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June 30th, 2002

In This Issue
"My" System

Site Review
New At Chessville
Q & A Column
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net
Kelly's Quotes

"My" System
By Evan Kreider

You'll notice the quotation marks around the word "my" in the title of this article.  That's for two reasons.  First, it's obviously a play on Nimzowitsch's famous treatise "My System".  Second, it's meant to add an ironic tone, since there's nothing terribly original-to-me about this system.  It is basically an amalgamation, revision, and restructuring of various systems and thinking techniques put forward by a whole bunch of authors, mainly including Silman, Purdy, Pandolfini, Kotov, Seirawan, Hartston, and Soltis.  And I've added and modified some things myself, of course.

This is a "chess thinking system" I've put together to serve the following purposes:
1) To consult step-by-step when playing correspondence chess ("CC") games, and use it to determine the best possible move at each turn (or at least, the best possible move that I'm personally capable of determining.
2) To consult step-by-step during post-game analysis of both CC and over-the-board ("OTB") games, and use it to help me to evaluate the moves I played, and to try to find better moves at the points where I made poor ones.
3) By regularly using this system for 1) and 2) above, I hope to discipline my chess thinking OTB, to help me choose my moves in a more careful and systematic manner.  Read the full article here.

Site Review

Goddesschess
<http://www.goddesschess.com/>

Judit Polgar.  Viji Subbaraman.  Alexandra Kosteniuk.  Georgieva Plachkinova.  Nana Ioseliani.  Dana Reizniece.  Viktorija Cmilyte.  Xie Jun.  Vera Menchik.  Zhu Chen.  Almira Skripchenko-Lautier.  Anna Zatonskih.  All women.  All chessplayers.  How many of these names did you recognize?  This site is all about Women in chess.

Some of the  major sections include: Chess Goddesses (tournament coverage of Polgar & others), Patronesses (profiles of various female chessplayers), Chess Stories, Poetry, Essays, and so on.  There is a ton of material on this site, which is well laid out and easy to navigate, although there is so much, it's a bit like touring the Smithsonian - you're never quite sure if you've seen it all.  There are a lot of interesting photos and graphics, old & new, so some of the pages can be a tad slow to load, but the minimal wait is worth it.  The "What's New" page does not list anything for 2002, but let's hope that is a temporary situation.

The original idea for this site grew out of a discussion group in 1998 which explored the question of whether chess is the Game of the Goddess.  There is research (bishops with breasts?) and theory presented here, including this assertion: "The Game is not one of war but one of Sensuality, Seduction, Fertility, Procreation, and Love."  Don't scoff so quickly; read and decide for yourself!

Jan Newton and her friends have assembled an excellent selection of material; there is something here that you did not know, something to entertain you, educate you, and inform you!  "The Weave" they continue to spin will draw you in and captivate you, and reward you for your time spent here.

New At Chessville

"My" System: A thorough, systematic approach to analyzing positions.

Q&A:  Your questions, answered by our very own editor, Mr. Kelly Atkins.

Basic Tactics:  This last installment of tactical instruction for novices includes exercises to test and reinforce what you've learned.

A new Annotated Game by Leopold Lacrimosa
     Bryan Paulsen v. Leopold Lacrimosa
         
Arizona Open, 2002.06.22, A04: Reti

And more Book Reviews!
     Impact of Genius: 500 Years of Grandmaster Chess
          by R. E. Fauber, reviewed by Leopold Lacrimosa.
    The Sicilian! An Overview, by Senior Postal Master Jon Edwards
          and IGM Ron Henley, reviewed by S. Evan Kreider.
     Starting Out: The Sicilian, by GM John Emms
           reviewed by S. Evan Kreider.

Q & A Column
by Kelly Atkins

Q: A friend of mine - a good chess player by the way - has told me that according to his view, opposite colored Bishops generally result in extremely violent struggles. From my side, I've always heard they are nothing more than drawish endings. Who is right, please? – Balkan, Brazil

A: Both of you are right to some extent. Bishops of opposite color are quite drawish in the endgame because it's difficult to advance a pawn to promotion across squares that are attacked by your opponent's bishop but can't be covered by your own. In many cases, an advantage of two pawns is still not enough to win because of this, thus the drawish reputation. On the other hand, during the middlegame, opposite colored bishops do indeed often lead to violent attacks. The reason for this is that the attacker is often a "bishop up" in the attack since his opponent's opposite colored bishop is unable to defend against its counterpart.
Read the entire column here.
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville
    Recent Chess News  News & Notes

The Week In Chess (TWIC)
     TWIC appears to be offline, momentarily we hope.

New On The Net

The Chess Cafe
     Review: James Plaskett's Could You Be A Tactical Genius?
     Endgame Study: R. Borelli, 1956
     Edgar Winter's Chess Notes
     Andy Soltis: Latest Installment of Los Voraces 2019
     Hans Ree's Dutch Treat: An Unbridled Life
     Bruce Pandolfini's The Q&A Way

KasparovChess
     FIDE responds to criticism from French Chess Federation President

Chessbase
     Lennox Lewis vs Wladimir Klitschko: Chess AND Boxing?
          News Flash: Klitschko beats Mercer with 6th round TKO.
     12 Tactical Puzzles from the 3rd European Chess Championship
     Mig On Chess #170: Mig's take on the World Championship
     India Chess Diary: Anand's hopes for the World Championship

Robert Byrne in The NY Times
     Svjaginsev - Kasimdzhanov, Essen 2002

Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post
     Kaidanov - Onischuk, Chicago 2002
     Probable New Column Posted On July 1st

Jack Peters in the LA Times
     Kramnik - Anand, Advanced Chess, Leon 2002

Chessopolis
     Randy Bauer Reviews:
          Leonid Stein: Master of Risk Strategy by Gufeld & Lazarev
          Could You Be A Tactical Chess Genius? by Plaskett

National Scholastic Chess Foundation
     Chess Problem of the Week

Chathurangam: Chess In India
     Report on the 25th Asian Juniors Chess Championship, Sri Lanka
                           Official Site
     Narayanan's Problem Corner: The Siers Combination

Correspondence Chess News
     Latest Issue #70: in pdf format

Tim Krabbι's Open Chess Diary
     New Entries 177 & 178: June 27th & June 29th

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     David LeMoir's How To Become A Deadly Chess Tactician

World Chess Network
     Larry Evans looks back at the George Koltanowski

William Harvey's Chess Puzzles
     Aaron Nimzowitsch vs Giess, Riga, 1914
     Christian Krause vs Costin, Corresp., 1914
     Jose Capablanca vs Binito Villegas, Buenos Aires, 1914
     David Janowski vs Efim Bogoljubov, Mannheim, 1914
     Mlotkowsky vs W. Lovegrove, Los Angeles, 1914
     Solutions are found at the top of http://wtharvey.com/prodex.html

Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you.  Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com

Kelly's Quotes

Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one - of human existence. It is not everyone who can write a play, or build a bridge, or even make a good joke. But in chess everyone can, everyone must be intellectually productive, and so can share in this select delight. I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity the man who has remained ignorant of love. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. – Siegbert Tarrasch

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