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Tigerchess! June29, 2003
This is GM Nigel Davies' site, devoted to chess teaching. Davies, among other credits to his writing resume, has a monthly column for Chess Cafe. Read his current column here. Not to be overlooked is his widely read Ask the Tiger! column here at Chessville. Let's learn a bit about GM Davies, quoting from his bio page: "Born in...the UK on July 31st 1960, I learned chess at the age of 9 and thereafter fostered this interest at school and Southport Chess Club. I became Southport Chess Club Champion aged 15, Merseyside Champion aged 17 and qualified for the International Master title in 1982. At the time I was the UK's youngest IM. It would be some time before I went on to capture the title of International Grandmaster, 11 years in fact. The breakthrough came after living in Israel for several years and rubbing shoulders with some strong Soviet immigrants, such as two-time Soviet champion Lev Psakhis. In 1993 I scored two GM norms in quick succession amidst as string of other good results." GM, author, editor, instructor, husband and father. Let's look at his site. A simple navigation bar on the left side of each page contains the following choices: Home Page, Books & Reviews, Articles, Problems, Training, About Nigel Davies, and of course a links collection. UPDATE: Two new sections have been added: Book Sales, and a Downloads page. The latter will feature pgn files of the games featured in his openings books and he will also be posting the positions from the Power-Chess Program. This will make these books easier to study. The Books & Reviews page lists book recommendations in various categories, e.g. Beginners, General Instruction, The Endgame, etc. Included are snapshot reviews, one or two sentences each. As Davies says in the introduction to this page, "Despite the massive number of chess books on the market, relatively few of them are really worth buying and reading." Nevertheless, he vows to put more work into this page in the future, with more extensive reviews of new books. The problems page contains 30 tactical puzzles for you to solve, all taken from GM competition. The diagrams are clear, and the solution hidden until you ask for them. A variety of training options are offered by GM Davies, including games assessments, telephone lessons, and so on. The Articles section is a real gold mine, with over 40 articles, most including an annotated game which can be played over online or downloaded as a pgn file. Some sample titles: Reversing Poor Form, That Man Bobby Fischer, The Miracle, Avoiding Small Mistakes, and Finding the Right Squares. There's plenty of free wisdom in these articles to whet your appetite for instruction, entertainment, and just plain old fun! Tigerchess is one of those sites that you hope to find amid the glut of sites on the internet. Well organized but not cluttered, instructive and entertaining, clear easy-to-see diagrams. Become a hunter, visit Tigerchess today, and sharpen your claws!
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