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Four Blunders
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*Chess Informant* 91/412 is the game Xu Jun -- Pendyala Harikrishna,
Tripoli 2004. In the annotations, Xu Jun identifies his move 23 as a
blunder. This err...
teacher data reports:
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NYC is publishing its teacher data reports today for 4-8th grade
English and math teachers who have taught at least 2 years out of the last
4. Diana ...
Occupy New Jersey
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The team of IM Dean Ippolito, NM Jim West, Steve Hrop, and Steve Ferrero
[pictured, right to left] called ourselves *Occupy Parsippany - We Ain't
Leaving* ...
Is chess missing a sizeable market?
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The cliché that chess is for "nerds" is a stereotype that is strongly
resisted inside the chess community. When chess is publicised there is
always a stron...
Whatever happened to the King's Indian Attack?
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Petrosian-Pachman came up the other day. The opening was not what
interested me at first - it was the combination at the end which jogged my
memory - but...
Amateur Team East
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I am pleased to report that the
BU Terriers
won the
"Top College"
prize at this year's amateur team east.
NM Andrew Wang
Steve Chen
Lino Fabiani
Ben ...
Modern Day Tribute Paid to Goddess in India
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story from dnaindia.com
Kolhapur's Goddess Mahalaxmi Gets Apt Tribute
February 21, 2012
By Mohsin Mulla
Kohlapur
Mumbai-based occularist Dr. Chandrashekar ...
Brilliant attack by Vassily Smyslov
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This is an older video from my YouTube Channel; in case you have not seen
it - hope you enjoy! In this game Smylsov shows two typical ideas for this
type...
When chess becomes art!
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Every chess players will agree with me that being concious of the
imbalances and characteristics of a position is one of the most important
things in a gam...
Fischer vs. Carlsen… will history repeat?
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Bobby Fischer (right) on the move against Boris Spassky in their pivotal
1972 match in Reykjavik, Iceland. In the 1972 60 Minutes interview with
Mike Walla...
More recap of an exciting weekend
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I know my faithful readers want to hear more about my team’s victory at the
US Amateur Team West this weekend. And of course you want games! I don’t
have a...
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...
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This position comes from Fressinet-So, Round 6 of the TATA Steel Tournament
2011. So won a pawn early in the game, but it has not been easy for him
since ...
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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