Monday, August 27, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Some articles 2011-2012 by Mark Dvoretsky at ChessCafe.com
All articles as pdf:
The Process of Elimination (Part 1)
The Process of Elimination (Part 2)
The Process of Elimination (Part 3)
Recent Analytical Finds
An Absence of Deep Ideas
The Problem is Not the Time Control
Strategy Lessons
Traps (Part 1)
Traps (Part 2)
Traps (Part 3: Exercises 1)
Traps (Part 3: Exercises 2)
Lessons Learned (Part 1)
Lessons Learned (Part 2)
The Process of Elimination (Part 1)
The Process of Elimination (Part 2)
The Process of Elimination (Part 3)
Recent Analytical Finds
An Absence of Deep Ideas
The Problem is Not the Time Control
Strategy Lessons
Traps (Part 1)
Traps (Part 2)
Traps (Part 3: Exercises 1)
Traps (Part 3: Exercises 2)
Lessons Learned (Part 1)
Lessons Learned (Part 2)
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Never look down on anybody...
Never look down on anybody
unless you're helping him up.
Jesse Jackson
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
The Single Greatest Chess Move of All Time
The greatest chess move of all time? Easy. It's when black after 1.e4 plays 1...c5.
You don't agree? Well, I don't think you are alone :)
Then I have instead another candidate for the title: a move played in the game
Veselin Topalov - Alexei Shirov, Linares 1998.
Position in the game after 47.Kh1-g1.
The game at Chessgames.com
Analysis by Mark Dvoretsky (page 2-3) at ChessCafe.com (pdf)
A video at YouTube
See also at Chessgames.com the game Alexei Shirov - Ulf Andersson, Biel 1991
You don't agree? Well, I don't think you are alone :)
Then I have instead another candidate for the title: a move played in the game
Veselin Topalov - Alexei Shirov, Linares 1998.
Position in the game after 47.Kh1-g1.
The game at Chessgames.com
Analysis by Mark Dvoretsky (page 2-3) at ChessCafe.com (pdf)
A video at YouTube
See also at Chessgames.com the game Alexei Shirov - Ulf Andersson, Biel 1991
Patrick Carton - Gavin Crawley, London (GLC Masters) 1986
The game Patrick Carton - Gavin Crawley at 365Chess.com
More games from the GLC Masters 1986 in London.
More games from the GLC Masters 1986 in London.
Klaudiusz Urban - Mikhail Krasenkow, Polish Championship 2001
Klaudiusz Urban - Mikhail Krasenkow, Polish Championship 2001 in Warsaw.
The game at Chessgames.com
The game at Chessgames.com
Monday, August 13, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Placing the Rooks
Placing the rooks is an art.
To recap the basics, place rooks on open files or behind a pawn you wish to push.
Andrew Martin, The Hippopotamus Rises
To recap the basics, place rooks on open files or behind a pawn you wish to push.
Andrew Martin, The Hippopotamus Rises
Susan Polgar and Lisa Suhay Interview about Chess
Susan Polgar and Lisa Suhay on WPR Kathleen Dunn show for an hour long segment to discuss about various aspects and benefits of chess.
