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– Bobby Fischer

June 16th, 2002
Keeping You Up To Date!

In This Issue
Suggestions For Improving Your Play
Site Review - Doctor Unclear's Homepage
New At Chessville
Playing Against Patzers
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net
Kelly's Quotes

Suggestions For Improving Your Play
by Evan Kreider

This article describes my personal Chess Education Curriculum.  It’s presented as a companion to Kelly Atkins’ outstanding “The Path to Improvement.”  Obviously, there will be some overlap, and perhaps even some differences of opinion, but that’s a good thing!  It’s important that aspiring students of any subject (including chess) consider a variety of teaching methods and styles, in order to see which will suit them best.  Moreover, there are some substantive differences in these two pieces: whereas Kelly’s focuses a bit more on a long-term study plan, mine concentrates a bit more on how to spend your day-to-day, week-to-week study time.  Read the entire article here.

Site Review

Doctor Unclear's Homepage

Cheating on Internet Chess Servers (ICS) by using a chess engine (Fritz, etc.) is the focus of this site.  Known as (C)heating, this abuse is estimated to occur in 5-9% of all ICS games.  Doctor Unclear has worked closely with the Internet Chess Club (ICC) to develop their (c)heating detection methods, and so brings a special perspective to the problem.  He provides the reader with some information to help protect himself against (c)heating.  The best defense is knowledge!

Unfortunately, this site's one big drawback is the annoying GeoCities ads that appear in the upper right-hand corner of each page.  These are easily minimized however, and the content of the site makes putting up with the ads worth the effort.  The navigation system is outstanding, allowing the reader to quickly shift to any other part of the site.

The site has 14 major sections, including: General Introduction, What should I do if I believe member X abused me [or] cheated in games vs me? , How serious is the (C)heating problem on ICSes?, Naivete and silence are the worst threats to all ICSes, (C)heaters don't care about you!, Truth fairness and justice on Internet Chess Servers.  There's also a section providing answers from the major ICSs to a series of questions about their (c)heating policies, as well as a look inside the mind of the (c)heater.  Part 1 gives tips on what to look for as possible indicators of (c)heating (odd time use, e.g.).

Overall, a very worthwhile site, especially if you play chess online.  Take the time to look around and become familiar with the content.  Arm yourself with knowledge, and help do your part to combat this all too prevalent problem.

New At Chessville

Suggestions for Improving Your Play:  A companion piece to "The Path to Improvement," this article focuses more on detailed suggestions regarding how to spend your day-to-day / week-to-week study time.

Basic Tactics:  Continuing this tutorial for novices, this time we'll look at the discovered attack, deflection, the over-worked piece, the weak back rank, and a brief introduction to combinations and sacrifices.

Playing Against Patzers:  Ever lose a game to someone MUCH worse than you, and not sure why?!  Here's some advice to keep it from happening again!

Chess Annotation Symbols:  A handy reference chart to explain all those odd little symbols you see in chess move lists.

And a new Annotated Game!   Queen Sacrifice or Major Blunder?

 

Playing Against Patzers
by Evan Kreider

Do you ever find yourself, a relatively decent chess player, losing against total patzers? Do you leave those games thinking, “Man, I know I’m WAY better than they are – how did I manage to lose?!” Ah, this is a well-known phenomenon! For some reason, playing against worse opponents has a way of bringing out the worst in one's own play.  Read this article for tips on avoiding this phenomenon.

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville
    Recent Chess News  News & Notes, including Chessville
    coverage of:
         Sigeman & Co - Malmo 
Short Wins!

KasparovChess
     3rd European Individual Mens Championship
     3rd European Individual Womens Championship
     Russia vs the World
         

The Week In Chess (TWIC)
     TWIC396 of June 10th 2002  Mark Crowther reports.
     TWIC397 of June 17th 2002  link should be active June 17th 2002

New On The Net

The Chess Cafe
     Book Review: Rapid Chess Improvement: A Study Plan for Adult
          Players
by Michael de la Maza
     Endgame Study: O. Comay Israel Ring Tourney 1991
     Chess Notes by Edgar Winters: Jaffe and His Primer
     Endgame Corner by Carsten Müller: Rooks Revisited
     The Kibitzer by Tim Harding: A Golden Jubilee of British Chess
     The Instructor by Mark Dvoretsky: Non-Standard Combinations

Chessbase Kasparov Wins 11th Chess Oscar

CNN Reports on The Turk by Tom Standage

NYTimes Robert Byrne annotates Kasparov-Radjabov Moscow 2002

Washington Post Lubomir Kavelek annotates Grischuk-Seirawan
     Moscow 2002

Chessopolis Randy Bauer reviews Chess Recipes From the
     Grandmaster's Kitchen
by Valeri Beim

Australian Chess Federation Columns & Games by Ian Rogers and
     Peter Parr

National Scholastic Chess Federation Problem of the Week

Correspondence Chess News Issue 69 (16 June 2002) pdf format

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

A recorded game of chess is a story in symbols, relating in cipher the struggle of two intellects; a story with a real plot, a beginning, a middle, and an end, in which the harmonies of time and place are scrupulously observed; the fickleness of fortune is illustrated; the smiles of the prosperous, the struggles of adversity, the change that comes over the two; the plans suggested by one, spoiled by the tactics of the other - the lures, the wiles, the fierce onset, the final victory. An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess. – Jose R. Capablanca
 

 

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From The Chessville Forum 108.1

Kelly Atkins writes about Chess Community:

"...We aren't just handles with unknown, anonymous people behind them, but genuine friends. We've gotten to know each other well. We've helped each other learn openings and helped each other through personal disasters...To all of you who are just joining us, you're now part of this family too. Some of the people who are complete strangers to you now, will become life-long friends over the next year...I strongly encourage all of you, both current regulars and new members, to read [this T-Note] (and read it again every few months). This is what we're all about, my friends."

 

 

"Play the opening like a book, the middlegame like a magician, and the endgame like a machine."
-  Rudolf Spielmann

 

 

I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves. – Bobby Fischer
 

 

 

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