Chess is Fun Chess BLOGA daily chess blog featuring chess lessons, chess instruction, instructive games, great players, lessons on openings, middlegame strategy, endgames, and great games.How to Beat your Dad at Chess- (Found July 2, 2008 ) If you are looking for your second chess book, I may have just the thing. Murray Chandler's How to Beat Your Dad at Chess provides a very useful introduction to chess tactics.http://www.queensac.com/chessblogjan2004.html#chessblog01192004 Chess is Fun Message Board- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The Chess is Fun Message Board is up and running! There are still a few issues to resolve and a few bells and whistles to explore. But it's up!http://www.queensac.com/chessblogjan2004.html#chessblog01012004 Chess Blog: Smyslov, part 2- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Vasily Smyslov v Boleslavsky, 1941 a wonderful win in the French Winawerhttp://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03042004 Corus Wijk aan Zee- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Two decisive games today. Most important, it would appear that we may have counted out Timman too quickly. What a nice win for him today. Our best wishes to him!http://www.queensac.com/chessblogjan2004.html#chessblog01162004 Chess Blog: The King- (Found July 2, 2008 ) It is said that not all great players make good teachers. Undoubtedly true also about journalists. J.H. Donner is the exception. From 1955 onwards, Donner produced a chess column for the saturday edition of De Tijd. A collection of these writings appears in a wonderful 1997 publication, The King. It is expensive, and it's worth it! More wit than chess, but always with care.http://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03212004 Chess Blog: Tilburg, 1981- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The archive of tournment games currently goes through 1980. Here's are the games from the Tilburg tournament of 1981 in which a young Gary Kasparov only achieved an even score. Here's the crosstable. But the following game from that event makes clear that this young man had World Championship abilities.http://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03232004 Chess Blog: The USSR Championship of 1981- (Found July 2, 2008 ) At the 49th USSR championship, it was Kasparov and Psakhis sharing first place, but Belyavsky had the great attack in the following game. I note in passing that he annotates the game carefully in his wonderful 1998 book, Uncompromising Chess.http://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03242004 Chess Blog: Alexander Beliavsky: Uncompromising Chess- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Ukrainian Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky became World Junior champion in 1973 and often won the USSR championship. He may be best known as Kasparov's trainer in the early 1990s. His book, Uncompromising Chess contains 70 wonderful games that live up to the book's title, and many insights into the hard work required to sustain grandmaster strength. Here are all of the games in the book, and here is another example of uncompromising chess:http://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03252004 Chess Blog: In 1981, Karpov won Moscow- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Perhaps the most interesting event of 1981 was the super-GM Moscow tournament featuring Karpov, Kasparov, Symslov, and Polugaevsky. Karpov finished a clear first 1 12 points ahead of the field to confirm his position as the strongest player of the day. Here are the games from the Moscow tournament and here is the crosstable.http://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03262004 Chess Blog: A Bust to the Smith-Morra Gambit- (Found July 2, 2008 ) One key legacy of the 1972 Church's Fried Chicken International was the instructive way that Larry Evans defeated the Smith Morra Gambit. IM Tim Taylor took that game and turned it into a neat 1993 monograph: "How to Defeat the Smith Morra Gambit with 6...a6"http://www.queensac.com/chessblog.html#chessblog03272004 |