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Here's what was New at Chessville between
1 July 2009 and 30
September
2009
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(8/2) Review:
Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov 2
- Beyond the Basics by Artur Yusupov (Quality Chess, 2008) reviewed
by NM Bill McGeary. "One
of the things that makes chess so appealing is that there always seems to be
something new to discover... I have been playing for many years and
still find new vistas in the game from which to draw energy. One such vista
presented itself through Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov 2: Beyond
the Basics, by Artur Yusupov..." |
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(8/2)
Chess cartoon: The Chess Player Chronicles for July 19, another new cartoon,
and this one is based on a real event, according to the author/artist, Gary Gifford.
Find it, along with more than two dozen other chess cartoons, on our
chess-themed cartoon page. |
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(8/1)
Chess Quiz:
from Jim Mitch (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz) comes a brand new 20-question quiz aimed at the stronger club and tournament
players out there. Try your hand at this fun (and educational)
quiz about chess, chess-players and the world of chess. See if you can
beat the high score, or even just the average - which last month was 70%.
I just know you folks can do better than that! Good luck, and
good chess!! |
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(8/1)
Nuestro Círculo #365:
1 de agosto de 2009, dedicado al ajedrecista francés Alexandre L.H.
Deschapelles que vivió entre los años 1780 y 1847. Aparte de su biografía,
puedes leer las notas "Mario Pagura 1925-1990", "Dos Notas Fuertes" de
Carlos Ilardo, "Casillas Reales" y "Plazoleta G.Bruzzone".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español. |
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(8/1)
Recon64:
More great chess training from Jim Mitch (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz).
For August we look at Jose Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine, St.
Petersburg, 1913, a classic battle between two men who should be mentioned
in any debate about 'Who was the best ever?' Similar to
Predict-A-Move and Solitaire-type chess exercises, Recon64 challenges
players to find candidate moves from master games. |
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(8/1)
Nuestro Círculo #364:
25 de julio de 2009, dedicado al ajedrecista y músico francés Froncois A.D.
Philidor que vivió entre los años 1726 y 1795. Aparte de su biografía,
puedes leer las últimas notas que ofrecemos este año al Torneo de las
Naciones de Buenos Aires 1939: "Las chicas del 39", "Mueren 7 grandes",
"Cine Argentino en 1939", "Adelantos 1939-2009" y "Fide" en Buenos Aires.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español |
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(8/1)
Chess Vision
Training: Improve your 'chess-vision' with Jim Mitch's (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz) training exercise, wherein you try to imagine up to 10 moves
being made from a starting diagram, with the goal of finding all the legal
captures and checks that could be made in the envisioned position. For
August we look at Jose Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine, St. Petersburg,
1913, a classic battle between two men who should be mentioned in any debate
about 'Who was the best ever?' |
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(7/19) Review:
Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 3,
Understanding the English Opening and Related Structures by IM John Watson
(Gambit, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "In chess the great authors are players who have been
able to articulate what or how they think, or should think, at the board.
Readers gain an insight into the intricacies of play as well as establishing
a confidence in their own understanding. To me John Watson is such a
writer..." |
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(7/19)
Review:
THREE MOVES
AHEAD: What Chess Can Teach You About Business - Even If You’ve Never Played,
by Bob Rice,
reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Hedge
funds and speed chess? Three Moves Ahead is the intersection of Rice’s
business savvy and chess enthusiasm. As he told me in an email
interview, 'I really believe that only a limited knowledge of the way
players think, and a few basic chess stratagems, will improve the average
executive’s “game” at the office'..." |
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(7/19)
The Chess
Comic: Lesson 8 - King Smarts, by Scott Tingley.
Scott's latest group of lessons continues the student's introduction to the
King, our game's most important piece. Scott also provides (at last!)
a bit of an introduction and a photograph too. "I am a relative
newcomer to chess (six years or so) but I am a lifelong comic-guy and a
couple of years back I had the “flash of genius” to blend my chess teachings
with comics..." |
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(7/19) The Chess Player Chronicles: another new
chess-themed cartoon (dated 7-3-2009) from the
wit & pen of Gary Gifford. Find it, along with more than
two dozen other chess cartoons, on our
chess-themed cartoon page. |
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(7/19)
Chess Composition
- en español: Finales...y Temas #54 - by ICCF GM José A. Copié
of Buenos Aires, Argentina. This Argentine publication, widely
distributed in PDF format and through many chess pages, offers high
quality articles and surprising studies we are sure will entertain while teaching valuable endgame skills in the bargain.
Don't read Spanish? ¡No problemo! F...yT
uses figurine algebraic notation (FAN). |
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(7/19)
Chess Composition:
Chess Problem Journal - Vratnica-64,
#31-32. A Chess Problem Journal edited by
Mr Boško Milošeski
- published in FAN with some English translations, issued
quarterly in PDF format. Coverage includes such items as,
e.g., Masterpieces of Chess Problems and the World Chess Solving Championship, solving
competitions, etc. |
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(7/19)
Nuestro Círculo #363:
18 de julio de 2009, dedicado al ajedrecista y compositor italiano Ercole
del Río que vivió entre los años 1723 y 1802. Aparte de su biografía y
finales, puedes leer las notas "Los medios en 1939", "Opiniones" y "Partidas
del Torneo de las Naciones de 1939".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español. |
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(7/19)
Nuestro Círculo #362:
11 de julio de 2009, dedicado al ajedrecista y teórico italiano Conde Carlo
Cozio que vivió entre los años 1715 y 1780. Además de su biografía y
finales, en este número puedes leer la quinta de una serie de notas
tituladas "Buenos Aires 1939", "Campeonato Mundial Femenino", "Enigmático
final" nota del M.I. Alberto Foguelman, "Noticias y anécdotas" y "Asilados
en la Argentina" de Carlos E.A.Drake.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español. |
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(7/4) Review:
Play the Sicilian Kan - A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black
by GM Johan Hellsten (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary.
"Hellsten was impressed
by the Kan immediately because decisions of strategy and manoeuver were the
core of the variation instead of analytical depth. This sounds like a great
find for any player looking to have a defense to 1.e4 that provides winning
opportunities as well as a solid base...Play the Sicilian Kan is a
repertoire book, focusing on the variations after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3. d4
cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6..." |
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(7/4)
Kosteniuk
and Zimaletto: Chess player, Grandmaster, current Women's
World Chess champion and young mother, Alexandra Kosteniuk will take an
active role in the design and modeling of the new 2009/10 Zimaletto Sport
chic collection. "I am very happy of my collaboration... with
Zimaletto, which show that beauty and intelligence go well together!" |
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(7/4) The Chess Player Chronicles: another new
chess-themed cartoon from the
wit & pen of Gary Gifford. Find it, along with more than
two dozen other chess cartoons, on our
cartoon page. |
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(7/4) Free
eBook:
Chess Sparks, or Short and Bright Games of Chess collected by John
Henry Ellis. London, 1895. Includes games by Légal,
Rousseau, Philidor, La Bourdonnais, Horwitz, Staunton, Bird, Kierseritzky,
Max Lange, Anderssen, Steinitz, Paulsen, Morphy, Löwenthal, Blackburne,
From, Burn, De Vere, Winawer, Mason, etc. |
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(7/4)
Nuestro Círculo #361:
4 de julio de 2009, dedicado al ajedrecista y problemista italiano Philip
Stamma que vivió entre los años 1705 y 1755. Además de su biografía y
finales de estudio, en este número puedes leer la cuarta de una serie de
notas tituladas "Buenos Aires 1939" dedicadas a la recordación del histórico
hito del ajedrez argentino; la nota "1a. Olimpíada del Mercosur" con las
últimas partidas de este torneo que dieron el triunfo al equipo brasileño y
"Ajedrez y Cerebro" referida a la jornada que bajo ese título se acaba de
realizar en el histórico "Club Argentino de Ajedrez". |
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(7/1)
Chess Quiz:
from Jim Mitch (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz) comes a brand new 20-question quiz aimed at the stronger club and tournament
players out there. Try your hand at this fun (and educational)
quiz about chess, chess-players and the world of chess. See if you can
beat the high score, or even just the average - which last month was 68%.
I just know you folks can do better than that! Good luck, and
good chess!! |
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(7/1)
Recon64:
More great chess training from Jim Mitch (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz).
For July we look at Deep Blue (Computer) vs. Garry Kasparov; Philadelphia,
1996, the first game where a computer defeated a reigning world chess
champion under standard tournament time controls. Similar to
Predict-A-Move and Solitaire-type chess exercises, Recon64 challenges
players to find candidate moves from master games. |
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(7/1)
Chess Vision
Training: Improve your 'chess-vision' with Jim Mitch's (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz) training exercise, wherein you try to imagine up to 10 moves
being made from a starting diagram, with the goal of finding all the legal
captures and checks that could be made in the envisioned position.
For July we look at Deep Blue (Computer) vs. Garry Kasparov; Philadelphia,
1996, the first game where a computer defeated a reigning world chess
champion under standard tournament time controls. |
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