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Here's what was New at Chessville between
1 June 2010 and 30 June 2010
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(6/30)
Chess History: Pillsbury Personality, a new
Past
Pawns by Robert Tuohey. "We... are constantly pelted with bits and pieces of data, not only
very often of doubtful authenticity, but regurgitated many times over, to
boot. A nice case in point is nearly any article on Harry Nelson
Pillsbury: one of the best pieces written during his lifetime was the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s, September 8, 1895, Pillsbury’s
Personality, Sketch of the Master Player of the World. And
yet, trying to find the article reprinted complete can befuddle all but the
most cyber-savvy..." |
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(6/29) Kindle, by
Amazon: Kindle Comes to Chessville! Ok, you've heard the hype,
seen the advertising, maybe even thought about looking into this Kindle
thing yourself. We've got the perfect excuse for you - Chess on your
Kindle! Dozens of titles are waiting for you, from classics like
Reti's Modern Ideas In Chess, to more recent classics-in-waiting like
IM John Donaldson's A Legend On the Road. Check out all the
titles, in Openings & Endgames, Tactics & Problems, Improvement, Chess in
History, Chess Tournaments, Beginners & Children, and Chess in Fiction. |
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(6/29)
The Parrot's Show Cage #5: Chess Collectors & Chess
Memorabilia Heaven! Reader Stephen Brady writes: "I have an old chess clock that
I have owned it for about 8 years now. I bought it at a local
(Chattanooga) antique dealer who purchased it in England and sold it as a
1930's Swiss-made clock..." |
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(6/29) Chess Cartoon: Ok, it's really more of a chess doodle.
Gary Gifford offers a little something he came across while looking through
some 2000 sketches for an art book he is currently making. It joins
more than 30 other chess cartoons in our collection, from Gary as well as
other cartoonists. Go on, smile a little! |
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(6/27)
The Impending Doom Sacrifice:
A new look at the 'Greek Gift' sacrifice by David Rudel, based on his book
Bxh7+: Master both sides of chess' most useful piece sacrifice in 5 easy
lessons and 116 exercises. "The “Greek
Gift” sacrifice is easily the most frequently employable piece-sacrifice in
chess. Often
books or articles just
show some quick mating attack to illustrate its power..." |
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(6/27)
UCO
Opening Theory: The Scorpion-Horus Gambit by Clyde Nakamura. "I... found an interesting idea
against a Caro-Kann pawn setup (1.e4 c6). What if you could play a
Noch Gambit type of setup against a Caro-Kann Defense? The Noch Gambit
is: 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.Bg5 and White offers the gambit pawn.
In this new gambit you have the following moves: 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 dxe4
4.Bg5 and now White offers the gambit pawn at d3..." |
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(6/27) Review:
The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas by Christoph Scheerer,
reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Put three chess players in a room, and
you’re bound to have at least four opinions and at least five arguments…
More than anything else (other than an easy mate) players love a good, er,
discussion. From pawnpusher to grandmaster, devotees of the Royal Game
should take a look at Christoph Scheerer’s The Greatest Ever Chess
Opening Ideas. There’s a whole lot to love there..." |
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(6/26)
The Chess
Comic: Lesson 11 - Rooks Intro Part 2, from Scott Tingley.
In this lesson Scott looking at the rook - attack, defense, slap, chop... Says Scott, "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..." Also
visit Scott at
Learning Chess
Through Comics. |
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(6/26)
Chess Problem Journal - Vratnika-64: A PDF document, featuring
Figurine Algebraic Notation. Coverage includes such items as, e.g.,
Masterpieces of Chess Problems and the World Chess Solving
Championship, specific competitions, etc. This time we offer issue
#33-34 in two different versions - one formatted for printing, the other for
online viewing. Find this free download, along with tons of other free
stuff, on our Free Downloads page. |
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(6/26) Review:
Improve Your Chess At Any Age by Andy Hortillosa, reviewed by
Andy Hortillosa. "In 2008 Chessville proudly introduced a new columnist to our
readers - Andy Hortillosa. We called his column
The Whites of Their Eyes, A Fresh Perspective on Mastering Tactics.
Andy wrote: "Most authors believe, as evidenced by the books and software
available in the market, that puzzle exercises and solving them are the best
approach to learning tactics. They could never be so wrong. The
best way to learn tactics for most people is to actually learn them by
seeing the transition point in its entirety from the opening phase to the
beginning point of the puzzle..." |
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(6/26) Free
eBook:
Chess, A Poem In Four Cantos by Professor Charles Tomlinson.
Includes 'Minor Problems & Chess Aphorisms, also an Introductory Essay
entitled Reminiscences of the Chess Divan.' Originally publishes at
London, 1891 The Four Cantos: Caissa, Queen of the Divan; The Practice
of the Game; The Divan After Midnight; The Victim of Chess. 105 pages
in zipped PDF format. |
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(6/26)
Nuestro Círculo #412:
26 de junio de 2010, dedicado al M.I. argentino Julio Bolbochán que vivió
entre los años 1920 y 1996. Además de su biografía y partidas, puedes leer
"Las neuronas", "Memo Capablanca" y Aguafiestas 249". Acompañamos, además,
el archivo NC 412.pgn con las partidas de este número.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez
editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. |
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(6/20) Carpet Bombing vs. Sacrificial Guerilla:
Another Exploration in
Man-Assisted Machine Chess, by Albert Alberts. "A remedy
against the awful seven pawn B-52-attacks we published earlier." Also
attached: an review of How To Fool Fritz-2 from Mr. Malolaprasath from India. |
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(6/20)
Guest
Editorial: Black Is Bad? by GM András Adorján.
"Back in the Middle Ages, and
perhaps even later, each colour had a particular meaning known by everyone.
Colours carried messages. Then these romantic times came to an end..." |
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(6/20)
Chess Fiction: Little Capablanca - A (grown-up) Kennedy
Kids
story by Matt, as retold by Rick
Kennedy. "The street light glinted off of something in the youth’s
hand as stepped away from the car... “Démelo…”
Matt sighed. He could hear his father’s voice in his head: You got
college credit for weight-lifting? Twice? What else did
you get credit for…? He planted a foot, spun, and put an instep
against the boy’s temple. The body staggered one way, the knife
bounced the other..." |
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(6/20)
Chess Cartoon: The Chess Player Chronicles for June 20, another new cartoon from the
wit & pen of Gary Gifford. Our collection of Gary's cartoons
numbers 27, and there are another half-dozen from other artists for your
enjoyment as well. |
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(6/19)
Nuestro Círculo #411:
19 de junio de 2010, dedicado al M.N.
argentino Luis E. Gasloli nacido en Buenos Aires el 5 de diciembre de 1944.
Además de su biografía y partidas, puedes leer "Progresar en Ajedrez" y "El
Torneo Capablanca in memoriam". Acompañamos, además, el archivo
NC 411.zip con las partidas de este número.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez
editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. |
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(6/19) Chess
News: check out our revamped Chess News page, including coverage of
the Category XX Kings Tournament. Carlsen leads (3.5) after round
five. |
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(6/15) Editorial:
The Chess Gods by Clyde Nakamura.
Our resident UCO Specialist muses about Kharma, and The Chess Gods. "VT
believed that if you give back to chess then good things will be
given to you in return..." |
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(6/14)
The Chess
Comic: Lesson 10 - Rooks Intro, from Scott Tingley.
In his latest lesson Scott begins to introduce the major pieces, beginning
with the rook. Says Scott, "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..." Also
visit Scott at
Learning Chess
Through Comics. |
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(6/14) Free
eBook:
Chess: a selection of fifty games, from those played by the automaton
chess ... edited by W. Hunneman. Fifty games played by
The Turk
during an exhibition in London, 1820. Originally published in London
in 1820, this book is now a part of the Public Domain. 76 pages in a
zipped PDF format. One of more than 50 free eBooks available at
Chessville. Visit all of our
download
pages - always 100% free! |
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(6/13) UCO Opening Theory -
From
Neo-From to King's Gambit: 1.f4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5!? by
Aaro Jalas. Update:
Appendix: Study
material with 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 f5?!
The author, a Correspondence Chess specialist, looks at two ways to
deal with
1.f4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5!?, either with 3.fxe5 (the Neo-From Gambit) or with
3.e4, transposing to
the more 'conventional' King's Gambit... |
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(6/13) The Chessville
Forum: Three new discussions begun in our Forum; drop by and
join the conversations as we restart the discussion:
o Ilyumzhinov or Karpov? o Offbeat responses to 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3?!
o Chessville newsletter |
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(6/12)
Chess
Training: Enjoyable Efficiency – Two Simple Winning Ideas You Must Know,
Especially When Playing Speed Chess. A new
Chess Lesson of the Month
by IM Igor Khmelnitsky. "Professionals focus on achieving victory in
every game, while amateurs are usually happy to enjoy the process, where the
victory is a bonus... First of all, I must emphasize that, in my opinion,
playing speed chess is detrimental to anyone who is seriously trying to
raise his/her game level... Having said that, I know that many recreational
players enjoy this competition. I'm among them..." |
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(6/12)
Chess
Composition: Finales... y Temas #56 (December, 2009).
This Argentine publication, widely distributed in PDF format and through
many chess pages, offers 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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(6/11) Review:
Dangerous Weapons: The Queen’s Gambit by Richard Palliser, Glenn
Flear and Chris Ward, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Nitroglycerine.
A little bit of it is a powerful muscle relaxant. A whole lot of it is
a dangerous explosive. Take Dangerous Weapons: The Queen’s Gambit.
Steadied by the information within its pages, playing either Black or White,
you can calmly face your opponents. Across the board from you? Boom!..." |
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(6/11)
Nuestro Círculo #410:
12 de junio de 2010, dedicado al Maestro italiano Beniamino Vergani que
vivió entre los años 1863 y 1927. Además de su biografía y partidas,
puedes leer "Ajedrez y Alzhéimer", "Concurso N.C." y "Ajedrez en Asunción".
Acompañamos, además, el archivo NC 410.zip con las partidas de este número.
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez
editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. |
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