Here's what was New at Chessville between
1 April 2008 and 30 June 2008
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(6/29) Review:
Chess Secrets: the Giants
of Strategy (sub-titled: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov,
Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch)
by GM Neil McDonald, reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "GM
Neil McDonald...has taken a very interesting approach to the subject of
chess strategy. Capablanca, Nimzowitsch, Petrosian, Karpov and Kramnik are
certainly names associated with the deepest understanding of chess, and
McDonald tapped into that to create this book..." |
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(6/29) Les Echecs des Femmes
- JanXena's latest look at the women in chess & the chess in women!
In her latest column she looks at championships for Pan-American Girls, the
Chinese, Uruguayan Women, Indian Women National "B", and the Susan Polgar
World Open for Girls. She also covers upcoming events in Turkey,
Philadelphia, and Nal' Chik, Russia. Finally she brings you Chess
Femmes in the News, along with this month's Featured Chess Femme -
WIM Mary Ann Gomes (IND 2321). |
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(6/29) Four Rated Games at The
Marshall, May 15. 2008: NM Larry Tamarkin (A New York Chessplayer)
looks at his latest quartet of games from the May 15 edition wherein, as he
put it, "I kept my act together and finished up ok,
wining a share of 2nd and U-2200 in this week's event..." |
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(6/28)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world. This
week: Portland, Texas, problems & Problemists, the US Women's
Championship controversy, Polgar, Nakamura, and the Peng sisters. |
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(6/28)
Nuestro Círculo
#308: 28 de junio de
2008, dedicado al Maestro austríaco Johann N. Berger (1845-1933). Publicamos,
además de su biografía, las notas: "Aerosvit 2008", "Olvidos y errores" y "Discusión
teórica".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez
editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. |
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(6/22) UCO Opening Theory -
From's Gambit Declined (1.f4
e5 2.fex5 d6 3.Nf3 - Tartakower Attack Part 3- by ICCF-IM Keith Hayward
(The Road Not Taken.) "In
Part 1 we looked at
5...Nc6. Part 2 will cover 5...Bg4 lines, and Part 3 will have
miscellaneous options. Part 2 looks at Black's 5...Bg4
response to the Tartakower Attack. In this conclusion to Keith's
survey of this line he looks at various miscellaneous options along the
way..." |
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(6/22)
The Chess Reports: Bob Long brings
The Chess Reports to you in PDF format each week,
with a wealth of chess instruction, on a wide variety of subject
matter: "Topics of Coverage: Endgame; Odds and Ends; Openings; Planning;
Psychology; Strategy; Tactics; Traps." Check it out for yourself -
another free issue (#52) is now available for you to download! |
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(6/22) Luck In Chess:
Amatzia Avni (Inside Avni's Mind) looks
into the near-mystical randomness of the universe. "Chess is described as a game of logic and reason, a
battlefield where things do not just happen randomly. If you lose, you must
have blundered; if your rival makes good moves, you cannot expect to gain an
edge. As far as chess is concerned, we are raised to believe in an orderly
world, in a direct link between cause and consequence..." |
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(6/22) Chess Cartoons:
two new chess cartoons from The Chess Player's Chronicles
courtesy of Gary Gifford. Check out the thumbnails & links to all of
the chess-themed cartoons in our growing collection! |
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(6/22) The
Nabokovian Problem by Robert Tuohey (Past
Pawns). "Any culturally-literate person today knows that Vladimir
Nabokov was one of the preeminent prose-stylists of the twentieth century.
On the other hand, to know that the man was also a composer of chess
problems, you’d have to be a true aficionado of the Royal Game...If however
you happen to be a beginner at chess, or an inveterate potzer, hunting down
some of Nabokov’s chessic compositions can be about as tough as an undergrad
trying to fathom why the Bard has so much Bacon (and that’s not the kind you
fry). Ergo, this humble article..." |
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(6/22) Review:
Perfect Your
Chess by Andrei Volokitin and Vladimir Garbinsky (Gambit, 2007),
reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Volokitin
is a young player of exceptional strength whose games are marvelous to play
through, and for a player of his age to come out with a training guide
seemed to be quite the promising proposition. My feeling that the title had
a presumptuous tint to it was the counter to that. My belief is that in
chess, success and improvement are separate values that do not always walk
hand in hand...." |
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(6/22) Move Prediction
Exercise: A new "Recon64" Move Prediction Exercise from
Jim Mitch (aka
Professor Chester
Nuhmentz.) In the game used for the latest edition of the Recon64 move
prediction exercise, Alexandra Kosteniuk devises an attack with a Danish
Gambit flavor that quickly dismantles a French Defense. Can you
anticipate her moves? |
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(6/21)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world. This
week: Yerevan Chess Giants ~ Karen Asrian Memorial, Attempt at
Chess World Record in NJ, The Fire, the Kasparov menace, Alekhine on BBC
Radio, US Junior Championship, Larry Parr writes about chess writing, Life &
Letters, AEROSVIT-2008, The Parrot Squaawks about Chess Deviants. |
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(6/21)
Nuestro Círculo #307:
21 de junio de 2008, dedicado al Maestro inglés Cecil de Vere
(1845-1875). Publicamos, además de su biografía, las notas: "Emprendedora",
"Revisando conceptos" y "De nuestros libros."
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez
editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. |
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(6/15) Free Download:
Chess Icons from Peter Wong. This is a collection of 111
Windows icons with a chess theme. The icons are in the 32-bit format, which
allows for True Color and transparency effects. Three image resolutions are
supported: 48x48, 32x32, and 16x16 pixels. |
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(6/15) Cartoons -
Thumbnails & links to all of our chess-themed cartoons, a small but
hopefully growing collection of which we hereby offer for your enjoyment!
Included are two brand new submissions from Gary Gifford,
The Chess Player's Chronicles. |
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(6/15) Interview: Chessville plays
20-Questions with Alekhine's Parrot
on the occasion of the publication of the 200th edition of
Alekhine's Parrot's column.
"The very highest thing anyone can do in
journalism, according to the best journalist in the English language, Oberon
Waugh, is to not become attached to any result, but – at genius level
– simply to shift people from whatever their current opinion, to consider
this too. And that ‘this’ is what you write..." |
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(6/14)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to
the weekly leader of
chess events around the world.
This week: Karen Asrian Memorial, Inter-Service Chess
Championship, Stars out over Vegas, Chess Life optional, More Trouble from
ChessCafe, Chess in Education, And now, the Armageddon Game Explanation,
Want a Survey on Chess Talent?, Carlsen soon to be #1?, AEROSVIT-2008,
Bosna-2008 |
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(6/14)
Nuestro Círculo #306:
14 de junio de 2008, dedicado al Maestro alemán Gustav R.L.Neumann
(1838-1881). Publicamos, además de su biografía, las notas: "El inolvidable
Bobby" y "Abierto de Las Vegas 2008". |
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(6/8)
Coach Foygel:
IM Igor Khmelnitsky's June Chess Lesson of the Month takes a look back
at some positions from games of his "good friend and former coach,
Intentional Master Igor Foygel," who turned 60 last October.
"He remains an active player and also has a chess coaching
practice in the Boston area. Among other things, Foygel helped me in proofing
my Chess Exam books.
Best wishes! You can check his website
here. Today's
training positions all came from Foygel's games. Enjoy!" |
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(6/8) UCO Opening Theory -
Polish-Sicilian Gambit: the latest discoveries from Clyde
Nakamura's Search for Dragons and Mythical
Chess Openings. "Over
sixteen years ago I had played a Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3) in
a 5-minute blitz game and on the spur of the moment had played the move
2…b5 a new gambit move in the Sicilian Defense. I played the 2…b5
move because I wanted to see the look of surprise on my opponent’s face.
Yes, the b-pawn drops..." |
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(6/8) Review:
The Ultimate
Chess Strategy Book: Volume 1 - How to play the Closed Openings like a
virtuoso by Alfonso Romero and Amador Gonzalez de la Nava (Gambit,
2008), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "One
area that is especially difficult for many players is "closed positions":
positions that come from flank openings or Queens Gambits that give you the
feeling that you're not sitting in the chair quite right. Those positions
have become the bread and butter of generations of titled players and the
bane of aspiring folks in clubs. Ultimate Chess Strategy Book:
Vol. 1 attends to the problem with a firmly guiding hand..." |
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(6/7)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to
the weekly leader of chess events around the world. This week:
US G-30 & G-60 Championships, Stars Over Vegas, Chess-Monkey letters, Video
revelations, Down Memory Lane, Chess Media: Drugs in the [Chinese] Rugs?
Tastes Like Squirrel, Chessville In the Movies (!!), Aerosvit, 4th Pivdenny
Bank Chess Cup, etc. |
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Nuestro Círculo #305:
7 de junio de 2008, dedicado al Maestro estadounidense James Mortimer
(1833-1911). Publicamos, además de su biografía, las notas: "Felgaer,
campéon argentino" y "Recuerdos de Luján 1973".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español. |
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(6/1) Instruction - Zoom Chess: GM Nigel Davies
(Tigerchess) looks at a book that "...had a
great influence on me throughout my chess career. I think that
developing a good understanding of particular patterns is far more important
than attempting to study the latest games and find 'theoretical novelties'.
A new move rarely has great significance and novelties are often worse than
the known continuations. But understanding is a continually acting
factor which can guide a player throughout a game..." |
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(6/1) Review:
Dangerous Weapons
1.e4 e5 by John Emms, Glenn Flear and Andrew Greet (Everyman Chess,
2008), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Confession
is good for the soul, so I am going to try to do mine some good. I confess
that I am not sure which side of 1.e4 e5 I prefer to play. Don't get me
wrong; I play plenty of other first moves as White, and the list of defenses
I want to play against 1.e4 as Black is plenty long. No, what it boils down
to is history..." |
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(6/1) Chess Composition -
Promotion Play - Part Two: FIDE Master of Chess
Composition Peter Wong (Peter's Problem World)
finishes up his look at pawn promotion. "In
the previous column (Part
One) we looked at some directmate
problems that involve pawn promotion as a main feature. Here we
will... turn to its appearance in helpmates...because helpmate play is not
antagonistic, the most powerful moves are not necessarily the best..." |
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(6/1) Chess News -
The
2008 Frank K. Berry U.S. Women's Chess
Championship: A Special
Report by JanXena (Les Echecs des
Femmes) on this year's event,
held May 13-21, in Tulsa Oklahoma. Of the controversial finish between
Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih she writes "Grueling - the final, incredible
sequence of events that led up to the declaring of the United States 2008
Women's Chess Champion... isn't adequate to describe what these two women
experienced, what they went through in those endless hours on that final day
of the championship..." |
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(6/1) Chess News - Les Echecs des
Femmes: JanXena brings you the June edition of her unique
perspective on the women in chess, and the chess in women! This report
includes, among others, the Fifth Annual All-Girls Nationals, The Benidorm
Open, The Panamericano Women's Championship, the 2008 Kaupthing Open, The
2008 Chicago Open, Susan Polgar World Open for Girls, the Chess Classic
Mainz 2008, In the News, and June's featured Chess Femme - IM (GM-elect)
Marie Sebag of France. |
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(6/1) Review:
Joel Benjamin American
Grandmaster - Four Decades of Chess Adventures by Joel Benjamin
(Everyman Chess, 2007), reviewed by Michael Jeffreys. "Benjamin
starts things off by sharing with the reader what it was like being a child
prodigy in the late seventies (with some wondering if he was the next
Fischer!?). Says Joel:
I think it was at the Manhattan C.C. where I first heard people speak of
me as the “second Fischer”. The label did produce some backlash
-one old lady said I was “not worthy of licking Fischer’s boots...” |
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(6/1) Training - ChessVision:
Jim Mitch, aka Prof. Chester Nuhmentz, is back with another edition of his
monthly training exercise selected especially for Chessville readers.
In the game used for the June edition of the Chess Vision exercise,
Alexandra Kosteniuk devises an attack with a Danish Gambit flavor that
quickly dismantles a French Defense. Players try to
imagine up to 10 moves from a
starting diagram, finding all
the legal captures and checks that could be made
in the envisioned position. |
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(5/31)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome to the
weekly leader of chess events around the world. This
week: Irina Krush's explosive Open Letter regarding the finish of the
2008 US Woman's Championship, chess in the movies, the Interservice Chess
Championships, The Kasparov Menace, Sarajevo, Odessa, Chess Life, and much
more! |
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(5/31)
Nuestro Círculo #304:
31 de mayo de 2008, dedicado al Maestro alemán Johanes von Minckwitz
(1843-1901). Publicamos, además de su biografía, las notas: "¿Apertura
Fischer?" y "Partidas del Campeonato Argentino".
Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje
español. |
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(5/25) Introduction to Chessville's New-Look Home
Page: We are excited to bring you the first major change to
Chessville's appearance since our inception, back in 2002. Below are
some of the changes we've made, changes we hope will make it easier to find
what you're looking for, and maybe even something you weren't! Our
old home page is still available, though we
won't be maintaining it... |
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(5/25)
UCO Opening Theory -
From's Gambit Declined
(1.f4 e5 2.fex5 d6 3.Nf3 - Tartakower Attack 3...dxe5 4.e4 Bc5 5.c3, 5...Bg4
lines-
by ICCF-IM Keith Hayward
(The Road
Not Taken.) "Most Bird's Opening players dislike facing the From's
Gambit. However, I would like to present an interesting
solution for White not mentioned in Tim Taylor's book.
In
Part 1
we looked at 5...Nc6.
Part 2 will cover 5...Bg4 lines, and Part 3 will have miscellaneous
options..." |
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(5/25) Review:
Starting Out:
1.e4! -
A Reliable Repertoire for the
Improving Player by GM Neil McDonald (Everyman Chess, 2006),
reviewed by Michael Jeffreys. "Neil McDonald has written
some of my favorite chess books in the last few years including
Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking
and The Art of Planning in
Chess. His description of the action after each move makes for
a very instructive read. So, when Starting Out: 1 e4! came out, I was
hoping for another homerun..." |
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