Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Book, Training Videos: The Six Power Moves of Chess

                                                            
Link to the website The Six Power Moves of Chess.
  
YouTube videos with contents from the book
"The Six Power Moves of Chess":

  
              
      

   
                          
    
   

  
              
    

Movie: Queen to Play

                                                                                                           
Theatrical trailers for "Queen to Play", a French film about chess and the games people play on themselves.

The movie stars Sandrine Bonnaire and Kevin Kline.


                                         


               
            
Link to Wikipedia page about "Queen to Play".
                             
    

Pawn Mower Puzzle

         
Take every pawn in eight moves.
Link to puzzle.
              

Video: Chess Camp

                       
YouTube video from a chess camp.
Link to video.
     
 

Video: Chess for life

                                                      
A video from Iceland.
  
  

     
The song from the video:  
  
    

Vasik Rajlich about chess engine Rybka 4

                        
Vasik Rajlich about chess engine Rybka 4.
Link to article at ChessBase News.
   

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Trust on the basics

                       



            
   

Carlsen - Ernst, 2004

                                                                       
Link to the game Magnus Carlsen - Sipke Ernst, Wijk aan Zee 2004.
Wikipedia article about Magnus Carlsen.
  
                    

Rubinstein's Immortal

                         
"Rubinstein's Immortal" is the chess game Georg Rotlewi - Akiba Rubinstein, played in Lodz 1907. 

Link to the game at Chessib.com. Annotations by Boris Schipkov.
Link to the game at Chessgames.com. Annotations by Carl Schlechter and Savielly Tartakower.
   
             

First Saturday Chess Tournaments

                                                                        
Website First Saturday Chess Tournaments.
 
                                                                                                                                                   


                                    
   

Outdoor Chess

                                                                                                                                                                    















                 
    
    
   
    

Strong opponent...

                                                           
                                                                                      

















     


           
   
    
    
    

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Book: Chess Rumble

                              
Chess Rumble book trailer:
    


       
           
Chess Rumble interview:
    

 
               

Review by Rick Kennedy.
Book at Amazon 
   
      

Friday, August 27, 2010

Chess Gifts - Chess Shops

                                                                                                           
                                                                
                         





































 


Above from
cafepress.com
 
More links to
Chess Gifts
Links to Chess Shops 

        


 
                               

 





































    













   


                 

World's Largest Wooden Chess Set

                          
World's Largest Wooden Chess Set - Vilnius University, Lithuania

Link to article.
 
           


               
     

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Videos: Chess Grandmaster and Coach Gregory Kaidanov

                                 
           


                
                                                                


                         
                     


                                             

Video: Norwegian Chess Championship 2009

                                       



            

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Tal - Tringov, 1964

                                        
2 videos showing the same game played in Amsterdam 1964:
Mikhail Tal - Georgi P Tringov, Amsterdam 1964.
 
  


  

    


       

The game Tal - Tringov at
Chessgames.com
    
        

A good start is to work with these chess books

                                       
   















                                              
                      

















 



                              



                       





                     


















                      
 











                                                              

       



  

    
    

The Chess Duel

           



              

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Video: Chess Lecture by Jonathan Rowson

                         
Lecture by Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson at blip.tv.

Part 1
Part 2

           

Video: Kramnik - Nakamura, 2010

                                     
Vladimir Kramnik shows a game he won against Hikaru Nakamura in Wijk aan Zee 2010. 
Link to video at blip.tv. The same game also at Chessgames.com 

More chess videos:
Link to more chess videos at blip.tv.
         
           

Bindrich - Kamsky, Gibraltar 2010

                                                           
      
























Link to the game Falko Bindrich - Gata Kamsky, Gibraltar 2010.
             
     

Amonatov - Lê Quang Liêm, Moscow 2008

                           
   
  























Link to the game Farrukh Amonatov - Lê Quang Liêm, Moscow 2008.
     
     

Karpov - Larsen, Tilburg 1979


                                               
























Link to the game Anatoly Karpov - Bent Larsen, Tilburg 1979.
Wikipedia article about Tilburg chess tournaments.
 
             

Canal - Johner, 1929

                                  
























Link to the game Esteban Canal - Paul F Johner, Karlsbad 1929.
 
           

Video: Gleizerov - Likavský, 2010

                            
Grandmaster game: Evgeny Gleizerov - Tomáš Likavský, International Championship of Slovakia 2010.
   

  
   
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.Nb5 Nf6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Re1 c6 (11...a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd5) 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.Nf3 d5 15.e5 Ng4 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Qc2 dxc4 18.Bxc4 c5 19.Ng5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Nxf7 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Rf8 23.Re7 Bc8 24.Ng5+ Kh8 25.Qc3 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Rxf6 27.Re8+ Rf8 28.Nf7+ 1-0
                      
      

We Are All Part Of A Family - Not Strangers

            
A speech from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro 1992:
   


 
Hopi Indian Prophecy:
  


   
 
  



   


     
   

RAW World Chess Challenge: Carlsen vs The World

             
"On September 10th, in New York City, the ultimate one-sided chess game will take place:
Magnus Carlsen vs. The World... and Magnus doesn't think the world has a chance". (YouTube

Link RAW World Chess Challenge.
Article at ChessVibes
   
  

2010 Caribbean Chess Carnival

                        
Calypso Queen Denyse Plummer performs at the closing ceremonies at the Caribbean Chess Carnival.



     
Grandmaster Gennadi Sagalchik won the 2010 Caribbean Chess Carnival.
Read more...
     
   

Sunday, August 22, 2010

       













  
    
    

Shamkovich - Bronstein, 1971

                      
          












   










Link to the game Leonid Shamkovich - David Bronstein, 1971.
   
      
   

Video: Yasser Seirawan Teaching Chess

      



   

Another Chess Lesson :)

  



 

Nature

       
Music by Kevin Kern, "Remembering the Light".
 


  
   

Video: Chess in Jamaica

      
Jamaica's top players Jomo Pitterson and Warren Elliott about chess in Jamaica.
      


      
   

A mirror image of Morphy versus the Duke and Count

         
A mirror image of the game Paul Morphy - Duke Karl / Count Isouard, Paris 1858:
   
Albert Beauregard Hodges – Daniels, Nashville 1886
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 Nc6 4.fxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Ng6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Bc4 Nxe5 8.Bb3 Ng6 9.Nf3 Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.Ng5 d5 12.Qe2+ Be7 13.Rxf6 gxf6 14.Nxd5 fxg5 15.Bxg5 Be6 16.Nxe7 Nxe7 17.d5 f6 18.Bxf6 Rf8 19.Qxe6 Qd6 20.Ba4+ Kd8 21.Re1 Rxf6
  
















 








22.Qg8+! Nxg8 23.Re8 mate.

 
   
          

Annotated games at ChessBase News, ChessVibes

                                 
London Chess Classic 2010:
Round 1  (ChessVibes)
Round 2  (ChessVibes)
Round 3  (ChessVibes)
Round 4  (ChessVibes)
Round 5  (ChessVibes)
Round 6  (ChessVibes)
Round 7  (ChessVibes)
  
Brazilian Championship 2010:
Vescovi - Leitao, Leitao - El Debs
                                   
Tal Memorial 2010:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3-4
Round 5-7
Round 8
Round 9 (ChessBase News didn't publish annotated games from the last round, but ChessVibes did...)
  
Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament 2010:
Link
   
Grand Slam Final Masters, Bilbao 2010:
Link
 
Chess Olympiad 2010, Khanty-Mansiysk:
Link
      
New York 2010:
Magnus Carlsen - The World
 
Chinese Chess League 2010, Division A:
Rounds 10-12
           
Shanghai 2010:
Wang Hao - Aronian, Kramnik - Shirov
Aronian - Shirov, Wang Hao - Kramnik 
 
Shirov - Wang Hao, Kramnik - Aronian
Shirov - Kramnik, Aronian - Wang Hao 
 
Aronian - Kramnik, Wang Hao - Shirov
Shirov - Aronian, Kramnik - Aronian, Aronian - Kramnik, Aronian - Kramnik
      
Kristiansund 2010:
Match: Carlsen - Anand, Polgar - Hammer
 
Match: Gelfand - Leko, Miskolc 2010:
Game 1-4
Game 5-6
Game 7-8
                      
Spanish Chess League 2010:
Negi - Moiseenko, Hamdouchi - Gustafsson, Zhigalko - Matlakov
Short - Fluvia Poyatos, Sargissian - Smeets
Hamdouchi - Zhigalko
   
French Championship 2010:
Edouard - Tkachiev, Fressinet - Edouard
  
Match: Efimenko - Naiditsch, Mukachevo 2010: 
Game 1-2
Game 3-4
Game 5-6
     
Amsterdam 2010:
Nakamura - Van Wely, Ljubojevic - Giri, Caruana - Nielsen
Gelfand - Howell
Van Wely - Giri, Nakamura - Gelfand
Svidler - Caruana
     
Tromsø 2010:
Kobalia - Van Wely

Pardubice 2010:
Korobov - Smith, Agaragimov - Korobov

Biel 2010:
Rodshtein - So
Kosintseva - Mikhalevski, Maze - Lysyj
             
Test your IQ(P):
Link
  
Test your IQ(P) II:
Link
 
Austrian Attack:
Link
    
          

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Bishops: good, bad and both

                                                            
Link to pdf document by Dr. Dave about Bishops: good, bad and both
Wikipedia articel about the Bishop. 

Karsten Müller about Good Knight, Bad Bishop.
Link to pdf document
         
       
Video: Good Bishops vs Bad Bishops

           


            
Videos: Good Knight vs Bad Bishop
         
     


    
                   


                            
    

Friday, August 20, 2010

Endgame: Nataf - Chabanon, France 2005

        
A very interesting endgame!
The game at Chessgames.com 
    
     




















    
    
   
      
    

Mason - Unknown player, London 1900

        
A beautiful mate in the game James Mason - Unknown player, London 1900. 
Link to the game. 

More games King's Gambit Declined 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3.
   
  

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ermenkov - Ostojic, Kecskemet 1977

    
Nice finish! (23...axb5 24.Rxa7 Qxa7 25.Rxe7+ if black had continued the game.)
Link to the game Evgenij Ermenkov - Predrag Ostojic, Kecskemet 1977. 

More games Sicilian Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3.
  
   

Gelfand - Howell, Amsterdam 2010

     
Boris Gelfand annotates a game against David Howell.
Link
    
 

Push Pawns, Not Drugs and Knights of the South Bronx

             
Push Pawns, Not Drugs
Article at ChessBase News



























Knights of the South Bronx

Articles at Wikipedia, ChessBase News and Chessville.com
DVD at Amazon

          

Video: 10 Ways to Improve Your Chess

      



    

Chess Tournament Guide for Parents

      
Chess tournament guide for parents.
Link
    
  

Correspondence Chess: ICCF Webchess

     
Some correspondence chess games to follow online at ICCF Webchess.
Link 

Start page ICCF Webchess.
Link
 
 

Correspondence Chess World Champions (ICCF)

           
Correspondence Chess World Champions (ICCF).
Link (Wikipedia).
 
 

Video: Chess Rhapsody 1

      


   

0:04 - "Shakhmatnaya goryachka" directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
0:12 - "Monkey Business", with Marx Brothers
0:18 - "The Black Cat" by Edgar G. Ulmer, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
0:20 - "The Great Dictator" by Charlie Chaplin
0:21 - "The Thief of Baghdad" by Ludwig Berger
0:22 - "The Mark of Zorro" by Rouben Mamoulian with Tyrone Power
0:23 - "The Sea Hawk" by Michael Curtiz
0:25 - "Casablanca" by Michael Curtiz with Humphrey Bogart
0:27 - "Keeper of the Flame" by George Cukor with Spencer Tracy
0:28 - "To Be or Not to Be" by Ernst Lubitsch
0:29 - "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" by Roy William Neill
0:33 - "Ivan Groznyj" by Sergej Michajlovic Ejsenštejn
0:35 - "La belle et la bęte" by Jean Cocteau
0:36 - "Knocking on Any Door" by Nicholas Ray with Humphrey Bogart
0:39 - "Quo Vadis" by Mervyn LeRoy with Robert Taylor
0:42 - "Angel Face" by Otto Preminger
0:45 - "Det Sjunde inseglet" by Ingmar Bergman with Max Von Sydow
0:52 - "Ascenseur pour léchafaud" by Louis Malle
0:53 - "The Diary of Anne Frank" by George Stevens
0:54 - "Exodus" by Otto Preminger
0:55 - "Lolita" by Stanley Kubrick with James Mason
0:56 - "From Russia with Love" by Terence Young
0:59 - "Becket" by Peter Glenville
1:03 - "Woman of Straw" by Basil Dearden with Sean Connery
1:07 - "Whats New Pussycat" by Clive Donner with Woody Allen
1:12 - "Zatoichi Jigoku tabi" by Kenji Misumi
1:16 - "Tony Rome" by Gordon Douglas with Frank Sinatra
1:20 - "Dance of the Vampires" by Roman Polanski
1:23 - "The Thomas Crown Affair" by Norman Jewison with Steve McQueen
      
     

Video: Chess Rhapsody 2

             


 

0:03 - "Straw Dogs" directed by Sam Peckinpah with Dustin Hoffman
0:07 - "Vamos a matar, compańeros" by Sergio Corbucci
0:08 - "Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka" by Jack B. Hively
0:09 - "The Omega Man" by Boris Sagal with Charlton Heston
0:11 - "Blazing Saddles" by Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder
0:13 - "La plus longue nuit du diable" by Jean Brismée
0:16 - "Night Moves" by Arthur Penn with Gene Hackman
0:23 - "Io sono un autarchico" by Nanni Moretti
0:29 - "The Wild Geese" by Andrew V. McLaglen
0:31 - "Il gatto" by Luigi Comencini
0:36 - "The Lady Vanishes" by Anthony Page with Elliott Gould
0:37 - "Fantozzi contro tutti" by Neri Parenti
0:40 - "History of the World: Part I" by Mel Brooks
0:52 - "Aus dem Leben der Marionetten" by Ingmar Bergman
0:55 - "Blade Runner" by Ridley Scott with Rutger Hauer
0:58 - "Fanny och Alexander" by Ingmar Bergman
0:59 - "The Thing" by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell
1:08 - "A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy" by Woody Allen
1:11 - "Bingo Bongo" by Pasquale Festa Campanile with Adriano Celentano
1:19 - "The Jigsaw Man" by Terence Young
1:22 - "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by Michael Radofrd
1:24 - "Revenge of the Nerds" by Jeff Kanew
1:27 - "La diagonale du fou" by Richard Dembo with Michel Piccoli
1:42 - "Lattrazione" by Mario Gariazzo
1:49 - "Dekalog, jeden" by Krzysztof Kieslowski
1:54 - "Rambo III" by Peter MacDonald
1:56 - "M.A.R.K.-13 - Hardware" by Richard Stanley
1:57 - "Europa" by Lars von Trier
1:58 - "The Silence of the Lambs" by Jonathan Demme
1:59 - "The Addams Family" by Barry Sonnenfield with Raul Julia
2:04 - "Knight Moves" by Carl Schenkel with Christopher Lambert
2:11 - "Caino e Caino" by Alessandro Benvenuti
2:16 - "Searching for Bobby Fischer" by Steven Zaillian
2:26 - "Grumpy Old Men" by Donald Petrie with Jack Lemmon
2:28 - "Botte di Natale" by Terence Hill
2:40 - "Men of War" by Perry Lang with Dolph Lundgren
2:42 - "Sugar Hill" by Leon Ichaso
2:44 - "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" by Peter Segal with Leslie Nielsen
2:48 - "Assassins" by Richard Donner with Sylvester Stallone
2:54 - "Canadian Bacon" by Michael Moore
2:57 - "Othello" by Oliver Parker with Kenneth Branagh
         
   

Video: Chess Rhapsody 3

    

       

0:04 - "Checkmate" by Dyanna Lauren
0:15 - "Ridicule" by Patrice Leconte
0:20 - "Sabotage" by Tibor Takács with Mark Dacascos
0:24 - "Independence Day" by Roland Emmerich with Jeff Goldblum
0:30 - "Shine" by Scott Hicks
0:32 - "Summer of Fear" by Mike Robe
0:37 - "George of the Jungle" by Sam Weisman
0:39 - "Le comte de Monte Cristo" by J. Dayan with Gérard Depardieu
0:43 - "Train de vie" by Radu Mihaileanu
0:48 - "Bicentennial Man" by Chris Columbus with Robin Williams
0:54 - "The Spy Who Shagged Me" by Jay Roach with Mike Myers
1:11 - "Virus" by John Bruno
1:15 - "The Luzhin Defence" by Marleen Gorris with John Turturro
1:29 - "X-Men" by Bryan Singer
1:36 - "Black Hawk Down" by Ridley Scott
1:37 - "Black Knight" by Gil Junger with Martin Lawrence
1:40 - "Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone" by Chris Columbus
1:48 - "The Last Castle" by Rod Lurie
1:50 - "La regina degli scacchi" by Claudia Florio
2:10 - "Scacco alla Regina" [porno!] by Riccardo Schicchi with Eva Henger
2:30 - "The Navigators" by Ken Loach
2:31 - "Zoolander" [extra bonus in DVD!]
2:32 - "Two Weeks Notice" by Marc Lawrence with Hugh Grant
2:33 - "Global Effect" by Terry Cunningham
2:35 - "Moscow Heat" by Jeff Celentano with Michael York
2:42 - "Il Paradiso allimprovviso" by Leonardo Pieraccioni with Alessandro Haber
2:56 - "Out of Reach" by Po-Chih Leong
3:00 - "The Chronicles of Riddick" by David Twohy
3:02 - "In Enemy Hands" by Tony Giglio
3:06 - "A Love Song for Bobby Long" by Shainee Gabel
3:11 - "Five Fingers" by Laurence Malkin
3:16 - "La terza stella" by Alberto Ferrari
3:19 - "Kingdom of Heaven" by Ridley Scott
3:21 - "Oliver Twist" by Roman Polanski
3:22 - "Revolver" by Guy Ritchie with Jason Statham
           
   

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I played my first chess game in December 1977 and was lucky to hold draw. I continued to play chess and joined a chess club in September 1978. I'm still enjoying playing chess. I like to do many other things than playing chess. Long walks, some jogging, cycling, reading books, listen to music, watch movies, writing and much more. Life is fun!