Tartajubow On Chess II
Friday, September 28, 2012

Difficult Position

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I enjoyed GM Andy Soltis’ book, The Inner Game of Chess, How To Calculate And Win , a lot.   I’m not sure I learned anything, but I enjoye...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Entering the 2012 LSS Cup Tournament

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Several years ago when I returned to CC after a long absence from chess I joined the CCLA and started out at 1800 but quickly reached a ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Arturo Pomar

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   Pomar was born September 1, 1931 in Palma de Mallorca and first came into international attention when, at the age of 13, he drew...
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Dr. Max Euwe

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For the correct pronunciation of Euwe click HERE . I’d always heard Euwe was the weakest of all the world champions but wondered...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Speaking of Unusual Openings

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      The first time I learned of chess I was home from school sick and was watching an old movie where two guys were playing chess in p...

Yuri Dokhoian said it...

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      I came across this in My Great Predecessors, Volume 2 , where Kasparov wrote, “As my second, Yuri Dokhoian wittily expressed it, wit...

An Odd Opening and Missed Wins

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      Both myself and my opponent missed wins in this game. Black is known for his eccentric openings…eccentric maybe, but not directly ref...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Critter 1.6

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      A candidate to be the best analysis program is the latest version (version 1.6) of Critter created by Richard Vida.   It is free and...
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Friday, September 21, 2012

29 Chess Playing Executives

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  From Business Insider : Games like bridge, poker and chess are great for business. These games all use methods that can be incorporated...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Correspondence Openings

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      Obviously with engines being heavily used in CC you can’t play the same lines you might use OTB because some are simply too risky and ...

Antique Chess Sets

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Jon's Antique Chess Collection is a collection maintained online for the benefit of chess collectors around the world and nothing in t...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Gambit Chess Website

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I really like this site.   VISIT       The site apparently was designed to provide information on gambits and has not been updated in y...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Stonewall Attack, Ware System

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      Having recently done a book review on Andy Soltis’s Stonewall Attack I did something I very rarely do; I played a 4 min. + 2 sec. g...
Thursday, September 13, 2012

An Old Botvinnik Minature

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In ‘Strategy and Tactics in Chess’ Dr. Max Euwe gives this game (as a fragment) under the chapter Strategy: Special Principles where he di...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Kamsky vs. Bartel: Analysis by GM Henley

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On Line Chess Lessons by NM William Stewart offers some interesting material such as this instructive video by GM Ron Henley. The game, f...

How to Become World Chess Champion

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…by Salo Flohr The following article originally appeared in Russian, late-1957, in various Soviet chess publications: The World’s Grand ...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

A Brief Guide to Engine Use - Booklet

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      My 14-page pdf booklet on how to analyze with engines is available HERE .   Please note that the advice in this booklet isn’t mine...
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ATOMICC Testing Website Out of Business

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On August 17 the ATOMICC testing website left the following rather curt message: No more ATOMICC testing: Hi, friends. I'm done wi...
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