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13th annual Paramount
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For some people spring is signaled by the start of Red Sox reporting to
spring training, by groundhog day, by the returning swallows to
Capistrano...
But ...
The Rise of ‘Asian Dragons’, Part 3
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For centuries, Europe has dominated the tables of chess. Over the past
20-25 years, the balance of power has slowly turned eastward. Europe
remains the cen...
Friday brain challenge
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r3r2b/1p3p2/2n5/4kB1p/1Q6/3R3P/pq4PK/8 w - - 0 1
White to move. What is the best way for White to proceed? No computer
please :)
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Spanish Opening, Steinitz, Bronstein Variation C76
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Despite more than 50,000 online blitz games, my first game in ECO code C76
was Sunday's round 5 game in the 20th Dave Collyer Memorial tournament. I
opted ...
Things to do in the rain
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While this blog is 'mainly' about chess, it isn't 'all' about chess. So I'd
thought I bring you some video that was taken at the Australian National
Univer...
Blue is not the colour
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The Varsity Match takes place tomorrow, or so I'm given to understand. If
you're into that stuff. Personally, when it comes to Varsity Matches I
always rec...
Next Best of Chess Blogging Post Coming Soon...
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I am finally getting on the second "Best of!" Carnival post. It should be done this weekend. I have always felt these posts should have lots of cool images a...
The Ulrich Sisters ROCK!!!
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There are many great reasons to live in Milwaukee, and one of my favorite reasons is my adopted chess club, Southwest Chess Club!
Mr. Don, Isis and I, my ...
Zukertort's Immortal
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There is a nice article by GM Raymond Keene at Chessville titled "Zukertort
Remembered," which takes a close look at the concluding combination in Zukert...
Leap Day Special
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Leap Day gives me one more chance to write a blog post in February this
year, and also one more chance to show a game from the U.S. Amateur Team
West. Yest...
Two interesting articles
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A history of cheating from chessbase
SANDS: Opposites attack: Great *chess* rivalry from century ago
Washington Times
By David R. Sands They were polar opp...
fnot
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a new font for dyslexics:
"Recognizing that dyslexics tend to rotate letters as well as mix them up,
Dyslexie incorporates numerous features to help keep su...
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I can see that it has been over a year since my last post. Obviously, my
mind has not been on chess for a while. I have actually stopped playing
actively ...
Karpov - Kramnik - blindfold game in Slav Defence
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In this game Kramnik creates an instructive example where knights end up
stronger than bishops because they manage to occupy key squares and invade
White'...
King's Gambit by Paul Hoffman
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*King's Gambit* by Paul Hoffman was the best narrative chess book I've
read. This book has tons of interesting stories about the game and the
people who ...
Still Life In This Bag Of Old Bones
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Just a short blurb.
Didn't expect much for the competition as I've not been actively playing
for nearly 1 year but ended up at least with a trophy/prize, h...
ACP Women Cup 2012
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The ACP Women Cup is taking place from February 17th-21st, 2012 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Round robin tournament with twelve participants will be played with the ...
Prédateur 2.2.1 "Bugfix" released
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Because of constant pressure from Ruxy, Leo and Graham, and because the x32
version of Prédateur 2.2 was consistantly outplayed by Fernando Villega's
Mor...
My Last Blunder of 2011
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....did not occur on December 31st. I passed on my usual New Year's Eve
"cracktion" fix at "Your Last Blunder of ____". That's because I had to
make a ch...
Endgame Caveat #5: Space Invaders
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Researching for this post, I came across this 80's music video at YouTube.
Cross-links at YouTube eventually led me to this free online Space Invaders
ga...
January 27--Wahrheit Jumps into the Saddle
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Thanks to Wahrheit for taking the reigns of the chess improvement carnival.He has a great idea for the first one: post your best post ever. We should see som...
Occupy Sydney Grammar
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So these two boys are getting the boot for doing what they love and what
they're good at. In the spirit of the times, there's only one thing to do.
Occupy ...
I am curious
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I was sitting around the mansion and thinking about this blog. It has been
over a year since my last post. Does anyone actually read it? I don't get
any co...
NH vs Maine – Chess Border Battle
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Yesterday (Sat, Sept 10) I competed in my second NH vs Maine Team Chess
Challenge, also known as the “Border Battle,” now an annual event, at the
Portsmout...
A Game Lost In History
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The 1886 London International Chess Tournament played host to some of the
greatest players of its day and left us with many interesting games
to analyze ov...
Chess Books on Kindle
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I am learning about the awesome resource of chess books on Kindle.
I think we all -- whether we like it or not -- have to accept the fact that
paper books ...
3rd New York International - Final Results
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Grandmasters Jaan Ehlvest and P. Harikrishna won the 3rd New York
International, held at the Marshall Chess Club from June 18 to 22, 2010,
with a score of ...
Mike Tyson Video Webliography
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Iron Mike Tyson turns 44 next week, and I’ve been learning about the life of this fascinating human being. The goal is not to promote hero-worship by any me...
Manual for Chess Trainers now available to download
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Information for CHESS COACHES In South Africa MANUAL CONTENTS SUMMARY Chess
Training in general The School Chess Supervisor Syllabus Syllabus for the
Entry...
Stoyko and Phaedrus combined
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This afternoon I struggled with the position below. If you want you can use
it yourself as a Stoyko exercise. The position is taken from Khmelnitsky's
Ches...
The New Website is Up!
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As I mentioned some time ago, PowerBlogs is shutting down, permanently, on
November 30, so I've had to pack my bags and find new lodgings. The new
location...
Debriefed: Anna and Camilla
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Anna Zatonskih and Camilla Baginskaite finished first and second in St.
Louis. After the last round, both players answered questions for the live
Chess.FM ...
The Daily Mate: Harmonic Attack
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Checkmate 485 In the game Ram Segal-elgaxton black placed his pieces very
well around the white king. How could he give the checkmate? Solution of
the last...
66 Days Later...
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A few of you probably wonder, "What ever became of likesforests?"
- I have not studied any chess.
- My baby's doing well.
- I lost 45 lbs, but inj...
The Player's Laboratory
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*A.S. Suetin* wrote a seminal book titled "Three Steps to Chess Mastery",
Pergamon Press, 1982. Here are some excerpts (in some cases, not verbatim)
from...
Pawned! 400!
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Here it is – wow – the 400th post on Pawned! I’ve always loved the game of
Chess, and always will. Having said that, and with this post, I will now
bid a ...
Cheat-No-More
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As ChessCube approached the 250,000 mark, we had noticed an increased
number of cheats on the system. Cheating on the Internet is not new and
ChessCube ha...
What's the plan?
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So what is the plan in this position? I worked hard to get a good bishop,
pawn structure, space and opponents passive pieces. Isn't a B vs N endgame
with...
One Jump Ahead
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Earlier this summer checkers had been solved. This was solved using what is known as a "weak" solve. It was not a complete tablebase of all the positions, ...
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