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Gruendfeld and Larsen and some 1960's history
When checking the database re a vote chess match I came across a game which was played between two players with famous names in chess who I didn't think it possible could have played each other. The game was played between Bent Larsen and Ernst...
Study by D. Petrov 1st prizewinner
This study formed part of a lecture by David Fredgood at a meeting of the British Chess Problem Society last week entitled 'Some favourite light weight studies', which I am told was very good. I had no idea how to solve it so a small clue is that ...
messy game ( OTB)
Classic Study by K A L Kubbel
This study returns to the classic period of great studies by another of the great Soviet composers. This one is by K A L Kubbel, which is how he is always known, though he changed his name to Leonid Ivanovich after the 1917 revolution. He was a ch...
Study by Y. Afek - The Theme is Forks
It's time to come a bit more up to date, though no doubt there will be a return to the earlier period. The composer featured in the today's study is still very much alive and composing. He is a player, trainer, composer, chess journalist and and a...
Study by G. M. Kasparyan - 'A sparkling gem of rare exquisite beauty'
This is a composition by G. M. Kasparyan, who like Kubbel whose work we have looked at, and A. A. Troitsky and A.S. Gurevitz, who I aim to get round to, was one of of the giants of endgame composition of the Soviet era.The life of Kasparyan ( 1910...
Study by G. Neukomm - That's Entertainment
In a previous blog I mentioned the distinction Cheron made between endgame studies intended to be instructional, and those meant to be artisitic. I think there is another distinction to be made, and that is of endings which are primarily entertain...
Study by Andre Cheron
In his introduction to the book '1234 Endings' Andre Cheron disinguished between his own speciality, which he termed didactic end-games, and the ones which featured in the book, which he referred to as artistic end-games. He stated that ' Didactic...
Study by D Joseph BCM 1922
I remember first coming across this study back in the 60's in ' A Chess Mind' a thoughtful book by the strong English amateur player Gerald Abrahams who scored 1.5 - .5 against the Soviet player Ragozin in the 1946 Anglo-Soviet radio match. This s...
Troitzky study 2 knights v pawn
Veteran's victory
I do not usually post to a blog but the exploits of an old friend deserve to be celebrated. He was the first opponent when I played at a real (as opposed to school) chess club about half a century ago. He is now a veteran who has maintained his e...
