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Lessons Learned Index of Columns
"CXR ratings provide you with
more information than any traditional rating. As you use our service,
you'll find that you have numerous statistics (not only a rating) that
can give you advantages never before available. These statistics can
help you decide what you need to study and practice for further
improvement." Check out
this Review of CXR, by
someone who actually uses their service, Pete Blanchette. Most aspiring players hear two pieces of advice over and over again: study master games, and analyze your own games, particularly your losses. In Lessons Learned we have combined these two pieces of advice, bringing you annotated master games, with a twist. The master who lost the game, is writing the annotations! You'll learn what went wrong, and why. You'll see up close and personally the process of analyzing your own losses. And you'll learn the lessons learned by the master from his or her loss. These games are annotated for the improving intermediate player, approximately ELO 1700-2100. Set up the pieces, or follow along on the JavaScript board we provide. Either way, get ready for some serious study, some hard work, and some important Lessons Learned! Special thanks go to Phil Innes and to Boris Yeshan (Russian
Chess) both for organizing the writing for this
column, and also for their efforts in translating the original text into
English. January 2004: In this debut column, GM Alexei Bezgodov takes a look at his game with GM Evgeny Najer in the 56th Russian Championship, 2003 Currently rated 2550 by FIDE, the 33-year old GM Bezgodov began writing in 1999 for the famous Russian-language chess magazine '64', and has since written for periodical and internet-editions including, in 2000, an issue of "Monthly News" for Kasparov's now-defunct site. His chess writing has received much acclaim for its high quality.
February 2004: Sakaev-Kasparov
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The newest Lessons Learned
comes from one of the world's top-50 players, GM Konstantin Sakaev
of St. Petersburg, Russia. Find out what it's like to sit across
the board from one of the fiercest competitors in chess history, as Sakaev
looks for the lessons to be learned from his loss to Kasparov in last year's
European Club Cup.
March 2004: A Defeat Which Could Not Be
Forgotten - Taimanov-Fischer. The 1971 World
Championship Quarterfinal Candidate's Match was just a stepping stone on
Bobby Fischer's path to the chess summit, part of his unparalleled 20-0
streak en route to his showdown with Boris Spassky. In today's Lesson legendary Russian
GM Mark Taimanov takes a fresh look back
at what both he and Fischer recognized as the turning point of the match,
a defeat Taimanov called "the most bitter game of my life...Some failures
are not so painful and hence quickly forgotten; others remain in the memory
for a long time..."
June
2004: A Rude Awakening - Baburin-King, 4NCL Rd11, 23 May 2004.
Author, Publisher, and
GM Alexander Baburin (of
Chess
Today, and
Grandmaster Square)
looks for the lessons to be learned from his loss last month to GM Danny
King in the
Four
Nations Chess League. "Just like me, Danny doesn't play much nowadays, working
mainly as a journalist and commentator. He is a very solid player and
my initial feeling was that despite my good score again King, he was not the
easiest opponent I could get that morning. The reason was that I was
playing White and in team matches players with White are expected to 'bring
home' some extra points. This is all very fine when you work on your
openings 5-6 hours a day, but as I don't, it's often psychologically easier
for me to play Black in team matches..."
July 2004:
The
Most Difficult Thing In Chess...with GM Sergey Ivanov. This month's
Lesson is a perfect illustration of Emmanuel Lasker's wonderfully deep
thought, which was formulated by him almost a century ago: "The most
difficult thing in chess it is to win a winning position". The second World
Champion in history was a very wise man, he predetermined the rules of
chess development many years beforehand. A book about Lasker published in
the Soviet Union was not without reason called "Thinker". During the
intervening years millions and millions of games have been played but Lasker's postulate remains unshakable. And everybody from beginner to
grandmaster should remember it. April 2005: Today's Lesson is from the late GM Konstantin Aseev (20 October 1960 - 22 August 2004) and is believed to be the last article he wrote before his untimely passing last year. Aseev writes: "The sporting outcome of this game did not play a big role for me, because at this moment I had already lost everything possible in the Championship of Russia. However, my normal attitude made me want to win this duel, especially because my opponent (GM Yandemirov) constantly uses a dubious variation where White has a theoretical advantage. But our possibilities do not always coincide with our desires. Here is what happened..."
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