tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42364154130033104312024-02-06T20:30:15.536-08:00CHESSXCHESS RAMBLING NOT A DAILY BLOGchessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-60262357422097074652011-03-29T09:17:00.000-07:002011-03-29T09:36:38.937-07:00I JUST COULD NOT SAY NO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqaGfnoJuxx2m8MK0giv5yOZuLFIXoWJpuL8tMW5IxXVYvoTnKuCDqazRslyNSja3UHHnBEzyjdcYZMoQABsPFGnN2IGxlbfujgyDVxrfK5dZFSLCeONjSeufUwUU9lgZqDlBF-cWidIj/s1600/bobbyfisc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqaGfnoJuxx2m8MK0giv5yOZuLFIXoWJpuL8tMW5IxXVYvoTnKuCDqazRslyNSja3UHHnBEzyjdcYZMoQABsPFGnN2IGxlbfujgyDVxrfK5dZFSLCeONjSeufUwUU9lgZqDlBF-cWidIj/s320/bobbyfisc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589538437354148450" /></a><br /><br />I was in the chess centre in london a couple ( <a href="http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=lcc">click her for online store</a> ) of days ago and saw Bobby Fischers my 60 memorable games for only £9.00.<br />I have been toying with buying this book for a while now,it has been priced at £14.99 recently.<br />But when i saw it at £9.00 i just could not say no to buying it and keeping on my "to buy" list,i bought it there and then.<br />I know i am proberly one of the last chess players to buy this book,or to have played the 60 games from it.<br />Although i have other Fischer books,this is Fischers games in his own words.<br />I am looking forward to playing over them.<br />After Batsford changed things in the their first version of the book,and Fischer did not like it they changed it back.<br />The only change from the original in this version is the notation is algebraic.<br />I will post my favorite games from this book soon.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-83028325480218071592010-12-31T03:50:00.000-08:002010-12-31T04:12:40.158-08:00FISCHER BOOK REVIEW PLUS HAPPY NEW YEARFirst a happy new year to all chess bloggers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRsARV6M5NLphgk2_ySd_xBUmRcGI0BUl6uRxKBXDE068rPrBq4M0krnHgm9NIcL9GyNX1sHDdz1Hunmls6GVpHsN6xxykNSj-Pk4DFsz_ih3GvSe3wne1lgqF4LK5AkUHJ9K9yOoODxM/s1600/tukbobfis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoRsARV6M5NLphgk2_ySd_xBUmRcGI0BUl6uRxKBXDE068rPrBq4M0krnHgm9NIcL9GyNX1sHDdz1Hunmls6GVpHsN6xxykNSj-Pk4DFsz_ih3GvSe3wne1lgqF4LK5AkUHJ9K9yOoODxM/s320/tukbobfis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556815892476054994" /></a><br /><br />I have just finished reading a very good chess history book.<br />The unknown Bobby Fischer by IM's John Donaldsona and Eric Tangborn.<br />This book covers the early years of Fischer with snipits of information<br />from players/people who where Fischer friends at that time.<br />The book moves on to his 1964 Transcontinental tour giving reports and games from his displays.<br />The book is littered with photos of Bobby and other chess players.<br />Fischers displays in europe during the 1970's are covered included his last recorded game against <br />WIM Kathy Forbes who was covering the Fischer V Spassky 1992 return match for CHESS magazine.<br />The book finishes with some letters he wrote and a story about him in an Argentina chess book store. <br />Plus a list of books about Bobby and a list of works by Bobby himself.<br />Reading this book i felt it added to what i think i already know about Bobby Fischer,<br />it gives a side of a great player not normally seen.<br /><br />The book is full of quicky games,but i give just 1 from a display in Columbus Ohio<br />may 18th.His results for this display were +48,=2.-0.<br /><br />Fischer. v W.Kaufer + 2 consultants.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxaclnF1rmmJ1b1utqPSxdJ9DH3U9nH6pY1uQIW04Jwan_wQtysXircDF0CsHX4HGxQ6b-LkwKxrCAHUUxOutiD59Ce-6Ro83eLcotT5DoqrJtGVyj0oZu57df3cNsgBPE3Ox1SLqBXVN-/s320/IMG_1769.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554347705647344722" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGEnJpyPPNnY2fPC3QSXAghXfZzbt4m4No1x9B5UJkxvDGe806Iz2XvE85A_cc9U8AdiHYRf2fdybimZV4Ns2uYPNqQWjtJiYrf__EYlVWChDjdgnH0ePMe-d-YvI4CouYVIURJELCTcz/s1600/IMG_1770.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGEnJpyPPNnY2fPC3QSXAghXfZzbt4m4No1x9B5UJkxvDGe806Iz2XvE85A_cc9U8AdiHYRf2fdybimZV4Ns2uYPNqQWjtJiYrf__EYlVWChDjdgnH0ePMe-d-YvI4CouYVIURJELCTcz/s320/IMG_1770.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554348042985718546" /></a><br /><br />I had a great time watching the GM's and also some of the games in other tournaments.<br />Link to the London chess classic website <a href="http://www.londonchessclassic.com/">click here</a> <br /><br />Cant wait for next year.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-29615186104370252762010-12-06T01:18:00.000-08:002010-12-06T01:32:19.340-08:00ONE MOVE CHANGED THE GAMEIn chess 1 quickly played move can change the whole game.<br />In this game i am white and the time contol is 20 minutes each.<br />During the game i did not play well at all,i could not get my thinking<br />head going.<br />Then 1 very quickly played move by my opponent Mike changed the game.<br />His quickly played move was 31....Nf5,when he played this move he still had about 12 minutes on his clock,so being short of time was not the reason.<br />After the game Mike said he was thinking i would play 31.Qe2 then double my rooks on the h file.<br />So when i played 31.Qb1+ it sort of took him by surprise a little,and he just moved without thinking. Then it was an up hill struggle as he only has a pawn for the knight.<br />His passed pawn is not a threat at all.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle8609192971"><a href="javascript:showboards('8609192971')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board8609192971"><a href="javascript:hideboards('8609192971')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Event "friendly"] [Date "2010.12.04"] [White "chessx"] [Black "mike"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1546"] [BlackElo "1565"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 a5 4. c3 b6 5. 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Ne6%2B 1-0 '/></object></div></span>chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-73530904258622417182010-11-08T13:38:00.000-08:002010-11-08T13:54:35.389-08:00DUMBEST MOVE YOU EVER PLAYED?I am asking my fellow bloggers to post their dumbest move.<br />This has been prompted by the dumbest move i have ever played.<br />It was only a 5 minute game,but when i played it we both just could not take our eyes off the board in amazement.<br /><br />I am playing white in this game with just less than a minute on the clock.<br />I reached out and picked up the pawn and moved it to f8 and swopped it for a queen!!!<br />Then it hit me,what a dumb move.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KvEFe7NKxkuJe-46qFTCB07X1oa3Q8gv1fOZuNQ6BI7KYz9HamIYg4ASjJ3DJLvd4KXs4_TiRVCNiYhlEiR5HvFiH_Wm-EtBzKciG44SMr_LSN14l0E4zJQ3YZlb43C1ya8X9XvCUvHm/s1600/dumbest+move+ever+for+blog+08112010.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KvEFe7NKxkuJe-46qFTCB07X1oa3Q8gv1fOZuNQ6BI7KYz9HamIYg4ASjJ3DJLvd4KXs4_TiRVCNiYhlEiR5HvFiH_Wm-EtBzKciG44SMr_LSN14l0E4zJQ3YZlb43C1ya8X9XvCUvHm/s320/dumbest+move+ever+for+blog+08112010.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537298142196265202" /></a><br /><br />Yes i know it's stalemate,it is awful i was so shocked i did not press my clock button and my flag feel.<br /><br />If you have a "your dumbest move" please post it.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-74014569996302132612010-10-25T01:21:00.000-07:002010-10-25T01:37:24.213-07:00WOULD I HAVE WON ON THE BOARD part 2The game in the prevous post was won by me on time,but i was not sure if it could have been won on the board.<br />This is the position i saw in my minds eye as being the final drawn position.<br />White's bishop never leaving the a2-g8 diagonal.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmc7S46fC_y2ZfA8fT58zEp4ppG9hbyLRJh6f-VR8ITmtGQCtqAcznzBZVkgLjhG91ZU3mJP45GVD6lVqpsBfptvBCfIBQy__Jm4pgaFjLq9YMIDjELDTCKRedHoEaPAjklWxx9cS1FwnD/s1600/blogpost+25102010.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmc7S46fC_y2ZfA8fT58zEp4ppG9hbyLRJh6f-VR8ITmtGQCtqAcznzBZVkgLjhG91ZU3mJP45GVD6lVqpsBfptvBCfIBQy__Jm4pgaFjLq9YMIDjELDTCKRedHoEaPAjklWxx9cS1FwnD/s320/blogpost+25102010.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531896553596825858" /></a><br /><br />Most of you agreed it would have been a draw,but Tommyg came up with some good moves that would have given me a win.<br />This is Tommyg's position where his moves leaves me with 2 pawns.<br /><br />52... a3 53. Ba2 Na4 54. c4 Nc5 55. Ke3 Nxe4565. c5 Nxc5 57. Kd2 g5 58. Kc2 Kd4 <br />59. Kd2 g4 60. Bf7 Ke5 61. Ke2 Ne6 62. Be8 a2 and now White can't stop both pawns...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GbcL88lWD7WGItMEKbTLmtQubD7OGLpYGglX1jqZ2PHC4FTonNRUKFfMJmpgmCLAhAXfeS1xeGzLJ50H5d2xQzTvlAhNzsiT1ggmkd4QLpqUGW4BWUISgyQW3ppcSxo1hDlOevpnMAXC/s1600/tommyg+blog+post+25102010.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GbcL88lWD7WGItMEKbTLmtQubD7OGLpYGglX1jqZ2PHC4FTonNRUKFfMJmpgmCLAhAXfeS1xeGzLJ50H5d2xQzTvlAhNzsiT1ggmkd4QLpqUGW4BWUISgyQW3ppcSxo1hDlOevpnMAXC/s320/tommyg+blog+post+25102010.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531897509776505794" /></a><br /><br />I must be honest i would never have made these moves,but Tommyg has shown what potential is in almost any position,even drawish looking ones.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-49814340705442073832010-10-24T12:43:00.000-07:002010-10-24T12:58:50.400-07:00WOULD I HAVE WON ON THE BOARDI played this game a few days ago and won on time.<br />It was a quick game 30 minutes each to a finish.<br />I had black and i think i played ok to a point.<br />But when it got down to my knight against his (i thought more active) bishop i did not think i could queen my a pawn.<br />But his time ran out,after the game Ronnie was certain i had a win,but i am not sure.<br /><br />Could i have won on the board if we had more time?<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle8241389724"><a href="javascript:showboards('8241389724')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board8241389724"><a href="javascript:hideboards('8241389724')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2010.06.21"] [White "rony"] [Black "chessx"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1858"] [BlackElo "1732"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e5 4.Bb5 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qg4 g6 17.Nd2 Qc8 18.Qxc8%2B Rxc8 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.Bh6 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Rd5 Kg7 23.Rad1 Rhe8 24.Rxc5 f6 25.Rd7%2B Kh6 26.Rd6 Nb8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rb6 Rf8 29.g4 Nf4 30.Kh2 Ne2 31.Rb7 Nc1 32.a4 bxa4 33.Bxa4 Nd3 34.h4 Nxf2 35.g5%2B fxg5 36.hxg5%2B Kh5 37.Rxh7%2B Kg4 38.Nxe5%2B Kxg5 39.Bc2 Ng4%2B 40.Nxg4 Kxg4 41.Kg2 Nc6 42.Rd7 Ne5 43.Rd5 Nc4 44.Rd3 Rf6 45.Rg3%2B Kf4 46.Rf3%2B Ke5 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Kf3 Nxb2 49.Ke3 Ke5 50.Kf3 a5 51.Bb3 a4 52.Bf7 a3 0-1 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />My plan if the game went on was to get his c and e pawns and get a draw.<br />Yes i know it's scaredy cat play but i could not think of much else.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-35563622069806158712010-09-26T07:10:00.000-07:002010-09-26T07:35:56.641-07:00RUSSIANS V FISCHER BOOK REVIEW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNk-m4VgMM4quLtnQhnikqyyOX6E6fz01zWCV3TagAHvLeNxSaoJF_9T6NCsNcB2ZVV4s04OobfOjtypiyjytlKeDn__RtNWoUJOuEkHt3Bayvz6QVQXO5ep7cevSQitZtGpYK1ze5QTHj/s1600/rus+v+fis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 127px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNk-m4VgMM4quLtnQhnikqyyOX6E6fz01zWCV3TagAHvLeNxSaoJF_9T6NCsNcB2ZVV4s04OobfOjtypiyjytlKeDn__RtNWoUJOuEkHt3Bayvz6QVQXO5ep7cevSQitZtGpYK1ze5QTHj/s320/rus+v+fis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521228409412170626" /></a><br /><br />I have just finished the book Russians versus Fischer,it has taken me a while to finish due to non chess reasons.<br />The book is published by Everyman chess in hardback,it is 462 pages long and has many photos.<br />The authors are D. Plisetsky and S. Voronkov.<br />The book gives all Fischers games against Russian players, some in detail spanning several pages, others just the game with minimal notes.<br />Throughout the book interviews are added from leading Russian players and Russian chess federation people about how to stop Fischer.<br />In one of these writen in 1975 by I. Bondarevsky a former trainer to the ill Boris Spassky (get well soon Boris),It says "The American often wins material without fully evaluating the consequences. He is not properly aware of his kings safety."<br />What is all that about,Fischer not aware of his king safety,my eyes nearly poped out when i read that.<br />The one thing that stands out for me in the book,is the Russians lack of understanding that Fischer was a fantastic player.Who was totaly dedicated to chess,first and last.<br />No other interests just chess,chess and more chess.<br />Playing over the games ,which are set out by tournament and or match,is a pleasure.<br />It has once again connected me to the great Fischer play.<br />I like this book not only for the great games,but for the lack of understanding the Russians had about Fischer for years,until it was to late.<br />Also this book only cost £10 from the London chess and bridge centre.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-11451307604851135362010-09-22T06:17:00.000-07:002010-09-22T06:35:01.504-07:00BACK FROM VALENCIA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDylxytaaEOt56KdwNN0nS7aooEDLdNF1QhZZRwPWnJr7p805g93HFU_YLgFU53RCWHTeLOsY9fV9XY6fFd3rpYL9xLZFfwQn6N7PtOQqnLH9m4opVT4LILn6d5k9R9WFptmgOkurCKi5l/s1600/valencia+2010+067.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDylxytaaEOt56KdwNN0nS7aooEDLdNF1QhZZRwPWnJr7p805g93HFU_YLgFU53RCWHTeLOsY9fV9XY6fFd3rpYL9xLZFfwQn6N7PtOQqnLH9m4opVT4LILn6d5k9R9WFptmgOkurCKi5l/s320/valencia+2010+067.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519729932365559410" /></a><br />Hi chess friends just got back from Valencia,what a beautiful city.<br />It has old sections that have Roman and Moors influences,almost side by side with bang up-to-date buildings.<br />I saw the site where Kasparov and Karpov played their 25th anniversary of their first World Championship,match last year.Thats the photo above.<br />I also stood in what is the pits for the Valencian F1 Grand Prix,it is an old dock building now only used for the race.<br />Chess colums are in every newspaper outtheir,chess is an accepted game/sport in Valencia,as it is in Spain generally.<br />Chess is wide spread for children in after school clubs.<br />I was on the metro reading a chess book,and the person sitting next to me leaned in and started to read the book pointed the the diagram and suggusted a move.<br />Here in England people would look at this and think nerd,but in Spain chess is held in a higher regard than most places i guess.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-53288645060734913582010-09-10T09:27:00.000-07:002010-09-10T09:33:06.132-07:00GOING ON HOLIDAY TO VALENCIAHi chess friends i know i have only just come back to bloggland,but i am going on holiday to Valencia Spain for a week,to catch some sun.<br />We have not had much sun in England this summer,so i feel the need to bronze up a little.<br />Spain hosts many fine tournaments,perhaps the European home of chess at the moment? <br />Will post some photos when i come back.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-34553820359447219072010-08-25T09:50:00.000-07:002010-08-25T09:59:38.936-07:00HI BLOGGERSHi bloggers just a post to let you all know i have not disappeared into non blog world.!!!!<br />My work life has been mega-hectic over the last 12 weeks or so,so i have not had much(or any really) time to post on this blog or my friends.<br />But it looks like i should be back to normal come early september.<br />I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying your chess, i am looking forward to catching up with all your news.<br />Post soon,very soon.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-47607430059576114532010-07-05T11:54:00.000-07:002010-07-05T12:13:22.745-07:00A DRAWN GAMEI have just finished playing this game,and i am not sure if i am lucky to draw or un lucky to draw the game.<br />I am playing black and the time control is 20 minutes each.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle7282080040"><a href="javascript:showboards('7282080040')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board7282080040"><a href="javascript:hideboards('7282080040')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Date "2010.07.05"] [White "ciroletto"] [Black "chessx"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1547"] [BlackElo "1543"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 c4 5. Be3 Ne7 6. f4 Nf5 7. Bf2 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nf5 12. Qe1 f6 13. g4 Nh6 14. Kh1 f5 15. g5 Nf7 16. Rg1 Nh8 17. Rg3 g6 18. h4 Rf7 19. Qf1 Nf8 20. Qh3 Bd7 21. h5 Be8 22. Kg2 Rc8 23. Rh1 Qa5 24. hxg6 Nfxg6 25. Nh4 Rg7 26. Nxg6 Nxg6 27. Bh5 Nxf4%2B{forks the king and queen i think i thought i had alread won} 28. Kf1 Nxh3 29. Rgxh3 Bxh5 30. Rxh5 Bxg5 31. Nf3 Rcc7 {a big mistake it looses a bishop and the advantage} 32. Nxg5 Rce7 33. Bh4 Rxg5 34. Bxg5 Rg7 35. Bf6 Rf7 36. Rg1%2B Kf8 37. Rhg5 Ke8 38. Rg8%2B Kd7 39. Rd8%2B Kc6 40. Rgg8 Qxa2 41. Rd6%2B Kb5 42. Rg3 Qb1%2B 43. Kg2 Qe4%2B 44. Kh2 Qe2%2B 45. Rg2 Qh5%2B 46. Kg1 Rxf6 47. exf6 Qf7 48. Rg7 Qxf6 49. Rxb7%2B Ka5 50. Rxa7%2B Kb5 51. Rb7%2B Ka5 52. Ra7%2B Kb5 53. Rb7%2B Ka5 54. Ra7%2B Kb5 55. Rb7%2B Ka5 1/2-1/2 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />This game for me and my opponent changed with one bad move.<br />The knight fork for me against him,and the bad rook move by me against,well me.<br /><br />It ended with a draw by repetition. <br />Was i lucky to have drawn after such a bad move, or unlucky to have drawn after going a queen for knight up.orchessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-73802377567283394542010-06-26T06:45:00.000-07:002010-06-26T06:59:01.164-07:001 MOVE CHANGES THE GAMEI am black in this game the time limit was 20 minutes each.<br />It took me 20 moves to get out of my half of the board.<br />One move changes the game,24...Qd4+ wins a piece.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle7202426633"><a href="javascript:showboards('7202426633')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board7202426633"><a href="javascript:hideboards('7202426633')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata= [Date "2010.06.25"] [White "berkad"] [Black "chessxl"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1571"] [BlackElo "1564"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. c5 c6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Nh7 8. Bg3 Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Ne5 Bd8 13. a3 Bc7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f4 Rfe8 17. b4 a6 18. f5 Bxg3 19. hxg3 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qd4%2B 25. Kh2 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qd2 Nf6 28. Qd6 Qd5 29. Qf4 Qe5 30. Qc4 Qe2 31. Qf4 Ng4%2B 32. Kh1 Ne3 33. Rg1 Qh5%2B 34. Qh4 Qxh4%2B 35. gxh4 Nxf5 36. g3 Re3 37. Kh2 Rxa3 38. Rg2 Rb3 0-1 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />Once i was a piece up my plan all-be-it a simple plan,was to swop queens and rooks,then let my extra piece be a pain on either side of the board.<br />Then queen a pawn,i said it was simple!!!!!<br /><br />Also i have been away on holiday to north Norfolk,and with the couple of weeks before being hectic at work i have not been active in blogland.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-50711580656656026882010-05-31T11:32:00.000-07:002010-05-31T11:39:15.468-07:00A DRAWN GAMEThis is a game only played yesterday,i am playing the black side of a queens gambit.<br />The time control was the normal 20 minutes each for the game.<br />I think a draw was a fair result,but you guys will tell me otherwise.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle6979398809"><a href="javascript:showboards('6979398809')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board6979398809"><a href="javascript:hideboards('6979398809')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Date "2010.05.30"] [White "gary"] [Black "chessx"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1635"] [BlackElo "1559"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. c5 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nh7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qe5 Rac8 16. a4 Ng4 17. Qg3 e5 18. h3 e4 19. Be2 Nf6 20. f3 Nh5 21. Qh2 Nf6 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. b4 Be6 24. Qf4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rab1 Qc7 27. Bg4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Rc7 29. Bf5 Re8 30. b5 g6 31. Bg4 f5 32. Be2 Rf8 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. g4 Kg7 35. gxf5 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Kf2 Be6 38. h4 Kf6 39. a5 Bf7 40. a6 Bd5 41. Rb7 Rg7 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 1/2-1/2 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />The queens gambit and the frence defence both have black playing d5 and e6,as i now play both i should feel comfortable with this shared pawn formation.<br />But time will tell!!!!chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-83755204349475308052010-05-21T08:17:00.000-07:002010-05-21T08:30:44.255-07:00ANOTHER GAME FROM MY CHESS DENThis is a game i played a few days ago in my chess den.<br />I am white and play a kind of king's indian attack formation.<br />The game was heading for a stand still when i broke through on the king's side.<br />I had a big advantage in space as my pawns where far up the board,not sure if that's a good thing or not to try in many games.<br />Even without his queen loss my passed pawns should have been enough to decide the game.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle6891920056"><a href="javascript:showboards('6891920056')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board6891920056"><a href="javascript:hideboards('6891920056')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Date "2010.05.20"] [White "chessx 1703"] [Black "frank 1698"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "20min"] 1. e4 e5 2. d3 h6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Be6 8. c3 b5 9. a3 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nef3 Nxf3%2B 13. Nxf3 Nd7 14. Be3 a6 15. d4 c6 16. e5 Bc7 17. Ne1 Bd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. f4 Nb6 20. b3 a5 21. Nd3 O-O 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Rc1 a4 24. b4 Nc4 25. Rc3 Bb6 26. Bc1 Rfd8 27. Rf2 Ra7 28. f5 f6 29. e6 Qe8 30. Qg4 Kh7 31. Qh3 g5 32. g4 Rd6 33. Re2 Re7 34. Qg3 Bc7 35. Qf2 Bb6 36. h4 Qg8 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rh3%2B Kg7 39. Rh5 Kf8 40. Qh2 Rg7 41. Rh8 Bd8 42. Rxg8%2B Rxg8 43. Nd7%2B Kg7 44. Qh5 Rxd7 45. exd7 1-0 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />Black had a cramped position and his pieces had trouble finding good squares, during the game i kept thinking thats how i normally play.<br /><br />My dark squared bishop moves to e3 then back to c1 and stays their,just watching!!!chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-88620015930176937932010-05-05T08:40:00.000-07:002010-05-05T08:47:13.622-07:00RECENT GAME FROM THE CHESS DENThis is one of my recent games i played in my chess den.<br />I am white in this game,my opponenet played very quickly,he only used about 3 or 4 of the 20 minutes we each had.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle6753790185"><a href="javascript:showboards('6753790185')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board6753790185"><a href="javascript:hideboards('6753790185')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "28.04.2010"] [Round "-"] [White "chessxl"] [Black "rudy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1549"] [BlackElo "1612"] [TimeControl "20"] [Mode ""] [Termination "normal"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bb4 6. Bd2 Ne7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 O-O 9. Bd3 a5 10. Bd2 c5 11. Bxh7%2B Kxh7 12. Ng5%2B Kg6 13. h4 Rh8 14. h5%2B Kf5 15. g4# 1-0 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />Bxh7+ was just calling out to me,for a couple of minutes i played like Tal!!!!chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-74502221820527590162010-04-05T11:40:00.000-07:002010-04-05T11:44:52.014-07:00MY CHESS DENI have very nearly finished decorating a room that has become my chess den.<br />In this chess den i can store all my chess books,and have a table set up just to play chess on.<br />No need to keep putting things away and then getting it all out again.<br />My little bit of chess heaven.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs41W90FK5Ans6hEj3sFA-0Tv0dAG6nLPjlcvtP5iODZanZ3vdLzKv4cdQHqzD7THjIWOtJOEk5Eo0XOmMdr87BEotC22_fr5eP6ib9ZzO6WktfwOAFqW0KP6RM-bYp8u_md0XwEKqEvoy/s1600/chessden2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs41W90FK5Ans6hEj3sFA-0Tv0dAG6nLPjlcvtP5iODZanZ3vdLzKv4cdQHqzD7THjIWOtJOEk5Eo0XOmMdr87BEotC22_fr5eP6ib9ZzO6WktfwOAFqW0KP6RM-bYp8u_md0XwEKqEvoy/s320/chessden2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456725969279005794" /></a>chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-48658206558430252372010-03-28T12:03:00.000-07:002010-03-28T12:27:55.766-07:00VASILY SMYSLOV RIP<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wefugLeSWHpVQgtszu-p_aglloHu1gmDyjwzRu4oAsC8hhVTk9pvK7H4EsICax6-AGxTNTYbMYlqOz8a0Ghu6nXRQLj1olKqLTCTpMtHnbZggP657-UjEEDSL-E4tkodqjenJW6V1O0R/s1600/smyslov.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wefugLeSWHpVQgtszu-p_aglloHu1gmDyjwzRu4oAsC8hhVTk9pvK7H4EsICax6-AGxTNTYbMYlqOz8a0Ghu6nXRQLj1olKqLTCTpMtHnbZggP657-UjEEDSL-E4tkodqjenJW6V1O0R/s320/smyslov.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453765116534176178" /></a><br /> <br />Vasily Smyslov the 7th World Chess Champion died on Saturday of heart failure at the age of 89.<br />I was very lucky to met Smyslov at the Fox Trot tournament in London during 1996.<br />The tournament was held at the Hilton hotel.<br />In the tournament Smyslov,Spassky,Hort,Portisch and Taimanov,played against top women players.<br />Cramling,Ioseliani,Arakhamia,Xie and Sofia Polgar.<br />On the day i attended the tournament Portisch was to play Polgar,their was a lighting fault and play was suspended for an hour or 2.<br />Young miss polgar went shopping,moments later the lighting fault was fixed so play started.<br />Sofia Polgar was traced and play went on as normal.<br />I got Smyslov to autograph my Dover book of his games, he was very patient with the spectators who wanted photos and autographs.<br />With his passing chess has lost a true chess great and a gentleman on and off the board.<br /><br />I give one of his in my opinion best games.<br />It is often use to show the importance of a knight outpost,but i find this delightfull little game great.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle6426810829"><a href="javascript:showboards('6426810829')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board6426810829"><a href="javascript:hideboards('6426810829')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Event "2, Moscow URS ch"] [Site "2, Moscow URS ch"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Iosif Rudakovsky"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. c3 b5 19. b3 Qc5%2B 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. f6 gxf6 23. Qh4 Rg8 24. Nxf6 Rg7 25. Rg3 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Rcg8 27. Rd1 d5 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Rxd5 1-0 '/></object></div></span>chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-63610935972855651372010-03-24T09:44:00.000-07:002010-03-24T10:01:08.100-07:00BEST CHESS TRAINING SOFTWARE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5K_R342JJh9DL2ZLodU9IvecH4S93-O9H6Xv9YOGR7cPZrztb3eFDw-asANhCIqFQLn3act5tx6IAhUnGR_U-Pm0Pw57YoS8IHjkIGScZaae7ChmUMLpNXzYIBKpcDVrWmhb0XawsfyTA/s1600/imagesct.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5K_R342JJh9DL2ZLodU9IvecH4S93-O9H6Xv9YOGR7cPZrztb3eFDw-asANhCIqFQLn3act5tx6IAhUnGR_U-Pm0Pw57YoS8IHjkIGScZaae7ChmUMLpNXzYIBKpcDVrWmhb0XawsfyTA/s320/imagesct.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452245420151374050" /></a><br /><br />In my School chess club i use CT-art 3.0 and Chess tactics for beginners,both from Convekta now chess ok.<br />The students work through the puzzles in the programs and are graded/rated at the end.<br />I find these old programs very good for children to use.<br />CT-art has now gone to version 4,using the Peshka interface.<br />As an added bonus to these i also use Fritz 11 to go over some of the childrens games,to get some top level notes.<br />I am thinking of adding more software from the Convekta/chess ok family,i think they are good value software.<br />Some may say basic and with faults,but good value.<br />These programs are installed on computers in the School,and the children can use them when they want to.<br />The familiarity across the range of these older softwae titles is good for the children.<br />They are not having to learn new systems for each program.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-92000597667178692072010-03-01T12:32:00.000-08:002010-03-01T12:42:35.163-08:00CAN YOU GUESS THE PLAYER WITH THE WHITE PIECES ?I came across this game and could not believe the player who has the white pieces.<br /><br />It is an opening totally out of his norm.<br /><br />White for a while only moves pieces within the first 3 ranks no attack,once again unlike this player.<br /><br />Play over the game and see if you can name this famous player.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle6193998793"><a href="javascript:showboards('6193998793')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board6193998793"><a href="javascript:hideboards('6193998793')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Event “"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.d3 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qd6 9.Nf3 Bf5 10.Qc2 Rfd8 11.Rd1 h6 12.h3 Qe6 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Be2 Kh8 15.O-O Bg6 16.b4 a6 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Rfd1 f5 19.Na4 Na7 20.Nb3 b6 21.d4 f4 22.e4 Nb5 23.Bg4 Qf6 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rd5 1-0 '/></object></div></span>chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-75728742670189073672010-02-27T06:44:00.000-08:002010-02-27T06:48:08.147-08:00MY MOST ATTACKING GAMEI have just finished playing my most attacking game for a long while.<br />I am playing the black side of a french defence.<br />During this game i felt very aggressive and i played moves i would normally look at but not play.<br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; .boardshown {display:inline}</style><span class="boardshown" id="toggle6174579332"><a href="javascript:showboards('6174579332')" title="Show ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/opensmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(show chess board)</a></span><span class="boardhidden" id="board6174579332"><a href="javascript:hideboards('6174579332')" title="Hide ChessFlash Game Viewer"><img src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/closesmall.gif" width="16" height="16">(hide chess board)</a><br><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=H&tabmode=true&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000&mtbackground=ffffff&autoplay=true&pgndata=[Event ""] [Date "2010.02.25"] [Round "-"] [White "bowerbird"] [Black "chessx"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1493"] [BlackElo "1494"] [TimeControl ""] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 {I like this variation it solves blacks problem white squared bishop} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qe2 Nf5 10. Bxf5 Bxf5 11. h3 c6 12. a3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 {At this point i thought should i take the knight with the pawn or bishop} 14... Bxe4 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4 17. Kg2 Re6 18. f4 {I thought of rh6 it wins aswell} 18...Rg6%2B 19. Kf3 {If 19.Kh2 Rh6 with 20...Qxh3 and mate if 19.Kh1 then 19...Qxh3%2B%2B}19.....Qh5# 0-1 '/></object></div></span>chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-87386280992363912682010-02-19T09:34:00.001-08:002010-02-19T09:48:36.409-08:00SOME FRANK MARSHALL SITES<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehXnLlr6CCiIBmD14TihB6PURehGQUztK3dCTX65VOtlStJ63CeN7T3-MNuryPlVPeaNewZtP02aM14DDFNds6cI-jn-hbx3a8Tx3S1Hr-IncsvnsRWdwHlPkUdraXXvVrSWsgJGzHURd/s1600-h/marshall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 108px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehXnLlr6CCiIBmD14TihB6PURehGQUztK3dCTX65VOtlStJ63CeN7T3-MNuryPlVPeaNewZtP02aM14DDFNds6cI-jn-hbx3a8Tx3S1Hr-IncsvnsRWdwHlPkUdraXXvVrSWsgJGzHURd/s320/marshall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440012455366262658" /></a><br /><br />Some of you may know that i like Frank Marshall.<br />His games are interesting to play over,if not bang up to date opening wise.<br />His go for the throat method of play did not always bring him the results he wanted,but he played good chess.<br />While looking through the internet i came across these Marshall sites.<br /><br />The first site <br />http://www.angelfire.com/games4/lifemasteraj/_Marshall/marshall-list.html<br />Gives a bio of Marshall with his best games.<br /><br />The second site<br />http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/marshall/bibliography/index.html<br />Gives his tournament record and every known Marshall game in a pgn file.<br /><br />The third site<br /><br />http://www.chessforums.org/chess-software-recommended-websites/5004-frank-j-marshall.html<br />Gives more information on Marshall,with some games.<br /><br />Marshall would be a player that many people would say was a strong player,even for his day.<br />But according to Sonas(First site), his peak rating was 2706 at the end of 1917, making him # 4 in the world!! Not too bad.<br />Sonas says Marshall's FIVE-YEAR PEAK was 2685.chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236415413003310431.post-75991202163181678632010-02-06T12:11:00.000-08:002010-02-06T12:27:12.545-08:00A GAME BY PETROSIAN THE MASTER OF MANOEUVRING<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzq3Ofo_qbF_2IyayFPyo5TZ3osixrVLT7JhgjNuvgYT_U83QME6XTQRq6RFHrU6pKpS-qZXhX4j7Qr6GxL95WBoaF3wrHFBpI-XA2FlMHwIKHWsU_7wL79ulhI2DrUovaIWVJQSJK7cC/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 79px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzq3Ofo_qbF_2IyayFPyo5TZ3osixrVLT7JhgjNuvgYT_U83QME6XTQRq6RFHrU6pKpS-qZXhX4j7Qr6GxL95WBoaF3wrHFBpI-XA2FlMHwIKHWsU_7wL79ulhI2DrUovaIWVJQSJK7cC/s320/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435229680286645906" /></a><br />I am going through the games in the Batsford book Petrosian Vs the Elite.<br />I came across this delightful game played in 1970.<br />Petrosian is black in a French defence Winawer.<br /><br />In this game Petrosian seemed to be in control all the time,he made 13 knight moves out of the games 48 moves.<br />The knights controled the game until his pawns become to strong.<br /><br />I really enjoy playing over Petrosian's games,they are not boring as many players think.But full of control and precise play.<br /><br /><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidebase.js"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/showhidemain.js"></script><style> .boardhidden {display:none}; 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Nf3 Qd6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. b3 c5 16. Rb1 a5 17. Be3 b6 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. a3 a4 20. bxa4 Na5 21. Rxb6 Rf6 22. Rdb2 Kh7 23. e5 Rg6 24. Bd3 Rd8 25. Bxg6%2B Kxg6 26. Rb1 Nxc4 27. Rxe6%2B Kf7 28. Rc6 Nxa3 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. Bxc5 Nxe5 31. Rc7 Ng6 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Re1 Re8 34. a5 Ra8 35. Rexe7%2B Kf8 36. Ra7 Rd8 37. g3 Kg8 38. Rxg7%2B Kf8 39. Rh7 1-0 '/></object></div></span><br /><br />Perhaps this is a new me!!!!chessxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963749506692799296noreply@blogger.com5