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The FIDE World Chess
Cup takes place 26th November - 18th December 2005 in Khanty Mansyisk,
Russia. Official site:
http://www.worldchesscup2005.com/. Ivanchuk,
Bacrot, Aronian, Grischuk, Gelfand, Shirov, Akopian, Radjabov, Ponomariov,
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UNITED
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This is a new chess training program designed for the
strongest players in the nation. A few times per year, some of the most
talented chessplayers in the country will be given a free week long
training session with GM Gregory Kaidanov in Lexington, Kentucky. For
now there will be two groups of students, one comprising of younger kids
in the 9-12 age group and one that is aimed towards older players. The
first session is already scheduled for January 2nd-8th!
11/14/2005 - Six top players have already accepted their invitations to
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(11/27) Review:
Chess for Success
by Maurice Ashley, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Get this book.
Go through it. Pass it on. It’s that kind of a read...Quite
simply, GM Maurice Ashley has written an exciting book about chess and
young chess players - one that will be enjoyed by those who know the
Royal Game, and perhaps just as much by those who do not. Chess
for Success will move people to participate in or support the
growing world of scholastic chess. It should be on bookshelves in
the library, the classroom – and the board room...But Chess for
Success is a candy store of a book, and I’ve already moved too fast.
Let me back up. The book sports a Foreword by Will Smith, rapper,
TV & movie star, whose wife gave him a special Valentine’s Day gift a
few years ago: a personal chess lesson with Maurice Ashley. (Is
that true love, or what??)
Will Smith plays
chess? Why not? ...The Introduction presents the book’s
theme of the transformative power of chess, especially in the lives of
children. The author also presents and dispels seven Myths About
Chess..."
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(11/27) Review: Quarterly For Chess History
Issue No.3,
1999, Edited by Dr. Vlastimil Fiala.
Reviewed by
Prof. Nagesh Havanur.
"Dr. Vlastimil Fiala is a man
obsessed with chess history. His inner world is inhabited by the
likes of Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine. Dr. Fiala is
also a man with a mission. It is to inspire the modern player to
rediscover the magic world of a vanished era. Welcome to Quarterly
For Chess History. This issue is partly a tribute to Steinitz,
the First World Champion, on the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of his death..." |
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(11/26)
Site Review: Ultimate
Chess Collecting, a collector &
memorabilia site by Lawrence Totaro.
"Lawrence Totaro
has developed a site dedicated to improving the presentation of chess
history as documented in autographs and memorabilia. The site's
Mission Statement says: "The presentation of chess just got better." Lawrence's main
purpose of chess collecting is not only to share his collection but the
collections of others in a multimedia feature presentation: "I want
people to be as close to chess history as possible. I feel that the
presentation of chess is just as important as collecting or understanding
the game. If we present chess in a new light more people will be
inclined to play the game and to realize it's roots."" |
(11/26)
The Parrot’s Cage:
has received three responses with partial information.
Check them out here.
The mysterious Polish set displayed
in the Cage a few weeks ago remains a mystery to most readers. Maybe we need
to offer a prize? If it's so rare, it must be worth a fortune!
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(11/23)
Letter to the Editor:
We received a letter addressed to the Editor, but...well, we really
aren't sure what to make of it. Perhaps you can help. It
starts "Dear Mr. Chess Editor, I heard that the champion
Alekhiney used to bring his cat, Chess, to matches with him, and I began
to wonder if this was the secret to his success. So the first
thing I did was re-name my cat Chess. Actually, there was some
problem about this, as he would not come when I called him by his new
name (the potzer!), and so I had to re-re-name him Buster-Chess.
This little bagatelle settled, I sat down with Buster-Chess and jumped
on-line. In the name of progress, I felt justified in starting a new
account at chess.net (although I have three already, Hope does spring
Eternal, and, what the heck, they are free)..." |
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(11/23)
Thompson's Cousin:
A new Thompson Story, by
Ron Canter. "Last week Thompson invited me to meet his cousin Alf
at The Ruddy Duck for a game of chess. Alf ’s unlikely occupation is that of
a wrestling clown in a traveling circus, but he is also a keen chess player,
having been introduced to the game by his cousin. As Jonty the Jovial
Clown, Alf has the gift of reducing circus audiences to helpless laughter
with his antics with ridiculous hats, buckets of water, and zany musical
instruments. But later in the show this large, comical man is
transformed into Crusher, a ravening monster whose slogan is “No quarter
given or expected.” The lights are lowered, Crusher makes a dramatic
entrance and then the challenge is issued. Anyone who can last a round
against Crusher will receive a cash prize, and anyone who beats him will
receive double the money. His opponents can expect to be subjected to
a specialty hold, the Half Crunch, which consists of being twisted into a
knot and held in that position by the back of the neck to induce
submission..."
(11/20) To Tell the Truth: Darren
Dillenger shows us the evolution of a chess problem, "As a student of chess
history, this is one of most intriguing positions I have ran across.
It is amazing that with White to move, White can force a win. These
are three versions of the same thematic problem that has been around for
over 50 years. Two of these positions were used in lectures by top
Grandmasters for years, apparently not suspecting their version was flawed..."
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(11/20) Review:
Starting Out: The Dutch Defense by Neil McDonald,
reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "When I reviewed Neil McDonald’s
earlier Starting Out:
The English, I was favorably impressed: he had produced a very
readable and instructive book that was going to help many club players
(and up?) confidently open with 1.c4. Now the author / Grandmaster /
chess coach has come out with Starting Out: The Dutch Defence,
and I am convinced that he has produced another winner. McDonald
strikes just the right balance of enthusiasm and caution, strategy and
tactics, illustrative games (50) and analysis..." |
(11/20)
Chess Fiction:
A Dangerous Game of Chess,
by James Crockett. "One of the most exciting games I ever
played in my life was against the champion of another ship, the “British
Adventure”, while I was on her sister ship, the “British Talent”, both
28,000 ton supertankers of the 1950s! And he was determined to beat
me. Our ships met up in Mena al Amadhi in the Persian Gulf and very
quickly I received a signal from the “Adventure” requesting a challenge
match from the senior apprentice Charles Mcleod of Glasgow. I accepted
and replied in the affirmative..."
(11/19)
Editorial:
Drug Use in "Intellectual Sports", by Dr. Stephen J. Press,
DC, PhD, CCSP, FACSM, FICC, Past-Acting President and Founder, FIDE
Medical Commission. "The rationale behind banning of a substance
is reasonable and fairly simple to understand. If an otherwise healthy
person can take a substance which is potentially detrimental to his/her
health, and that allows him/her to improve performance over those not
willing to expose themselves to this poison, then this is both
foolhardy, and clearly cheating..." |
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