Dennis Monokroussos writes:
I fear that last week's show might have given my viewers the wrong impression.
Contrary to what you might think, it is not necessary to be a grandmaster or
even a world champion in order to blunder - even mere masters are capable of
the most horrific mistakes, and this week, I'll prove it.
Even though I've never played in a world championship match or a candidates
cycle; never played in Wijk aan Zee, Linares or Dortmund; in fact, despite
the absence of so much as a single GM norm, I have demonstrated a persistent
ability to produce moves even Kasparov would be ashamed to call his very own.
Normally, lest my pride get the best of me, I keep these gems under lock and
key, far away from the eyes of the chess world at large. I have decided, however,
to make an exception just this once, in order to defend my credentials as a
presenter. (Not that anyone was challenging them, but one can't be too careful.)
As a result, if anyone asks you why you're bothering to watch my show each
week, you can point to my games, and in so doing help them make their case.
Accordingly, skeptics and those delighting in others' misery are enjoined
to show up this Monday night at 9 p.m. ET. Entertainment is likely and instructional
value, unappealing though it may be, is bound to emerge as well. See you then!
Dennis Monokroussos'
Radio ChessBase
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03:00 Paris/Berlin, 13:00h Sydney (on Tuesday). Other time zones can
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That is the equivalent of 10-20 Euro cents (14-28 US cents).
Dennis
Monokroussos is 39, lives in South Bend, IN, and is an adjunct professor
of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
He is fairly inactive as a player right now, spending most of his non-philosophy
time being a husband and teaching chess. At one time he was one of the strongest
juniors in the U.S., but quit for about eight years starting in his early 20s.
His highest rating was 2434 USCF, but he has now fallen to the low-mid 2300s
– "too much blitz, too little tournament chess", he says.
Dennis has been working as a chess teacher for seven years now, giving lessons
to adults and kids both in person and on the internet, worked for a number
of years for New York’s Chess In The Schools program, where he was
one of the coaches of the 1997-8 US K-8 championship team from the Bronx, and
was very active in working with many of CITS’s most talented juniors.
When Dennis Monokroussos presents a game, there are usually two main areas
of focus: the opening-to-middlegame transition and the key moments of the middlegame
(or endgame, when applicable). With respect to the latter, he attempts to present
some serious analysis culled from his best sources (both text and database),
which he has checked with his own efforts and then double-checked with his
chess software.
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