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Interview With IGM Karel Van Der Weide
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...How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part III: How To Live With It
1. July 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 [...]
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19. June 2009
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12. June 2009
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Continue reading...[video] Chess News #37: Carlsen - Topalov
8. June 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...How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part II: Your Style
30. May 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...[video] Chess News #36: Shirov Tricks Ivanchuk!
19. May 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 [...]
Continue reading...How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part I: Getting The Lay Of The Land
25. April 2009
Introduction Are you struggling to define a good opening repertoire for yourself? Then continue reading. Probably one of the most discussed topics in chess is that of having a good, solid, attacking, defensive, broad, specialized, surprising or otherwise useful opening repertoire. I must admit it has always been a challenge for me to construct an opening repertoire. In [...]
Continue reading...How To Study Chess
9. August 2008
Waldemar, how do I study chess? People often ask me that question. And it’s a useful question of course. How does one improve his chess? How does one go about it? In this article I shall discuss some of the most common and accepted ways to improve one’s chess based on my own experiences and [...]
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26. July 2009
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