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Chessable Author Three new books are in development in collaboration with IM@AttilaTurzo: KIMPLODES! Human Analysis. The goal is to provide a way to analyze your games before asking a silicon chess god to provide incomprehensible answers. Volume 1 will be for Beginner to Intermediate level players. Volume 2 is tentatively aimed at Intermediate to Advanced, and Volume 3 at Advanced to Expert. You can expect to see Volume 1 by June 2026, with the other volumes following shortly thereafter.

Prior Books: Secrets of Trapping Pieces: Fundamentals and Secrets of Trapping Pieces.

Blogger:
KevinSmithIdiot’s Blog
Surprise winner of Season 6 on BlogChamps. (I was surprised!)
Judge for subsequent competitions on BlogChamps. Judge for The Blogger Awards v2.0.

My Clubs:
The Blogger Awards v 2.0 Reincarnation of the original TBA. Bloggers contest monthly for ten awards, including Best Blog.

Me Tomar. Me blog. Me read blogs. "Me Tomar" is not spanish...in this instance.

Favorite openings: Ruy Lopez, both sides. I simply resign if White plays 1 d2-d4, and offer a draw if White plays c2-c4. What I like in chess: weak squares Favorite players: Bent Larsen.

Who am I? Basically, just some yahoo who makes inexplicable blunders, whether OTB or online (mouse slips are explicable, but annoying).

Some key blogs:

Monthly Posts About Chess Player Birthdays

February Babies: A Chess Zodiac

Secrets of Trapping Pieces: One Blog to Link Them All
A series about trapping knights, bishops, rooks, and queens...maybe even a king.👑

KIMPLODES! Explosive Analysis Approach--Break it up, baby!
A how-to-analyze series based on the acronym KIMPLODES!

Secrets of Trapping Pieces: Anastasia's Mate
An entire series dedicated to mating configurations.

My Experiences Writing a Second Book – "Secrets of Trapping Pieces: Foundations"

How to Cheat at Chess: Today's Tawdry Tricks to Tomorrow's Taunting Truths
Some satire for those who choose to indulge.

All 101 Reasons I Hate Chess A bit more satire for those who enjoy such.

Blog below has links to #45 - 50

HoF #44: Leko–"The Cement Meister"

The chess personalities with the greatest quotes

Chess QuoteMaster #10: GM Andrew Soltis