. Successful leaders are able to select qualified subordinates, able coorporate, humble and know respect the opinions of others, can develop loyalty team, willing to learn and improve the quality of self so as to have the vision of the future. Chess is honesty, entirely worth technical, there is no guile in chess on the game level experts, if this philosophy is entrenched and ingrained in the soul of a chess player, then any work done instinctively will be implemented with framed in the values of sportsmanship and honesty. Such is the philosophy of a king or a leader in chess, which primarily is a mission to win the game, and not a victory not only for the leader? , Mission, to achieve a common goal is the main thing, a company for example, the mission of his life is the welfare of all the people involved in it, if the owner or the management of that company trickery "talk service" to all employees, and only concentrated on self-interest, then the company lost the purpose of life, the employees will feel the lack of welfare, then lost the loyalty and company certainly will not be developed. Then the interests of a leader is supposed to be the last priority after the interests of all members of the group are fulfilled. The ability to motivate and foster cohesiveness comes from the character of the leader himself, a leader must be able to mobilize all potential as a force together. Giants Real Madrid is a good example to show how the collection of the likes of Ronaldo, Zidane, Beckham, Figo and Roberto Carlos Luiz become redundant when not able cooperation. In the final round, when the pieces has been reduced over the board, a king must be active and serves as an officer, the chess players know that the king of passive on round the end will lead to defeat. Leaders must be able to work harder than all the members of his group, daring to face the danger, quick decision-making, good at controlling emotions and protects the entire group. My wise teacher and I respect but unethical mentioned here without permission, he taught that: 'leading people is the most forward in the face of danger and adversity and the most recent meal. " Function king in chess game end, it is the depiction of the characters philosophical outstanding leadership in the community. Short and simple writing is very far from sufficient to define a maximum of leadership. However, from this limited field, the chess players we rethink the values of leadership within us, because everyone is a leader, a minimum of home stairs each, we do not need to search the literature and literature to learn to lead, because chess had to created clearly through the philosophy of a king. sincere greetings to all chess friends GENS UNA SUMUS Visca's style xixixi

Arabian is one of the oldest mating patterns known in chess and dates back to at least the 1400s, The movement of the pieces involved has stayed the same over the centuries. In it's basic form the mate is like this: This mating pattern is very powerful and can crop up in many instances. Often when one has conrol with a rook on the 7th rank, teaming up with a strong knight on f6 we are almost all set. The knight on f6 is often so strong that simply threatening to give Arabian mate on next move can often be an indefnsible threat. This is exactly what happened in my blitz game tonight. It doesn't matter if the rook arrives on the 7th or if it's on a file (the b-file or g-file depending on orientation) One of my favourite games of all-time with this theme is this one by Kramnik: Make sure you train yourself to recognize patterns such as this one. This will help you both in finding more complex combinations and finding easy tactics such as the one above in my blitz game which allowed me to win quickly and prevented any funny business with a timescramble in the end since this was a mere 3-minute game!

Hi, here are 3 games recently posted in my blog, in case you missed them. Each one was a very memorable game for me: http://www.chess.com/blog/aww-rats My Game with former World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosian, 1982 March 14, 1982, Labate's Chess Centre, Downey, CA. I posted a video of this game a couple years ago, but was recently given photographs by a friend. Sadly, Tigran passed away just two years later. He caught me in a line he knew and I didn't and I ... | Read More NM aww-rats | Nov 1, 2014| 385 views| 7 comments My other "Brilliancy" game This game didn't win a prize, but it is one of my favorites for the material imbalance by giving up my Queen and a Pawn for three minor pieces. Notes are mine from the September-October issue of Rank and File. I know there were other ways to win... | Read More NM aww-rats | Oct 30, 2014| 596 views| 5 comments My Brilliancy Prize win from 1990 US Amateur Team Championship West Back in February 1990, I briefly had a 2300+ rating and was drafted into a team with a high average rating, 2195 for the US Amateur Team Championship West.. We also had a gimmick to try for the best promotional prize, we would dress up as the Fo... | Read More NM aww-rats | Oct 10, 2014| 1141 views| 10 comments

Prime example of what happens when I get nervous. You will see some of the stupidest things a person can ever do. No matter how low my rating, these are mistakes that are unforgiveable. NERVES were a huge problem here. I had taken a hiatus from anything competetive (read "rated") because of a huge slump and supreme frustration. My idea behind the hiatus was to get stronger -- I have a few mentors and they started working with me on tactics, the chess mentor, and some other exercises as well. I was doing these every day. Many here know I am a member of the Dan Heisman Learning Center. Within that group, we have our own little group tourneys that I often take part in as part of my learning process. I've done about 75 games or so and won --- drum roll please -- THREE matches, I think. That's it. The opponent here was one of the ones I had beaten once before. (Worth noting, I don't get upset when I lose most of these... unless I lose on stupidity - there is a big difference on losing over carelessness and losing because of inexperience. In fact, I'm often exhilarated after some of my losses against the stronger players). But nerves hit me here. It was my first "rated" "tournament" game in a long time. That was problem #1. These games are played at a time control of 45/45. I am a VERY slow player. I have lost SEVERAL 45/45 games on time. Right after we started this, we got a popup from chess.com saying they were shutting the servers down in 30 minutes. So now... while this won't mean anything for most... I was in "time trouble" and tried to speed up my moves a bit. In retrospect, I should have insisted upon a draw and arranged to play the gane at a later time when we had the full amount of time. Instead, I was STUPID and kept going like an idiot because I didn't want to ruffle any feathers or seem rude. But it was STUPID. Third problem -- I was ill although not fully aware of it yet. I was exhausted and aching and because my opponent was on the other side of the world, I arranged to play at a time that wasn't really ideal for me as it was not a good time in my part of the world. Again, in the interest of not being a bad sport, I agreed to the time even if it wasn't ideal. STUPID. I promised myself I'd never do that again (and of course, I didn't keep that promise to myself and again got bitten in the behind for it -- I can post that game too if people want) Lastly, I didn't really want the game in the first place. I was kind of talked into it. I didn't feel ready to try again. My confidence was at sub zero levels to begin with but the particular event was a one round event and they needed another low rated player and asked me and I foolishly agreed to do it when I didn't really feel ready. I have a difficult time saying "no" at times but that's a different story. Bottom line -- I was too nervous for the reasons I mention above and then I had this disaster. Tiger and I have discussed nerves briefly. I truly think it's my biggest problem. Psychology is a huge part of this game and I have no idea how to battle it. My second game here is a game I had with a MUCH stronger player. It was non rated and with someone who has become a "mentor" for me. We ended in a draw because I was playing it while receiving treatment for my anemia. My treatment had finished (it takes about two hours give or take). But as you can see, the position at the end was about even. And this was someone about 800 points above me!!! The player here has kindly taken me under his wing and knows how to get me to relax when I play. This game shows what I am capable of doing when nerves aren't affecting me. So I KNOW I have some capabilities. I am not a good player -- NO DOUBT -- but I'm not as bad as I seem to be in my first game. Any advice appreciated. PLEASE BE NICE. We are all here to learn. This game was over in about 20 minutes. Game played more recnetly on 2 October 2013. I think we went about 75 minutes or more. As I said, I'm a slow player and I take my time.

Hi guys! Этот ПОСТ на Русском Let's continue our series of Posts about Najdorf. Today it will be a short but nice battle. Black reached a domination by putting their pieces on the right squares. Lets take a look how he arranged that? Lets play a game now! There was a moment in the game that was missed both by me and my opponent. White had a chance to equalise. I give a trophy to everybody who will find this moment and wright it in comments to post. previous najdorf commentaryNajdorf Battle № 1Najdorf Battle № 2Najdirf Battle № 3Please feel free to comment the game, share your opinion and ask questions! Click HERE to add me as a friend to stay in touch with me and follow this blog.

Hi Guys! I decided to comment on another one game from an exiting thematic tournament - a Sicilian Najdorf .The most interesting thing in this game is the endgame, which was finished by a nice, well calculated trick. I suggest that you play this endgame with me in the form of solutions to a puzzle, and then view the comments. This format is probably good :) Enjoy the whole game after solving a puzzle. previous najdorf commentaryNajdorf Battle № 1Najdorf Battle № 2You are welcome to comment on the game and share your opinion.Maybe you have qestions? - Please ask! Click HERE to add me as a friend to stay in touch with me and follow this blog.

GM Petar Genov recently joined my group, and I his, as we team up to bring you the best. My goal is to help this group grow, and I am sending members over from my other two huge groups. One recent news articel in my video lessons group brought over 100 members to this group in a single day, Some of you belong to all three. Here is information on the other two: http://www.chess.com/article/view/your-chess-improvement-is-my-job-i-can-and-do-help Hopefully, that article results in even more members to these groups, and I will keep at it! all 3 will eventually become top 10 largest groups on chess.com!

As requested earlier, I decided to try posting helpful bits to start with the forums, and endgames was the first request. Before I start, I would like to preface this by saying I am not a master of the game. I am currently putting in a lot of time, studying chess, while I am not working 40 hours a week, and I think something has semi clicked recently (though what it is I am not sure), but I am only an intermediate player, so if I do make a grave, or even minor error in my posts, I apologize, and look forward to learning as well. Okay... so end games. I will start with the most common. King pawn vs king. If you are the one up a pawn, and are able to trade everything off, then by all means, you should be able to win, given that you are able to defend the pawn before the opponent can take it, and that said pawn is not on the A or H file. If said pawn is on the A or H file, and the opponents king bars the way to promotion, then it will be a draw. However on any other square, you should be able to force a promotion with this set up. Okay, so that seems pretty straight forward right? You push your opponent up the board, defend the pawn, and leave them with no way to take and force the draw. From there, it is a matter of mating the opponent. With a rook or a queen it is pretty much a similar set up; queen making it easier. So for these purposes, I am going to say you have a rook as it is slightly more complicated. Okay, more to come soon on this topic, but life is calling.

Goood Luck to all who playing vs Arabian Masters