Hi all, In the video below I discuss highlights from Magnus Carlsen’s wins played during the Pearl Spring Tournament in Nanjing 2009 recently. Enjoy!
Continue reading...Thursday, September 24, 2009
Hi all, The rapid match between Karpov and Kasparov in Valencia has come to an end. Kasparov has won it 3-1. Even though Karpov won the arguably best third game of the match, he suffered from a serious lack of proper time management in the other games. At times it seemed as if he was approaching [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 26, 2009
Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the download text link and choose save as or save link. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the MP3 [44 minutes - 41 MB] In this interview Karel and I talk about… chess! We discuss what it is like to be a chess grandmaster, how Karel has [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 1, 2009
In the previous articles How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part I: Getting The Lay Of The Land and How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part II: Your Style, I discussed the importance of having a chess opening repertoire and the issue of playing style. This should give you enough information [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 28, 2009
Hi all, In this video I will take you behind the scenes of the Better Your Chess membership!
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Hi all, The moment has come, Better Your Chess is open! We now accept subscriptions. If you want to become a better chess player just go to: http://www.betteryourchess.com and download the Info Pack, or go to: http://www.betteryourchess.com/signup and immediately subscribe to the membership! Your advantages are many fold: 1. get affordable and realistic chess improvement 2. raise your ELO with 100-200 points 3. receive interactive quality [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
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Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
During the recent Super GM Tournament in Sofia - Bulgaria, Magnus Carlsen was on the verge of winning it. In the last round however he played to sharply against Alexei Shirov who beat him after tremendous complications in a Sveshnikov. This meant that Shirov won the tournament and that Magnus came second. Below Carlsen’s game from [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 30, 2009
A little while ago I started discussing the subject of building a chess opening repertoire in How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part I: Getting The Lay Of The Land. I discussed which considerations play a role in building your chess opening repertoire and gave some advice. If you have not yet read [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 19, 2009
In a 3.Bb5+ Sicilian, Ivanchuk aimed for a Maroczy Bind. Shirov obliged and fianchettoed his dragon bishop. Shirov aimed for the freeing d6-d5 break and achieved it. Probably in trying to prevent a simplification of the position Ivanchuk pushed his luck a little bit too far. After a nice tactical intermezzo by Shirov he soon [...]
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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