Over the weekend I did something I've never done before. I had a bet on the Chess! It was fun and I won! This luck won't continue, but you'll see my highs, lows and tips here. Now, I'm not a betting man so I had to set up an account and dep... Read more »
This is a link to Chess Podcasts a podcast I produce and release on iTunes each week. If you enjoy these podcasts please subscribe either through the rss or iTunes. The link for iTunes is: and for the hosting site: http://chesspodcasts.bl... Read more »
There are only a few interesting Podcasts available, namely PE Podcasts, Chess is Cool and Killer Chess Tactics. For this reason I am looking at helping chess.com out with the production of a podcast. The idea is produce a video podcast roughl... Read more »
Before I continue my blogs on the Budapest (see budapestgambit.blogspot.com) I am going to briefly mention the Fajarowicz Gambit - an off-shoot of the Budapest Gambit (and not one I am brave enough to play).HistoryThe first known recorded game of... Read more »
Q: What have Will Smith, Howard Stern, me and you got in common? A: They all play chess! In this blog I'm going to post one of "Shock-Jock" Stern's shorter games! He's quite a good player and has an elo rating of 1600 - you can often catch hi... Read more »
Here's a sample post from my new blog at budapestgambit.blogspot.com - I'll be reposting some blogs here, too! Alder – Maróczy, Budapest, 18961.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3The standard opening of the Budapest Gambit accepted with t... Read more »
I've started a blogspot on the Buda pest Gambit at www.budapestgambit.blogspot.com Here you'll find my latest blog, live games, daily puzzles and great links - including one to chess.com - my favourite chess site! Check it out and let me know wh... Read more »
So far we have briefly looked at the two main variants of the Jaenisch Counterattack: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 (blog 1)1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 (blog 2)In this blog we examine one more variation, with anoth in blog 4.&... Read more »
In the last blog I wrote how the Ponziani starts:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3.With the main line continuation of 3... d5 4.Qa4 Qd6 5.Bb5.The Jaenisch Counterattack continues with 3...Nf3 4.d4 and Black continued with 4...exd4.In this blog ... Read more »
The Ponziani starts: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 with the main line continuation of 3... d5 4.Qa4 Qd6 5.Bb5. This is much less common than the Jaenisch Counterattack, so we will look at the mainline after the Jaenisch. The first lesson of the Pon... Read more »
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