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Short - Timman, Tilburg 1991

Submitted by snits on Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:05am.

Continued to work through John Nunn's wonderful game collection Understanding Chess Move by Move tonight, and played through this gem from Nigel Short.  It is an Alekhine's Defense game, which is an opening I am somewhat familiar with since my ... Read more »

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The Two Move Triggers

Submitted by snits on Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:08pm.

Time management is very important in chess, and it is a topic that Dan Heisman discusses frequently in his Novice Nook articles. One article that I particularly enjoyed is titled "The Two Move Triggers". His latest article "The Room Full of Grandm... Read more »

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Kramnik - Anand , Belgrade 1997

Submitted by snits on Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:08am.

I am continuing to work through Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move tonight. One game I have worked through is Kramnik - Anand, Belgrade 1997. In this game Anand defends well and turns the tables on Kramnik.    This game concludes the s... Read more »

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Training & Tournament Update

Submitted by snits on Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:51pm.

I finished the first round of the thematic tournament, going 10-0 in my group. The final game was definitely the hardest. I'm still getting in my daily dose of tactics problems. Last night I spent a couple hours working with Joel Johnson on th... Read more »

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Thematic Tournament & Training Update

Submitted by snits on Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:05am.

One more game to go this round. I am 9-0. My last game is fairly even right now. I had planned on playing the Arkangelsk variation, but messed up the move order (Nf6 needs to be played before b5!). The resulting position was tricky for a bit but I... Read more »

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Shirov, The Greek Gift, and Mating Patterns

Submitted by snits on Thu Nov 6, 2008 1:17am.

Tonight I worked through another game in John Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move. Tonight's game was Shirov - Reinderman. Shirov uses the Greek Gift sacrifice idea to win a nice game. John Nunn discussed how knowing the standard attack ideas ... Read more »

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Training Update

Submitted by snits on Tue Nov 4, 2008 9:01am.

I didn't spend much time on chess last night. I did play through another game in Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move. It was a Kasparov - Karpov game from their 1990 match. Conviently it was a Spanish game, which is timely with the thematic to... Read more »

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Training Update

Submitted by snits on Mon Nov 3, 2008 1:23am.

I finished reading the first 52 pages of Reassess Your Chess and have now started reading The Amateur's Mind. I will return to Reassess Your Chess after I complete this. Dan Heisman has the recommended reading order of Silman's books and Aagaard... Read more »

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Playing through Master Games

Submitted by snits on Sun Nov 2, 2008 8:45pm.

In addition to analyzing your own games, playing through master games is one of the best things you can do to improve as a chess player. There are many great annotated game collections that have the purpose of teaching the reader. Logical Chess M... Read more »

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Ruy Lopez Thematic Tournament

Submitted by snits on Sun Nov 2, 2008 2:46am.

Well I'm off to a good start in the thematic tournament. I've recorded 3 wins in my group. 2 of the 3 games I think went out of book immediately, and the 3rd went into a bad line in the Old Steinitz. I have just started playing games on here, so ... Read more »

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