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eqj2
1/07/2007
10:11:33
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 Subject: CPOTW Social Forum #3
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Here is another new team forum. Bill has posted a puzzle in the old #2 forum. Lets post here to solve that puzzle. Cheers Eddie
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eqj2
1/07/2007
12:36:02
[ report this post ] | Puzzle
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Bill is it h5 checkmate?
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mcrachel
1/08/2007
11:52:09
[ report this post ] | Thanks Eddie...
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...for the new thread. You beat me to it ; - )
Bill, is it a mate in 1? If so, I'm not seeing it... (although, I never see it, haha)
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jatayu
1/08/2007
17:49:52
[ report this post ] | puzzle
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Sorry, i don't see how to get to the puzzle? Could someone advise?
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mcrachel
1/08/2007
17:56:23
[ report this post ] | Jatayu...
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Go back to the CPOTW SF #2. The last post there has the puzzle...
~Mark
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billebrooks
1/08/2007
18:26:37
[ report this post ] | Strange Position
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I am not sure what "h5 checkmate" means in this position. There is no pawn on the h-file. No, this isn't a one move mate, but my opponent resigned after my move.
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eqj2
1/08/2007
19:51:31
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Ok is it rook to h5 then you opponent resigns?
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/09/2007
04:40:15
[ report this post ] | puzzle
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Rh5 wins easily. he has to give u a bishop or face a mate. Rxg7 if ur looking at a sacrifice doesn't really work.
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billebrooks
1/09/2007
22:27:02
[ report this post ] | Strange Position
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Yes, Rh5 was my move. I thought it was a zugzwang at first, but it doesn't qualify. A zugzwang is a position where there is no threat, but any move leads to disaster. In this position after Rh5 there is a threat Rf5 mate.
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billebrooks
1/09/2007
23:31:20
[ report this post ] | The Great Escape
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White to move and escape
Black has just played 23. .. Nc3 and is threatening Nxa4, Ne2+, and Qxg2 mate, and the knight at a8 is in danger as well. How can white escape this knightmare?
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jatayu
1/10/2007
11:39:18
[ report this post ] | puzzle
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Great puzzle. If I'm looking at the right puzzle, looks to me like Rh6 would do it. That cuts off the king's movement, and then Rf6# should finish him off regardless of what intervening move white makes.
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jatayu
1/10/2007
11:39:21
[ report this post ] | puzzle
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Great puzzle. If I'm looking at the right puzzle, looks to me like Rh6 would do it. That cuts off the king's movement, and then Rf6# should finish him off regardless of what intervening move white makes.
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jatayu
1/10/2007
11:41:52
[ report this post ] | correction
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sorry, i meant Rh5 followed by Rf5#.
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/11/2007
03:10:54
[ report this post ] | too easy
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To escape white has to play Qxd7, Kxd7 then Ne5+,then take the queen..white wins a pawn instead of loosing the game :)
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spchess
1/11/2007
04:48:37
[ report this post ] | Not a clear advantage
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After white Knight takes black Queen at g6, Black can play Ne2+ and take white rook. Besides, White lose one of the Knigths (fxg6 or Bxa8)
Anyway, I think white has some ways to get a little advantage
That game needs to be played till the end!
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/11/2007
05:52:23
[ report this post ] | error
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if he decides to take the rook white also has an option to relieve black from his other rook...
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/11/2007
06:09:07
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i wish i had a chess board in front of me, cause it seems i'm counting wrong, the way i see it white maitains an advantage..anyways i don't know..u say the final word
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/11/2007
12:29:39
[ report this post ] | game
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1 team point coming up...others to follow :)
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billebrooks
1/11/2007
15:48:57
[ report this post ] | The Great Escape
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Too easy? The only thing I found easy about this position in my game was that I had to find this move or else resign. That tends to focus one's mind a bit.
24. Qxd7 Kxd7 25. Ne5+ followed by 26. Nxg6 is correct. The position gets murkier after this, becoming a free-for-all where black has too many pieces to take and too little time. I'm still not sure if white has an edge in all lines. Black can take either knight, or go for the fork 26. .. Ne2+. But after 27. Kh1 Nxc1 28. Nxh8 black has another dilemma, Nb3 or Bxa8.
The actual game proceeded 25. Ne5+ Kd6 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Bxc3 Bxa8. White has a huge development advantage here vs. two connected queenside passed pawns.
Black might have done better here had he ignored the pressure against g7 and started rapid development of his kingside. He attempted to guard his queenside pawns with his king, but this backfired. The game proceeded 28. Ra1 Bc6 29. Rfd1+ Kc7 30. Be5+ Kc8 31. Ra7 Bb7 32. Rb1 Be7 33. Rxb6 Rd8 34. h3 Rd7 to guard his bishop at b7 but then there was a mate in 2:
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billebrooks
1/11/2007
16:19:42
[ report this post ] | Another mate in 2
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White mates in 2:
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/12/2007
03:54:40
[ report this post ] | ahem r u kiddin?
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Qh5, and mate is impossible to stop..only move is b6, after which Qh6+# .
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billebrooks
1/12/2007
20:28:20
[ report this post ] | Puzzles
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Qh5 was correct.
White to move and win a rook
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/13/2007
09:00:02
[ report this post ] | winning the rook
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first variation would go : Bxa6+ if Kd8 then Nc-e6#
second after Bxa6+, Kb8 then Nxd7+ Kh8 forced then my guess would be Ng-e6 with threat of taking on c7 with checkmate after the bishop is moved exposing the rook to the king...doesn't really win the rook, but wins the game for certain
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billebrooks
1/14/2007
11:45:10
[ report this post ] | winning the rook
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Going back one puzzle, I meant to say Qa5 was correct. Your mirrored notation confused me, but obviously you meant Qa5.
In the rook puzzle, you forgot 1. Bxa6+ Rxa6 2. Rxa6 Nb6, where white merely wins the exchange. By "winning the exchange," I mean winning a rook for a knight or bishop. That's not good enough to solve this puzzle. I realize white is overwhelming here and merely has to bide his time, doubling rooks on the a-file, etc., to get a crushing attack, but I am looking for an immediate combination.
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/15/2007
09:07:08
[ report this post ] | wow
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yep ur right i missed this one..need more time for analysis on a live board:)...and yes ur right about the one before i meant Qa5..sorry
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hozat
1/18/2007
08:20:08
[ report this post ] | hi
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Don't really have anything to say, but I haven't posted for a while, so hi everyone!
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elie_abou_jaoudeh
1/18/2007
09:14:51
[ report this post ] | a funny game
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-> gameknot.com check out this game against drnick it was an easy game but i enjoyed the finale, with a knight sacrifice.
btw billiebrooks still hadn't any time to gohome and think about the position, but i promise u i should be doin that tomorrow... c ya
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eqj2
3/03/2007
21:27:00
[ report this post ] | OUCH
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As promised my experience from this mini so far is OUCH. but never the less playing high ranked players they have been helpful. After all its best to play friends than foes.
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hozat
3/07/2007
10:52:46
[ report this post ] | Mini tournament
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Thanks for setting up the mini tournament.
Good luck everyone!
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hozat
3/07/2007
10:52:49
[ report this post ] | Mini tournament
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Thanks for setting up the mini tournament.
Good luck everyone!
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mcrachel
3/16/2007
09:12:48
[ report this post ] | First MT game...
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...I played guy. He used the unfamiliar (at least to me) Larsen opening (b3) and I made the mistake of bringing out my queen to soon. But my BIG mistake was hanging my rook on turn 16. I resigned shortly thereafter. Now I am white against guy and I plan to redeem myself!
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eqj2
3/24/2007
18:39:02
[ report this post ] | ?
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Has anyone seen my team? I have 68 team members where are they?
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eqj2
3/24/2007
18:54:50
[ report this post ] | After my message
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I for one have been long shot for the mini but I have defeated my first high rated member in the tourney. It just goes to show that there is always a chance. Play hard have fun and never ever give up. Cheers Eddie
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eqj2
3/25/2007
10:48:57
[ report this post ] | WHAT
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still no one is here. =( Hmmmmm oh well I will talk to myself. Bla bla bla bla bla bla oh really bla bla bla bla bla bla. OK got to run talk to you later.
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mcrachel
4/03/2007
10:51:19
[ report this post ] | MT annotated game
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Hi gang. Per darius' request, I annotated his and my team mini-tourney game. If you're interested, you can check it out here:
-> gameknot.com
It is my first time ever annotating, so I welcome feedback...
~Mark
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eqj2
4/03/2007
13:42:15
[ report this post ] | same boat
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darius_vitrosoo also annotated our two games too. Cheers Eddie
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eqj2
5/22/2007
16:51:55
[ report abuse ] | King of the Mountain Tourney
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Bracket #1
goldwarlock 1502 (white) vs. chesslov 1535 (black)
jatayu 1562 (white) vs. pinoybalt 1580 (black)
luffe 1557 (white) vs. parekoypasok 1549 (black)
darius_vitrosoo 1301 (white) vs. alexmootoo 1314 (black)
howler68 1383 (white) vs. rtribecj 1355 (black)
trab23 1597 (white) vs. eqj2 1591 (black)
Bracket #2
ace_kyi 2037 (white) vs. guyot49 2028 (black)
rajansking 2016 (white) vs. gord4lou 1949 (black)
rajroshi 1943 (white) vs. petura 1814 (black)
mollocampo 1683 vs. (white) mcrachel 1718 (black)
jonstherealdeal 1758 vs. (white) pusongmamon 1787 (black)
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rajroshi
5/22/2007
21:00:45
[ report abuse ] | Just Hi to all
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Hi team,
I am a new team member and I have join King of the Mountain Tourney. About me, you can find in my profile.
with regards
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mcrachel
5/23/2007
08:52:04
[ report abuse ] | Welcome Rajesh!
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Good to have you on the team!
~Mark (asst. captain)
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normbenign
5/23/2007
18:13:47
[ report abuse ] | Forum Use ??
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I've scanned down through the posts, and finally reached this box. I don't know what message I'm answering, so my comments will be general. The only links which appear to be active are the player's name, and report abuse. If someone has some inputs to help me they can post here, or send me a personal message.
Kudos to Eddie on his personal rating gain. It is improvement like that on a personal level which will lead to team rating gains. The key to team improvement lies in improvement of the lower tier players in particular. Don't think that I'm picking on my lower rated brethren. It is simple mathematical logic. If you are rated 1200 you have far more **potential for improvement** than a player at 2100+ has. If you are 1200 and raise the level of your play to 1400, you will win a bunch of games and the team rating will soar. On the other hand, my rating has gone up about 30 points since joining but my team record is -2 so far.
If I were building a team, or was a team captain, I'd be looking not for high rated players, but low rated players with high winning percentages, that is players who are performing above their current ratings and who can be expected to improve. For those already on board, the fastest way to move your rating is to improve your recognition and utilization of tactics. By tactics I mean pins, forks, multiple attacks, sacrifices or faux sacrifices which remove the guard, break up the King's defenses, or pay other measureable advantages not obvious on the first move.
There are some older books which are very good in this area. The Art of Attack, Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess, and 1001 Winning Sacrifices and Combinations are several I would recommend, The first and last can be found on the internet as Ebooks, with all the game positions in .pgn format. This makes it easy to study and solve these positions one after the other without setting up a board using one of the many chess playing programs out there such as Chessmaster, Fritz or Chessbase. I suggest not employing the engine in these programs until you believe you've found the solution, to confirm the correctness of your analysis.
Further, let me say that it is my impression that many of us play without much analysis. I may not be absolutely correct in this, but too many replies come back almost instantly as if in a blitz game. I too reply very rapidly at times, but only when I have previously fully analyzed a line and there are no surprises from my opponent, that is he plays what I expected him to play. If you haven't analyzed a continuation, go off line and take as much time as you have to to find the right move. His move may have been a mistake, or an improvement. Either way, take the time you need. This is "correspondence" chess, and if you have three or seven days to make a move, it makes no sense to play what "looks good" and failing to see a few moves deeper, when you have the time to check things out. You can also use the "analyze the board" feature to do this while online.
Finally, I'd be glad to annotate any of your games, team or otherwise, but preferably in some private manner so that I'm helping out my teammates, not every patzer on Gameknot in particular competing teams. This forum might be the vehicle, if someone can tell me how to efficiently post an annoted game herein. I guess I could cut and paste a .pgn file with notes and learn how to insert diagrams with the FEN notations outlined below. If there are any other suggestions, by all means post them here, or by private message to me.
Regards,
Norm
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mcrachel
5/24/2007
09:21:59
[ report abuse ] | Thanks Norm!
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Thank you for that post Norm. And yes, let me second the kudos to Eddie who beat me in one of our team mini-tourney games!
And to everyone, I have started a new CPOTW coaching forum:
-> gameknot.com
We used to have one, but it appears that it was removed due to inactivity. Let's not let that happen again!
Time-outs have really hurt our team rating, but I have no doubt that we will be back to 1300-1400 soon!
Regards,
~Mark
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eqj2
5/24/2007
14:12:30
[ report abuse ] | Thank You
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Thanks Norm and Mark for the praise. Now I can work even harder. =)
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guyot49
5/24/2007
18:50:49
[ report abuse ] | Thanks Norm
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Excellent advice Norm -- thanks!
Larry
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japanesebeef1
5/24/2007
20:53:51
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Good advice Norm. I'll try and be more careful in my moves. I noticed that I've played many, many games. I'm backing off a little, so I can take more time and be more careful in my team games. Less games, more concentration.
Thanks to our great team leader who works so hard . . . Eddie! You're the best.
Randy
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rajroshi
5/24/2007
22:50:30
[ report abuse ] | Thanx Norm
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Thanx norm for your wonderful post. BTW I will not recommend Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess at all to any player it's not a quality book and The Art of Attack only for 1600+. Logical Chess is good for 1000+ player.
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rajroshi
5/25/2007
04:35:21
[ report abuse ] | My Books Recommendation
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If our team member is thinking to buy a new book than this will be help them. I am giving some book which I think will be very helpful in the road of mastery.
1- Silman, Jeremy - The Amateurs Mind
Author: IM Jeremy Silman
Skill Range: Intermediate (1200-1600)
Publisher: Siles Press
# of Pages: 443
Year Published: 1999
ISBN: 1890085022
DESCRIPTION:
Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that, elusive and difficult to eradicate, remain with them throughout their lives. These chinks in their mental armor bring about stinging defeats and reversals. To address the most common of these problems, Mr. Silman has recorded the thoughts of his students while they play actual games, analyzed these thoughts, and catalogued the most common misconceptions that arise. He then dispels these misconceptions and repairs the chinks in the player’s armor with sage advice, rules of conduct and strategy, and psychological insights. The Amateur’s Mind takes the student on a journey through his or her own mind, gathering new-found knowledge and strength along the way. It’s a mind-opening guide for all beginning and intermediate tournament-level players.
2- Silman, Jeremy - The Reassess Your Chess Workbook - How To Master Chess Imbalances
Author: Jeremy Silman
Skill Range: Intermediate (1200-1600)
Publisher: Siles Press
Year Published: 2001
# of Pages: 400
ISBN: 1890085057
DESCRIPTION:
In this comprehensive workbook, International Master Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths
and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, tactical and positional middlegames,
and endgames. Unique among books that present problems and their solutions, but offer little
of actual instruction, The Reassess Your Chess Workbook takes the player through the processes
of problem solving and analysis and provides advice and instruction that ultimately helps him discover the major flaws imbedded in his play. Through this method, the player is led to an understanding of a thought system that will add hundreds of rating points to his chess strength. This workbook may be used in the problem/solution manner described above or its section of solutions may be read as an instruction manual itself. However one chooses to read this book, it will surely prove a font of wisdom and insight for all students of the game.
3- Vukovic, Vladimir - The art of attack in chess
Author: Vladimir Vukovic; Murray Chandler
Skill Range: Advanced (1600-2000)
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Year Published: 1999
# of Pages: 384
ISBN: 1857444000
DESCRIPTION:
One of the finest chess books ever written, the Art of Attack has been transcribed into algebraic notation for the first time. In this revised edition of the great classic, the author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. A study of this masterpiece will add power and brilliance to any chess enthusiast's play.
4- Kotov, Alexander - Play like a frandmaster
Author: Alexander Kotov
Skill Range: All levels (1000+)
Publisher: Batsford
Year Published: 1996
# of Pages: 192
ISBN: 0713478853
DESCRIPTION:
A classic, now available in modern algebraic notation for the first time! Few books have had as much impact on chess literature as this: the first edition sold out within months, and it was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of chess instruction. Twenty years later, it remains a bestseller in the field and one of the best practical training manuals available.
5- Chernev, Irving - Logical Chess.pdf
Author: Irving Chernev
Skill Range: All levels (1000+)
Publisher: Batsford
Year Published: 1999
# of Pages: 256
ISBN: 0713484640
DESCRIPTION:
Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this much loved classic, Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. Playing through these games and explanations gives a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.
with regards
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eqj2
5/25/2007
13:58:14
[ report abuse ] | Thank You
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Thanks everyone that has posted I hope that we can continue this? And thank you
Rajesh for your help I have noticed that I have a few of those books that you suggested and are very helpful. Cheers to everyone Eddie
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eqj2
5/25/2007
18:15:59
[ report abuse ] | Books
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One of my fav. books is Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch. Very helpful. A must have. Cheers Eddie
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rajroshi
5/25/2007
21:30:00
[ report abuse ] | Wining the rook
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I have seen this puzzle is unsolved yet. What about Rxa6 billebrooks.
I didn't read Pawn Power in Chess so I can't say anything about this book. But if this is your fev than sure there will be something good in this book Eddie.
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twoclouds
5/26/2007
00:25:10
[ report abuse ] | Cool Site
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Hi everyone, I'm new to this site and sort of a 'rank amatuer' at chess but I felt I should contribute something to this forum. Well here's a site you might find helpful:
-> www.shredderchess.com
They have products they want to sell of course but the 'Play vs Shredder' and the 'Opening Database' are completely free with no popups, ads that I know of, nor do you have to register. You can follow the openings to completion. Either click the links or move the pieces, the opening name, # of games used, win percentages etc are all shown.
Special note: I'm in no way connected with the site nor do I get a commision, I just think it's a user friendly site with a lot of free stuff and no signups or hard sells, the shredder program by the way is pretty good, but beatable (well, for me on the easy level anuway), but check it out, it's pretty cool.
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jatayu
5/26/2007
17:22:42
[ report abuse ] | good software
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I really enjoy Chess Base reader (software for computer). It has 4000 + tactical problems that you can easily go through on your computer. Someone recommended that I go over each one many, many times, which i haven't been able to do, but the program has definitely helped.
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jatayu
5/26/2007
17:22:45
[ report abuse ] | good software
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I really enjoy Chess Base reader (software for computer). It has 4000 + tactical problems that you can easily go through on your computer. Someone recommended that I go over each one many, many times, which i haven't been able to do, but the program has definitely helped.
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