From The Chessville Forum Throwing A Game - Helpful? Interesting FICS Command More of the Best World Championship Match Ever Heisman Asks: What Kind of Player Are You? 1229.1 Can You Win This Ending? More About Dan's New Book 1171.6 Tactics On CD Chess eBooks Which Opening Book? 1223.1 Dan Heisman's Special Offer for Chessville Readers Overnight Sensations Tactics Training Website 1230.1 Knight Forks Motivation Potential Energy The Curry Rocks! 1167.21 French Books & Diego's Game Chessbase Opening CDs Anti-Sicilians Opening Lists Fried Liver Poll: Kasparov or Deep Junior? Dan as White vs White 1226.1 More (C)heating in the toilet
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January 19th, 2002 In This Issue Position of the Week New At Chessville Fantasy Chess Standings Russell Chauvenet - Silent Knight Dan Heisman - Renaissance Man The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Poll: Kasparov or Deep Junior? Pablo's Chess News New On The Net
From the Editor... After reading about
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site review, check out the
incredible offer he posted at the Forum. Black to move and win - Find the
Solution Silent Knight: A visit with Russell Chauvenet, "the best Deaf chess player in America", by Rick Kennedy Annotated Game: Chauvenet - Myers, Milwaukee 1953, Annotations by Rick Kennedy Smith Morra Gambit by Albert Hoogendoorn, Creator and Webmaster of MyChessSite. This week read the the fifth installment in his series on this fascinating reaction to the Sicilian Defense. Nimzowitsch Defense: Recent games and analysis in a critical variation, by Sören Jensen Chess Posters: Eleven different chess-themed posters now available. Editorial: Reunification Ruminations, and a letter/article from Ukrainian GM Mikhail Golubev. Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess Links: New Links and New Link Categories, including Scholastic, Non-English Language Sites, and Bughouse links.
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Your Fantasy Chess Standings “I find Russ a very charming person,” my friend’s letter reassured me, “and easily approachable. He will be happy to sit down at a table anytime if one challenges him with a chess game, no matter the strength…” Standing in the drizzle outside a warmly inviting brick house in Silver Spring, Maryland, I had come to challenge Russell Chauvenet, the best Deaf chess player in America. A deaf chess player? “Why not?” writes Emil Ladner, Dean of American Deaf chess players and co-author of the illuminating history, Silent Knights of the Chessboard. “We don’t play with our ears, but with what’s in between them.” Chauvenet had set me straight in a letter:
“Most players presume that deafness is no handicap in chess. I try to
explain that the problems a deaf person encounters socially, educationally,
and in earning a living are such as to minimize the time and energy
available to become a good chess player. I might as well sit beside a
mountain stream and ask the water to flow uphill.”
Read the rest of the story ...
Dan Heisman Renaissance Man. That's what comes to mind after you get to know Dan a bit. Author of seven chess books and assorted science-fiction short stories, award-winning journalist, baseball statistician & writer, Scholastic Coordinator, chess instructor, Internet Radio commentator, International Computer Chess Association, former Software Manager, Quality Manager, and Registered Investment Adviser, USCF Senior TD, USCF National Master, the list goes on and on. Needless to say, his personal web site is both interesting and varied. Let's concentrate on the chess stuff though. If you've been reading The Chessville Weekly for very long, you are already aware that Dan is a frequent visitor to the Chessville Forum where he answers all questions posed to him, as well as posting some thought-provoking ideas of his own. His well-known column for Chess Cafe, Novice Nook, has garnered international praise and awards. Now Dan has a regular program on Chess.fm, which airs Mondays at 7:30 PM ICC time and is rebroadcast on Tuesday & Wednesday. Call 1-800-742-9799 to join in the fun! Dan's primary vocation, dare I say - avocation, is as a full-time chess teacher. Dan's site not only lists his teaching credentials for you to review, he also posts an extensive explanation of his teaching philosophy and a Chess Teacher's Credo. A key page to check out is his Adult Chess Guide, which describes the teaching process, and talks about things like if your chemistry & his would work well together. They say the proof is in the pudding (that one's for you, JDMARINO!), so be sure to check out his student's successes, including the incredible story of Scott Kerns, a B-player who won the 2002 New Mexico State Championship! Dan has written a number of chess instruction articles, and he posts many of those on his site as well. Sample titles include: Tips for Everyone; Avoid the Seeds of Tactical Destruction (the prequel to his current Novice Nook column); Using the Computer to Improve Your Chess; and Dan's Book Recommendations. There are also articles aimed at Tournaments & Scholastic Chess, Interactive Lecture Pages, and a slew of chess-themed as well as Science-Fiction short stories. The site includes information for scholastic players, the Philadelphia Chess Hall of fame, and external links. He provides links to all of the archived articles from his Novice Nook column at Chess Cafe, voted "Best Instruction" by the Chess Journalists of America last year. Dan teaches on the
Internet Chess Club as Phillytutor, or you may contact him directly at
the email address or phone number listed at his site. You will find
Dan highly accessible and personable. Are you ready to watch your
rating shoot up? Visit
Dan's website today! Be sure to check out the special offer he has
exclusively for Chessville Readers; details are posted at the
Chessville Forum. Poll: Kasparov or Deep Junior? I know, I know. I said February. What can I tell
you? I just couldn't wait!
Voice your opinion on the up-coming
match in New York between the World's #1 Rated Human Chessplayer and Deep Junior.
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Olympiad Past: The Swiss system was first used for the Olympiads at the 1976 Haifa, Israel, tournament, as the number of competing countries made it impossible to use the previous group system. Olympiad Present: The 2002 Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia, featured the unusual occurrence of 2 members of the same family playing for 2 different teams. The Hungarian women's team featured WGM Szidonia Vajda, while her brother, IM Levente Vajda played for the Romanian men's team. Thanks to Gabor Gyuricza of Budapest for this trivia! Submit your trivia to the
Mad Aussie!
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Problem of the Week Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you. Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com Position of the Week: Solution
Bakulin - Bronstein 1...Bd3 Also winning, but less directly, is
1...Qd4. 2.Qxd3 Rg1+ 3.Kxg1 e2+ 4.Ne3 All other tries lead more
or less directly to mate. 4...Rxe3 5.Qf5+ Fritz says the best
try is 5.Kh1 since all other alternatives once again lead to mate.
5...Re6+ 6.Kh1 Qf2 and White, facing mate-in-five, resigned. 0-1 |
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