We will start studying King + Pawn(s) vs King Endgames. When studying endgames we regard white as the side with the advantage(playing to win) and black as the side with the disadvantage(playing to draw).
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apostolis1 Nov 4, 2012
We will start a Canadian Vote chess game once we agree on the rules: 1)Suggesters suggest moves and explain them.They don't vote. 2)Voters can also suggest moves if they can explain them. 3)Explanation has to be complete.Moves without adequate explanation can not be approved and voted even if they win immediately. 4)Any Voter must first state his chosen move before voting.When he does , I will assume he understands the move and I can make a question.If he doesn't answer, he loses his right to vote and has to find another move or not vote at all.If he answers or if I don't have a question he can vote but it is advisable to wait as a better move may appear. 5)I won't correct wrong moves.In fact I may suggest some.Voters have to find the mistake.It's their job. 6)Opening will be played and explained by me. Remember that this is for you so any idea that will help you learn better is wellcome. The suggested time limit is 3 days a move.
Before suggesting an opening let's first talk about what a beginner needs. There is no expert in the world that will tell you that a beginner needs to study openings , if you find one , he is no expert.Beginners need to understand how to think and they need to study end-game and middle-game. But there is a problem.Study alone isn't enough, they need games and every game starts from the opening.To gain an experience in middle game it is necessary to learn to survive on the opening and that is easier said than done. I have won countless games against beginners without even thinking because of opening traps.Especially 1.e4 is a nightmare.It was for me so I bet it is for most of you. This is highly controversial.You have to survive the opening without studying it.Is it possible?It is possible if you play clever avoiding highly analysed openings. And now the questions start , let me answer them before you do them. "But highly analysed openings are the good openings.Right?" Wrong!!!Highly analysed openings are the complicated openings not the best openings. "But these are the openings Kasparov played so they must be the best openings". What Kasparov or anyone else played should be the least of your concerns right now.Kasparov's needs are not the same as your needs(not even close).Kasparov understands perfectly every aspect of the game so he needs highly complicated openings to demonstrate his ability to handle every kind of position better than his opponents.He also needs complicated positions to expolit his ability his ability to calculate far ahead in chaotic positions.But Kasparov and all great players started from simple openings and simple lines.They didn't born playing Najdorf or King's Indian defense. "Ok , I will avoid everything thast is not complicated, how about 1.b3?It's simple and not highly analysed".True , it is simple , with no traps at all and no need of memorisation of long complicated lines.But(in chess you are going to see this word a lot) you need openings that produce reach in strategic concepts positions.You need to understand chess and not the opening.The opening should be only the bridge that will transfer youto middlegame safely, nothing more. "So if I play 1.b3 Iwon't understand chess".You will but in a slower rate and with significant gaps in your chess knowledge that ultimately will kick in forcing you to change to more rich openings. We reached a conclusion: We need safe and easy to learn openings that produce positions that will help you understand the important concepts of chess as fast as possible. That is what we will try to do.It must be noted here that these are not my suggestions.It's Botvinnik's suggestions and that must mean a lot since he is the best teacher ever appeared in this part of the Galaxy. These openings were suggested by Petar Trifunovic(he was the coach of Greek Chess team) in a series of lectures he gave for young talents(yes, I was once a talent, no laughs please).Needless to say that I was a Raider(rookie) of the Lost Ark(perfect opening) back then and Trifunovich helped me to understand that I was looking in the wrong direction. Having kept these lectures I will just share them with you.My only interference is that I enriched them with some more modern examples from tournaments. It must be noted that the instructive value of these openings is priceless.Once "mastering" the positions they produce you will realise that moving to more complicated openings is surprisingly easy.Also the "transformation" chances are countless as there are a lot of "Descendant systems"(as Trifunovich used to call them) that you will easily understand once you understand the "Ancestor or Father system". p.s.1 I want to remind everyone that when I say beginners I don't mean to insult anyone and I mean those who feel beginners.I don't regard myself as an expert but I had the luck of having more serious training from very high level teachers.My only aim is to share that with you. p.s.2 Please keep this forum "clean" from questions or any other post.I will open a forum for opening questions.
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Michael-G Apr 18, 2012
Japan released radioactive contaminated water.However, radioactive substances such as cesium and strontium exceeded the standard level and were released.Even Masashi Goto, the architect of the nuclear power plant, said the release should be prevented.And, while the polluted waters of Fukushima are very far from the Korean Peninsula in terms of ocean currents, 200 to 500 meters deep currents enter the Korean Peninsula's territorial waters within a year.Even if this scenario doesn't work, the fish in Fukushima will be everywhere.If you get caught in the U.S., you get made in the U.S., and if you get caught in China, you get made in China.Also, if radioactive fish are caught in other prefectures in Japan, which Korea allows to export, they will be imported as they are.Even customs inspections are slow.These fish are like rugby balls that don't know where they're going to bounce.Asia, Southeast Asia, South America, and North America are in range, and if the other continents are unlucky the radiation can reach out. Press 1 for the discharge of contaminated water and 2 for the opposite at the comments.Although the release has begun, isn't there any hope if people all over the world oppose it?
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markseo1 Sep 3, 2023
DO You Know Botvinnik His Top 8th Game In The Decade of 1960s Well\ Let's Analyse His Game! Link- .https://www.chess.com/blog/A_OP_Chess_Gamer/games-top-10-games-of-the-1960s-botvinnik-and-paid-for-botvinnik-vs-portisch-1968
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A_OP_Chess_Gamer Nov 22, 2020
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A_OP_Chess_Gamer Nov 20, 2020
Hello everyone,I hope you will find a piece of beauty in Kubbel's Chess Studies. Almost all of his works contain hard-to-find spectacular moves. Try to solve them without a board. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1705741975
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AlekhinTactics Nov 13, 2019
Hello everyone,Who are interesting to study the classics I recommend this book. Alekhine was in his prime and great shape. At first I found the old version, it is also good, but this version has more material and is in the algebraic notation. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YSZD3WC
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AlekhinTactics Oct 17, 2019
I know that Botvinnik founded his own school within the Soviet coaching system, and its graduates include world champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Vladimir Kramnik, and other top-class players such as Alexei Shirov. Are Botvinnik's example and teaching established the modern approach to preparing for competitive chess? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WGL81QZ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1686257694 I read this book and was quite surprised. I also find good Polugaevski book.
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AlekhinTactics Sep 2, 2019
https://abhinblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/rook-endgames.htmlhttps://abhinblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/corresponding-squares-in-chess-endgames.htmlhttps://abhinblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/pawn-endgames-fundamentals.html
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Abhi_chess_lectures Jun 7, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUBttS6mSiI&feature=youtu.be
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Ben_Dubuque Jan 30, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDy_ro0ENM&feature=youtu.be Here is the first episode Please submit your games via private message to me. I don't care if its a win or a loss or a draw. If something can be learned please submit. I will try and do at least one per week.
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Ben_Dubuque Dec 28, 2016
my hobby is making my chess program, but it is not good codeing qualities, now newly i write for program by C++ language also this year, and i assign how to play style is is my d2 d4 openings now i use often system. more examination is need this playing system for my flesh own. And also , i need more english skill's gain, my near place pastor say language use for communication but i think also of course but i more say then langage use for build a wisdom for human-being. this things i learn from bible. anyway here i more communicate for others. and get idea for combine for my making program code. keep ing touch with me. i skill of chess not so strong but i come here around i how much gain chess skill until my die. it is interestings, anyway yoroshiku (よ yo ろ ro し shi く ku).
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hobby-man-001a Jan 2, 2016

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