Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Middlegame Links

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Endgame Studies

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Book: 100 Endgames You Must Know

Endgame book by Jesus de la Villa: 
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player    

Review (pdf) by Steve Goldberg  
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Book: Modern Ideas in Chess

    
New edition of the timeless classic chess book Modern Ideas in Chess, by Richard Réti.
Bruce Alberston has converted the older descriptive notation to modern algebraic and added many diagrams to produce a 21st Century Edition.
   
  













 

  
Review by Arne Moll
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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Endgame study (2)

    
An endgame study from 1979 by Mario Matous.

White to move and win. 
   
     
















Solution:




1.Kf2!

White has only draw after 1.Qxf1+? Kh2 (2.Qf2+ Bg2 3.Qh4+ Kg1 4.Qf2+ Kh2 5.Qf4+ Kg1).

Black has the advantage after 1.Qh4+? Nh2.
And don't fall for 1.Kxf1?? La6.

1...Bg2

A better try for black than 1...Nh2 2.Bf3+ and 1...Qa6 2.Bf3+! with both more easy winning for white.

2.Bf3 Qg7 3.Qh4+!

Black has draw after 3.Qxf1+ Kh2 4.Qg1+ Kh3 5.Bxg2+ Kh4 6.Qh2+ Kg5.

3...Nh2 4.Qh8!!

Stops black from playing 4...Qb2+. And 4...Qxh8?? 5.Bxg2+ is mate.

4...Qg6 5.Qh7! Qg5 6.Qh6! Qg8

The black Queen is forced to g8, where it soon will be captured by the white queen.

7.Qc1+ Nf1 8.Qxf1+ Kh2 9.Qg1+ Kh3 10.Bxg2+ Kh4 11.Qh2+ Kg5 12.Qg3+ followed by Qxg8 winning the black queen.
               
   
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I played my first chess game in December 1977 and was lucky to hold draw. I continued to play chess and joined a chess club in September 1978. I'm still enjoying playing chess. I like to do many other things than playing chess. Long walks, some jogging, cycling, reading books, listen to music, watch movies, writing and much more. Life is fun!