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Here's what was New at Chessville between
1 April 2007 and 30 June 2007
(6/30)
Nuestro Círculo #256:
30 de junio de 2007,
dedicado al Gran Maestro
Ucraniano
Alexander Markovich Konstantinopolsky
(1910 - 1990). Aparte de su biografía y partidas, publicamos las notas
"Partidas de un Maestro", "el Aguafiestas" y "Partidas premiadas entre 1896
y 1900."
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
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(6/30)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: Stalin's Ghost, Goddesschess, brains,
banks, and 70,000 children;
Ivanchuk, Khalifman and Kramnik.
TheParrot Squaawks asks: Arbiters are OK too?
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(6/26)
Tactics, Tactics, Tactics...:
Chessville Problem Master Gary Gifford announces a portal page for all our
tactic-related offerings here at Chessville. If studying tactics is
your thing, this is the page to check out for everything from basic concepts
to problems of the week to free downloadable databases of problems, to...
 (6/24)
Chess Instruction:
Watch Your Back...Rank! by IM Igor Khmelnitsky. "Back
rank checkmate is rather unique attacking situation where one doesn’t really
need many pieces to finish the game on the spot. No matter what the material
balance is, what other targets and threats are, if one has a Queen, or even
a Rook and the other side has the King stuck on the back rank (1st
for White or 8th for Black), there is always a chance for a game
ending back rank checkmate. Many tactical operations are based on the
back rank checkmate. Among them elimination of defender, deflection/decoy,
skewer etc… It is amazing, how the situation can turn 180 degrees in a
single move because of the back rank problem. In fact, in my new book
Chess Exam Tactics,
I list Back rank amongst the 6 critical Motives or reasons for
combinations.
Here is an
example from a recent game of my student..." |
 (6/24)
Annotated Game:
Vasily Smyslov
-Mikhail Tal, Candidates Tournament 1959, by Prof. Nagesh Havanur.
"The Candidates' Tournament 1959 was one of the greatest triumphs of Tal's
career. It was a star-studded field with eight players: Smyslov, Keres,
Petrosian, Tal, Gligorich, Benko, Olafsson and a 16-year-old Bobby Fischer!
(Misha beat him 4-0 !) The event began rather ominously for Tal with
losses to Smyslov and Keres. But he picked up pace with courage and
confidence. By the end of the second cycle it was already clear that
the real struggle for the first place lay between Tal and Keres..." |
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Review: Mikhail Tal
8th World Champion (CD) from Convekta Ltd., reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur.
"28th May,1992.
The traditional Moscow Blitz Tournament is in full swing. The field is
led by World Champion Kasparov himself who has beaten one opponent after
another. But this time there is a kind of electricity in the air.
Seated opposite him is a pale emaciated figure who appears to be a shadow of
himself. It is only the burning eyes that offer a glimpse of the fire
within. For it is none other than Mikhail Tal, former World Champion
and a legendary player in his own time. The crowd watches with bated
breath. Few are aware that the Latvian genius is critically ill and
nearer death's door than ever before. In fact he has sneaked out of
the hospital to participate in his beloved tournament. The play begins
and Kasparov is soon treated to a hussar-like cavalry charge. It
appears that the World Champion is going to be mated. The alert Garry
beats off the dashing attack, retaining the extra material.... only to
overstep the time limit! A stunned Kasparov extends his hand in
congratulation. Pandemonium breaks out in the hall..... That
game was to be Tal's swan song. A month later, on 28th June
1992 he breathed his last in a Moscow hospital and was buried in his native
Riga, the city that he loved. The maestro is gone, but the magic still
lingers..." This review includes two fully annotated games,
including Smyslov-Tal,
Candidates Tournament 1959. |
 (6/24) Review:
Secrets of Opening Surprises Volume 6 (New
In Chess, 2007), reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "The name is Bland.
James Bland. I find the 3.ed ed French Defense... bracing. Carl
Schlecter's face looks down upon me from a poster in my cubicle. Beneath it
lies a placard: "A half point saved is a half point earned." Words to live
by. My mind reels and my palms sweat at the excitements of... the exchange
Slav Defense. At night I dream of being alone with Halle Berry... playing
the Petroff. You must realize that I have absolutely no need for
Jeroen Bosch's new book, Secrets of Opening Surprises Volume 6.
As far as I am concerned, the so-called openings his authors have put
together deserve to remain forever -- buried, sequestered, secret.
They are too raw. Too brutal. (Deep breath. Let it out
slowly. Another one. There now.) The book reads like a
nightmare, a Reader's Digest of fever dreams. It is bad enough that
there is notation and fulsome explanation in each chapter – there are horrid
little diagrams, as well!..." |
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(6/24)
Annotated Game: ChessChat Rotation Game Continues - This game is being played actively on the
ChessChat group,
between Weldon MacDonald, David Surratt, Greg Turner,
Dave "Grobler2001", and Graham "Mad Aussie" Clayton. Play began May
25, 2007. The following position has been reached so far:
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: New Marshall, Old Brady, USCF broker, Short on
FIDE, Rybka, Aerosvit, Gorenje,
Politiken.
TheParrot Squaawks asks what constitutes a real
agenda for USCF's prime mission and reason to exist?
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(6/23)
Nuestro Círculo #255:
23 de junio de 2007,
dedicado al Gran Maestro
Internacional finlandés Eero Einar Böök (1910-1990). Aparte de su biografía
y partidas, publicamos las notas "Difundir el ajedrez", "Najdorf en la
Habana" y la clásica del "Aguafiestas".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
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(6/17) Alexander the Great:
GM Ray Keene, OBE, is back with a look at the only chess World Champion to
die in possession of the title, Alexander Alekhine. "WITH
Garry Kasparov in the news again, partly as a result of his literary
activities and partly as a result of his arrest in Moscow following his
attendance at an anti-Putin rally, I turn to Kasparov's hero and mentor -
Alexander Alekhine. This historical disquisition into the games,
thinking and career of Kasparov's main source of inspiration may help to
shed some light on Kasparov's own motives. Alekhine was World Champion
from 1927 to 1935, and again from 1937 to his death in 1946. He
defeated Capablanca, Bogolyubov and Euwe in title matches, won brilliant
games against Lasker, Nimzowitsch, Keres, Flohr, Fine, Reshevsky, Tarrasch
and Rubinstein, and wrote a series of colourful books which explained his
victories in lucid and compelling style..." Read more about
Alexander the Great, or see
more great columns in Keene On Chess. |
GM
Raymond Keene
Alexander Alekhine |
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 (6/17) Review:
Charlie and the Chess Set by
Duane Porter, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Children come to
chess along their own individual paths. Some are taught by a friend or
relative. Some learn at school. Some pick it up on their own.
Often a book about chess is involved ... A new entry into the field is Duane
Porter’s Charlie and the Chess Set from Buried Treasure Publishing.
(I keep trying to write “Charlie and the Chocolate Chess Set” – which
would be a whole different story, I’m afraid.) Porter has provided a
warm and endearing "chapter book" which will entice the reader, even as the
main character, 12 year old Charlie, is drawn to and learns about the Royal
Game..." |
 (6/17)
Review:
101 Chess Endgame
Tips by Steve Giddins (Gambit, 2007), reviewed by Michael Jeffreys.
"Several months ago I reviewed Steve
Giddins’ previous book, 50
Essential Chess Lessons, and thought it was one of the best books of
the year. His latest effort is on the endgame, but before we get into
my review proper I want to say a few words about the book’s layout. It
is formatted like Steve’s 1998 book from Gambit, 101 Chess Opening Traps,
in that each page contains one complete lesson. However, there are
some big improvements. First, the pages are much larger, and now
feature 4-5 diagrams per page rather than the 3 per page as in the 1998
book. Also, the diagrams themselves are larger and thus easier on the
eyes. Additionally, the layout of the text, diagrams, and white space
is much improved, making it a pleasure to go through the material..." |
 (6/17)
Review:
On the Attack!!
The Art of Attacking Chess According to the Modern Masters by Jan Timman
(New In Chess, 2006), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Beginning
with Art of Analysis,
Timman has endowed the chess community with an enormous amount of material
that is of the highest quality. On the Attack is the latest
contribution of the player once deemed "Best Player in the West" during the
days of Soviet supremacy. The subject of this book,
attacking chess, has always been a favorite for the chess community in
general. Probably that is because we all have a romantic notion to play
like Morphy or Spielmann or Tal. In that regard this book makes it clear
how fortunate players of the 1990's/2000's are that the ranks of top players
include so many fantastic attackers. Timman annotates 3 games by each of 11
players with the design to show how attacking play comes about. Of those
players 2 are of the older generations (Karpov and Timman), one from the
youngest (Volokitin), 3 from the 80's (Kasparov, Short and I. Sokolov) and
the rest from the 90's (Anand, Shirov, Topalov, Ivanchuk and J. Polgar.)
This large number of first class players who strive for the initiative and
attack has not been witnessed on the world scene probably since the end of
Hastings 1895!..." |
 (6/17)
Chess Training: A new "Recon64" Move Prediction Exercise from Jim Mitch (aka Prof. Chester Nuhmentz.)
Today's game is that featured in June's
Chess-Vision exercise, a game between Michael Adams and Veselin Topalov from the
2005 Corus Chess Tournament. Black's
king, uncastled, becomes caught in a relentless attack. Similar to Predict-A-Move and Solitaire-type
chess exercises, Recon64 challenges players to
find candidate moves from games played by
masters. Players are encouraged to search
for several strong candidate moves in each position, and are rewarded as
long as their list of moves includes the move selected by the master during
the game. As an extra twist, players
invest Recon64 dollars on candidate moves based
on how likely they think each move was used in
the original game. |
(6/16)
Nuestro Círculo #254:
16 de junio de 2007,
dedicado al Gran Maestro
Internacional ruso Alexander K. Tolush (1910-1969). Aparte de su biografía y
partidas, publicamos una nota sobre las Finales del Torneo de Elista, otra
del Aguafiestas, partidas históricas distinguidas por su belleza y el
Noticiero de Ajedrez.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
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(6/16)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: New England Masters, Texas Tech Winners,
and Bronx losers. Nakamura, $100,000 Challenges, and
Parrot's Poems. Candidates, Seniors, and Aerosvit.
TheParrot Squaawks about Women in Chess, plus a special
Guest Squuawk by GM Susan Polgar.
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(6/14)
Email Problems: @Chessville.com email addresses have been acting
up the past couple of weeks. The past few days we've been receiving
messages from as long ago as May 24! It appears not to be over either,
as we continue to get messages sent days or even weeks ago. If you've
written us during that period of time and we haven't answered yet - we may
not have received ytour original message. Please resend to make sure
you get a reply. Thanks for your patience as we work through all this
mess...
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(6/10) Chess Composition:
Peter's Problem World #7 explores the Grimshaw theme.
"As a rule,
good chess problems are required not only to be sound, but to
demonstrate a specific theme or a combination of themes. The appeal
of a problem – the point of it, in fact – lies in these rendered
ideas, which may involve certain recurring motifs or unusual effects.
This month we will focus on the Grimshaw, a theme named after a
19th-century composer who made the pioneering example.
In a Grimshaw, two
pieces of the same color interfere with each other’s line of action,
by playing in turn to a square where the two lines intersect.
Problem 37, an oft-quoted classic, shows three such pairs of
reciprocal interferences.."
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 (6/10)
Chess Instruction:
Strategies for Chessplayers and Other Warriors, by Brian Roche.
(From “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu, 500 B.C.) "Assessment
Each new position should be assessed quickly in terms of: 1. Development, 2.
Mobility, 3. Material superiority, 4. Tempo and 5. Space. Strategy
consists of shaping some advantage in terms of these five points.
Whichever side wins more “points” in these areas will probably win the game.
The Art of Deceit When able, seem to be unable. When
close, seem to be far off. If opponent is seeking an advantage, entice
them toward it..." |
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Review:
Beating the
Fianchetto Defences by Efstratios Grivas (Gambit, 2006), reviewed by
NM Bill McGeary. "Chess players for the most part like to put
things in categories; an opening is either aggressive or solid, a game is
either tactical or positional, a move is best or worst. I know this is
an over exaggeration, but the point is that we tend to see things in small
compartments. Opening books are no different, being labeled as
specialized or repertoire books. This book is unique in that it
doesn't break the mold as much as it redesigns the parameters.
"Beating the Fianchetto Defences" is written for players of 1.d4/2.c4 and
deals specifically with the five most popular and dynamic defences.
Grivas adopts a novel approach to presenting the material..." |
 (6/10)
Review:
Dangerous Weapons: the French by
IM John Watson (Everyman Chess,
2007),
reviewed by Rick Kennedy.
"Editor's Note: I have been unable to
contact Mr. Kennedy to correct further this review. However, due to
the importance of the book itself, I felt it my responsibility to present
you with what we have so far. My comments are included below, in blue
text and italicized, to show you just what I've gone through with Mr.
Kennedy over this review. There are rumors, unconfirmed, that he's
locked up in his basement, logged into the Internet Chess Club, endlessly
playing game after game with the black pieces, and aborting all those
not beginning 1.e4. If anyone out there knows Rick, and is
able to make contact with him, please throw some cold water in his face, and
unplug his PC..." |
(6/10) Links Update:
Linkmeister Daniel Boyd has been busy updating and eliminating bad links on
the following pages:
Organizations,
Personal Sites,
Players,
Playing Sites, Online Leagues,
General Sites,
Events,
Game Collections,
Discussion Forums & Bulletin
Boards,
Endings,
Publishing,
Reference, Info, & History,
Scholastic,
and
News.
(6/10)
Nuestro Círculo #253:
9 de junio de 2007,
dedicado al Maestro Internacional ruso Ilia
Abramovich Kan (1909-1978). Aparte de la biografía y partidas de aquel
maestro, publicamos una nota sobre el Torneo de Elista, otra de Jorge
Rubinetti, el Noticiero de Ajedrez y seis partidas históricas que fueron
distinguidas por su belleza.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
 (6/3) Review:
Learn the Opening the Easy
Way: The Colle-Zukertort System
DVD, reviewed by
Michael Jeffreys.“A player who specialises in
the Colle System needs
to spend only about a tenth of the time studying
the openings that he would otherwise have to.”
– Cecil Purdy
"Learn the Opening the Easy Way
is sort of video version of Susan’s Opening Secrets column that
appeared in Chess Life a few years ago. Each month she would
take a different opening and explain the basic strategic goals for both
sides, then show some games/variations featuring that opening, and then give
her conclusion. (In fact, you can find Susan’s coverage of the
Colle-Zukertort Variation in the May 2006 issue of Chess Life.)
As most of you reading this already know, when you play the Colle Opening
(named after the Belgian master Edgar Colle), you have a major decision to
make on move five. After the moves: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3
c5 do you play 5.c3 (The Koltanowski variation) or 5.b3
(The Zukertort variation)..." |
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Review:
Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1.d4 by Richard
Palliser (Everyman Chess), reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "In
1992 International Master Georgi Orlov wrote a small book (CEI, magazine
size, 22 pages) on a largely unknown, but playable, defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
Nc6, which he called “The Black Knights Tango”. The
analysis was based primarily on Orlov’s own game experience, the guidance of
chess coach Moldavian Master Viacheslav Chebanenko, and the occasional
Grandmaster battle (starting with Saemisch - Torre, Baden Baden 1925.)
Six years later, Orlov’s book-length The Black Knights’ Tango (Batsford,
1998) appeared. Enterprising Masters and Grandmasters had jumped upon
the BKT bandwagon, and the author was able to update his analysis, add
games, and lay out the four main variations...Orlov wrote: "After years
of practical experience, and having reviewed all the available material, I
can confidently say that the Tango remains as playable as any other opening
line. It is particularly suitable for club players, since it contains
many interesting opening traps. Many of my students and other players
who have played the Tango at this level have enjoyed plus scores with the
black pieces." So it is a bit surprising that it took another
seven years before a new book on 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 appeared.
International Master Richard Palliser’s Tango! A dynamic answer to 1.d4
is very much worth the wait, however. In short, hang on to the early
BKT monograph for historical reasons, keep the newer BKT’s
book for comparison, but grab this latest Tango with both knights, er,
hands..." |
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: free speech, Candidate's Matches, and China's
rising star.
TheParrot Squaawks about free and responsible speech.
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Nuestro Círculo #252:
2 de junio de 2007, dedicado al Maestro Internacional Arthur Dunkelblum
(1906-1979). Aparte de su biografía y partidas, publicamos nota y
partidas del Torneo de Candidatos en Elista, "El Aguafiestas" de Lipinniks y
Partidas del Maestro Rubinetti, varias veces campeón argentino.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
(5/29)
Annotated Game: ChessChat is back at it again, playing a
rotation game on their mail list. Five players are involved, and
they're annotating the game as they post each move! Check out the fun,
and follow the progress of the game here at Chessville on an interactive
board.
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(5/27) Review: How To Fool Fritz - Explorations in
Man Assisted Machine Chess (MAMS), By Albert H. Alberts.
Today we bring you twin reviews, by guest reviewers, of this
fascinating little tome... Enjoy both reviewers perspectives! |
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Reviewed by
Dr. Steven B. Dowd
"Alberts is an idiosyncratic author, which should not be confused with “bad.” He writes about chess computers not from the view of one who knows about
computers (I still wonder if I read correctly that all his analysis was done
on a computer that he found in a trash heap!), but one who loves chess. Those who have attended college probably had at least one such idiosyncratic
professor – a guy who was, for lack of a better term, a bit “nutty” but who
had such interesting ideas that you could not help but enjoy the class..." |
Reviewed by Andy
Walker
"With
the word "fool" in the title, an iconic jester/fou on the front cover,
and a photograph of [presumably] Albert "Happy" Alberts on the rear
cover looking as though he is about to sell you a bridge, you have to
wonder who or what is being fooled. Much in this book is not
what it seems. For a start, Albert "Happy" Alberts is not *the*
Albert Alberts, the well-known Dutch author, who died in 1995.
Secondly, the book is only loosely about Fritz... Further, the book is
only loosely about how to fool anything..." |
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 (5/27) Review:
The Pirc in Black and White: Detailed
Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening by James Vigus (Everyman), reviewed by Bill McGeary.
"The Pirc defence is rather an unusual beast. Black positions a
bishop where it will have some function in the future, neglects making any
stake to the 4th rank until absolutely necessary, serves notice where the
king will be housed and the rooks rarely see each other before the late
middlegame. Yet, it is adopted by some very strong players as both a
must win defence and a repertoire mainstay. Yes, a most unique beast
whose handling requires a certain type of eye..." |
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Review:
New In Chess Yearbook 81, reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur.
"The cover of this Yearbook features
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov who has introduced a remarkable TN in the Four
Knights' Defence. The young Azheri GM beat Sergei Rublevsky in the first
round of the Foros tournament with his discovery and deservedly won the
Brilliancy Prize. Akiba Rubinstein would have been proud. His invention has
stood the test of time... The NIC Yearbook offers a series of feature
articles on recent developments in opening theory. Each article is
followed by representative games with brief annotations.
This issue offers as many as 34 opening surveys along with trademark
features like the Forum, Sosonko’s Corner, and book reviews. Besides
mainstream openings like the Sicilian, French, King’s Indian, and Nimzo-Indian,
the issue also has a fair sprinkling of 19th century
openings like the King’s Gambit and Scotch Game etc..." |
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(5/26) A "Conversation" with
GMs András Adorján and Garry Kasparov: "Garry has asked
me to contact you… And there is stuff he
wants to know for Predecessors, Vol 6, and here follows a fascinating
exchange indicating the level of research Garry Kasparov conducts in
his series, and the level of correspondent engaged! Without more
ado, and with no further introduction necessary, here are
Garry’s Questions,
as well as their Answers, by IGM András Adorján...
'Who were the true revolutionaries of that
time, those who pushed chess forward? Not only in the openings,
but also in general terms. Who should be mentioned more than
others? Bobby
was, of course a symbol, a legend, not only a great player to rightly
and deservedly become a Champion. Marching to the throne by
beating both Taimanov and LARSEN 6-0 was something that is still
unbelievable...' |
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: In memoriam:
Alexander Borisovich Roshal. Steve Gore, Johnson & Johnson, Alexander
Shabalov, Girish Koushik, Ray Keene, Candidate's Matches, World
Women's Team Championship, MTel Masters, 37th Bosna Tournament, "Young stars
of the World - 2007" Vanja Somov's Memorial, G.E.Nesis's Cup.
TheParrot Squaawks about
a remarkable piece of writing
addressed to [Garry Kasparov] by András Adorján. |
(5/26)
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español:
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Nuestro Círculo #250:
19 de Mayo de 2007, dedicado al Maestro Escocés James Macrae Aitken
(1908-1983). Hemos incluido su biografía y partidas, una nota de Leonardo
Lipinniks, un comentario sobre el pensamiento de Kasparov y una nota de
homenaje al ejemplar didacta y maestro del ajedrez Jorge Laplaza, fallecido
el día de hoy.
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Nuestro Círculo #251:
26 de Mayo de 2007, dedicado al Maestro Alemán Emil Joseph Diemer
(1908-1990). Publicamos su biografía, sus partidas y las notas: "Historia
del Ajedrez", "El Aguafiestas" y "Premios de belleza."
(5/26)
Links Updates:
Linkmeister Daniel Boyd continues to overhaul our links pages,
eliminating dead links. Today he's updated the
Shopping page, the
Tactics, Problems, and Compositions
page, and the
Training page.
 (5/20)
Guest Editorial: Susan
Polgar Speaks Out. GM Susan Polgar, candidate for the USCF
Executive Board, clears the air in an explosive guest editorial. "And
if these chess politicians have no qualm about attacking, insulting,
demeaning and threatening to harm my family and me, imagine what they would
do to others who do not have a voice. They would have no chance.
This is why the USCF keeps on losing one member, supporter, volunteer and
sponsor after another. People eventually get tired of the same garbage
and nonsense and leave....It is my mission to change the culture of chess in
this country. This is my passion. I want to make people proud to
say that they are chess players and they are members of the USCF. I
want the whole country to know about our organization in a positive
light..." |
(5/20)
Live Long and Prosper:
an essay from GM Ray Keene, (Keene On Chess.)
In this previously published essay Keene looks into the research behind
chess and other mind sports:
"By
playing any, or all, of these or other mind-stretching games, such as
bridge, crossword solving, draughts or
scrabble, medical and psychological opinion now believes that you maximise
your chances of a long and healthy life and, perhaps more importantly, one
that remains at a high, even increasing, level of mental activity.
Fitness and aerobics yes - but aerobics for the mind!" |
(5/20) Links Update:
six pages cleaned of dead links, from Chessville's new Linkmeister,
Daniel Boyd. Check out the freshness on these specific pages:
Online Databases;
Reviews;
Articles & Interviews;
Variants;
Study Games; and
Ratings & Ratings Lists.
Chessville is running about ten months behind in updating our links
collection, and once Daniel has all of the pages cleaned of dead links
(Report
Broken Links!!) he'll start adding some of the hundreds of new sites
we've learned about over the past year or so. Please join me in
welcoming Daniel Boyd,
Chessville's Linkmeister!
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Chess Training: A new "Recon64" Move Prediction Exercise from Jim Mitch (aka Prof. Chester Nuhmentz.)
Today's game is that featured in May's
Chess-Vision exercise, Vera Menchik - Edgar Colle,
Paris, 1929. Playing against Edgar Colle in this game from 1929, the
first Women's World Chess Champion declines
opportunities for small tactical gains in order
to maintain a relentless king-side attack. Similar to Predict-A-Move and Solitaire-type
chess exercises, Recon64 challenges players to
find candidate moves from games played by
masters. Players are encouraged to search
for several strong candidate moves in each position, and are rewarded as
long as their list of moves includes the move selected by the master during
the game. As an extra twist, players
invest Recon64 dollars on candidate moves based
on how likely they think each move was used in
the original game. |
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Interview with
Randy Bauer: The Parrot continues his
election interview (see
part one) with Randy Bauer, current Candidate for the USCF Executive Board. Some
snippets: "I think either you have ethics or you don’t, and
even the most well worded set of standards isn’t going to make
unethical people behave ethically. I’m for transparent governance – I
supported the reinstatement of the BINFO system and have probably been
one of the most regular posters to the USCF Chess Forum of any of the
candidates. I was also an active poster on the chess newsgroups while
I was a member of the Board. That said, there are opportunity costs
to transparency..." and "Ultimately, I hope for a well run
organization that provides services that members value and that
furthers chess in this country. I don’t think it will happen from
hitting one corporate home run. I believe it happens in successive
successful steps -- from developing credible budgets, thinking
strategically, articulating a vision, and determining goals and
objectives to get successful outcomes. It is a process, not an
event. We need to get started..." |
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Oh brave chess
knight, thou seekest the Holy Grail of Chess...
Behold the Keoni-Hiva Gambit, for it is the ultimate chess opening gambit.
 (5/20) Unorthodox Chess Openings:
The Keoni-Hiva Gambit Part 2 by Clyde Nakamura, the latest in his
Search for Dragons and Mythical Chess Openings.
"The
Keoni-Hiva Gambit has been one of my deadliest chess opening gambits...The Keoni-Hiva Gambit is
indeed the “Holy Grail” of chess and the ultimate chess opening gambit..."
Today Clyde looks at The Keoni-Hiva Gambit Delayed, The Keoni-Hiva Gambit
Declined, Transpositions to a Keoni-Hiva Gambit From Other Openings, and
provides an extensive concluding assessment of the gambit.
Part One
Part Two |
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See :
Video of GM Susan Polgar's recent commencement address at Texas Tech
University, including announcement of the new Susan Polgar
Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE):
Texas Tech' s New Queen of Chess: Susan Polgar, four-time women's
world chess champion and five-time Olympic chess champion, will serve as
director of new institute and coach of the Knight Raiders chess team.
The institute will include academic and outreach components and provide an
almost unprecedented forum for academic research on the game.
Read full story
See more video
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
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Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: Méndez,
Miles, and Dr. Polgar.
TheParrot Squaawks about
an exchange of "high
level talk on the art of the game" between Garry Kasparov and
András
Adorján.
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Chess Composition (¡en español!):
Issue 43 (May 2007) of the Spanish-language Finales...y Temas. This Argentine publication,
by GM Copié (Buenos Aires, Argentina, a grandmaster of the International
Correspondence chess Federation, ICCF and also a chess historian) is widely
distributed in PDF format and through many chess pages, offering us high
quality articles and surprising studies we are sure will entertain our
readers, while teaching them valuable endgame skills in the bargain.
Don't read Spanish? ¡No problemo! Finales... y Temas
utilizes figurine algebraic notation (FAN). |
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(5/13) Chess Fiction:
Tempo, Tempo! A brand new
Kennedy
Kids
story from the creative mind of Rick Kennedy. "Having brothers who
play chess can be fun. Unless they argue: “The key to chess is
tactics,” said my little brother Jon. “The key to chess is
strategy,” said my big brother Matt. “If you don’t know what’s
going to happen when you make a move, why make it?” argued Jon. “If
you don’t know why you made a move, what good is it?” replied Matt.
“You keep your center control – give me lots of development!”
snarled Jon. “You keep your tempos, I’m focused on piece
placement” barked Matt. “Rowwwwf!” snapped Marty the dog, who
doesn’t like it when his kids fuss at each other..." |
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Bobby Fischer Protest:
Einar S. Einarsson, Chairman,
On behalf of the Board of the RJF Campaign Group, protests a planned
"documentary" that he
claims is
"grossly inconsistent with former discussions" and goes on to assert that
"the material has been obtained by fraud." Read this explosive letter
written on Bobby's behalf by the Rights - Justice - Freedom
Campaign Group. "On this occasion, the RJF Group wishes to
reiterate that Mr. Fischer has never signed any form of contract or release
for this television program. All use or broadcast of any material that
was recorded by these parties concerning Mr. Fischer´s case or personality
is not authorized. No such material may be used, broadcast, or
otherwise displayed without his consent. For this reason, it is
absolutely against his wishes that parties in Iceland or elsewhere should
provide financial subsidy for the production of this film or should show it
once completed..." |
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Oh brave chess
knight, thou seekest the Holy Grail of Chess...
Behold the Keoni-Hiva Gambit, for it is the ultimate chess opening gambit.
(5/13) Unorthodox Chess Openings:
The Keoni-Hiva Gambit Part 1 by Clyde Nakamura, the latest in his
Search for Dragons and Mythical Chess Openings.
Clyde writes "The
Keoni-Hiva Gambit has been one of my deadliest chess opening gambits.
I have taken many wins against 2200+ rated players on the Internet Chess
Club and the US Chess Federation Server at various time controls ranging
from game in 5 minutes to game in 15 minutes. The Keoni-Hiva Gambit is
indeed the “Holy Grail” of chess and the ultimate chess opening gambit..." |
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: lots of chess gossip, lots of chess;
Russian Team Championships, M-Tel Masters, Kramnik-Aronian match,
Budapest and Mexico City.
TheParrot Squaawks about
“…and not the
disgusting
politics”
Part 2, plus
Nigel ready to humiliate FIDE Ethics Committee.
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Karpov gets his game face
on at the 2007 Russian
Team Championships. |
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Nuestro Círculo #249:
12 de Mayo de 2007, dedicado al Maestro Internacional Vitaly Alexandrovich
Chekhover, nacido en Rusia en 1908 y muerto en 1965. Podrás leer su
biografía, sus partidas y las notas "Grau, Padre del Ajedrez Argentino", "Simultáneas",
el match que Aronian le ganó a Kramnik y "Fischer protesta".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
(5/6) Difficult Moves (Part 2): by Amatzia Avni of
Inside Avni's Mind. "In the
first part of this discussion we
examined certain types of moves which are hard to spot, because they
contradict schemes and rules deeply embedded in our cognitive system.
We mentioned as examples of such occurrences:
- Quiet moves
- Switch-backs
- Retreats
- Attacking fortified squares
In this, the second and concluding part of our discussion, we
acquaint ourselves with other types of “difficult moves.”
E) Endangering one’s king: All players take particular
care for their king’s safety. But sometimes it is essential to put
the monarch under risk..." |
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(5/6) Chess Composition:
Longer Helpmates the sixth installment of FIDE Master of
Chess Composition Peter Wong's introduction to the art of chess
composition, Peter's Problem World.
"This
month we continue with our introductory survey of helpmates,
the problem type in which Black assists White in giving mate.
Longer compositions
of three moves or more are presented this time. In solving
helpmates, regardless of their length, you should first consider
whether the black king is likely to be mated on its initial square or
elsewhere. Look for possible mating configurations with the available
pieces. Ask what are the functions of the pieces and which will take
part in the mate directly. Lastly, try out the moves that would
lead to the mating positions, keeping in mind the limited move number,
of course..." |
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Review: Write Your Own Chess Book:
Regardless of Your Strength by Patrick Whalen, reviewed by
Rick Kennedy. "Patrick Whalen (http://patwhalen.com),
a life member of the United States Chess Federation, enjoys - among many
things - chess, math, running, computer programming and writing. He
has a M.A. in English Literature and is a Certified Internet Webmaster.
His first book was Brain Bombardment: A Runner's Diary (2003).
He is working on his third book, Algebra Without Witches.
Simply put, Whalen would like to inspire you to Write Your Own Chess Book.
Lest you be overly modest about your place in the chess world, he would like
to reassure that you can do this Regardless of Your Strength as a
chess player. Whalen takes his lead in part from Mikhail Botvinnik who
suggested in Selected Games 1926-1946..." |
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Annotated Game: "An interesting endgame" from Ashwin Jayaram.
This game, from the 7th Dubai Open in 2005, [Kulicov,O (2402) - Aswin
Jayaram (2213) [B22] 7th Dubai Open Dubai UAE (8), 11.04.2005] is
heavily annotated by the Indian player of the Black pieces. Study
carefully the entire game, but pay especial attention to the ending, and
learn why the loser says, "The reason why Black did not manage to use
his exchange properly is because he did not sense that they needed
activating..."
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: Chess Forums and chess tournaments.
Kosteniuk with child, Polgar and prodigies.
TheParrot Squaawks about a
forthright comment or two from with Erik Anderson, President of
AF4C.
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Nuestro Círculo #248:
5 de Mayo de 2007, dedicado al Maestro Marcos Luckis, nacido en Lituania y
ciudadano argentino, que vivió entre los años 1905 y 1973. Publicamos su
biografía, sus partidas y notas del Director, de Jesús González, del Mto.
Internacional Jorge A. Rubinetti y poesía de Gustavo García Baravi.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
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A Prodigy Revisited: Sam Schmakel is the May Chicago Chess Youth of the Month, report by
Lamarr Wilson. "I first met 10 year old Sam Schmakel 4
years ago on the Internet. If you're doing the math in your head (and
calling the police at the same time), yes, Sam was 6 at the time, so why on
earth was I interacting with a 6 year old on the Internet? At the
time, I was coordinating the qualifying matches for the 2003 CPS MVP
Tournament on US Chess
Live. I set up an online tournament, and 18 participants joined in. Into
the chat room came Sam S. The games started, and at the end, this Sam S., a
"first grader", tied for 2nd place with a 9th grader from Jones Prep. I
naturally questioned Sam as to his age, school, etc. He didn't respond,
which caused me to be a bit suspicious. Is this really a first grader
winning games on the Internet, or is someone doing it for him? I continue
questioning, but no responses came back. I find out later what happened from
Sam's mom, Eileen...During the past few years, Sam has become an Illinois
State Champion twice, and a National Champion once. Also, this past year Sam
won his division in the CPS MVP and Championship Tournaments. Last year, Sam
qualified and was named to the
World Chess Team in the Boys Under-10 Division that was held in Batumi,
Georgia (between Turkey and Russia)..." |
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Review: Fisching for Forgeries by Laurence Totaro, reviewed by
Phil Innes. "Let me start this review at the end: One very
striking remark written by graphologist Sheila Lowe is about consistency of
the Fischer signatures over time – and about an essentially unchanged core
of personality. Fischer seemed very
 guarded
of his emotions from an early age, she writes, and she also notes:
“Mostly though, he fights through his fears with great courage, pushing
himself forward even when he feels as if he’s walking through a desert
filled with land mines.” The meat of the book is contained in
the author’s commentary and illustrations of what is real about Fischer’s
work, compared with what is sometimes laughably false. This is a very
visual presentation, and not well supplanted by my textual commentary on it,
which would add little sense. Try visiting the book's
website to
gain your own sense of what’s real and what is not! Here's an example
from the book..." |
(4/29)
A National Disgrace - No Chess On UK
TV: The latest in GM Raymond Keene's ongoing musings
about chess, Keene On
Chess. "The Golden Age of chess on UK TV lasted from
 1978,
the time of the first Karpov v Korchnoi World Championship match, until
1995, when Anand unsuccessfully challenged Kasparov for the title.
During that period BBC2, Channel 4 and Thames TV vied with each other to
produce the best coverage..." Keene also provides light notes to the
game Anand-Kasparov, Linares 1997... |
 (4/29)
Review:
The Chess
Kings Volume One - History, Politics, and the Fine Art of
Mythmaking in Chess by
Calvin Olson, reviewed
by Rick Kennedy. "It was with a great expectation of pleasure
that I sat down with Calvin Olson’s The
Chess Kings Volume One, subtitled History, Politics, and the Fine Art
of Mythmaking in Chess, and read my way through. Ah, for the days
of the cozy library, brandy and a cigar…! Olson, a chess
teacher, Correspondence Chess Master and historian, is a good choice to
tackle this topic. He is well-read on the topic, having a personal
chess library of over 3,000 volumes. His chess writings have been
published (School Mates, Gambit) and he has edited a chess
newsletter (The Orange Knight). Incidentally, he has served as
proofreader for chess books (including several for Random House). The
Chess Kings Volume One is the result of 30 years of studying chess,
followed by 10 years of research and writing..." |
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: Shahade, Friedel, Kerkhoff, Bücker, Keene, Miles,
Karpov, Browne, Ashley, Kasparov, Short, Adams, Speelman, King ,
Fischer, Spassky and Botvinnik.
Kramnik, Leko, Belov, Carlsen, Krush, Cheparinov, Timman, Radjabov,
Nagy, Kamsky and Shannon.
TheParrot Squaawks
out
loud, what price decency in our chessic affairs?
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Nuestro Círculo #247:
28 de abril de 2007, dedicado a Nikolai N. Riumin, ajedrecista ruso que
vivió entre los años 1908 y 1942. Publicamos su biografía, sus partidas y
las notas "Pecados del Ajedrez de Gerald Abrahams, "de Villa del Parque" de
R.P. y un informe de Carlos A. Ilardo sobre el "2do.Torneo Internacional
Ciudad. de Berazategui", que acaba de ganar el G.M. Ruben Felgaer.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
(4/27) Problem of the Week and Chessprint for 4-15-2007.
We were sick that weekend, and missed posting these. So here they are,
hopefully better late than never:
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(4/22) Difficult Moves (Part
1): Amatzia Avni continues his investigations into the
workings of the chess mind in this latest look
Inside Avni's Mind.
"A lot of chess manuals deal with
tactics. They guide us where to direct our attention, when
to conduct a thorough analysis and how best to carry out accurate
calculations. The manuals usually address all positions
with the same set of principles. But the truth is that certain
chess moves are more difficult to spot than others. Why?
Because they contradict general rules, even defy common sense. It
may be useful to shed light on some of these special moves.
A) The quiet move
A combination usually involves a series
of forced moves. When, in the midst of a sequence, one side plays
an ostensibly ‘quiet’ move, this causes a stir..." |
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Interview with
Dr. Mikhial Korenman: The Parrot continues his
interview (see
part one) with Dr. Mikhial Korenman, former Director of the Karpov Chess
School and current Candidate for the USCF Executive Board. Some
snippets: "Has scholastic chess become part of the American culture? –
I truly believe so. Especially now with the growth of on-line chess
activities when kids can play chess unlimited on-line at any time..." and
"There are a few ideas I would like to bring to the table. First, use more
productively the great potential of our Grandmasters and International
Masters to provide advanced chess education. We would like to
see more chess masters emerge before they complete high school. Summer
camps are great, but we should do something to utilize the great knowledge
of our top players and help younger players to succeed. Secondly, we can
use more productive opportunities with on-line instructions. If we can
accomplish at least these two ideas we may help hundreds of kids to receive
advanced chess instructions..." |
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Chess History: Alfred de
Musset: Romantic Player by Robert Tuohey. In this latest
installment in his renowned
Past Pawns column, Tuohey looks at the life and games of the French
writer, of whom Tuohey writes, "...he undoubtedly took
chess as one of the intellectual arts, it must well have. Imagine,
then, this as your chessic goal: the unrelenting fire of Anderssen’s attack
combined with the crystal pure positioning of Capablanca. That would
indeed be an ideal chess. Now, conceive of a man who strives to apply
this philosophy to his very life…That would be an ideal man... |
(4/22)
Chess Composition: Finales...y Temas #42: ICCF GM
José A. Copié of
Argentina brings you another fine issue of Finales...y Temas
(Endings...and Themes), a multi-page quarterly publication focused on
chess endings and studies.
 Although
written in Spanish,
Finales... y Temas utilizes figurine algebraic notation, so
this publication can be of great value in your study of this important
phase of the game no matter what language you speak! |
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Chess Training: A new "Recon64" Move Prediction Exercise from Jim Mitch (aka Prof. Chester Nuhmentz.)
Today's game is that featured in April's
Chess-Vision exercise, Susan Polgar
vs Peter Hardicsay,
Hungary, 1985. The game features a series of beautiful sacrifices that
leave Black's defense in disarray. Similar to Predict-A-Move and Solitaire-type
chess exercises, Recon64 challenges players to
find candidate moves from games played by
masters. Players are encouraged to search
for several strong candidate moves in each position, and are rewarded as
long as their list of moves includes the move selected by the master during
the game. As an extra twist, players
invest Recon64 dollars on candidate moves based
on how likely they think each move was used in
the original game. |
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Nuestro Círculo
#246:
21 de abril de 2007, dedicado al Maestro Internacional Jiri Pelikan
(1906-1984), uno de los maestros que se radicó en la Argentina después de la
Olimpíada de Buenos Aires de 1939. Además de su biografía y partidas
publicamos notas de Leo Lipinniks, Jorge Rubinetti y Frank Mayer.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español.
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: TheParrot remembers Clark Harmon.
Also: The Dutch invade the US, Job Opening in Kansas, and Kasparov
under arrrest; Caruana shines in Budapest,
Tkachiev and Kosintseva T. are Euro Champs.
TheParrot Squaawks about MonRoi.
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(4/15) Chessville regrets to inform you that due to illness we will be
unable to bring you any additional updates this weekend, nor will there be a
newsletter this weekend. Chessville apologizes for the inconvenience,
and appreciates your patience and understanding.
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Nuestro Círculo
#245:
14 de abril de 2007,
dedicado al Maestro
Internacional Ruso Vasily N. Panov, que vivió entre los años 1906 y 1973.
Publicamos en esta edición una biografía y partidas de Panov, dos notas de
Frank Mayer, una del Aguafiestas y un extracto de un artículo de Pedro
García Toledo sobre las profesiones de los ajedrecistas.
Nuestro Círculo,
un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje español.
(4/13)
Nuestro Círculo
#244:
7 de abril de 2007,
dedicado al Maestro
Internacional Paulin Frydman, nacido en Polonia en 1905 y fallecido en
Buenos Aires en 1982. Publicamos en este número una biografía y
partidas del maestro, un artículo de Petronio Pérez Pulido y una nota de
recordación del diputado Norberto La Porta recientemente fallecido.
Nuestro Círculo,
un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje español.
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Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world.
Chessville welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on
this week’s news where selected letters will be featured.
This week: Poughkeepsie,
Stillwater, Dresden, and Baku.
TheDuck (sssh! It's The Parrot, under cover!) Squaawks
about what’s
up at USCF, and investigate answers to (1) The US
Championship, (2) Current Finances, (3) The USCF
Forum and communications.
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(4/5) Chess Problems & Compositions:
Helpmates - the latest from
Peter's Problem World with FIDE Master of Chess
Composition Peter Wong.
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"The directmate problems we have examined in the previous columns
represent the standard form of chess composition. They are akin to an
actual chess game in that the aim is to force mate and the two sides
play in opposition.
Among the less conventional
problem types, the most significant and popular is the helpmate. In
this genre, the two sides cooperate to enable White to mate Black.
All the normal rules of chess
still apply here (e.g. checks cannot be ignored) – only the players’
motives have changed from the usual competitive mode.
Black generally plays first in
a helpmate. The solution of a two-move problem, for example,
comprises four single moves that run: 1.Black begins, White moves,
2.Black moves, White mates..." |
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More reading:
What is a Chess Problem?,
Phases of Play,
Three-Movers and
More-Movers.
Words,
phrases
and terms that have special meaning in chess
composition are in the Glossary.
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Review:
Boris Spassky,
Master of Initiative by GM Alexander Raetsky & IM Maxim Chetverik
(Everyman Chess, 2006), reviewed by
Michael Jeffreys. "Studying the winning tactics and
combinations played by a world champion is without a doubt one of the best
ways to improve your game. Everyman Chess has made it easy for you by
collecting some of World Champion Boris Spassky’s best combos and putting
them into one book. One of the things I like about this book is that
Raetsky and Chetverik don’t just give you the answers to the puzzles, but
often the complete game scores. This allows you to play through the
entire game and see exactly how the “knock-out” position came about..." |
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Chess History: A brand new
Mad Aussie's Trivia page
with lots of fascinating trivia from the dim reaches of chess history.
Do you know that Bobby Fischer wasn't the only chessplayer refused
permission to play in certain foreign countries? What was the most
popular first move for White in World Championship matches between 1886
and 1990? Has anybody ever won all three different
tournaments (rapid, blindfold and combined) that are held at the Amber
tournament in Monaco each year? Lot's more, including a bunch of
Who Am I? posers for you to ponder. Check it out today in
The Mad
Aussie's Trivia!
(4/1) Chess Fiction:
Queenside, Just another short story about the thrill of being a chess
piece... by Barry Taylor. "A black pawn, alone on the
file, stood straight ahead. He was bold, but he looked meagre. There had
better be some protection for him soon because a white night was closing in
for position. And that was our awful predicament. We, the proud pieces, were
being led into protecting an isolated pawn because enemy cavalry was about
to pounce. Things are not looking good. But then, they started out that
way..."
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Exposé:
'There is only one Polgar sister' -
An Alekhine's Parrot
Exclusive Exposé. A review of a forthcoming book and television program
by Paul Truong, Hardly Simple books, UK
Exclusively Distributed Worldwide by Chessville.Inc.
Subtitled: Outing "Szuzu", a new chess book by Paul Truong, the apparently
dedicated Vice-President of Susan Polgar Center, has proved treacherous, and
in a forthcoming program with Larry King will blown the whistle!
Advance release clips from the program will be sensational in the chess
community, though it is doubted anyone else cares.
 Polgar’s Asian-aide, has written an expose to be first published in print by
Hardly Simple books in the UK, with a forward by L. Evans.
"I've seen the masks; I've touched the make-up; I got it on my jacket"
said the venerable American GM who was interviewed from his Reno, Nevada
home, and while answering King unconsciously brushed his sleeve the whole
time and was heard to mumble "Fischer never used make-up."
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(4/1) News & Notes #15
Complete! with
ICCF-GM Yoav Dothan. In this follow-up installment of GM
Dothan's familiar look at tactical twists and turns from recent master
games, he takes us on a tour of 16 games from the German Bundesliga's
chess season, 17th-19th November 2006. |
GM
Yoav Dothan's
News & Notes |
Dothan's column should be called Advance Tactics!
These games and positions are a
great way to sharpen your tactical vision with real-life game
situations. If you just want to enjoy some eye-popping chess
combinations, you will enjoy this chess eye-candy for sure! So go
ahead, dig in and enjoy! |
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Landa,K (2570) - McShane,L (2614) [E94]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (3), 18.11.2006
Here White had a very strong move: 24.Qc4 Rfxc8 25.dxc8Q
Rxc8 26.Rxc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 c6 28.h4 Qxh4 29.Rd1 and after this almost
forced series of moves, White is won...
Enjoy games with many of very strong players, including
Navara (2725), Korneev (2657), Baklan (2622), Volokitin (2645),
Wojtaszek (2630), McShane (2614), and many othes. Enjoy - and
learn! |
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Chess News: Jorge
Sammour-Hasbun – the ICC comeback kid! It was a true
Cinderella-story conclusion to the Internet Chess Club’s annual Dos Hermanas
blitz tournament March 24-24, 2007, as “unknown” Jorge Sammour-Hasbun
(formerly Zamora) (ICC handle: NECF-InSchools) defeated three grandmasters
in the final three knockout rounds, to win the €1,800 EUR first prize and
blitz bragging
 rights
of King of the Internet Hill. The impressive field of world-class
players for the quarterfinals included GMs Shahriyar Mamedyarov, Tigran L.
Petrosian, Gata Kamsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Kiril Georgiev, Sergey Shipov,
Rasul Ibrahimov, and underdogs IM Farid Khanlar Abbasov and Jorge Sammour-
Hasbun. |
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