tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82654694324583619772012-02-16T03:33:20.007-08:00A blog about ChessTorbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comBlogger6631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-2276305998992554262011-05-01T04:13:00.000-07:002012-02-08T11:51:57.773-08:00Learn – Study – Play Chess<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/05/research-and-benefits-of-chess.html"><span style="color: blue;">Research and Benefits of Chess</span></a> </span> <br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess"><span style="color: blue;">The Game Chess (Wikipedia)</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece_relative_value"><span style="color: blue;">Value of Chess Pieces (Wikipedia)</span></a> </span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess"><span style="color: blue;">Glossary of Chess (Wikipedia)</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP/TacticsCourse.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Ten steps to learn Chess Tactics and Combinations (pdf)</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2011/03/strengthen-your-position.html"><span style="color: blue;">Strengthen your position</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2011/03/key-question.html"><span style="color: blue;">Key question</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9111/28/"><span style="color: blue;">Ten Tips To Winning Chess</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/Intermediate/winning/winning_tips.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Winning Tips</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.chess-game-strategies.com/index.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess-Game-Strategies.com</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2011/03/mastering-typical-positions.html"><span style="color: blue;">Articles by Nigel Davies</span></a> </span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_chess_articles"><span style="color: blue;">Index of Chess Articles (Wikipedia)</span></a><br /> <br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2011/03/chess-records.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Records</span></a> </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: black;"><strong>Opening-Middlegame-Endgame </strong></span><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/07/opening-links.html"><span style="color: blue;">Opening</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/07/middlegame-links.html"><span style="color: blue;">Middlegame</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/07/endgame-links.html"><span style="color: blue;">Endgame</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/from-opening-to-endgame.html"><span style="color: blue;">From Opening to Endgame</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Chess Quotes </strong></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/chess-quotes.html"><span style="color: blue;">My Chess Quote Collection</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_gen_collection_wisdom_intro.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Chessville.com</span></a> </span></span><br /><a href="http://www.chessquotes.com/"><span style="color: blue;">ChessQuotes.com</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><strong>How Good is Your Chess?</strong></span> </span><span style="color: blue;"> <br /><a href="http://medlem.spray.se/schackservice/chesstest1.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 1</span></a><br /><a href="http://medlem.spray.se/schackservice/chesstest2.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 2</span></a><br /><a href="http://medlem.spray.se/schackservice/chesstest3.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 3</span></a><br /><a href="http://medlem.spray.se/schackservice/chesstest4.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 4</span></a><br /><a href="http://medlem.spray.se/schackservice/chesstest5.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 5</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6903"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 6</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6933"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 7</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6947"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 8</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/12/endgame-study-white-to-move-and-draw.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 9</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6957"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 10</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6977"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 11</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6944"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Test 12</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/05/chess-puzzles.html"><span style="color: blue;">Collection Chess Puzzles</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/annotated-chess-game.html"><span style="color: blue;">Collection Annotated Chess Games</span></a> <br /> <br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Play Chess Online</strong></span> </span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><a href="http://chessok.com/?page_id=357"><span style="color: blue;">Play online against chess engine Rybka</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.shredderchess.com/play-chess-online.html"><span style="color: blue;">Play online against chess engine Shredder</span></a> </span><br /><a href="http://www.freechess.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Free Internet Chess Server (FICS)</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.chessclub.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Internet Chess Club (ICC)</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.playchess.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Playchess</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.queenalice.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Queen Alice</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.chess.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Chess.com</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.schemingmind.com/"><span style="color: blue;">SchemingMind</span></a> <br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>World Chess Federation (FIDE)</strong></span> <br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.fide.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Website</span></a> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE"><span style="color: blue;">Wikipedia</span></a> </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: black;"><strong>Chess Around The World </strong></span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_around_the_world"><span style="color: blue;">Wikipedia</span></a></span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Correspondence Chess </strong></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess"><span style="color: blue;">Wikipedia</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.iccf.com/content/index.php"><span style="color: blue;">ICCF Website</span></a><br /><a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7527/393/"><span style="color: blue;">The Check Is in the Mail (Alex Dunne)</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://correspondencechess.com/ccca/checkbu.index.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Lessons for Correspondence Chess Players</span></a><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">(By Grigory Sanakoev, 12th World Correspondence Chess Champion) </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: black;"><strong>New facets of famous chess positions, games and books</strong> </span><br /><a href="http://www.truechess.com/index.html"><span style="color: blue;">TrueChess.com</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span> <br /><strong><span style="color: black;"><br />Chess Books (Paper) </span></strong><br /><a href="http://medlem.spray.se/schackservice/some-good-chessbooks.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Some good chess books</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span> <br /><strong><span style="color: black;"><br />Chess eBooks </span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Publishing</span></a><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong><br /><a href="http://www.everymanchess.com/catsearch.php?area=ebook"><span style="color: blue;">Everyman Chess</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=chess+ebook&aq=0&aqi=g5&aql=&oq=chess+ebook&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=eee010626e4aa759"><span style="color: blue;">Search Chess eBooks</span></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Chess Gifts - Chess Shops </span></strong><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/httpwww.html"><span style="color: blue;">Links</span></a> <br /> <br /><strong>Chess Videos </strong></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgoCeHBQmQ&feature=related"><span style="color: blue;">Maurice Ashley</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki3Xuw5p5TI"><span style="color: blue;">Action: Chess</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rACb3-6MDvg&feature=player_embedded#!"><span style="color: blue;">Chess-Mates</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcOUpxs_VKQ&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Euro Chess Tournament</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQwnq6v5Tdc&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Tournament</span></a><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/09/video-chess-in-schools.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess in Schools</span></a> </span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlUmrCnpluQ&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">BBC - How to Win at Chess</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-caribbean-chess-carnival-closing.html"><span style="color: blue;">Caribbean Chess Carnival</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN3J7cD35TY&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Gibraltar Chess Festival</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzlxNn6AnNE&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Canadian Open</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbidwbn8U5c&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Norwegian Chess Championship</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/12/chess-me-out-talk-on-board.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Me Out - talk on board</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/09/chess-lecture-with-mark-dvoretsky.html"><span style="color: blue;">Mark Dvoretsky</span></a> <br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/07/videos-alex-yermolinsky-chess-lecture.html"><span style="color: blue;">Alex Yermolinsky</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/videos-chess-grandmaster-and-coach.html"><span style="color: blue;">Gregory Kaidanov</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kasparov+my+story&aq=0"><span style="color: blue;">Kasparov, My Story</span></a> <br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4728324145911578749&hl=sv&emb=1#"><span style="color: blue;">Garry Kasparov</span></a> <br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/movie-about-anatoly-karpov.html"><span style="color: blue;">Anatoly Karpov</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2011/01/akiba-rubinstein-and-polish-chess.html"><span style="color: blue;">Akiba Rubinstein and Polish Chess</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/chess-videos-wilhelm-steinitz-chess.html"><span style="color: blue;">Steinitz: Chess Champion</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/05/chess-videos-paul-morphy-mozart-of.html"><span style="color: blue;">Paul Morphy: Mozart of Chess</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxvAJ9qBCKY&feature=player_embedded#!"><span style="color: blue;">Larsen - Spassky, 1970 - Part 1</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjtdm-_WAQQ&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Larsen - Spassky, 1970 - Part 2</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBo8ffdZ4dQ&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Larsen - Spassky, 1970 - Part 3</span></a> <br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/18058688"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Queen's Gambit Accepted</span></a><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/18937983"><span style="color: blue;">Colle Attacks</span></a><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=323232056227555907&hl=sv#"><span style="color: blue;">Chess for life</span></a> <br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/11672377"><span style="color: blue;">The Réti Opening</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/movie-queen-to-play.html"><span style="color: blue;">Queen to Play</span></a><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/9086558"><span style="color: blue;">A Game for Two</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/video-first-day-of-chess.html"><span style="color: blue;">First Day of Chess</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/chess-duel.html"><span style="color: blue;">The Chess Duel</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/05/geris-game.html"><span style="color: blue;">Geri's Game</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/chess-with-frasier.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess with Frasier</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FmwxrCQutE&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Very surprising chess moves :)</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSTUs5IEDXc&feature=player_embedded"><span style="color: blue;">Fun with Grandmaster Simon Williams</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/funny-chess-videos.html"><span style="color: blue;">Funny? You decide...</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3727820471573567512#"><span style="color: blue;">Chess Fever</span></a> <br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/07/mission-impossible-game-of-chess.html"><span style="color: blue;">Mission: Impossible "A Game of Chess"</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Videos.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess music videos 1</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/05/chess-music-videos-tal-vs-botvinnik.html"><span style="color: blue;">Chess music videos 2: Tal vs Botvinnik</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/08/chess-rock-concert.html"><span style="color: blue;">CHESS Rock Concert</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Video: Chess and Love </span></strong><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4341368144264538836&hl=sv#"><span style="color: blue;">Cute video from Prague</span></a><br /> <br /> </span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-227630599899255426?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-80491342258340530892011-04-30T05:04:00.000-07:002011-04-30T05:04:26.884-07:00Balogh - Sasikiran, Dubai Open 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Dubai Open 2011"] [White "Csaba Balogh"] [Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6%2B Be7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6%2B Kd8 18. Nxb7%2B Qxb7 19. Rxd7%2B Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qxd1%2B 21. Kxd1 Ke8 22. fxe5 Rd8%2B 23. Ke2 fxe5 24. a4 Rf8 25. a5 Rd6 26. Qc4 Rf4 27. Qg8%2B Kd7 28. Qxh7 e4 29. Qh3%2B Kd8 30. Qb3 Rff6 31. Qb8%2B Kd7 32. Qb5%2B Kc7 33. b4 Rfe6 34. Qc4%2B Kd7 35. b5 Bd8 36. b6 Bxb6 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. Ke3 Rbc6 39. Qb3 Kc7 40. g4 Rb6 41. Qc4%2B Rbc6 42. Qb3 Re5 43. h4 Rec5 44. Qf7%2B Kb6 45. h5 Rxc2 46. g5 R6c3%2B 47. Kxe4 Rc4%2B 48. Kd5 Rc5%2B 49. Kd4 Rd2%2B 50. Ke3 Rg2 51. Qf6%2B Ka5 52. Qd8%2B Kb5 53. Qd7%2B Kb6 54. Qd6%2B Kb5 55. Qb8%2B Kc4 56. g6 Rxh5 57. Qc8%2B Rc5 58. Qa6%2B Kd5 59. Qb7%2B Rc6 60. Qd7%2B Rd6 61. Qf5%2B Kc4 62. Qe4%2B 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1620973"><span style="color: blue;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8049134225834053089?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-52178553369789645392011-04-27T11:13:00.000-07:002011-04-27T11:13:58.156-07:00Video with Irina Krush and Grandmaster Ron Henley<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TaOHO5nedeA" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5217855336978964539?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-24049535147788655692011-04-24T10:17:00.000-07:002011-05-03T15:35:47.355-07:00GM Ian Rogers shows a nice endgame<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><span style="color: black;">Solomon - Steadman, Doeberl Cup 2011 </span></span><br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/goRN_W1UIz4" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;">More about this endgame and another one in</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7192"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: blue;">Karsten Müller's CBM Blog</span></span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"> </span> <br /> <br /> </span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2404953514778865569?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-68840996460901155122011-04-24T10:05:00.000-07:002011-04-24T10:05:06.733-07:00Videos: Kasparov - Speelman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUgrhYXuRE&feature=related"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Video 1</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t06vM2w6WO4"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Video 2</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span> <br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6884099646090115512?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-39933701377188767702011-04-24T09:12:00.000-07:002011-04-24T09:27:18.237-07:00Sacrifices for best practical chances<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><span style="color: black;">When is the earliest best moment to play a Pawn </span></span><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><span style="color: black;">sacrifice, Knight sacrifice, Bishop sacrifice, Rook sacrifice or a Queen sacrifice?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> <br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><strong>Pawn </strong></span></span><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><strong><span style="color: black;">sacrifice</span></strong></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: SV;"><span style="color: black;"><br /> <br />1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 is not the the earliest best moment. Black has no problems to equalize the position and Black maybe even stands a little better.<br /> <br />The earliest best moment goes neither to for instance: <br />1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 or 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3. <br /><br />A stronger candidate for White looks to be the Evans Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4. But Black should with best play equalize the position after 4…Bxb4. <br /><br />Black has an interesting candidate in 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5. Well, if you like a draw with Black it might be a winner…It should be good enough to a draw with best play. <br /><br />It is not easy after 1.e4 c5 and 1.e4 c6 to say when the the earliest best moment appears to sacrifice. And for who appears the earliest best moment to sacrifice? For White or Black? Sicilian Najdorf games has seen many sacrifices for both White and Black. Sicilian Dragon too. Also Sicilian Scheveningen. And so on… <br /><br />Black can in the French sacrifice the g7-pawn after for example the continuation: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7. It might with best play from Black be good enough to hold a draw after 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2. But Black can instead play the safer 7…O-O. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Should we instead first sacrifice in the middlegame?</strong></span> <br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Comes the earliest best moment to sacrifice first in the middlegame? <br />If not in a later stage of the opening it should be somewhere in the middlegame. <br /><br /><strong>Should the opponent first be totally strategically outplayed before we sacrifice? </strong><br /><br />Is it first when the opponent is totally strategically outplayed as the earliest best moment to sacrifice appears? The position could then already be so superior that there is no need for a sacrifice to win the game. But it is necessary many times to end a strategical played game with one or more sacrifices. At least some form of tactics has to be ready to be used. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><br /><br />Wikipedia about sacrificing:</strong> <br /><br />Sacrificing some material is often necessary to throw the opponent's position out of balance. The sacrificed material is sometimes able to be regained with interest a couple of moves later. Pawn sacrifices in the opening are known as gambits; they are usually not intended for a short-term gain, but instead to achieve a more active position. <br /><br />Direct attacks against the enemy King are often started by sacrifices. A common example is sacrificing a Bishop on h2 or h7, checking the King, who usually must take the Bishop. This allows the Queen and Knight to develop a fulminate attack. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br /> <br /> </span></span></span></em></span></span></em></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3993370137718876770?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-57782101074560134022011-04-22T09:12:00.000-07:002011-04-22T09:18:55.130-07:00Activity of the pieces and Pawn structure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black;"><strong> <br />Activity of the pieces <br /><br /></strong>The most important single feature of a chess position is the activity of the pieces. </span><br /><span style="color: black;">– Michael Stean, Simple Chess <br /><br /></span><span style="color: black;">The primary constraint on piece's activity is the Pawn structure. </span><br /><span style="color: black;">– Michael Stean, Simple Chess <br /><br /></span><span style="color: black;">The job of the chessplayer must therefore be to use his skill to create a Pawn set-up which will allow his own pieces the optimum freedom and stability, while denying his opponent's similar scope. </span><br /><span style="color: black;">– Michael Stean, Simple Chess <br /><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><strong>Look after your Pawns</strong> <br /><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Look after your Pawns and your pieces will look after themselves. </span><br /><span style="color: black;">– Michael Stean, Simple Chess </span><br /><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5778210107456013402?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-58385214689276359602011-04-22T07:03:00.000-07:002011-04-22T07:03:01.390-07:00Naroditsky - Kamsky, 2011 US Championship, Saint Louis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">Video from the 2011 US Championship, where Gata Kamsky speaks about the game in round 6 against Daniel Naroditsky:</span> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/h49RgrWdZAI.html" width="480"></iframe><embed src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#h49RgrWdZAI" style="display: none;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1621169"><span style="color: blue;">The game at Chessgames.com</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1621169"><span style="color: blue;">More similar games in Caro-Kann</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5838521468927635960?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-8452011950187339102011-04-18T12:13:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:13:31.900-07:00Kamsky - Akobian, 2011 US Championship, Saint Louis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "2011 US Championship, Saint Louis"] [Date "2011.04.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Varuzhan Akobian"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bb5 Qa5 11. O-O c4 12. f5 Nb6 13. Qe1 exf5 14. a4 Be6 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Ne4 Qb2 18. Nd6%2B Kf8 19. Bc3 Qxc2 20. Nxb7 Nxa4 21. Bb4%2B Kg8 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rf2 Qb3 24. Na5 Rxc6 25. Nxc6 h6 26. Ne7%2B Kh7 27. Ng5%2B hxg5 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ba3 Rb8 31. Qg3 g4 32. Qh4%2B Kg7 33. Qf6%2B Kh7 34. 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font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.amateurchess.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qn49q6GFvWk" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5221577598431546172?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-27554864455514300612011-04-13T04:31:00.000-07:002011-04-15T07:53:08.416-07:00Brilliant Chess in China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">"One of the most beautiful chess games that I have seen on last 100 years !!!", is one comment <br />about the game between Zhao Jun and Xiu Deshun, played in the 2011 Individual Chinese Chess<br />Championship.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="color: black;">The game</span> </span><a href="http://chessbase.com/news/2011/misc/games/chinch02.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">annotated</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">at ChessBase News.</span></span><br /><br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "2011 Individual Chinese Chess Championship, Xinghua Jiangsu"] [Date "2011.04.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Zhao Jun"] [Black "Xiu Deshun"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3%2B 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 Ba6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d6 13. f4 Na5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. O-O Nh5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e5 Qe7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Rf6 Kg7 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. hxg3 Nb7 22. Raf1 Nd8 23. Qe4 Qb7 24. d5 Rh8 25. Qg6%2B fxg6 26. Rxg6%2B Kh7 27. Rxg5%2B Kh6 28. Rg6%2B Kh7 29. Rg4%2B Kh6 30. Rf6%2B Kh5 31. Rh4%2B 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1611795"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2755486445551430061?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-33800198092325134392011-04-02T17:16:00.000-07:002011-04-02T17:16:47.736-07:00Bring It On<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sIAiiBDWe8I" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3380019809232513439?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-70659807773371446382011-04-02T16:37:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:33:53.035-07:00Improve your position<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Always play to improve your position.</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeremy Silman, The Amateur's Mind</span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7065980777337144638?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-6082381538040160872011-04-02T14:46:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:35:14.328-07:00Tal - Bronstein, Tbilisi 1959<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Tbilisi 1959"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5 c4 18. a4 Kg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxd5 26. Ra1 Nb3 27. Bxb3 cxb3 28. Bh6%2B Kg8 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Rad1 Rxc6 31. Rxd5 f6 32. Rxb5 g5 33. Rxb3 Kf7 34. Rb7 Re6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. h4 Rg8 37. f4 Bc5%2B 38. Kf1 gxh4 39. Rb5 Rc8 40. f5%2B Kd6 41. b4 h3 42. Rxc5 h2 43. Bf4%2B 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1491235"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-608238153804016087?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-15427233707219470902011-04-02T14:34:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:36:21.906-07:00Bronstein - Tal, Yerevan 1975<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Yerevan 1975"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bg3 a6 14. Kh1 Nd4 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Bb1 Bh4 17. Bf4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Qd3 Rc5 20. Be3 e5 21. Rcd1 Re8 22. a3 b5 23. Ba2 Bf6 24. Bd5 Bc8 25. f4 Qe7 26. f5 Bd7 27. Rfe1 Rec8 28. Ba2 Bc6 29. b4 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Nxf5 31. Rc1 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Bg5 33. Rf3 Bxc1 34. Rxf7 Qxf7 35. Bxf7%2B Kxf7 36. Qxc1 Bb7 37. Qe3 Bxe4 38. Kg1 Bd5 39. Qd3 Rc1%2B 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Qh3%2B Kf6 42. Qh4%2B Kg6 43. Qg3%2B Kf6 44. Qd3 Be6 45. Qxd6 Rc2%2B 46. Ke1 Rxg2 47. h4 Ra2 48. Qxa6 Kf5 49. Qxb5 Ra1%2B 50. Kd2 Ra2%2B 51. Kc1 Ra1%2B 52. Kb2 Ra2%2B 53. Kb1 Rxa3 54. Qc5 Rd3 55. b5 Bd5 56. Qc8%2B Kf4 57. Qf8%2B Ke3 58. Qc5%2B Kf4 59. Kc1 Be4 60. Qc7 Rd5 61. Qf7%2B Ke3 62. Qa7%2B Kd3 63. Qf2 Rd4 64. Qc2%2B Ke3 65. Qc7 Rd5 66. Qa7%2B Ke2 67. Qa2%2B Ke3 68. Qa3%2B Ke2 69. Qb2%2B Ke3 70. Qc3%2B Ke2 71. Qc4%2B Ke3 72. Qb3%2B Rd3 73. Qe6 Rd5 74. Qc6 Ke2 75. Qc4%2B Ke3 76. b6 Rd7 77. Qe6 Rd5 78. Qh3%2B Bf3 79. Qh2 Rd1%2B 80. Kc2 Rd5 81. Qg1%2B Ke2 82. Qh2%2B Ke3 83. Kc3 g6 84. Qg1%2B Kf4 85. Qg5%2B Ke4 86. Qf6 Ke3 87. Kb4 Be4 88. Kc4 Rd4%2B 89. Kc5 Rd5%2B 90. Kb4 Rd4%2B 91. Ka5 Rd1 92. Ka6 Ra1%2B 93. Kb5 Rb1%2B 94. Ka4 Ra1%2B 95. Kb3 Rb1%2B 96. Ka3 Ra1%2B 97. Kb2 Rb1%2B 98. Ka2 Rb5 99. Qf1 Bd5%2B 100. Ka3 Rb3%2B 101. Ka4 Kd4 102. Qf2%2B Kc4 103. Qc2%2B Rc3 104. Qe2%2B Rd3 105. Qc2%2B Rc3 106. Qa2%2B Kc5 107. Qf2%2B Kc4 108. Qe2%2B Rd3 109. Qa2%2B Kc3 110. Qa3%2B Kc2 111. Qc5%2B Kd1 112. Qg1%2B Ke2 113. Qh2%2B Kf3 114. Qxe5 Be4 115. Qf6%2B Kg4 116. Qe6%2B Kf4 117. Qf7%2B Kg3 118. Qc7%2B Kh3 119. Qf4 Bg2 120. b7 Bc6%2B 121. Kb4 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1034743"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1542723370721947090?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-17274552832903105802011-04-02T14:14:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:37:31.936-07:00Fischer - Taimanov, Palma de Mallorca 1970<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Palma de Mallorca 1970"] [White "Bobby Fischer"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 b6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. f3 Ra7 14. Nc2 Rd8 15. Qe1 Be8 16. Qf2 Rb7 17. a4 a5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. f4 exf4 27. Qxf4 Ne6 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Nd5 Qc5%2B 30. Kh1 Bc6 31. Rc3 Ng5 32. Bc2 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qc7 34. e5 dxe5 35. Qxe5 Rdb8 36. Bf5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 g6 38. h4 Nh7 39. Bg4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. Rb5 Rd4 42. c5 Rxh4%2B 43. Kg1 Rb4 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Rc4 bxc5 46. Rxc5 Kg7 47. a5 Re8 48. Rc1 Re5 49. Ra1 Re7 50. Kf2 Ne8 51. a6 Ra7 52. Ke3 Nc7 53. Bb7 Ne6 54. Ra5 Kf6 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Rd5%2B Kc7 58. Kb5 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1044335"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1727455283290310580?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-76807964111053846842011-04-02T14:04:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:38:37.529-07:00Petrosian - Portisch, Palma de Mallorca 1974<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Palma de Mallorca 1974"] [White "Tigran Petrosian"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. a3 Bh6 12. b4 Nd4 13. h3 Be6 14. e3 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Bxh3 18. Bxa8 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qxa8 20. Qf3 Qb8 21. g4 Ng7 22. Qf6 Ngf5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. e4 Ng7 25. Ke1 Nh5 26. Qh4 f5 27. Nd5 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1107006"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7680796411105384684?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-84248086864135353062011-04-02T13:51:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:39:42.268-07:00Portisch - Petrosian, Palma de Mallorca 1974<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Palma de Mallorca 1974"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nxb6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Rb8 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qf3 exf5 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qh3 g6 22. Rcd1 Qb6 23. Rd7 Rce8 24. e6 gxf5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qg3%2B Kh8 27. Bh6 fxe6 28. Bxf8 Rd7 29. Bh6 Qa5 30. Qb8%2B Qd8 31. Qe5%2B Kg8 32. Qxe6%2B Rf7 33. Rxf5 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1107043"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8424808686413535306?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-91740838136006247912011-04-02T12:43:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:40:37.235-07:00Nepomniachtchi - A. Korobov, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"] [Black "Anton Korobov"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 Nb6 13. Rg1 Nfd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 g6 16. f4 e5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bd3 Be7 22. Rh1 Rf8 23. Rh3 Rc7 24. Kb1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qe3 Qc5 27. Qe2 Bc8 28. Rg3 Be6 29. Nh4 Rf2 30. Qe1 a5 31. Re3 b4 32. Nxg6 Rg2 33. Nxe7 Rxe7 34. Red3 bxc3 35. Rxc3 Qf2 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. b3 Rd7 38. Rc8%2B Kf7 39. Rh8 Kg7 40. Rh6 Bf7 41. Rhxd6 Rc7 42. R1d2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Kg6 44. Rf2 Re7 45. Rg2 Be8 46. c4 Bc6 47. Rg4 Rf7 48. b4 Rf4 49. Rg3 Bxe4%2B 50. Kb2 Rf3 51. Rg4 Bf5 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1765624"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-9174083813600624791?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-81094022751275385992011-04-02T12:19:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:49:49.193-07:00Moiseenko - McShane, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Alexander Moiseenko"] [Black "Luke McShane"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. f3 h6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a4 h5 17. h3 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxg6 Rxe2 24. Bh7%2B Kg7 25. Qxe2 Kxh7 26. Ra3 Re8 27. Qxh5%2B Kg7 28. Raf3 Rh8 29. Rxf6 Rxh5 30. Rxd6 Bxa4 31. Rdf6 Be8 32. d6 Kf8 33. R1f5 Rh4 34. Rxc5 Bc6 35. Rcf5 Rh7 36. Rf4 Rg7 37. g4 d3 38. Rd4 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471703"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8109402275127538599?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-39792888802186477332011-04-01T12:15:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:50:57.378-07:00Jobava - Potkin, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.04.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Baadur Jobava"] [Black "Vladimir Potkin"] [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e4 Qb6 11. Be2 Nh5 12. d5 Nf4 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. O-O-O Bb4 15. Kb1 Ndc5 16. Rd6 O-O 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Rxb6 axb6 19. a3 dxe4 20. axb4 exf3 21. bxc5 fxe2 22. c6 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nxc6 24. f3 Ra4 25. Qd7 Rxh4 26. Qxb7 Rd4 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471583"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3979288880218647733?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-90943362937922212412011-04-01T12:02:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:51:51.262-07:00Wojtaszek - I. Khairullin, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.04.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Radosław Wojtaszek"] [Black "Ildar Khairullin"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a4 Rfb8 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 g6 16. h3 h6 17. Re1 Ra7 18. Bb2 Qe6 19. Nd2 Rba8 20. Qc2 Bf8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Ndxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Bg7 24. Bc4 Qf5 25. g4 Qf3 26. Re3 Qf4 27. Ng3 Nf8 28. Bxf7%2B Kh7 29. Bb3 Rd8 30. Rbe1 Rd7 31. Re5 Ra8 32. Qc4 Rad8 33. R1e4 Qd2 34. Bc3 Qc1%2B 35. Kg2 Nd5 36. Ne2 Qa3 37. Nf4 Bxe5 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxe5 c6 40. Bb4 Qa8 41. bxc6 b5 42. Qxd5 Rxd5 43. Bxd5 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471581"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-9094336293792221241?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-18128669306640162022011-03-31T13:03:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:54:43.708-07:00Nisipeanu - Diermair, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu"] [Black "Andreas Diermair"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Nbd2 Nfd7 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. h3 Bh5 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 cxd4 20. a5 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. g4 Bg6 23. Bd3 Rc5 24. Nxd4 Bf6 25. f4 h6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Bxa6 Rc2 28. Nxc2 Bxb2 29. Rad1 Bc3 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxe1 32. Nxe1 Nc5 33. f5 Ra8 34. Bc4 Bh7 35. Bd5 1-0'/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1610450"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1812866930664016202?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-86799341513450564762011-03-31T12:41:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:56:36.605-07:00G. Jones - A. Korobov, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Gawain Jones"] [Black "Anton Korobov"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. O-O g5 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 g4 11. Ne1 Qb6 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Nef3 Nc5 15. Nxd4 Nxd3 16. N2f3 b6 17. Nb5 Kd7 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Rxd3 Bxb5 20. Rc3 Rac8 21. Bd2 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Rc8 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. f4 Rc4 25. Rd1 Be4 26. Ne2 Bc5%2B 27. Kf1 Be3 28. b3 Bc2 29. bxc4 Bxd1 30. cxd5 Bxe2%2B 31. Kxe2 Bxf4 32. d6 Bxh2 33. Kf3 Bg1 34. a4 a6 35. Kf4 Bc5 36. Kg5 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kf6 b4 39. Bb2 Be3 40. g4 Bd2 41. g5 Bc3 42. Bc1 b3 43. Kxf7 Bxe5 44. Kg8 b2 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471163"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8679934151345056476?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-26856429494817924012011-03-31T12:20:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:57:42.887-07:00Svidler - Hráček, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Zbyněk Hráček"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4%2B 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Qc4 Qb7 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Ke2 Rfe8 21. Kf1 Qb5 22. g3 a5 23. Qxb5 Rxb5 24. Re4 Ra8 25. Ne1 a4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. bxa4 Rb2 28. Rc2 Rb1 29. f4 f6 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Nd3 Ke7 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. a5 Kd8 35. g4 Ne7 36. Bb4 Nd5 37. a3 Ke7 38. Kf3 Rf8 39. Re1%2B Kf7 40. Bd2 Ra8 41. Bb4 Ne7 42. h4 Rh8 43. f5 gxf5 44. g5 Bg7 45. h5 Rb8 46. Kf4 Rb5 47. Ne5%2B Bxe5%2B 48. Rxe5 Rb8 49. Re1 Ra8 50. Rh1 Kg8 51. Ke5 Kg7 52. Rh2 Re8 53. Rd2 Rd8 54. Rd3 Kf7 55. Bd2 Kg7 56. g6 Nd5 57. h6%2B Kxg6 58. Rg3%2B Kh5 59. Rg5%2B Kh4 60. Rg7 f4 61. a6 Re8%2B 62. Kd4 Ra8 63. Rxh7 Kg5 64. a4 Rxa6 65. a5 Ra8 66. Rxd7 Kxh6 67. Rxd5 cxd5 68. Bxf4%2B Kg6 69. Bxc7 Kf6 70. Kxd5 Ke7 71. Kc6 Ke6 72. Bb6 Rc8%2B 73. Kb7 Rg8 74. c6 Kd6 75. c7 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=6446571"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2685642949481792401?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-79956081453550989272011-03-31T11:55:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:59:18.910-07:00Inarkiev - Hammer, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Ernesto Inarkiev"] [Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. Nge4 b6 13. f3 c5 14. Nd5 Kb7 15. Kf2 h6 16. g4 Ne7 17. c4 h5 18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 f5 20. exf6 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bg6 22. Bf4 Bxe4 23. fxe4 gxf6 24. Rh1 c4 25. Rxh8 Bc5%2B 26. Kg3 Rxh8 27. Rc1 b5 28. b3 Ba3 29. Rc2 a5 30. bxc4 b4 31. Be3 Rh1 32. c5 a4 33. c6%2B Kc8 34. Rc5 b3 35. Ra5 Bd6%2B 36. Kg2 Rh2%2B 37. Kf3 Rh3%2B 38. Ke2 Kd8 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rb5 Rh2%2B 41. Kd3 b2 42. g5 Ke7 43. gxf6%2B Kxf6 44. Bd4%2B Be5 45. d6 cxd6 46. Bxe5%2B dxe5 47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. c7 Rb3%2B 49. Kc2 Rb4 50. c8=Q Rxe4 51. Kd3 Rd4%2B 52. Ke3 Rf4 53. Qc6%2B Kf5 54. Qd5 Kf6 55. Qd6%2B Kf5 56. Qe7 Re4%2B 57. Kf3 Rf4%2B 58. Kg3 Rg4%2B 59. Kh3 Rd4 60. Qf7%2B Kg5 61. Qe6 Rd3%2B 62. Kg2 Kf4 63. Kf2 Rd2%2B 64. Ke1 Rd3 65. Ke2 Re3%2B 66. Kd2 Rg3 67. Qf6%2B Ke4 68. Qh4%2B Kf3 69. Kd3 Kf2%2B 70. Ke4 Kg2 71. Kxe5 Ra3 72. Qg4%2B Kf2 73. Qd4%2B Kf3 74. Qd1%2B Kg3 75. Ke4 Kh2 76. Qd2%2B Kh3 77. Kf4 Ra4%2B 78. Kf3 Ra3%2B 79. Kf2 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1111479"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7995608145355098927?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-7215357385668778252011-03-31T10:48:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:00:20.971-07:00Chatalbashev - P. H. Nielsen, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Boris Chatalbashev"] [Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4%2B Nbd7 6. e4 c6 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8. Nbd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Nb3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Nc5 Rxd4 17. Nxe6 Rxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe6 19. Nd4 Qxa2 20. Nxe6 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 fxe6 22. Be3 Nfd5 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Rb3 Be7 26. Be4 b5 27. Rf3%2B Bf6 28. h4 b4 29. g4 Ke7 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rb1 Bc3 32. Kf1 g6 33. g5 h5 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rf4 b5 36. Kf1 Ra3 37. Ke2 b3 38. Kd3 b4 39. Rf3 e5 40. Rh3 e4%2B 41. Ke3 Ke6 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471449"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-721535738566877825?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-70060226899515998912011-03-31T10:08:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:01:20.825-07:00S. Zhigalko - Gabrielian, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Sergei Zhigalko"] [Black "Artur Gabrielian"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Qc7 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. c4 Nh5 12. Nc3 Nf4 13. Re1 a6 14. Bf1 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. f3 Rad8 18. Bf2 f5 19. g3 Ng6 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ne4 b6 22. b4 cxb4 23. Rb1 a5 24. a3 e6 25. axb4 exd5 26. cxd5 axb4 27. Rxb4 Qf7 28. Rxb6 Rxd5 29. Qb3 Be6 30. Bc4 Rfd8 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Nc3 Qxh3 33. Bxd5%2B 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=946025"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7006022689951599891?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-58299835528846535312011-03-30T11:22:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:02:24.136-07:00P. H. Nielsen - Papin, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Peter Heine Nielsen"] [Black "Vasily Papin"] [Result "1-0"] 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Ne4 Qb8 13. Rc1 Bc7 14. Re1 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Bb1 Rd8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Nf6%2B Kg7 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. h4 Re8 24. Qf4 f6 25. Nxg6 Qd7 26. Qg3 hxg6 27. Qxg6%2B Kf8 28. Qxf6%2B Qf7 29. Qh6%2B Ke7 30. Bg6 Qg8 31. Rc3 Qh8 32. Rxe6%2B Kxe6 33. Re3%2B Kd7 34. Bf5%2B Kc7 35. Qf4%2B Kb6 36. Rb3%2B Ka5 37. Qd2%2B Ka4 38. Bc2 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471331"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5829983552884653531?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-15784579992854295542011-03-30T11:07:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:03:34.352-07:00Khismatullin - Vitiugov, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Denis Khismatullin"] [Black "Nikita Vitiugov"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Ngf3 Nbd7 12. O-O cxd4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Qxd4 Qc7 16. Qe4 Rc8 17. Nbd4 O-O 18. Bd2 Qc4 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Qg4 Rfd8 21. Bh6 Bf8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. h3 b3 24. Nd2 Qb4 25. N4xb3 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nd3 27. Nf3 Nxb2 28. Rdb1 Nd3 29. Nbd2 h6 30. Bh4 Nc3 31. Rb3 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxd2 33. Rb7 g5 34. Bg3 Ne2%2B 35. Kf1 Nxg3%2B 36. fxg3 Rcc2 37. Rxf7 Bg7 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471319"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1578457999285429554?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-65783293620100752052011-03-29T13:10:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:04:44.609-07:00Studying chess made easy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">The reason studying chess is so hard for so many is simple: We make it hard. </span></strong><br /><span style="color: black;">Andrew Soltis, Studying Chess Made Easy</span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6578329362010075205?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-40106921870054611012011-03-29T11:26:00.000-07:002011-04-17T07:37:17.245-07:00Chess eBooks is the future - and update them often<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">Chess eBooks is the future, for many reasons.</span><br /><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black;">It's economically easier to update them.</span><br /><span style="color: black;">It's easier to update them when errors has been found in a previous edition. </span><br /><span style="color: black;">It's easier to update a opening eBook than a opening paper book.</span><br /><span style="color: black;">It's easier to travel with hundreds eBooks than hundreds paper books.</span><br /><span style="color: black;">You don't need to have so many bookshelves. </span><br /><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black;">And a opening eBook should be updated once a year (at least in popular opening variations), and not every 5-10 years as normal with paper books. Tournament players don't like to wait 5-10 years on a updated opening book about the Sicilian Najdorf, Sicilian Dragon, French, Ruy Lopez, Slav, Grünfeld, Queen's Indian, English etc. </span><br /> <br /> <br /><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-collapse: collapse; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 3.5pt 0cm 3.5pt;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 3.5pt; padding-right: 3.5pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 444.5pt;" valign="top" width="593"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Since eBooks are cheaper to produce, do not require paper and ink, and have no shipping charges, eBooks should be cheaper for readers to buy. Right now, some publishers make eBooks just as expensive as paper books, but this will change in time. <br /><br />Jeremy Myers </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt;"><br /><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-4010692187005461101?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-88136749780998291662011-03-29T01:18:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:09:01.669-07:00Cartoon José Diaz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7gabSuK_rjE/TZGTeBew5SI/AAAAAAAAAio/CaczprSAZQg/s1600/SayChessss-Jos%25C3%25A9Diaz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7gabSuK_rjE/TZGTeBew5SI/AAAAAAAAAio/CaczprSAZQg/s400/SayChessss-Jos%25C3%25A9Diaz.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.diazcartoons.nl/"><span style="color: blue;">José Diaz</span></a><br /> <br /> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8813674978099829166?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-28282408101150288842011-03-28T15:10:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:10:07.540-07:00Pantsulaia - Polgar, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Levan Pantsulaia"] [Black "Judit Polgar"] [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Qc2 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Nb4 9. Qd1 dxc4 10. N3d2 Bf5 11. Na3 b5 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Nf3 Nd3%2B 14. exd3 Bxd3 15. Nxb5 Bb4%2B 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rg1 Ne4 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Rc1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Ba3 21. Be3 Bxc1 22. Bxc1 Rb8 23. Nd2 Qd5 24. Qa4 a5 25. Qd1 h6 26. Qf3 Rb1 27. Kd1 e4 28. Qf4 Ra1 29. Qb8%2B Kh7 30. g4 Qd7 31. Qe5 e3 32. fxe3 Qa4%2B 33. Ke1 Rxc1%2B 34. Kf2 Rxg1 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=2490679"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2828240810115028884?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-1923877473879033382011-03-27T14:37:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:11:12.383-07:00Yes, you can<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">You could be a much better chess player than you are. </span></strong><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Simon Webb, Chess for Tigers </span><br /> <br /> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-192387747387903338?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-17309968512344391162011-03-27T10:54:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:12:36.537-07:00Sutovsky - Hammer, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Emil Sutovsky"] [Black "Jon Ludwig Hammer"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bg5 Kc8 12. g4 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Kh2 Re8 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Re1 c5 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. h4 Kb7 19. Rad1 Ng6 20. h5 Nf8 21. Kg3 Re7 22. Rd3 Rae8 23. Ned2 g6 24. Rde3 gxh5 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5 Ne6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Ne4 Rg7%2B 29. Kh3 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rf8 31. f4 Rg4 32. Rf1 Kc6 33. c4 Rd8 34. Re3 Rd4 35. f5 Rh4%2B 36. Kg2 Rdg4%2B 37. Rg3 Rxg3%2B 38. Kxg3 Rg4%2B 39. Kh3 exf5 40. Rxf5 Rxc4 41. Rxh5 Kd5 42. Rh7 Rc2 43. Rxc7 Rxb2 44. Rxa7 Kxe5 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471030"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1730996851234439116?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-77879104404271610972011-03-27T10:41:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:13:33.149-07:00Cheparinov - Mastrovasilis, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Ivan Cheparinov"] [Black "Dimitrios Mastrovasilis"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 Nc2 11. Ra2 Nb4 12. Ra1 Nc2 13. Rb1 Nd5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. e4 Nb6 19. Bb3 Nb4 20. Ne5 c5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Nb5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24. Rbd1 Qe7 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. a5 Qc7 27. Kg2 Nd7 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Rfd1 Qb8 30. Be1 Bd6 31. Ba4 Bf4 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Rxd7 Rc7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Bc3 c5 36. Ne5 Qa8 37. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 38. Bb5 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=13471033"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7787910440427161097?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-82214760309173146132011-03-27T10:13:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:15:04.692-07:00Psakhis - Šahović, Lviv 1984<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Lviv 1984"] [White "Lev Psakhis"] [Black "Dragutin Šahović"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b4 Nb8 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rb8 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. b5 a5 17. Rc2 Re8 18. Rfc1 Nf8 19. Ne1 Ne6 20. Be2 Ng5 21. Nd3 Nge4 22. Nf4 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 g5 24. Nh5 Ne4 25. Rc7 Re7 26. R7c2 Re6 27. Bg4 Re8 28. Qd3 h6 29. h3 Rf8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Qf5 Nxh5 32. Bxh5 Qe7 33. Rc7 Qxe3%2B 34. Kh1 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1114911"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8221476030917314613?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-21261906434267868442011-03-27T09:53:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:16:12.036-07:00Koneru - Hoang Thanh Trang, Nalchik 2008<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Nalchik 2008"] [White "Humpy Koneru"] [Black "Hoang Thanh Trang"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b4 Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. c5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 d5 16. e3 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rfb1 Ba6 19. Qa3 Bb5 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Rb2 Rfc8 22. Rab1 Rc7 23. Qa5 Qc8 24. Qc3 Bc4 25. h4 h6 26. Bh3 Qe6 27. Qa5 Rac8 28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 a6 30. Qb6 Qf6 31. Nd4 Kh8 32. Rd7 Qe5 33. Qb7 Re8 34. Rd6 Ng8 35. Bxf5 Bb5 36. Qf7 Re7 37. Qg6 Nf6 38. Ne6 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1504352"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2126190643426786844?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-60076010246993868222011-03-27T09:36:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:17:20.837-07:00Minasian - Bikhovsky, Ubeda 1999<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Ubeda 1999"] [White "Artashes Minasian"] [Black "Anatoly Bikhovsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. f4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nd6 Nd5 17. Qd4 Qb6 18. c4 c5 19. Qd2 Bxd6 20. exd6 Nb4 21. g4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nd3 23. Bc3 Qxd6 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Qc7 26. Bd5 Ne5 27. Qf4 Rfe8 28. Rfe1 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1407503"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6007601024699386822?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-2681850878599260652011-03-27T09:06:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:18:23.607-07:00Azmaiparashvili - Rotstein, Wijk aan Zee 1993<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Wijk aan Zee 1993"] [White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"] [Black "Arkadij Rotstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Rb1 Bg7 5.b4 f5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.d3 O-O 8.b5 Ne7 9.Qb3 Kh8 10.e3 c6 11.Nge2 d5 12.bxc6 bxc6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ba3 e4 15.dxe4 dxe4 16.O-O Re8 17.Rfd1 Qa5 18.Bb4 Qe5 19.Nf4 Nc6 20.Bd6 Qa5 21.Nb5 Ba6 22.Nc7 Rab8 23.Qc2 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Rb8 25.Rxb8%2B Nxb8 26.Nxa6 Nxa6 27.Qc8%2B Ng8 28.Bf1 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1021936"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-268185087859926065?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-38545647907723925202011-03-27T07:09:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:22:10.387-07:00Benjamin - Kraai, Saint Louis 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Saint Louis Invitational"] [Date "2011.03.04"] [White "Joel Benjamin"] [Black "Jesse Kraai"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3%2B 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.Ne2 d6 9.Ng3 Nd7 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 c5 12.d5 Nb6 13.Qe2 Na4 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Qa2 Na4 16.O-O Bd7 17.Nf5 Qc7 18.Rac1 b5 19.cxb5 c4 20.Be2 Rab8 21.Qc2 Bxb5 22.f4 Bd7 23.fxe5 Rb2 24.Qd1 dxe5 25.d6 Qb7 26.Ne7%2B Kh8 27.Bf3 Nb3 28.Rc2 Be6 29.h3 Rd8 30.Bg4 Qxe4 31.Rxb2 Nxb2 32.Qe1 Bxg4 33.hxg4 f6 34.g5 Nd1 35.gxf6 Qxe3%2B 36.Qxe3 Nxe3 37.Nc6 Nxf1 38.Nxd8 Nc5 39.f7 Nd7 40.Ne6 Ng3 41.Nc5 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collections:</span> </span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=498624"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=348714"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=348761"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=501121"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3854564790772392520?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-18599396455430045932011-03-27T06:17:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:25:05.821-07:00Winning Tips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Articles with winning tips:</strong></span> </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/Intermediate/winning/winning_tips.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Winning Tips (ChessCorner.com.)</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9111/28/"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ten Tips To Winning Chess (uschess.org</span>)</span></a> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1859939645543004593?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-75844469762371330612011-03-27T06:01:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:27:18.266-07:00Key question<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Keep in mind the key question: </span><span style="color: blue;"><br />What squares are no longer defended?</span></span></strong><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Once you have that you have the secret of chess.</span></strong> <br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Maurice Ashley, The Secret to Chess </span><br /> <br /> <br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7584446976237133061?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-82018259576441707172011-03-27T05:45:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:28:23.132-07:00Strengthen your position<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">…every move you make should strengthen your position in some way. </span></strong><br /><span style="color: black;">Jeremy Silman, How to Reassess Your Chess</span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8201825957644170717?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-61351315527744462212011-03-26T19:36:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:31:04.823-07:00Resign - or play on?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /><a href="http://www.chess-game-strategies.com/resign.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Link</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">to article</span> <span style="color: black;"><strong>Resign (Or Play On?)</strong>.<strong> </strong></span></span></span></div> <br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xuXbblN8oCg/TY6dk-p3QoI/AAAAAAAAAh8/nHjn_4HO1SY/s1600/ifthisbothersyou.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xuXbblN8oCg/TY6dk-p3QoI/AAAAAAAAAh8/nHjn_4HO1SY/s640/ifthisbothersyou.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6135131552774446221?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-9284698920102401042011-03-26T19:03:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:34:46.434-07:00Puzzles: Mates in 2-4 moves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br /><span style="font-size: large;">Links</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> to puzzles with:</span></span> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/m8n2.html"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Mates in 2</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/m8n3.html"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Mates in 3</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/m8n4.html"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Mates in 4</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-928469892010240104?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-71074999939605189492011-03-26T18:39:00.000-07:002011-03-26T18:39:16.163-07:00Chess Video<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YflburAIT04" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7107499993960518949?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-11455100182031943672011-03-26T18:22:00.000-07:002011-03-26T18:22:49.781-07:00Lessons on Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YkkUfBvOyxs" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B7r7YY_EO0A" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1145510018203194367?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-82529288697716145692011-03-26T16:12:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:36:31.089-07:00Wojtaszek - Stević, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Radosław Wojtaszek"] [Black "Hrvoje Stević"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Nbd2 Qf6 8. Bd3 Nge7 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. Nc4 h6 12. e5 Qe6 13. Be4 Nf5 14. Bd5 Qe7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Na5 Bd5 20. f3 Re8 21. Rac1 Re6 22. Qa6%2B Kd7 23. Qxa7 Rxe5 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 c5 26. g3 Qf6 27. Bf4 Bd6 28. Qa4%2B Ke7 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Qd1 Kf6 31. Re1 Qd5 32. b3 g6 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. Qe4 Qg5 35. Kg2 h5 36. f4 Qf6 37. h4 Rb8 38. Rc2 Rb4 39. Qd5 Rb6 40. Re8 c6 41. Qg5 Qxg5 42. hxg5 Rb7 43. Rc8 Rd7 44. Rxc6 h4 45. Rd2 hxg3 46. Kxg3 f6 47. Kf3 fxg5 48. fxg5 Be7 49. Rd3 Rd5 50. Ke4 Rxg5 51. a4 Rg1 52. a5 Ra1 53. a6 Bh4 54. Kd5 g5 55. Kxc5 Bf2 56. Kb6 g4 57. Rc2 g3 58. Rxg3%2B Bxg3 59. Rg2 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1610925"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8252928869771614569?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-20354239816087272652011-03-26T15:45:00.000-07:002011-03-26T15:45:10.756-07:00Manuel and the Music of the Mountains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1etjznJvEWk" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W-TVFZc9Q5w" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2035423981608727265?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-58383648367081357562011-03-26T15:21:00.000-07:002011-03-26T15:21:27.929-07:00The Most Beautiful Waltzes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FaxTRX9oAV4" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5838364836708135756?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-1826215626868451822011-03-26T15:09:00.000-07:002011-03-26T15:24:20.088-07:00Eugen Doga - Katia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jVoFKAvrdFE" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-182621562686845182?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-90877651595622731272011-03-26T12:33:00.000-07:002011-12-17T03:17:16.489-08:00Mastering Typical Positions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the best ways to improve your chess is learn how to play certain typical positions. </span><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/davies10.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Article</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(pdf format) by Nigel Davies at ChessCafe.com.</span></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More articles by Nigel Davies at ChessCafe.com:</span></strong><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post_27.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Collection articles 2003-2011</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-9087765159562273127?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-87344993326069661072011-03-26T06:38:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:43:22.708-07:00Endgame: The rear lights of passed pawns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Simple" pawn endings can be surprisingly tricky. </span><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller120.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Article</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (pdf format) by Karsten Müller at ChessCafe.com.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Karsten Müller's </span><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Endgame Corner"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Endgame Corner</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> at ChessCafe.com.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8734499332606966107?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-39133489626171689272011-03-25T19:30:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:44:29.172-07:00Polgar - Edouard, Aix-les-Bains 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Individual European Championship, Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Judit Polgar"] [Black "Romain Edouard"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Ne7 15. a4 Bxd5 16. exd5 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qb7 20. Na3 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 Rab8 23. Raa1 a4 24. Bf3 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxa4 Rc8 27. Bd5 Bd2 28. c4 Rcb8 29. Ra7 g6 30. Rxf7 Kh8 31. h4 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. g4 Rb8 34. g5 Rd8 35. Kg2 h6 36. h5 Rg8 37. Rd7 Rg7 38. Bf7 1-0 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1610759"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3913348962617168927?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-66473266057851049802011-03-25T18:03:00.000-07:002011-05-03T16:00:23.081-07:00g2-g4 in the opening<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is g2-g4 a important move for white to play in the opening? If so, is there a best moment to play g2-g4? </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should white play g2-g4 before castle? Or is it best to play g2-g4 after castle? </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1.g2-g4</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little too early, even if it was interesting to look at games played by IM Michael Basman and read his book <strong>The Killer Grob</strong>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">2.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Too early. Gambits like <strong>1.d4 f5 2.g4</strong> and <strong>1.d4 Nf6 2.g4</strong> has been played. Nothing that scares a Grandmaster. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Probably still too early. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">4.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It starts to get interesting, but probably still too early. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Interesting, but probably still a little too early. <strong>1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4</strong> has for example been played. One game is</span> </span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1085046"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kovacevic - Seirawan, 1980</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">6.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now it becomes really interesting. Not sure it's the best moment...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">But white has won many games with a 6.g2-g4: <strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4</strong></span> <span style="color: black;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=2790691"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">7.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little better moment than 6.g2-g4? Maybe not. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 <br />7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 h5</span></strong> <span style="color: black;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=3195569"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Another opening with a 7.g4: <strong>1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4</strong> Black should be ok.</span><strong> </strong><span style="color: black;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=434663"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">8.g2-g4 </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Black looks ok after 8.g4 in the following lines: <strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 b4 9.Nce2</strong> (9.Na4 Bd7</span> </span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1770712"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">) <strong>9...h6</strong></span> <span style="color: black;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=770320"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">9.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black can play 8...b4 and stop white from playing 9.g2-g4:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 </strong>(9.Na4 Nbd7</span> </span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=3994211"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">) <strong>9...e5</strong></span> <span style="color: black;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=3748869"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to castle <u>before</u> playing g2-g4:</span></strong><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">14.g2-g4 or 15.g2-g4</span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not unusual for white in the Sicilian Dragon to wait with g2-g4 this long: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.g4</span></strong> <span style="color: black;">(</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1009002"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> <br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4</strong> (</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1008942"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A 15.g2-g4 in the Sicilian Scheveningen: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Nb3 b6 15.g4</strong> Black looks ok. (</span></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=311957"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">)</span> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6647326605785104980?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-10601892148656343862011-03-24T15:08:00.000-07:002011-04-14T09:51:22.864-07:00Ivanchuk - Kramnik, 20th Amber (Rapid) 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/g4gIgq3ObAI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610415"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The game at Chessgames.com</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1610415"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1060189214865634386?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-37001574378122000962011-03-24T12:33:00.000-07:002011-04-14T10:22:47.569-07:00Carlsen - Anand, 20th Amber (Blindfold) 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong>Sometimes you miss the easy move.</strong></span> </span></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Viswanathan Anand</span> <br /> <br /> <br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/g4gIgq3QGgI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610355"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The</span> game at Chessgames.com</span></a><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /> <br /> <br /><span style="color: black;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Game Collections:</span></strong> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=3678772"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.Bc4</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=679884"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.Bxd7+</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=680978"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.a4</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=695275"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.0-0</span></a> <br /> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=678639"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5...Nc6</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=683857"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5...e6</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=694831"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5...Nf6</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3700157437812200096?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-32000046767432563492011-03-21T12:16:00.000-07:002011-04-14T13:59:49.705-07:00Aronian - Anand, 20th Amber (Rapid) 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong>I believe in safety first.</strong></span> </span><br /><span style="color: black;">Levon Aronian</span><br /> <br /> <br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/g4gIgqz0bQI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610271"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The game at Chessgames.com</span></a><br /><a href="http://itschess.blogspot.com/2011/01/queens-gambit-tarrasch-d40.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Article about the opening Queen's Gambit</span></a> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3200004676743256349?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-8851609289592477212011-03-20T09:28:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:08:49.598-07:00Topalov and the Anti-Moscow Gambit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Position in the Anti-Moscow Gambit after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">4...e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7</span> (</span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?node=1200426"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">)</span> </span><br /> <br /><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-esbnbqh_Svo/TYYkISl_n4I/AAAAAAAAAh4/WZYNQiUBSdU/s1600/Anti-Moscow+Gambit.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-esbnbqh_Svo/TYYkISl_n4I/AAAAAAAAAh4/WZYNQiUBSdU/s400/Anti-Moscow+Gambit.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Veselin Topalov about the Anti-Moscow Gambit:</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is important in this variation is that, simply with any new move, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">if you don't know the exact response - then you are not worse,</span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>you <br />are simply lost. </strong></span></span><br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Topalov - Gelfand, 20th Amber (Rapid) 2011:</span> </strong></span> <br /><br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/g4gIgqy4EgI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1609522"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The game at Chessgames.com</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /><a href="http://amberchess.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Videos Amber Chess at blip.tv</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-885160928959247721?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-28655126711816290902011-03-20T07:28:00.000-07:002011-04-17T07:41:39.635-07:00Correspondence Chess Tournament CCCA-60<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">Some games from the correspondence chess tournament <strong>CCCA-60</strong> (The 60th Anniversary tournament of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association).</span><br /><span style="color: black;">The games began on April 1, 1981. The tournament was finished on May 31, 1985. Erik Bang from Denmark was the clear winner.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Games CCCA-60:</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508885"><span style="color: blue;">Jean Hébert - Terje Wibe</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508887"><span style="color: blue;">Lars Hyldkrog - Jean Hébert</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508928"><span style="color: blue;">Horst Rittner - Dick Smit</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508925"><span style="color: blue;">Horst Rittner - Juan Morgado</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508944"><span style="color: blue;">Dick Smit - Bob Kiviaho</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1508938"><span style="color: blue;">Hendrik B. Sarink - Keith Richardson</span></a><br /> <br /><br /><span style="color: black;">The book <strong>Diamond Dust</strong> at</span> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Dust-Jonathan-Berry/dp/1879479001/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300627446&sr=1-1"><span style="color: blue;">Amazon.com</span></a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diamond-Dust-Jonathan-Berry/dp/1879479001/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1300628019&sr=1-1"><span style="color: blue;">Amazon.co.uk</span></a> <span style="color: black;">with all the 105 games from the correspondence chess tournament CCCA-60. </span><br /><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2865512671181629090?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-6884958137434336942011-03-20T05:51:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:14:02.048-07:00Braingames World Championship 2000<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">Games from the match Kasparov - Kramnik, London 2000 (Braingames World Championship), annotated by</span> <a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kvsk2000.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Karsten Müller</span></a> <span style="color: black;">(pdf format). </span><br /> <br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">More about the match Kasparov - Kramnik, 2000:</span></strong> <br /> <br /><span style="color: black;">Article written by</span> <a href="http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/brainwc3.htm"><span style="color: blue;">Jonathan Berry</span></a> <span style="color: black;">about game 2.</span><br /><span style="color: black;">The games at</span> <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=61813"><span style="color: blue;">Chessgames.com</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><br /><span style="color: black;">Article</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_World_Chess_Championship_2000"><span style="color: blue;">Wikipedia</span></a> </span> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-688495813743433694?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-51521116059403367742011-03-19T18:22:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:15:37.453-07:00Chess Problem Database<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Problem Database (PDB), with over 88,000 chess problems</span> </span><a href="http://www.softdecc.com/pdb/index.pdb"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">online</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5152111605940336774?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-88770577671264049452011-03-19T18:04:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:17:09.094-07:00Classic Chess Puzzles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Thinks.com's</span> </span><a href="http://thinks.com/chess/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">of "the best chess problems by the greatest composers".</span></span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8877057767126404945?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-58625484391234334332011-03-19T15:38:00.000-07:002011-03-29T05:54:22.853-07:00A puzzle from GameKnot.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jfjiPn6KEp0/TYUuaQpCshI/AAAAAAAAAhw/aObug9nepiI/s1600/GameKnot-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jfjiPn6KEp0/TYUuaQpCshI/AAAAAAAAAhw/aObug9nepiI/s400/GameKnot-1.png" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gameknot.com/chess-puzzle.pl?pz=236"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Solution</span></a> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5862548439123433433?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-56559716909303601692011-03-19T13:54:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:19:45.937-07:00Samples free chess lessons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Samples (pdf format) of free chess lessons from</span> </span><a href="http://www.chessmasterschool.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ChessMasterSchool.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessmasterschool.com/download/ICS-thinking01.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Think like a strong player, Part 1</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessmasterschool.com/download/ICS-making_decisions.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Making decisions in chess</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessmasterschool.com/download/ICS-tactics-1.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chess Tactics - the first lesson</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5655971690930360169?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-82424564776784229382011-03-19T12:19:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:21:33.196-07:00Chessdom.com videos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Chessdom.com videos at</span> </span><a href="http://chessdom.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blip.tv</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8242456477678422938?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-57717562578795400422011-03-19T10:33:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:41:25.804-07:00When the grass looks greener on the other side...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><object style="height: 390px; width: 640px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bIJxvzjXK_Q?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bIJxvzjXK_Q?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: black;">When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.</span> </strong><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cecil Selig</span><br /> <br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>What Answers.com has to say about it:</strong></span> </span><br /><a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_the_grass_always_look_greener_on_the_other_side"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link</span></a> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5771756257879540042?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-22551080443072361002011-03-18T20:36:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:44:55.425-07:00Daily chess challenges<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Daily chess challenges from the London Evening Standard online edition. </span><br /><a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-home/article-23861926-chess---with-leonard-barden.do"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2255108044307236100?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-61549805177045806902011-03-18T19:15:00.000-07:002011-03-18T19:15:05.373-07:00Music by James E. Wall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><strong>Rays of Gratitude </strong> <br /><br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/AYKoumQC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><strong>Light of Day </strong> <br /><br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/AYKmuyQC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><strong>Clouds of Joy</strong><br /> <br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/AYKmsiEC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6154980517704580690?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-71786001441532676182011-03-18T18:25:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:47:39.457-07:00How to build a chess opening repertoire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Articles by Waldemar Moes about how to build a chess opening repertoire.</span> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.chessedelic.com/2009/04/25/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire-part-i-getting-the-lay-of-the-land/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 1</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.chessedelic.com/2009/05/30/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire-part-ii-your-style/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 2</span></a> <br /><a href="http://www.chessedelic.com/2009/07/01/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire-part-iii-how-to-live-with-it/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 3</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7178600144153267618?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-65126460125899986012011-03-18T12:25:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:50:15.607-07:00Gashimov - Giri, 20th Amber (Blindfold) 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" src="http://blip.tv/play/g4gIgqubbgI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"></embed><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1609425"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The game at Chessgames.com</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1609425"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6512646012589998601?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-75141799675086197772011-03-17T16:46:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:56:42.428-07:00Chess Records<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Links to pages about chess records:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records/records.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tim Krabbé</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/records.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Edward Winter</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_chess"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-7514179967508619777?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-62257054299328974022011-03-17T15:31:00.000-07:002011-03-17T15:31:18.159-07:00Outposts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o1T7TuP0Ad0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6225705429932897402?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-43422072359522514252011-03-17T15:09:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:00:09.580-07:00Trading<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><a href="http://www.chess-center.com/lessons/beyond08.htm"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Link</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black;">to article <strong>Why Trade?</strong></span></span> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ef0YKI93g9s" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gruCn2CKuGo" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-4342207235952251425?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-52567026696178323342011-03-17T14:32:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:02:52.525-07:00The Master Game: Lothar Schmid - Bent Larsen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">Video from the 1980 game Lothar Schmid - Bent Larsen, played in the BBC Master Game Trophy chess tournament.</span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTFwPRbR-0"><span style="color: blue;">Link</span></a> <span style="color: black;">to video at YouTube.</span> <br /><span style="color: black;">The game at</span> <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1318605"><span style="color: blue;">Chessgames.com</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-5256702669617832334?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-40227883415879803752011-03-17T13:43:00.000-07:002011-04-17T07:45:46.691-07:00Game Collections: Openings E90 - E99<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Links:</span> </strong><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E90"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E90</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E91"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E91</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E92"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E92</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E93"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E93</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E94"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E94</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0</span> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E95"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E95</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Re1 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E96"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E96</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a5 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E97"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E97</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E98"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E98</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 </span><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=E99"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">E99</span></a> <span style="color: black;"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5</span><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-4022788341587980375?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-69498214671079741772011-03-17T10:07:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:11:03.388-07:00Petrosian - Spassky, 1960 - annotated by Boris Spassky<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">Link to article with the game Petrosian - Spassky, 1960</span> <a href="http://dadianchess.blogspot.com/2009/11/petrosian-vs-spassky-leningrad-1960.html"><span style="color: blue;">annotated</span></a> <span style="color: black;">by Boris Spassky.</span><br /><span style="color: black;">The game at</span> <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106494"><span style="color: blue;">Chessgames.com</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6949821467107974177?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-46718968912733432912011-03-17T04:42:00.000-07:002011-04-14T15:12:27.998-07:00Pawn sacrifice in the opening: Capablanca's guideline<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /><span style="color: black;">"I remembered Capablanca's guideline that a pawn sacrifice in the opening is usually sound if the opponent's development is delayed by at least three moves". </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: black;">Link to</span> <a href="http://dadianchess.blogspot.com/2007/01/heres-scenario-that-is-not-uncommon-in.html"><span style="color: blue;">article</span></a> <span style="color: black;">by Dan Scoones.</span><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-4671896891273343291?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-15299661154305857352011-03-16T16:19:00.000-07:002011-03-16T16:32:33.161-07:00Maia Hirasawa - Fragile<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ws8SKpjvq2A" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1529966115430585735?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-30439981101742990732011-03-15T16:10:00.000-07:002011-03-15T16:11:45.221-07:00Earth Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gXvEACQMPgo" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2011"><span style="color: blue;">Website Earth Day</span></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day"><span style="color: blue;">Wikipedia about Earth Day</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-3043998110174299073?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-2324758659912415332011-03-13T16:35:00.000-07:002011-04-14T14:52:27.055-07:00Gashimov - Carlsen, 20th Amber (Rapid) 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid), Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [White "Vugar Gashimov"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. 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Nb2 Kb5 0-1 '/></object></div><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesslike.pl?gid=1609339"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More similar games</span></a><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=72927&crosstable=1"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Games Amber Rapid 2011</span></a><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=72928&crosstable=1"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Games Amber Blindfold 2011</span></a><br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-232475865991241533?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-65689845018833591752011-03-13T14:14:00.000-07:002011-03-13T14:14:18.782-07:00Calculation Training<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JNEPK64f-U8" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8H7GM6MX7uQ" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bbJVlDXrqe0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-6568984501883359175?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-47546522941416868832011-03-13T13:54:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:54:30.629-07:00Tactics Training<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bxA0t2t7EL8" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-4754652294141686883?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-13341599836633382092011-03-13T13:37:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:37:53.870-07:00Don't neglect development<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LDBdWs02MYg" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L-D9wxUpK44" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-1334159983663338209?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-4124302144333129602011-03-13T13:25:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:25:12.759-07:00Exploiting a Space Advantage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5gkZM1oTL5E" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QMDWiSC5aB0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-412430214433312960?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-80326535985937089672011-03-12T17:56:00.000-08:002011-03-12T17:56:02.188-08:00Puzzle: Cudinovskih - Muravev, 1990<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_U0tsQgVmIk" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-8032653598593708967?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-26280114702209078652011-03-12T17:25:00.000-08:002011-03-29T05:58:08.036-07:00A puzzle from ChessElo.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;">White to move</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> and draw</span></strong><br /> <br />White: Ka1, Bd1.<br />Black: Ka3, Ne1, Pawns a2, c4.<br /> <br /> <br /><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oTD0-JxlPPo/TXwaCG2WvYI/AAAAAAAAAhk/VgXIS6x17eE/s1600/puzzle_72.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oTD0-JxlPPo/TXwaCG2WvYI/AAAAAAAAAhk/VgXIS6x17eE/s400/puzzle_72.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.chesselo.com/puzzles/chess_puzzle_72.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Solution</span></a><br /> <br /> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-2628011470220907865?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-7762306082958012142011-03-12T16:59:00.000-08:002011-03-12T17:33:19.747-08:00A puzzle from DailyChessPuzzles.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Black to move </strong></span> <br /> <br /> <br /><img alt="Give me a Place to Stand" src="http://www.dailychesspuzzles.com/images/00425.jpg" title="Give me a Place to Stand" /><br /> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.dailychesspuzzles.com/GIVE-ME-A-PLACE-TO-STAND/s=solution"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Solution</span></a> <br /> <br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8265469432458361977-776230608295801214?l=itschess.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Torbjörn Björklundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891338015997954975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8265469432458361977.post-81468251790495868072011-03-12T13:46:00.000-08:002011-04-14T15:19:43.065-07:00McShane - Gupta, Reykjavik Open 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <br /><div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Reykjavik Open 2011"] [Date "2011.03.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Luke McShane"] [Black "Abhijeet Gupta"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5%2B c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Nxe5 Re8 14. d4 f6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rf1 Re4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nc3 Rxd4 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. b3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Qe2 f5 24. Ba3 Bc7 25. Rad1 Re8 26. Kh1 Rd8 27. Bc5 Rd3 28. Be3 Ng6 29. Bg5 Rc8 30. Qe6%2B Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Bb6 32. Re2 f4 33. Re4 Rf8 34. f3 Bc5 35. Ne2 Bd6 36. h4 h6 37. h5 Rd5 38. hxg6 Rxg5 39. Re6 Rd8 40. Kg1 Ra5 41. Nc3 Bb4 42. Rde1 Rxd2 43. Rxc6 Rd8 44. Re2 Bc5%2B 45. Kf1 Be3 46. g4 h5 47. Kg2 Kf8 48. Kh3 Ke7 49. Kh4 Kd7 50. Rc4 hxg4 51. Kxg4 Ra6 52. Nd5 Rf8 53. Rc7%2B Kd6 54. Rf7 Kxd5 55. Rxf8 Rxg6%2B 56. Kf5 Rg1 57. Rd8%2B Kc5 58. Rc2%2B Kb4 59. Rb8%2B Ka3 60. Rbc8 g6%2B 61. Ke4 Rg5 62. R8c4 Ra5 63. Rg2 Ra6 64. Kd3 Ra5 65. Kc3 Bc1 66. Rg5 Ra6 67. Rxg6 Ra5 68. Kc2 Be3 69. Rg5 Ra6 70. Rg6 Ra5 71. Re6 Kxa2 72. 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