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Auf Knopfdruck: Deep Fritz 12 zum Download
Für alle, die nicht auf die Postboten warten wollen: Deep Fritz 12 gibt es ab sofort auch als Internet-Download. Zusammen mit einer Aktivierungsnummer (im Shop kaufen) wird die Testversion zur Deep Fritz 12-Vollversion. Deep Fritz 12 ist die Multiprozessorversion von Fritz 12 und unterstützt bis zu 16 Prozessoren. Durch geschickte Parallelisierung führt jede Verdoppelung der vorhanden Prozessoren auch fast zu einer Verdoppelung der Suchgeschwindigkeit. Bei der Downloadversion von Deep Fritz 12 wurde der Umfang von Eröffnungsbuch und Partiendatenbank gegenüber der DVD-Version zwecks Verkürzung der Downloadzeit reduziert (s. Vergleich). Deep Fritz 12 Download kann nur in Verbindung mit PayPal oder Click&Buy bestellt werden und kostet 99,90 Euro.
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http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10143
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Student Spotlight: Alexander Blank - San Diego Union Tribune

Student Spotlight: Alexander Blank
San Diego Union Tribune
Last month, 13-year-old Alexander Blank won first place in the advanced division of the San Diego Winter Scholastic Chess Championship at the San Diego ...
Student Spotlight: Daniel SunSan Diego Union Tribune

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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:13:26 GMT+00:00
 
 
 
San Diego Student Spotlight: Daniel Sun

Student Spotlight: Daniel Sun
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12:05 a.m.

Daniel Sun, 9, bested his opponent last month in the San Diego Winter Scholastic Chess Championship at the San Diego Chess Club in Balboa Park. Daniel lost one game.

“I was beat by one of my best friends, so I’m sort of still recovering from that, but otherwise, I won every other game,” he said. “I also beat the? person who got first place last tournament, when I got second, so I’m happy about that.”

Daniel is in the fourth grade at Dingeman Elementary School in Scripps Ranch. His father taught him to play chess when Daniel was in kindergarten. He later joined the San Diego Chess Club so he could improve. He plays a few times each week and recently started watching a DVD of multiple world champion chess player Susan Polgar.

“I learned a lot, like what to do in a position. If there’s a certain position, I can think about whatever I want to do.”

Daniel said he likes playing because he believes the game improves his skills in planning and thinking. He said his dad thinks chess will help him in school and possibly help him earn a scholarship.

How would he rate his dad as a chess player?

“He’s not really good. I can beat him,” Daniel said.

When he isn’t mastering strategies on the chess board, Daniel likes P.E., math and art — in that order.

He likes math because he finds it interesting, especially when his teacher brings in brownies to explain fractions or the number of chocolate chips in each cookie to illustrate multiplication.

He’s not sure what he wants to be when he grows up — maybe a professional basketball player who plays chess for fun.

— Lisa Deaderick

Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com
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2010-03-06T07:44:00.001-06:00
 
 
 
Re: fichier pgn en fichier video
Eric Warolus a écrit:
Ce que tu indiques correspond à la ligne du menu " Chess Media System ".
cette commande ouvre un fichier.WMF sur le dvd chessBase ou sur un autre support.

La ligne qui m'interpelle quelque part, c'est " Media Encoder ".




Pardon je me suis trompé en faite pour voir...Marie Sebag tu dois avoir un certain encoder (sous programme qui permet de lire un format de video)L'interface va contrôlé que tu  l'a est si ce n'est pas le cas ton Media Encoder t'enverra sur le lien pour le télécharger si il est grisé c'est que tu l'a de mémoire il s'agit de "windows Media Player 9" ou quelque chose comme ça  

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:57:35 +0000
 
 
 
Re: fichier pgn en fichier video
Ce que tu indiques correspond à la ligne du menu " Chess Media System ".
cette commande ouvre un fichier.WMF sur le dvd chessBase ou sur un autre support.

La ligne qui m'interpelle quelque part, c'est " Media Encoder ".

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:08:06 +0000
 
 
 
Re: fichier pgn en fichier video
Si tu as un dvd chessbase c'est avec celà que tu ouvira le dvd pour avoir d'un coté l'échiquier de l'autre ...Marie Sebag

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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:19:41 +0000
 
 
 
Ein trickreicher Turm
Zugegeben, mit der Analyse das Endspiels der letzten Woche haben wir Ihnen ein hartes Stück Arbeit zugemutet. Und weil Sie jetzt so gut in der Materie drin sind, gibt es diese Woche gleich noch so einen harten Brocken. Nach 72...Tb4+ musste Weiß in der Partie Romanov-Vescovi eine wichtige Entscheidung treffen: Weicht er mit dem König nach g5 aus, um selbst möglichst schnell mit seinem h-Bauern zu laufen, oder ist etwa 73.Kh3 die bessere Wahl? Arbeiten Sie beide Varianten aus, aber seien Sie gewarnt. Hier lauern Tricks!

ChessBase Magazin Online...
Video-DVD Turmendspiele im Shop... Größeres Diagramm...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10115
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
NEU: Nigel Davies: French Defence Strategy
Die Französische Verteidigung ist ein erstklassiger Kandidat für das eigene Eröffnungsrepertoire, besonders für die nicht mehr ganz so jungen Spieler, denen die Zeit für umfangreiche Studien fehlt. Der solide schwarze Aufbau rückt das positionelle Verständnis der Spieler in den Vordergrund und ist immun gegen scharfe und trickreiche Varianten. Je öfter man Französisch spielt, desto besser wird man diese Eröffnung auch beherrschen. Auf seiner neuen DVD erklärt Nigel Davies die Strategie hinter der Französischen Verteidigung, indem er typische Bauernstrukturen untersucht und Pläne und Ideen für beide Seiten erläutert. Die verschiedenen Konzepte werden anhand besonders prägnanter Partien demonstriert. Das erlaubt es dem Zuschauer, nicht nur sein Verständnis der Eröffnung Schritt für Schritt zu verbessern sondern dabei auch immer unterhaltsames und kreatives Schach zu genießen. Wer sich diesen Trainingskurs angesehen hat, der wird in seiner nächsten Französischpartie nicht gleich mit seinem Latein am Ende sein, wenn es im Mittelspiel darum geht, einen stellungsgemäßen Plan zu entwickeln. Auch das Lernen konkreter Varianten wird anschließend viel leichter fallen, weil sich die Logik der einzelnen Züge in das umfassende Verständnis der Stellungstypen einfügt. Videotrainingskurs in englischer Sprache. Gesamtspielzeit : 4 Stunden.
Demovideo ansehen...
Nigel Davnies: "French Defence Strategy" im Shop kaufen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10112
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Opening surveys in CBM 134
The Albin Countergambit does not have a particularly good reputation, but since it is not an opening you have to face very often as White, a lot of players do not know how to achieve a safe advantage against it. This is above all the case after the main move 5.g3 when the switch to 5...Nge7 (from the previoulsy more usual 5...Bg4) means that it is no longer so clear how White can point to any opening advantage. Simple solutions are wanted and they are provided by GM Dorian Rogozenco with his repertoire for White based on the move 5.Nbd2. Here is the complete article, one of 12 CBM 134 DVDs. Rogozenco: Albin with 5.Nbd2
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6154
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Lawrence Trent: Defensa de los Dos Caballos
En este DVD, el MI Lawrence Trent presenta un amplio repertorio y un análisis temático de la jugada con más iniciativa, aunque bastante menos documentada 1 e4 e5 2 Cf3 Cc6 3 Ac4 Cf6 4.Cg5 en la Defensa de los Dos Caballos. Etiquetado una vez como un ataque "loco" y "primitivo" por los antiguos maestros, las blancas ignoran su desarrollo para atacar inmediatamente el talón de Aquiles de la posición negra en f7. Sin embargo, con nada menos que cinco campeones mundiales y súper GMs de la actualidad, como Nigel Short e Hikaru Nakamura poniendo en práctica esta romántica opción, 4.Cg5 no solo elude los muy transitados caminos teóricos de la Ruy López, sino que que aporta una alternativa emocionante y perfectamente sólida para el primer jugador. ¡Sin duda 4.Cg5 no es una jugada que se deba ridiculizar!  En inglés. Metraje de vídeo: 4 horas 45 minutos. Más información...
 
http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=8060
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Ladies Shine in the Dragon

Black to move

Hello everybody!

Right now I'm working on my new opening DVD series. And the first DVD in that series will be about How to play the Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defense.

During my work I found one magnificent game played by a WGM. I'm sure you will enjoy the attack by WGM Beata Kadziolka who won in brilliant style against GM Bakre Tejas:




Below you will find this game with the comments by Beata, as well as the pgn a little below that. You can find the full comments in the 91st chess informator.

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Date "2004"]
[White "Bakre T"]
[Black "Kadziolka B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B78"]
[Annotator "Kadziolka,B"]
[Source "91/191"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Bxa7

(13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.exd5 a5 16.a3 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Qxb4
Kg8 19.Rhe1 Rb8 20.Qc3 Qb6 (20...Re8 {90/(188)}))

13. ... b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qa5 16.Bd4 Rxc2+!! (Novelty, see the diagram)17.Bxc2

( 17.Kxc2? Bf5+ -+) ( 17.Qxc2!?)

Qxa2 18.Qf2?!

(18.Qxb4? Bh6+ 19.Rd2 Qa1+ 20.Bb1 Bf5 -+)
(18.Bxg7? Qa1+ 19.Bb1 Rc8+ 20.Bc3 Bf5 -+)
(18.b3? Rc8 19.Bxg7 ( 19.Qf2 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Qa1+ 21.Kd2 Rxc2+!!-+) Bf5 20.Bb2 Qxb3 -+)
(18.Qe3 Rc8 19.Kd2 Rxc2+!! 20.Kxc2 Qc4+ 21.Kd2 Bxd4 22.Qxe7 ( 22.Qd3 Qxd5 23.g4 Bb5 -+) Bb5 with compensation)

18. ... Rc8 19.Kd2 Rxc2+!! 20.Kxc2 Qc4+ 21.Kd2

(21.Bc3 Bf5+ -+)

21. ... Bxd4 22.Qe2 Bc3+!! 23.Ke3 Qc5+ 24.Ke4 Bf5+ 25.Kf4 Be5+ 26.Kg5 f6+ 27.Kh4 g5+ 0-1

( 27...g5+ 28.Kh5 Bg6+ 29.Kh6 ( 29.Kg4 Qc8#) Qc8 with the idea of Qf8#)


[Event "Pardubice 91/191"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2004"]
[Round ""]
[White "Bakre T"]
[Black "Kadziolka B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B78"]
[Annotator "Kadziolka,B"]
[Source ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Bxa7
b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qa5 16.Bd4 Rxc2+ 17.Bxc2 Qxa2 18.Qf2 Rc8
19.Kd2 Rxc2+ 20.Kxc2 Qc4+ 21.Kd2 Bxd4 22.Qe2 Bc3+ 23.Ke3 Qc5+
24.Ke4 Bf5+ 25.Kf4 Be5+ 26.Kg5 f6+ 27.Kh4 g5+ 0-1

Chess News

From February 22-25, 2010, in South Carolina, USA a very interesting Sicilian theme match (Dragon, Scheveningen, Najdorf or Sveshnikov) is played between Judit Polgar and Gregory Kaidanov. You can find the photos of the match here. After 3 games Kaidanov is in the lead with 2 to 1. But in the second game Judit won a nice game in the Dragon. Here it is:




[Event "Sicilian Theme Match"]
[Site "Hilton Head USA"]
[Date "2010.2.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polgar,Ju"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.h4
h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Rdg1 e6 17.Bh6 Qf6 18.fxg4 Bxh6 19.Qxh6
Qg7 20.Qd2 Nf6 21.g5 Nh5 22.Nce2 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.b3 Rc5 25.Ng3
Nxg3 26.Rxg3 Rec8 27.Rgh3 e5 28.Rh4 exd4 29.Qh2 Kf8 30.Qxd6+
Kg8 31.Qxd7 d3 32.c4 Qc3 33.R4h2 b5 34.e5 Qxe5 35.Rh7 R5c7 36.Qd6 1-0

It's always nice to see such nice games in the Dragon, I hope you enjoy them as well!

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion

See my previous posts:




 
http://www.chessblog.com/2010/02/ladies-shine-in-dragon.html
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:27:00 +0000
 
 
 
Absperrungen und Bodychecks
Die Diagrammstellung mit Weiß am Zug entstammt der Partie Bu Xiangzhi-McShane, ein fortgeschrittenes Turmendspiel, wie es ähnlich schon in Tausenden Partien vorkam und immer wieder vorkommen wird. Schwarz wird bald den Turm für den a-Bauern geben müssen, und dann ist die entscheidende Frage, ob das Duo schwarzer König und f-Bauer günstig genug aufgestellt ist, um gegen Turm und König remis zu machen. Zum Waffenarsenal des Schwarzen gehören dann insbesondere Bodychecks, um den weißen König auf Distanz zu halten, Weiß dagegen kann mit Absperrungen arbeiten. Schärfen Sie Ihre analytischen Fähigkeiten, indem Sie die Lösung ausarbeiten und mit GM Karsten Müllers Analyse vergleichen. Es lohnt sich!
ChessBase Magazin Online... Video-DVD Turmendspiele im Shop... Größeres Diagramm...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10100
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Eröffnungsübersichten in CBM 134
Das Albins Gegengambit hat keinen besonders guten Ruf, aber da man als Weißer nur ganz selten dagegen antreten muss, wissen viele nicht, wie sie zu einem sicheren Vorteil gelangen können. Vor allem nach dem Hauptzug 5.g3 ist durch das Umschwenken auf 5...Sge7 (von dem früher gebräuchlichen 5...Lg4) gar nicht mehr so klar, wie Weiß einen sicheren Eröffnungsvorteil nachweisen will. Da sind vor allem einfache Rezepte gefragt und genau die liefert Dorian Rogozenco mit seinem Weiß-Repertoire auf Basis des Zuges 5.Sbd2. Das Kernstück ist das Abspiel 5...Sge7 (von Morozevich gespielt) 6.Sb3 Sf5 7.e4! - siehe Diagramm; denn das Endspiel nach 7...dxe3 8.Dxd8+ ist vorteilhaft für Weiß.
Weitere 11 Eröffnungsbeiträge finden Sie nur auf der DVD von CBM 134.
Taktik, Eröffnungen, Endspiele und mehr bei ChessBase Magazin Online... Rogozencos kompletter Artikel
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10096
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
NEU: Lawrence Trent: Two Knight‘s Defence
Viele 1.e4-Spieler suchen ihr halbes Schachleben nach einer zuverlässigen und zugleich scharfen Waffe gegen 1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6. Der junge englische IM Lawrence Trent schlägt auf seiner ersten DVD für ChessBase eine spannende Repertoireerweiterung vor. Nach 3.Lc4 und der klassischen Replik 3...Sf6 geht es mit 4.Sg5 gleich zur Sache. Von den alten Meistern als albern oder primitiv abgestempelt, haben gerade im letzten Jahr Spieler wie Hikaru Nakamura, Nigel Short oder David Navara mit dieser scharfen Fortsetzung gepunktet. Es gibt also gute Gründe, 4.Sg5 nicht einfach zu verlachen sondern sich vielmehr die neuen Ideen und Varianten genau anzusehen. Für alle, denen die langen und oft trägen Spanischen Varianten zu mühselig sind, erschließt Lawrence Trent auf dieser DVD in fast 5 Stunden Gesamtspielzeit ein aufregendes neues Gebiet, auf dem es vieles zu entdecken gibt.
Videoausschnitt aus der Einleitung ansehen (in reduzierter Qualität)...
Lawrence Trent: "Two Kinght's Defence" im Shop kaufen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10087
Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 

* Chess Release Press Release * Chess Release Press Release *

"The Sport for the Mind"

INDIALANTIC, Florida, February 16, 2010

World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk and the organizers of the Space Coast Open Chess Festival jointly announced today that Grandmaster and reigning Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk will play a 50-board simultaneous exhibition at the 17th Space Coast Open (SCO) Chess Festival (Indialantic, FL, April 23-25, 2010).

World Champion Kosteniuk’s simul begins at 8 AM on Saturday, April 24 at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront Resort and Spa, Indialantic, FL. The entry fee is $40. The event is free for spectators. Challengers can register on-line now for the SCO and for a board at the simul via the event website, http://sco2010.eventbrite.com.

A portion of the boards for the simul will be reserved for local students. The remaining reservations will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. GM Kosteniuk’s exhibition’s often sell out quickly, so don't wait! GM Kosteniuk will also sign her books at the event including her latest, Diary of a Chess Queen.

In announcing GM Kosteniuk’s appearance and her simultaneous exhibition at the Space Coast Open, Space Coast Chess Foundation President, Dr. Peter Koretsky said, “We are thrilled to have World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk at the Space Coast Open Chess Festival. The chess world could not ask for a more charismatic World Champion than Alexandra. She is an energetic promoter of chess and its many positive aspects, and serves as an outstanding role model for our young players. For many of our local scholastics players this will be the only time they have an opportunity to both meet and play against a reigning World Champion. We are especially honored as Alexandra will be celebrating her 26th birthday during our festival weekend. The Space Coast Chess Foundation looks forward to partnering with Alexandra and her family to create an unforgettable experience for all who participate.”

About Alexandra Kosteniuk

Alexandra Kosteniuk is the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion. She learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father. She earned the Women Grandmaster title in 1998 and the men’s Grandmaster title in 2004. She became the World Champion by winning a series of matches at the Women’s World Championship held in Nalchik, Russia in 2008.

Alexandra promotes chess by traveling around the world giving simultaneous exhibitions in front of large crowds. Her goal is to show the world that “chess is cool”. Alexandra has combined her promotion of chess with fashion modeling and also played a part in a movie. She is also a prolific and popular chess journalist (books, DVDs and web) and in 2009 she was named the Chess Journalist of the Year by the Chess Journalists of America. For more information about Alexandra, see www.kosteniuk.com and www.chessblog.com.

About the 17th Space Coast Open and the Space Coast Chess Foundation

The Space Coast Open is sponsored by the Space Coast Chess Foundation and is Brevard County’s longest running chess tournament. The 17th Space Coast Open is open to all and is offering projected prize fund of $10,000. It will be held at the Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront Resort and Spa, 2605 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic, FL from April 23-25, 2010. The tournament schedule has been flexibly organized such that players may easily participate in both the tournament and the simultaneous exhibition. Details and entry information are available at http://sco2010.eventbrite.com.

The Space Coast Open is sponsored by the Space Coast Chess Foundation (SCCF), a community supported organization dedicated to the promotion of scholastic chess in Brevard County, FL. SCCF provides sponsorship for the Brevard County Scholastics Chess Grand Prix and provides free chess sets to Brevard County schools. SCCF also subsidizes needy scholastic chess players unable to afford Chess Festival events.


Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2010/02/chess-release-press-release-chess.html
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Fever DVD Free Shipping

Dear Friends!

I just heard from the company that manufactures my DVD that my new DVD "Chess Blitz Fever" will be ready in less than 4 weeks. So before it comes out, I offer free shipping to anybody who orders it, regardless of where it has to be shipped, from Alaska to Tumbuktu. I will ship the DVD to you the day it comes out.

The DVD has a whole section of useful tips on how to better play blitz chess, and is followed by the dual screen presentation of my 8 best wins at the recent World Blitz championship in Moscow, against (the linked names go to YouTube samples on my channel):

• Alexander Morozevich
• Alexander Grischuk
• Vugar Gashimov
• Levon Aronian
• Arkadij Naiditsch

There is more than 2 hours of video on the DVD, and I guarantee it is both entertaining and instructive. I am very happy about how the DVD came out, the quality is the best I have ever done, and I hope you will like it! You will become a better chess player after watching my DVD!

You may want also to buy my new book "Diary of a Chess Queen", and I will write a personal autograph for you or your loved one. This book contains not only 64 of my career best games, but also is the story of how I started to play chess 20 years ago and how it led to my becoming the 12th women's world chess champion.
Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2010/02/chess-fever-dvd-free-shipping.html
Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:11:00 +0000
 
 
 
Nigel Davies: Construir un repertorio con 1.d4
La creación de un repertorio de aperturas puede ser un trabajo exigente y difícil, especialmente para quienes disponen de poco tiempo para estudiar. Las tentativas de poner en práctica muchas aperturas nuevas al mismo tiempo, pueden dejar al jugador a la deriva en un mar de patrones ajedrecísticos desconocidos, con un impacto catastrófico en su juego. En este DVD, Nigel Davies explica como se acomete correctamente el proceso de construir un repertorio de apertura, con la mínima cantidad de tensión y evitando cambios drásticos. (DVD en inglés.) Más información...
 
http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=8025
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Chess in cinema – the ultimate collection

Chess in filmsChess is often represented in films. Sometimes merely as decoration, often with a deeper, symbolic meaning. In Hollywood the connotation of chess seems to be that of the lonely, disturbed man, seeking pastime and consolation in the royal game. One YouTube user has collected a great number of chess scenes in four videos.

The user FightLuX posted four “Chess Rhapsodies” on YouTube. The music might not be a treat to anyone’s ears, but the collection is impressive:

0:04 – “Shakhmatnaya goryachka” directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
0:12 – “Monkey Business”, with Marx Brothers
0:18 – “The Black Cat” by Edgar G. Ulmer, with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
0:20 – “The Great Dictator” by Charlie Chaplin
0:21 – “The Thief of Baghdad” by Ludwig Berger
0:22 – “The Mark of Zorro” by Rouben Mamoulian with Tyrone Power
0:23 – “The Sea Hawk” by Michael Curtiz
0:25 – “Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz with Humphrey Bogart
0:27 – “Keeper of the Flame” by George Cukor with Spencer Tracy
0:28 – “To Be or Not to Be” by Ernst Lubitsch
0:29 – “Sherlock Holmes Faces Death” by Roy William Neill
0:33 – “Ivan Groznyj” by Sergej Michajlovic Ejsenštejn
0:35 – “La belle et la b?te” by Jean Cocteau
0:36 – “Knocking on Any Door” by Nicholas Ray with Humphrey Bogart
0:39 – “Quo Vadis” by Mervyn LeRoy with Robert Taylor
0:42 – “Angel Face” by Otto Preminger
0:45 – “Det Sjunde inseglet” by Ingmar Bergman with Max Von Sydow
0:52 – “Ascenseur pour léchafaud” by Louis Malle
0:53 – “The Diary of Anne Frank” by George Stevens
0:54 – “Exodus” by Otto Preminger
0:55 – “Lolita” by Stanley Kubrick with James Mason
0:56 – “From Russia with Love” by Terence Young
0:59 – “Becket” by Peter Glenville
1:03 – “Woman of Straw” by Basil Dearden with Sean Connery
1:07 – “Whats New Pussycat” by Clive Donner with Woody Allen
1:12 – “Zatoichi Jigoku tabi” by Kenji Misumi
1:16 – “Tony Rome” by Gordon Douglas with Frank Sinatra
1:20 – “Dance of the Vampires” by Roman Polanski
1:23 – “The Thomas Crown Affair” by Norman Jewison with Steve McQueen

0:03 – “Straw Dogs” directed by Sam Peckinpah with Dustin Hoffman
0:07 – “Vamos a matar, compa?eros” by Sergio Corbucci
0:08 – “Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka” by Jack B. Hively
0:09 – “The Omega Man” by Boris Sagal with Charlton Heston
0:11 – “Blazing Saddles” by Mel Brooks with Gene Wilder
0:13 – “La plus longue nuit du diable” by Jean Brismée
0:16 – “Night Moves” by Arthur Penn with Gene Hackman
0:23 – “Io sono un autarchico” by Nanni Moretti
0:29 – “The Wild Geese” by Andrew V. McLaglen
0:31 – “Il gatto” by Luigi Comencini
0:36 – “The Lady Vanishes” by Anthony Page with Elliott Gould
0:37 – “Fantozzi contro tutti” by Neri Parenti
0:40 – “History of the World: Part I” by Mel Brooks
0:52 – “Aus dem Leben der Marionetten” by Ingmar Bergman
0:55 – “Blade Runner” by Ridley Scott with Rutger Hauer
0:58 – “Fanny och Alexander” by Ingmar Bergman
0:59 – “The Thing” by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell
1:08 – “A Midsummer Nights Sex Comedy” by Woody Allen
1:11 – “Bingo Bongo” by Pasquale Festa Campanile with Adriano Celentano
1:19 – “The Jigsaw Man” by Terence Young
1:22 – “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by Michael Radofrd
1:24 – “Revenge of the Nerds” by Jeff Kanew
1:27 – “La diagonale du fou” by Richard Dembo with Michel Piccoli
1:42 – “Lattrazione” by Mario Gariazzo
1:49 – “Dekalog, jeden” by Krzysztof Kieslowski
1:54 – “Rambo III” by Peter MacDonald
1:56 – “M.A.R.K.-13 – Hardware” by Richard Stanley
1:57 – “Europa” by Lars von Trier
1:58 – “The Silence of the Lambs” by Jonathan Demme
1:59 – “The Addams Family” by Barry Sonnenfield with Raul Julia
2:04 – “Knight Moves” by Carl Schenkel with Christopher Lambert
2:11 – “Caino e Caino” by Alessandro Benvenuti
2:16 – “Searching for Bobby Fischer” by Steven Zaillian
2:26 – “Grumpy Old Men” by Donald Petrie with Jack Lemmon
2:28 – “Botte di Natale” by Terence Hill
2:40 – “Men of War” by Perry Lang with Dolph Lundgren
2:42 – “Sugar Hill” by Leon Ichaso
2:44 – “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult” by Peter Segal with Leslie Nielsen
2:48 – “Assassins” by Richard Donner with Sylvester Stallone
2:54 – “Canadian Bacon” by Michael Moore
2:57 – “Othello” by Oliver Parker with Kenneth Branagh

0:04 – “Checkmate” [porno!] by Dyanna Lauren
0:15 – “Ridicule” by Patrice Leconte
0:20 – “Sabotage” by Tibor Takács with Mark Dacascos
0:24 – “Independence Day” by Roland Emmerich with Jeff Goldblum
0:30 – “Shine” by Scott Hicks
0:32 – “Summer of Fear” by Mike Robe
0:37 – “George of the Jungle” by Sam Weisman
0:39 – “Le comte de Monte Cristo” by J. Dayan with Gérard Depardieu
0:43 – “Train de vie” by Radu Mihaileanu
0:48 – “Bicentennial Man” by Chris Columbus with Robin Williams
0:54 – “The Spy Who Shagged Me” by Jay Roach with Mike Myers
1:11 – “Virus” by John Bruno
1:15 – “The Luzhin Defence” by Marleen Gorris with John Turturro
1:29 – “X-Men” by Bryan Singer
1:36 – “Black Hawk Down” by Ridley Scott
1:37 – “Black Knight” by Gil Junger with Martin Lawrence
1:40 – “Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone” by Chris Columbus
1:48 – “The Last Castle” by Rod Lurie
1:50 – “La regina degli scacchi” by Claudia Florio
2:10 – “Scacco alla Regina” [porno!] by Riccardo Schicchi with Eva Henger
2:30 – “The Navigators” by Ken Loach
2:31 – “Zoolander” [extra bonus in DVD!]
2:32 – “Two Weeks Notice” by Marc Lawrence with Hugh Grant
2:33 – “Global Effect” by Terry Cunningham
2:35 – “Moscow Heat” by Jeff Celentano with Michael York
2:42 – “Il Paradiso allimprovviso” by Leonardo Pieraccioni with Alessandro Haber
2:56 – “Out of Reach” by Po-Chih Leong
3:00 – “The Chronicles of Riddick” by David Twohy
3:02 – “In Enemy Hands” by Tony Giglio
3:06 – “A Love Song for Bobby Long” by Shainee Gabel
3:11 – “Five Fingers” by Laurence Malkin
3:16 – “La terza stella” by Alberto Ferrari
3:19 – “Kingdom of Heaven” by Ridley Scott
3:21 – “Oliver Twist” by Roman Polanski
3:22 – “Revolver” by Guy Ritchie with Jason Statham

0:04 – Star Trek TOS (1×01)
0:11 – The Prisoner (1×09)
0:17 – Columbo (2×07)
0:19 – Happy Days (1×01)
0:21 – The Bionic Woman (2×07)
0:27 – Three’s Company (3×02)
0:32 – Hart to Hart (1×18)
0:36 – Family Ties (4×20)
0:46 – MacGyver (1×21)
0:57 – Murder, She Wrote (2×17)
1:02 – Cheers (5×15)
1:07 – Major Dad (1×08)
1:16 – Cheers (8×19)
1:21 – Twin Peaks (2×14)
1:29 – Hart to Hart (6×04)
1:34 – Frasier (3×18)
1:39 – OZ (1×03)
1:40 – Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1×18)
1:44 – OZ (2×05)
1:49 – The Pretender (3×19)
1:54 – Profiler (3×19)
1:56 – Stargate SG1 (3×18)
2:04 – Compagni di scuola (1×20)
2:09 – Friends (7×21)
2:20 – That 70s Show (4×01)
2:23 – Judging Amy (3×19)
2:27 – The West Wing (3×14)
2:30 – Joan of Arcadia (1×03)
2:32 – Malcolm in the Middle (4×19)
2:36 – Less Than Perfect (1×20)
2:38 – Coupling (4×03)
2:41 – My Wife and Kids (4×26)
2:43 – CSI: New York (2×04)
2:51 – Law & Order, Criminal Intent (4×11)
2:54 – Numb3rs (2×05)
2:58 – Star Trek Enterprise (4×11)
3:01 – In Justice (1×13)
3:03 – According to Jim (5×17)
3:04 – Smallville (5×19)
3:06 – House, M.D. (3×23)
3:10 – Hannah Montana (2×04)
3:12 – Lost (3×11)
3:17 – Tudors (1×01)
3:22 – Numb3rs (4×14)
3:26 – Don Matteo (6×22)
3:27 – Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles (1×05)

Furthermore, the info of the YouTube user refers to a website (in Italian) with a large collection of chess in films, telefilms, videoclips, TV shows, commercials, animations and cartoons. Is there any other board game that’s represented so much in our culture?

 
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/chess-in-films-the-ultimate-collection/
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:43:29 +0000
 
 
 
U.S. Chess: Changing of the Guard

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis has released a DVD that choronicles the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship. The video features video footage from the top players in the U.S. and their expressions on a variety of topics. The preview appears to capture the intensity of the event as well as the beauty of the venue. Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield have been the hosts of the championship since the USCF parted ways with the previous sponsor. This production appears to share a glimpse of the important role the Sinquefields are playing in what appeared to be a dying chess scene.

Changing of the Guard: The 2009 U.S. Championship DVD
Price: US$11.99

 
http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2010/02/09/us-chess-changing-of-the-guard/
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:41:08 +0000
 
 
 
Neu: ChessBase Magazin Februar/2010 (Nr.134)
Das neue ChessBase Magazin, mit vielen informativen Beiträgen gezielt auf umfassendes Schachtraining ausgerichtet, findet immer mehr Leser. Das kommt nicht von ungefähr. Wer bisher das ChessBase Magazin noch nicht genutzt hat, hat mit CBM-online Gelegenheit, sich von Umfang und Qualität des einzigen DVD-Schachmagazins zu überzeugen, Auch die aktuelle Ausgabe bietet wieder einen hochwertigen Überblick über alle Schachthemen, mit denen sich der ambitionierte Schachfreund beschäftigen sollte. Zahlreiche Topspieler haben sich an der Ausgabe beteiligt. Im Mittelpunkt der Turnierberichterstattung stehen der FIDE-World Cup, die Mannschafts-Weltmeisterschaft und die London Chess Classic. Sie finden kommentierte Partien und aus London auch Livemitschnitte der Pressekonferenzen von Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams oder Nigel Short. Auch die Nachbetrachtung des World Cups ist erstklassig. Der Sieger Boris Gelfand oder Youngsters wie Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana oder erstmals Wesley So sind einige der Kommentatoren. Die Mannschafts-WM wurde gleichermaßen analytisch nachbereitetet. Oder mögen Sie eher Eröffnungsbeiträge? CBM 134 liefert 13 Eröffnungsartikel mit Erläuterungen und zahlreichen Musterpartien und leider auch schlechte Nachrichten für die Freunde von Albins Gegengambit: ist so gut wie widerlegt. Außerdem: Taktiktraining und Endspielanalysen. Lassen Sie nicht zu, dass die anderen mehr wissen als Sie!
Zum Inhalt von CBM 134... Abo oder Testabo (mit Gratis DVD) bestellen... Einzelausgaben...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10057
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
The Scotch, part 5: a dynamic endgame opportunity

How does White do something with this passive position?

Howell-Werle, London 2009. White to play.

Concluding our brief survey of the Scotch (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4), we look at the kind of dynamic endgame struggle that can arise from this old but still important opening.

RB White's position after 1 exf5 Nxf5 2 Re1 (or 2 e4, or 2 Kd2) is so passive – and the e-pawn likely to be a long-term weakness – that White's best chance is to push with 1 e5. Assuming Black takes (1...d5 2 Na4 followed by Nc5 would give the white knight a great post ) with 1...dxe5, White has 2 Bc4, developing his bishop to another great square. If 2...exf4 3 exf4, OK White is a pawn down, but it hardly matters. With the white pieces all ready for action and Black's queenside pawns in a dreadful state, this has to be the best move.

DK 1 e5, as Howell played, is an excellent pawn sacrifice. To find it one needs to appreciate that the alternative, 1 exf5, leaves Black comfortably placed. Here's a typical scenario: 1...Nxf5 2 e4 Nh4. The f-pawn must advance to save itself, and then the knight hops via f3 into e5. Compare this knight with White's, unable to move to its outpost on d5. With the pawns blockaded, Black has stabilised the position and can begin to take control.

After 1 e5 dxe5, it would be wrong to recapture with 2 fxe5 as 2... Ng6 followed by Nxe5 gives Black more freedom than in the game. 2 Bc4 is correct, preventing Black's bishop from emerging on e6, and now 2...exf4 3 exf4 Ng6? would be met by 4 Rxg6! hxg6 5 Rd3, and there is no defence to the checkmate on h3.

If you'd like to investigate the Scotch, then Starting Out: The Scotch Game by John Emms (Everyman Chess, £13.99) will provide you with the basics, while The Scotch Game for White by Vladimir Barsky (Chess Stars, £17.99) – just published – will provide more up-to-date theory. If you prefer to study with a DVD, I recommend the The Scotch Game by Nigel Davies (ChessBase, €26.99).

chess@guardian.co.uk


guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/09/ronan-bennett-daniel-king-chess
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:10 GMT
 
 
 
Nigel Davies: Construir un repertorio con 1.d4
La creación de un repertorio de aperturas puede ser un trabajo exigente y difícil, especialmente para quienes disponen de poco tiempo para estudiar. Las tentativas de poner en práctica muchas aperturas nuevas al mismo tiempo, pueden dejar al jugador a la deriva en un mar de patrones ajedrecísticos desconocidos, con un impacto catastrófico en su juego. En este DVD, Nigel Davies explica como se acomete correctamente el proceso de construir un repertorio de apertura, con la mínima cantidad de tensión y evitando cambios drásticos. Más información...
 
http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=8009
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Brett in Flammen
"Fire on board" ist zum Markenzeichen Alexei Shirovs geworden. Beim Turnier in Wijk aan Zee, bei dem Shirov mit fünf Siegen in Folge startete, hat der 37-jährige Schachmagier aus Riga wieder einmal bewiesen, dass dies zurecht besteht. In vielen Mittelspielstellungen verstand er es, seine Gegner durch fantasievolles Angriffsspiel unter Druck zu setzen. Und selbst im Endspiel muss man bei Shirov immer damit rechnen, dass er das Brett in Flammen setzt. So wie in der Partie aus der elften Runde gegen Vladimir Kramnik, von Karsten Müller für ChessBaseMagazin Online kommentiert.

DVD Endgame Fireworks im Shop... Analyse und größeres Diagramm...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10043
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
El caballo es mal defensor
Si tiene que actuar él solo, el caballo muchas veces tiene problemas en el final para defender uno de los flancos. Si los peones no tienen una posición muy particular que le favorezca, normalmente no suele servir para ello. A eso se debe el sacrificio de pieza 35.Txc4!? Txc4 36.Cxc4 Rxc4 37.Re4!, jugado en la partida Lock vs. Webb en el torneo magistral de Hastings. Las blancas causaron serios problemas prácticos al oponente negro. ¿Cuál es su valoración de la posición tras dicha secuencia? ¿Aún podrán empatar las negras o triunfarán los peones del bando blanco? El GM Karsten Müller ha analizado la posición para ChessBase Magazine Online...- Análisis de la partida Lock vs. Webb por el GM Karsten Müller... - DVDs de entrenamiento de finales en la tienda de ChessBase... Diagrama más grande...
 
http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=7974
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Kosteniuk - Judith Polgar Blitz Game



Hello everyone!

Here's one more sample from my Chess Blitz Fever DVD, which contains over 2 hours of fascinating and instructive chess games and lots of tips to play better blitz chess.

You can see more chess videos on my YouTube channels: ChessQueen, ChessQueenTV, ChessKillerTips, and on my favorite chess video sites on the web ChessMovies and TubeChess.

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2010/01/kosteniuk-judith-polgar-blitz-game.html
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0000
 
 
 
Joueuse avec Sandrine Bonnaire en DVD !
Sandrine Bonnaire et le jeu d'échecs
Sorti en salles le 5 août 2009, le film Joueuse de Caroline Bottaro avec la lumineuse Sandrine Bonnaire est désormais disponible en DVD
Sandrine Bonnaire et le jeu d'échecs © Studio Canal Distribution
Synopsis : Hélène, femme de ménage discrète, mène une vie paisible dans un petit village en Corse avec son mari, Ange, et sa fille de quinze ans, Lisa. Alors qu'elle nettoie la chambre de deux touristes américains, elle les surprend en train de jouer aux échecs sur le balcon. La complicité entre les deux amants au travers du jeu la fascine. Intriguée, Hélène va se passionner pour les échecs et se rapprocher du mystérieux docteur Kröger...
L'affiche du film Joueuse Littérature : Joueuse est l'adaptation du premier roman de Bertina Henrichs, La Joueuse d'échecs. Le manuscrit achevé, Bertina Henrichs le confie à la réalisatrice Caroline Bottaro. Coup de cœur. Cette métamorphose de femme guidée par sa passion du jeu doit transparaître sur grand écran.
Sandrine Bonnaire, qui avait déjà collaboré avec Caroline Bottaro sur le tournage de C'est la vie de Jean-Pierre Améris, est séduite par le projet : "le film parle plus de sensualité ou d'amour que de jeu d'échecs..."
Sandrine Bonnaire face à Léo Battesti dans Joueuse © Studio Canal
Premier film produit par Dominique Besnehard et Michel Feller, Joueuse a vu son scénario évoluer au fur et mesure du tournage. Un film qui captive le spectateur, fait de défis personnels et amoureux rythmés par une bande originale signée Nicola Piovani... Avec Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud et Jennifer Beals.
Notre avis : Un excellent film sur la passion que suscite le jeu d'échecs à découvrir ou revoir en DVD.
Commandez le DVD du film Joueuse dans notre boutique.
 
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/01/joueuse-avec-sandrine-bonnaire-en-dvd.html
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:48:00 +0000
 
 
 
Prinzen in Berlin
Die "Prinzen" sind die jüngeren Jugendkaderspieler der Deutschen Schachjugend, die angeleitet von Bundesnachwuchstrainer Bernd Vökler eine besondere Förderung erfahren. Dazu werden an verschiedenen Orten Lehrgänge zu ausgewählten Themen organisiert. Nachdem die Jugendlichen Ende 2009 in Hamburg von Yochanan Afek in die Welt der Endspielstudien eingeführt wurden (und danach bei TV ChessBase eine gute Figur machten), gab Spezialist Michael Richter im Januar in der FIDE-Trainerakademie ein Seminar im Umgang mit den ChessBase-Programmen und DVDs. Bericht von Bernd Vökler...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10009
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
NEU: Daniel King: Powerplay 12 - Der Igel
Von Natur aus ist der Igel ein scheues Tier, und sein hervorstechendstes Merkmal - seine Stacheln -  sind eine Verteidigungswaffe im besten Sinne. Im Schach ist der Igel trotz seines zu Beginn dezenten Auftretens keineswegs eine Sache für reine Defensivkünstler. Die Spielidee dieses nahezu universellen Systems besteht darin, aus der sicheren Deckung hervorzuschnellen und dabei größtmögliche Aktivität und Zerstörungskraft zu entfachen. Aus diesem Grund hadert Daniel King in der Einleitung zu seiner neuen Powerplay-DVD mit der Bezeichnung "Igel". Schließlich, so King, setze die Igel-typische Sprengung des Zentrums durch den Zug d6-d5 auf einen Schlag gewaltige und vorher ungeahnte Energien frei - ganz wie bei der Spaltung eines Atoms. Auf seiner neuen DVD stellt Ihnen der beliebte englische Großmeister und Schach-Moderator nicht nur spezifische theoretische Ratschläge zu den Igel-Hauptstrukturen (mit weißem Bauern auf c4) vor. Der Video-Trainingskurs gibt Ihnen zugleich allgemeine Strategien für beide Seiten an die Hand, damit Sie dem Igel - je nach Bedarf - seine Stacheln schärfen oder ziehen können. Gesamtspielzeit: ca. 5 Stunden. Preis: 29,99 €.
Videoausschnitt aus der Einleitung (in reduzierter Qualität)...
Daníel King: "Powerplay 12 - Der Igel" im Shop kaufen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10010
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Alexei Shirov: The Philidor Defence
He is a well-known firebrand in the chess world. In Wijk he is currently playing at a 3500 level. But Alexei Shirov is also a prolific chess teacher, and his ChessBase DVDs are amongst the most popular. Take for instance one of his latest, on the Philidor Defence, a surprise opening that can give rise to extreme open and closed positions. Shirov's treatment is reviewed by a field biologist in the Yukon.
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6070
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
vendredi 15 janvier 2010 : 58ème rapide du Canal



58ème Rapide du Canal St Martin
le vendredi 15 janvier 2010

5 rondes de 15 min. + 3 s/coup - 1ère ronde à 21 h 30 (pointage : 21h15)
limité aux 40 premiers inscrits


Lieu : au café I - 156 rue du Faubourg St Martin - 75010 Paris (métro : Gare de l'Est)
jazz vivant, sans fumée, dernier métro à 2h15


Inscriptions : seniors, 5 € - membres du Canal St Martin 2 €
Prix : 1er prix : DVD "Sous le sable" de François Ozon
Merci de vous pré-inscrire par mail (places limitées) : xavier.rubini@free.fr
Xavier - 06 28 06 48 92
 
http://canalsaintmartin.blogspot.com/2010/01/15-janvier-58eme-rapide-du-canal.html
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:02:00 +0000
 
 
 
57ème Rapide du Canal

57ème Rapide du Canal St Martin
le vendredi 8 janvier 2010

5 rondes de 15 min. + 3 s/coup - 1ère ronde à 21 h 30 (pointage : 21h15)
limité aux 40 premiers inscrits


Lieu : au café I - 156 rue du Faubourg St Martin - 75010 Paris (métro : Gare de l'Est)
jazz vivant, sans fumée, dernier métro à 2h15


Inscriptions : seniors, 5 € - membres du Canal St Martin 2 €
Prix : 1er prix : DVD "Il est plus facile pour un chameau" de Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Merci de vous pré-inscrire par mail (places limitées) : xavier.rubini@free.fr
Xavier - 06 28 06 48 92
 
http://canalsaintmartin.blogspot.com/2010/01/57eme-rapide-du-canal.html
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:45:00 +0000
 
 
 
Les vertus socio-éducatives du jeu d'échecs
Extrait des Bonus du DVD Joueuse,avec Léo Battesti © Studio Canal
Sorti en salles le 5 août 2009, le film Joueuse de Caroline Bottaro avec la lumineuse Sandrine Bonnaire est désormais disponible en DVD

Dans cet extrait, le très médiatique président de la Ligue Corse des échecs, Léo Battesti, met en avant les vertus du jeu constatées aujourd'hui sur l'Île de Beauté. Jeu universel, les échecs gomment le fossé sociétal entre les générations, les sexes, les races, les peuples... Le noble jeu permet par exemple aux seniors de renouer le contact avec les plus jeunes, aux élèves des écoles de reprendre confiance en eux pour refaire surface dans d'autres matières, aux politiques d'apprendre à respecter les règles (pour le coup, là ça tiendrait du miracle !).
Et si les échecs pouvaient vraiment changer le monde ?
 
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/01/les-vertus-socio-educatives-du-jeu.html
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:54:00 +0000
 
 
 
Kosteniuk beats Vishy Anand Chess Video



Hello everyone!

I am finishing my new DVD "Chess Blitz Fever", and have prepared another YouTube video for you all, with my win against overall World Chess Champion Vishy Anand.

In how many other sports can you see the women's world champion beat the overall (men's) world champion? Isn't that cool? In fact it's one of the main reasons why I think chess is the coolest of games: with hard work and lots of passion for chess you can beat anybody!

And for me, this win against the overall World Chess Champion, while only a blitz game, nevertheless is the realization of my dream, and gives me strength and desire to keep working to continue to get better at chess.

And to all girls and ladies out there, and to Moms who don't know if it's a good idea to play chess and to teach their daughters to play chess, I can say for sure that it is good for girls to play chess! Chess teaches strong work ethics, helps to concentrate, teaches decision making, trains memory, and is a good way to practice being competitive at a young age, since later in business and in life those competitive skills will surely turn out to be quite useful.

My recent YouTube video of my win against Magnus Carlsen got 28,000+ views in just 4 days, and over 200 comments.

I appreciate all your 5-star reviews and comments to my videos.

My DVD "Chess Blitz Fever" contains in the first part lots of tips on how to play better blitz chess and in the second part full commented videos of my wins (full games analyzed) against super-Grandmasters Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vugar Gashimov, Gashimov, Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk, Judith Polgar, and Arkady Naiditsch. It will come out at the end of February and any DVD order placed before then qualifies for free shipping.

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com
My official YouTube channel is "ChessQueen":
www.youtube.com/chessqueen
Visit also two other YouTube channels "chessqueentv"
and "chesskillertips"
and TubeChess (flash)
or ChessMovies (quicktime)




 
http://www.chessblog.com/2010/01/kosteniuk-beats-vishy-anand-chess-video.html
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:06:00 +0000
 
 
 
Le film Joueuse avec Sandrine Bonnaire en DVD !
Sandrine Bonnaire face à Léo Battesti dans Joueuse © Studio Canal
Sorti en salles le 5 août 2009, le film Joueuse de Caroline Bottaro avec la lumineuse Sandrine Bonnaire est désormais disponible en DVD

Synopsis : Hélène, femme de ménage discrète, mène une vie paisible dans un petit village en Corse avec son mari, Ange, et sa fille de quinze ans, Lisa. Alors qu'elle nettoie la chambre de deux touristes américains, elle les surprend en train de jouer aux échecs sur le balcon. La complicité entre les deux amants au travers du jeu la fascine. Intriguée, Hélène va se passionner pour les échecs et se rapprocher du mystérieux docteur Kröger...

Littérature : Joueuse est l'adaptation du premier roman de Bertina Henrichs, La Joueuse d'échecs. Le manuscrit achevé, Bertina Henrichs le confie à la réalisatrice Caroline Bottaro. Coup de cœur. Cette métamorphose de femme guidée par sa passion du jeu doit transparaître sur grand écran.
L'affiche du film Joueuse Sandrine Bonnaire, qui avait déjà collaboré avec Caroline Bottaro sur le tournage de C'est la vie de Jean-Pierre Améris, est séduite par le projet : "le film parle plus de sensualité ou d'amour que de jeu d'échecs..."
Premier film produit par Dominique Besnehard et Michel Feller, Joueuse a vu son scénario évoluer au fur et mesure du tournage. Un film qui captive le spectateur, fait de défis personnels et amoureux rythmés par une bande originale signée Nicola Piovani... Avec Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud et Jennifer Beals.
Notre avis : Un excellent film sur la passion que suscite le jeu d'échecs à découvrir ou revoir en DVD.
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Pocket Fritz 4: installation, activation, update
A new version of our pocket-sized grandmaster was released in mid December. It contains the chess engine Hiarcs 13, about which you may have read in our Copa Mercosur report. The program, as it is suggested by the DVD cover, is a complete multitask tool for training and enjoying chess. In a new series we introduce you to this Swiss penknife amongst chess programs, starting with the basics.
 
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Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Alexandra Kosteniuk bat Magnus Carlsen
Plus tard vous pourrez dire ... Moscou, j'y étais! © Alexandra Kosteniuk

Les parties d'échecs à télécharger Les parties à Télécharger

Alexandra Kosteniuk Retour sur le championnat du monde de blitz qui se tenait à Moscou les 16, 17 et 18 novembre 2009 à la suite du Mémorial Tal.
La championne du monde d'échecs Alexandra Kosteniuk dissèque sa victoire en blitz face au numéro un mondial Magnus Carlsen (2810 Elo). Pièce touchée, pièce jouée même pour Magnus. Un peu comme pour Thierry Henry face aux Irlandais, Alexandra nous propose plusieurs ralentis du fautif T3e2. Cette fois, la faute de main est sanctionnée : les échecs, c'est sport !
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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:39:00 +0000
 
 
 
Magnus Carlsen and the Touch-Move Rule



Hello everybody!

I am finishing my new DVD project "
CHESS BLITZ FEVER", which is in part a video course with advice on how to play better blitz and partly a collection of some of my best wins from the 2009 World Blitz Championship, including wins against World Champion Vishy Anand, World #1 rated Magnus Carlsen, and Super-GM's Levon Aronian, Alexander Morozevich, Vugar Gashimov, Alexander Grischuk, Judith Polgar, and Arkady Naiditsch. I posted some of them on TubeChess but without comments, and the DVD versions are professionally produced with proper video intros and full commented games with both 2D boards and live blitz in parallel.

The YouTube video above is a sample of this DVD. This game Carlsen - Kosteniuk is a memorable game for me since I was able to beat the World #1 rated player Magnus Carlsen, 2801 ELO at the time, while I only had 2517 ELO.

It also illustrates the
Touch-Move rule in chess at its best. There is a lively discussion in the YouTube comments to my video, so feel free to join in if you have a YouTube nickname. If not, you can comment on this blog and also on my Facebook Fan page.

I will be posting some more samples on my
YouTube channel in the days ahead, but hope that you will support me by buying my DVD (preorders taken right now), that helps me produce more free videos for you to enjoy.

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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:38:00 +0000
 
 
 
FantaCorus 2010!
Il FantaScacchi del torneo di Wijk aan Zee 2010!
In concorso il torneo A + Vocaturo!
Premi in palio per i primi 4 classificati!

Il circo degli scacchi è sempre in movimento e il FantaScacchi non può che seguire a ruota. Non si è ancora spenta l'eco delle imprese (fanta)scacchistiche di Reggio Emilia che già è tempo di guardare avanti, verso nuove incredibili avventure. E l'avventura stavolta è davvero importante, perché trattasi di uno dei tornei più importanti e storici del pianeta: il Corus di Wijk aan Zee, nei Paesi Bassi.

Come sapete, quest'anno e per la prima volta la manifestazione vedrà la partecipazione di ben due italiani (Fabiano Caruana nel torneo A e Daniele Vocaturo nel C) : con queste premesse, potevamo noi fare a meno di organizzare un FantaScacchi che si prendesse cura dei nostri pupilli? Certo che no! E allora... fiato ai pronostici, con in ballo tutti gli incontri del Corus A e la partita di Daniele come "osservata speciale" del torneo C.

Come al solito... buon divertimento!



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  2. Il pronostico si effettua indicando il risultato di ogni partita del torneo a partire dal secondo turno in poi.
  3. I pronostici potranno essere espressi scrivendo un commento all'articolo di riferimento del torneo (cioè questo, salvo avviso contrario).
  4. Il pronostico per ciascun turno potrà essere espresso a partire dalla pubblicazione dei turni sul sito del torneo fino all'inizio del turno in questione.
  5. Non è necessario esprimere pronostici per tutti i turni né, a ogni turno, per tutti gli incontri di quel turno. Gli incontri per cui non è stato espresso un pronostico non assegneranno punti né penalizzazioni. Sarà possibile comunque esprimere i pronostici per lo stesso turno in più commenti, così come esprimere i pronostici per turni diversi in commenti diversi e cambiare o annullare il pronostico prima dell'inizio del turno; in quest'ultimo caso vale l'ultimo pronostico formulato.
  6. Prima dell'inizio del terzo turno (18 gennaio) sarà possibile pronosticare i tre giocatori che saliranno sul podio (cioè ai primi tre posti della classifica) del torneo A, insieme con i loro piazzamenti. Non sarà possibile indicare genericamente i giocatori piazzati senza specificare le loro posizioni.
  7. Calcolo del punteggio: ciascuna partita indovinata porterà 3 punti se il risultato è di 1-0 o 0-1, 1 punto se il risultato è di patta. Ciascun giocatore sul podio di cui si sia indovinata anche la posizione porterà 5 punti; ciascun giocatore sul podio indovinato ma messo al posto sbagliato porterà 1 punto.
  8. La classifica verrà redatta sommando i punti totalizzati da ogni partecipante. Non verrà scartato alcun punteggio.
  9. In caso di parità al termine del torneo, avrà precedenza in classifica chi avrà totalizzato più punti con i pronostici del podio; persistendo ancora la parità, chi avrà pronosticato più vittorie; in caso di ulteriore parità, chi avrà inserito per primo il pronostico definitivo dell'ultimo turno; a questo scopo, faranno fede la data e l'ora del relativo commento su Scacchierando.
  10. Eventuali richieste di spiegazioni o proteste possono essere inoltrate nei commenti all'articolo relativo al FantaCorus 2010. La Redazione, pur facendo tutto il possibile per evitare sviste, non si assume responsabilità in caso di errori non segnalati per tempo.
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Echecs & Cinéma : sortie en DVD du film Joueuse

Sorti en salles le 5 août 2009, le film Joueuse de Caroline Bottaro
avec Sandrine Bonnaire est désormais disponible en DVD

Synopsis : Hélène, femme de ménage discrète, mène une vie paisible dans un petit village en Corse avec son mari, Ange, et sa fille de quinze ans, Lisa. Alors qu'elle nettoie la chambre de deux touristes américains, elle les surprend en train de jouer aux échecs sur le balcon. La complicité entre les deux amants au travers du jeu la fascine. Intriguée, Hélène va se passionner pour les échecs et se rapprocher du mystérieux docteur Kröger...

Littérature : Joueuse est l'adaptation du premier roman de Bertina Henrichs, La Joueuse d'échecs. Le manuscrit achevé, Bertina Henrichs le confie à la réalisatrice Caroline Bottaro. Coup de cœur. Cette métamorphose de femme guidée par sa passion du jeu doit transparaître sur grand écran.
L'affiche du film Joueuse Sandrine Bonnaire, qui avait déjà collaboré avec Caroline Bottaro sur le tournage de C'est la vie de Jean-Pierre Améris, est séduite par le projet : "le film parle plus de sensualité ou d'amour que de jeu d'échecs..."
Premier film produit par Dominique Besnehard et Michel Feller, Joueuse a vu son scénario évoluer au fur et mesure du tournage. Un film qui captive le spectateur, fait de défis personnels et amoureux rythmés par une bande originale signée Nicola Piovani... Avec Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud et Jennifer Beals.
Notre avis : Un excellent film sur le jeu d'échecs, avec la lumineuse Sandrine Bonnaire, qu'on aura plaisir à découvrir ou revoir en DVD.
Acheter le DVD du film Joueuse dans notre boutique.
 
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Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:57:00 +0000
 
 
 
Kommenden Sonntag: ChessBase-Workshop in Hamburg-Bergedorf
Im Rahmen der Deutschen Amateurmeisterschaft Ramada-Cup, die am kommenden Wochenende zu Gast in Hamburg-Bergedorf ist, bietet IM Michael Richter von der Berliner Schachschule einen ChessBase Workshop an. Dieser wird in mehreren Blöcken über den Tag verteilt am Sonntag, den 9.10 durchgeführt. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Voranmeldung ist nicht notwendig. Wer sich ChessBase Programme und Trainings-DVDs anschauen oder kaufen möchte, findet in auf dem Turnier am Stand des Schachhauses Mädler ein breites Angebot.
Bericht vom letzten Workshop in Frankfurt/O... Berliner Schachschule... Schachhaus Mädler
 
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Die Absperrung
Der aktive König spielt im Turmendspiel oft eine entscheidende Rolle. Deshalb ist die Fähigkeit des Turmes, den König horizontal oder vertikal von einem Kampfabschnitt abzusperren und so seine Aktivität einzuschränken, eine äußerst wichtige Methode im Arsenal der Endspieltechnik. Karsten Müller hat ein aktuelles Turmendspiel vom Rilton Cup analysiert, in dem das Thema Absperrung und Kampf gegen die Absperrung im Vordergrund stand.

Analyse Brynell - Popov...
Video-DVD Turmendspiele...
ChessBase Magazin Online...
 
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Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Review of Zuke 'Em, Expanded Edition

I have been reading the new "expanded" edition of Zuke 'Em, The Colle-Zukertort Revolutionized by David Rudel, whose work has interested me since I first heard about it over a year ago. As a practitioner and fan of amateur chess analysis, I recognized in Rudel a kindred spirit and admired (in the materials I saw on the web) the evident work he put into helping amateurs to understand the positional themes and patterns of this under-appreciated opening. I was also impressed by the amount of work that he had put into making his books and promoting them, with excellent websites (at zukertort.com, colle-system.com, and zuke-dukes.com -- the latter with a forum where players can share information, games, and ideas) and lots of online materials and videos (see the webliography at the end of this article for details). Now, finally reading his book, I am even more impressed by the quality of the work. His engaging "conversational" writing style, his focus on explaining themes and patterns rather than dumping a bunch of analysis on the page, and his excellent sense of design and presentation have been widely praised. But what impresses me most about Rudel's work is his desire to seek the best approach to playing the Colle-Zukertort and the way he uses the book format to teach it to others.

Rudel's quest for the "truth" about the Colle-Zukertort continues in the present edition, which breaks new ground for those who would understand the best way to play the opening. If you compare Rudel's repertoire to those of several other Colle-Zukertort books, you see right away that he has a lot of new ideas, many of the "why didn't anybody notice that before?" variety. His more interesting breakthroughs often involve adapting ideas from openings that reach similar positions to the Colle-Zukertort but with colors reversed. For example:
The book is both well-researched and full of innovative ideas. Rudel has done his homework, and the book offers a thorough bibliography of sources, suggesting that he left no stone unturned in seeking ideas. With so many books by professional players lacking any citation apparatus, it is nice to see a so-called "amateur" analyst being so careful. But while he has done good research, Rudel is not a follower of theory. In fact, he turns up so many interesting innovations because he actively searches for ideas to get White an edge instead of accepting "theory's verdict" of equality. After all, he plays the opening himself and he wants to anticipate problems before his opponents spring them on him. I was similarly driven in my analysis of the Urusov Gambit System, where I found published material blithely repeating the mistakes of previous writers or failing to pay attention to important problems in the opening. Doing that analysis made me recognize just how untrustworthy even the best players and analysts can occasionally be and how all players have to find their own path through theory, making their own decisions at each turn and trusting in themselves.

Rudel has not only done some innovative analysis, he has given a lot of thought to helping others understand what he has found. I am very impressed by his carefully structured presentation, which creates an excellent scaffolding for even developing players to master the ideas behind his system. Each chapter begins by setting forth the chief problem that White needs to solve in the line under discussion and the analysis and illustrative game that follow form a coherent piece with the idea of that chapter. Where specific lines call for deeper analysis, he has generally segregated that to the "Extra Analysis" chapter to keep from disrupting the flow of the presentation by focusing too much on specific details. And he concludes the book with a number of "Training" exercises keyed to each section and a set of diagrams to remind readers of the "New Ideas" that he has set forth in his book (especially useful for players who have studied and played the more traditional approaches).

Rudel's desire to teach his repertoire to others has led him to write two additional books of training materials that emerged from the original analysis he was doing on the Colle system. The Moment of Zuke: Critical Positions and Pivotal Decisions for Colle System Players focuses on the Colle more broadly and considers critical tactics and positional themes. Its seven modules (each consisting of "Lesson," "Exercises" and "Solutions" with explanations) are typical of his very orderly presentation and cover such critical Colle topics as how to deal with a Black Ne4, when it's safe to attack with g4, and when you can play the classic Bxh7 sacrifice -- or the double Bishop sacrifice. That last theme returns to make up a whole book in Bxh7: Master both sides of chess' most useful piece sacrifice in 5 easy lessons and 116 exercises which focuses exclusively on "The Greek Gift" (not only out of the Colle or Colle-Zukertort but a number of similar structures, including the French and other Queen Pawn openings). You can review some exercises from the book at his latest website, bishop-sacrifice.com. One of my favorite such sacs is Marshall - Stodie, Atlantic City 1920, but I could not find it in the book (an index of games and players would be a helpful addition to future editions.)

There are actually not that many books where you will find tactical and strategic patterns of a specific opening laid out so thoroughly. The only comparable examples that spring to mind are the recent Seven Ways to Smash the Sicilian (which covers seven different sacrificial themes, like its predecessor Sacrifices in the Sicilian) and New in Chess's "Tactics in the ..." series. With the power of ChessBase "position search," it is actually easier than ever to compile example games to illustrate various themes (as I found in writing Mating Patterns: Bishop and Rook and More Bishop and Rook Mates), so you would think there would be more such books.

Returning to the new edition of Zuke 'Em, I think Rudel has made significant improvements upon earlier editions (one of which I actually found at my library for comparison). He has added some sample games with significant annotations and offered some alternative lines to match player styles. But the most salient and important improvement, as he acknowledges, is at the level of proofreading, and he has done an excellent job eliminating errors in grammar, chess moves, and diagrams. I found only one bad diagram (with a Bishop accidentally substituted for a pawn on page 291) and only one error in grammar ("With this in mind, I propose a line inviting Black to take a free move he wish [sic] he did not have" [203]). And I was looking for error. [Rudel credits proofreaders Graham Stevens and John Wright for the improvements.]

The Colle-Zukertort is not in itself a complete repertoire, and Rudel recommends that readers fill out the rest by following Aaron Summerscale's cult classic A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire, which is due to be re-released in "a new enlarged edition" updated by Sverre Johnsen some time in early Spring 2010. In the meantime, Richard Palliser's Starting Out: d-Pawn Attacks is not a bad substitute, covering part of Summerscale's repertoire in the Barry Attack, the 150 Attack, and the Colle-Zukertort, and only skipping coverage of the Benoni and the Dutch (which you can find material on elsewhere). And there are other 1.d4 Repertoire Books out there to tide you over until the "return of the king" (Summerscale) -- though you might look for Summerscale's video series produced by Foxy Videos and now available from various sources. For those looking for a parallel repertoire as Black, I'd recommend the Nimzo- and Queen's-Indian complex and the French Defense, in which case you might add Play the Nimzo-Indian, Play the Queen's Indian, and How to Play against 1.e4 (on the French) to fill up your chess opening bookshelf.

Selected Online Colle-Zukertort Resources
For those not yet convinced that the Colle-Zukertort is worth a go, here are some online resources to help you explore and learn more on your own before taking the plunge and buying Zuke 'Em.

Colle-Zukertort Repertoire Articles

Michael Goeller, The Hybrid Zukertort Retort at the Kenilworth Chess Club website.

_______, A Bishops of Opposite Color Endgame Lesson from Steve Stoyko at the Kenilworth Chess Club.

_______, Kupchick - Capablanca, Lake Hopatcong 1926 at Kenilworth Chess Club website
Notes on a fascinating Capablanca victory using a Queen's Indian vs. the Colle.

_______, Yaacov Norowitz Lecture on the Stonewall Attack at the Kenilworth Chess Club website
Along with the Stonewall, discusses Norowitz's "Anti-KID Zukertort System" which involves playing a Zukertort system with the idea that dark squared Bishops will eventually get exchanged after 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. b3! d6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 etc.

_______, Barry Attack Bibliography at the Kenilworth Chess Club website
The Barry Attack is at the core of Summerscale's recommended d-pawn repertoire and is covered by Palliser's "Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks" also. I wrote this back in 2005, but helpful readers have left updates in the comments. I wrote another piece at the Kenilworth Kibitzer blog on the "Anti-Barry Attack."

Gary Lane, Opening Lanes #55 at ChessCafe
Discusses the Cvitan - Gofshtein game which was the focus of my Hybrid Zukertort Retort article. Not a very in-depth study.

_______, Opening Langes #30 at ChessCafe
Starts off with a Colle-Koltanowski game and then a Colle-Zukertort one.

_______, Opening Langes #64 at ChessCafe
Look for a short win by White near the middle of the article.

Promoted Pawn, Colle - Zukertort, Susan Polgar DVD game collection at Chessgames.com

David Rudel, Chapter 1: Why (another book on the Colle)? at zukertort.com

_______, Chapter 2: Introduction: The Enigmatic Zukertort at zukertort.com

_______, Four Keys for the Colle-Zukertort -- A Car for the Future at Chessville.com
A good place to start if you are considering giving the Colle-Zukertort a "test drive" is this article by Rudel, which begins with a bit of a sales pitch and then offers four ideas in the opening, including the difficulty Black has developing his queenside, White's extra kingside space, the crucial squares for various pieces, and the possibility of exchanging pawns in the center by dxc5 to unleash the dark square Bishop.

_______. Reviving the Colle-Zukertort Main Line at Chessville
Discusses how the idea of exchanging in the center and playing a6 in the Tartakower can be adapted for use in the Colle-Zukertort to revive the main line where White is often annoyed by Nb4 attacking the Bishop at d3. Offers quite a bit of useful analysis.

_______. How the Kolt Beats a Horse: Early ...Ne4 Plans in the Colle System at Chessville
An exploration of various White ideas for dealing with Ne4 by Black in both the Colle-Zukertort and Colle-Koltanowski. Ends with training exercises.

_______, Benoni at zukertort.com

_______, The Phoenix Attack Quick-Start Guide at colle-system.com
An excellent introduction with video to Rudel's innovative approach to the regular Colle that turns it into a reverse Semi-Slav. There is also a good discussion of this idea at ChessVibes.

_______. The Moment of Zuke Introduction and First Module at colle-system.com.

_______. The Moment of Zuke, Module 2: Slaying the b7 Monster at colle-system.com

Eric Schiller, The Rubinstein Attack! A Chess Opening Strategy for White (2005)
A PDF of the first 25-pages of this book, offering a useful introduction to the Colle-Zukertort and discussion of the game Blackburne - Minckwitz, Berlin 1881. See also more pages from the book on the Bogoljubow Variation (mostly focused on a Nh5-f4 idea for Black) and an extensive Preview at Google Books.

Zukertort, Quick-Start Guide to the Colle Zukertort, a Chess Opening System for Players of Any Strength at Chess.com
A nice introduction to the basic tabiya and standard lines of the Colle-Zukertort in text and java replay board form.


Colle-Zukertort Repertoire Videos

Colle - Grunfeld, Berlin 1926
Just a video replay without commentary of probably the only game on record where Edgar Colle actually played the Colle-Zukertort (which bears his name), here against a Queen's Indian hedgehog. Annotated in Tartakower's 500 Master Games.

The Zukertort Variation of the Colle System Illustrated by David Rudel
A very useful introduction to the opening and its basic ideas and patterns.


The Phoenix Attack Variation of the Colle System by David Rudel
Rudel's second video, introducing a new way of playing the Colle as a reversed Semi-Slav with c3 and b4.
 
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Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:09:00 +0000
 
 
 
Winners of 2009 Kosteniuk Grand-Prix Puzzle Contest

Hello everyone!

2009 is over and so is my 2009 Alexandra Kosteniuk Grand-Prix Puzzle Contest. It's time to announce the winners of the December Alexandra Kosteniuk Grand-Prix Puzzle Contest as well as the overall winner of 2009.

Surprisingly, out of all the solutions received only 2 solutions were totally correct.

Here are the full answers to the puzzles:

Hoffman - Petrov, 1844. Black to move.

Puzzle 1. Black plays and wins

12. … O-O !! Nice queen sacrifice 13.
Nxd8

[13. Rf1 Rxf7 14. Rxf7 Qg5+ 15. Qg4 Qxg4 15. Kxg4 Kxf7 -+ ]

13. ... Bf2+ 14. Kh3

[14. Kg4 Rf4+ 15. Kg5 (15. Kh5 Rh4+ 16.Kg5 h6+ 17.Kf5 Ne7#) 15. ... h6+ 16. Kh5 Rh4+ 17. Kg6 Ne7#]

14. ... d6+ 15. e6

[15.g4 Nf4#]

15. ... Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6 17.g3 Nd4

[ 17. ... Nd8+ leads to checkmate even faster 18. Kh5 (18. Kg5 Rf5+ 19. Kg4 Rf6+ 20. Kg5 Be3+ 21. Kh4 Rh6+ 22. Qh5 g5#; 18. Kh4 Rf4+ 19. Kg5 Ne6+ 20. Kh5 g6+ 21. Kh6 Rh4+ 22. gxh4 Be3#) 18...Rf5+ 19.Kg4 Rf6+ 20.Kh4 Rh6+ 21.Kg5 Be3#]

18. Nxe6 Bxe6+ 19. Kh4

[19. Kg5 Rf5+ 20. Kg4 h5+ 21. Kh3 Rf3#]

19. ... Nf5

[19. ... Rf4 was also checkmating]

20. Kh3 Ne3+ 21. Kh4 Ng2+ 22. Kh5 g6+ 23. Kg5 Be3#


Healey, 1861, White plays and checkmates in 3 moves.

A very nice and difficult checkmate in 3 problem, here's what Fernando Rosetti writes about it:

"The knight protects a mate square (d6) while the bishop guards the c7 and d7 mate squares. Therefore, black has only two playable moves: Bd7 or Be8. How to find the key move?Theoretically, in a composition, each “extra piece” plays an important role. Not different here. The pawn on g2 avoids mate in one (Qg1), Rf3 stops the pawn advance f3-f2, and therefore g1 is an important square. The bishop on a1 seems useless but sharp-eyed solvers can understand him like a “correction” in order to avoid the dual. So, the key is the only square that does not block up the queen’s incursion to g1 via b1.

1. Rh1!! Be8/Bd7
2. Qb1 Bb5
3. Qg1#

If black plays other than 2. ... Bb5, white checkmates with 3. Qb4."


Pillsbury – Em. Lasker
St. Petersburg (1895-96)

17. … Rxc3 18. fxe6

[ In case of 18. bxc3 Black can get a better endgame by playing Qxc3 19. Qf3! (19.fxe6? Qb4+ 4.Ka1 Rc8 5.exf7+ Kf8) 19. ... Qxf3! 20. gf Bxf5+ 21. Bd3 Bh3 or he can play for an attack with 18. ... Bd7!? since after 19. Qf3 Rc8 Black's attack is unstoppable]

Ra3!! The key of the combination.

19. exf7+?

[ With the strongest 19. ba! White would have still been able to save the game but for that he would need to do many more excellent defensive moves.]

Rxf7 20. bxa3 Qb6+ 21. Bb5 Qxb5 22. Ka1 Rc7?

[The easiest way to win here is to play 22. ... Qc4! 23. Qg4 Re7! (with the idea Re4 or Re2) 24. Rhe1 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxe1 winning]

23. Rd2 Rc4 24. Rhd1?

[White could have make a draw after 24. Re1!]

24. ... Rc3?

[24. ... Qc6 was winning]

25. Qf5 Qc4 26.Kb2?

[26. Kb1 could have helped White to stop Blaxk's attack and gain the initiative]

26. ... Rxa3 !! 27. Qe6+ Kh7?

[ Black was winning after 27. ... Kh8]

28. Kxa3??

[ After 28. Qf5+ Kh8 29. Kb1 White could saved the game]

Qc3+ 29. Ka4 b5+! 30. Kxb5 Qc4+ 31. Ka5 Bd8+ 32. Qb6 Bxb6#

You can find more comments about this game in the excellent work by Garry Kasparov "My Great Predecessors", volume 1.

So...

The Grand-winner of the Grand-Prix is Fernando Rossetti from Brazil, he gets my new autographed book "Diary of a Chess Queen", congratulations!

Renato Oliviera and Francisco Valiente were just a few points behind the winner and get my "Best Games DVD" as a prize.

Thanks to everybody for participating!

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion

 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/winners-of-2009-kosteniuk-grand-prix.html
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:33:00 +0000
 
 
 
Reggio Emilia: Almasi führt, Bologan holt auf
Beim Turnier in Reggio Emilia haben die Spieler den Übergang ins neue Jahrzehnt auf ihre Weise gefeiert. Zoltan Almasi, Nummer Eins der Setzliste, holte seinen zweiten Sieg und verteidigte damit die Tabellenführung, Viktor Bologan (Bild), Autor einer ChessBase-DVD über den Königsinder, zeigte gegen Konstantin Landa, dass er nicht nur predigt, sondern auch praktiziert, doch die aufregendste Partie des Tages spielten Baadur Jobava und Daniele Vocaturo, die ein Feuerwerk taktischer Einfälle abbrannten.
Turnierseite..., Königsindisch-DVD im Shop kaufen... Tabelle und Partien...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9942
Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Invitation to Miami Diary of a Chess Queen Book Signings


Dear friends of chess,

It is my pleasure to invite you to either or both of my Miami book signings, that will take place on January 7 at 7 PM at the Aventura Barnes & Noble, and on January 11 at 8 PM at the Coral Gables Books & Books.

My book "Diary of a Chess Queen" will be presented to Miami on those occasions, and I will gladly sign autographs for you and for your loved ones.

I will talk about my book, and will take any questions about my career or my games. I will take a chess board with me and if you have some question, you can feel free to ask it then directly to me.

The book contains 64 of my best chess games, commented, but also at least 1/3 of text, which conveys my life story, from being a little 5-year old girl who just learned to play chess, up to my winning the women's world chess championship last year. There are more than 100 photos in the book, and lots of diagrams, that make following the games very easy.

You can read some Amazon reviews about my book.

I hope to see you there, and send you my very best wishes for the New Year!

May Love, Happiness and Chess be with you all along 2010!

Posted by ALexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/invitation-to-miami-diary-of-chess.html
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:29:00 +0000
 
 
 
FantaCapodanno 2010!

Il FantaScacchi del 52° Torneo di Capodanno!
VIA AI PRONOSTICI! Ricchi premi per i primi 3!


Bentornati, amici fantascacchisti! A pochi giorni di distanza dalla World Cup un'altra avventura ci attende e anche stavolta il torneo con cui ci andiamo a cimentare è di sicuro prestigio: il 52° Torneo di Capodanno di Reggio Emilia, che si svolgerà dal 28 dicembre 2009 al 6 gennaio 2010.

REGOLAMENTO
  1. Per partecipare al FantaCapodanno 2010 basta esprimere i propri pronostici relativi agli incontri disputati durante il 52° Torneo di Capodanno.
  2. Il pronostico si effettua indicando il risultato di ogni partita del torneo a partire dal secondo turno in poi.
  3. I pronostici potranno essere espressi scrivendo un commento all'articolo di riferimento del torneo (cioè questo, salvo avviso contrario).
  4. Il pronostico per ciascun turno potrà essere espresso a partire dalla pubblicazione dei turni sul sito del torneo fino all'inizio del turno in questione.
  5. Non è necessario esprimere pronostici per tutti i turni né, a ogni turno, per tutti gli incontri di quel turno. Gli incontri per cui non è stato espresso un pronostico non assegneranno punti né penalizzazioni. Sarà possibile comunque esprimere i pronostici per lo stesso turno in più commenti, così come esprimere i pronostici per turni diversi in commenti diversi e cambiare o annullare il pronostico prima dell'inizio del turno; in quest'ultimo caso vale l'ultimo pronostico formulato.
  6. Prima dell'inizio del terzo turno (30 dicembre) sarà possibile pronosticare i tre giocatori che saliranno sul podio (cioè ai primi tre posti della classifica), insieme con i loro piazzamenti. Non sarà possibile indicare genericamente i giocatori piazzati senza specificare le loro posizioni.
  7. Calcolo del punteggio: ciascuna partita indovinata porterà 3 punti se il risultato è di 1-0 o 0-1, 1 punto se il risultato è di patta. Ciascun giocatore sul podio di cui si sia indovinata anche la posizione porterà 5 punti; ciascun giocatore sul podio indovinato ma messo al posto sbagliato porterà 1 punto.
  8. La classifica verrà redatta sommando i punti totalizzati da ogni partecipante. Non verrà scartato alcun punteggio.
  9. In caso di parità al termine del torneo, avrà precedenza in classifica chi avrà indovinato più giocatori sul podio; persistendo ancora la parità, chi avrà pronosticato più vittorie; in caso di ulteriore parità, chi avrà inserito per primo il pronostico definitivo dell'ultimo turno; a questo scopo, faranno fede la data e l'ora del relativo commento su Scacchierando.
  10. Eventuali richieste di spiegazioni o proteste possono essere inoltrate nei commenti all'articolo relativo al FantaCapodanno 2010. La Redazione, pur facendo tutto il possibile per evitare sviste, non si assume responsabilità in caso di errori non segnalati per tempo.
PREMI PER I PRIMI 3 CLASSIFICATI


ALBO D'ORO FANTASCACCHI

Competizione 1° classificato 2° classificato 3° classificato Partecipanti
FantaWorldCup 2009 Pekos Zum Noi stiamo con Ettore 56
FantaEuropeo 2009 Sparta! - Runner Woodpusher United IV - LordSte Impedonati - Magico Capo 101
Fantacapodanno 2009
I Mufloni - Birgus
Sparta! - Runner
Daurlo - Campionissimo
17
FantaOlimpiadi 2008 Cipollina's Patzers - John Cipollina Maggica - Stefano Bellincampi Xadrez Team - Bersek 76
FantaEuropeo 2008
Regina Cattolica- Massimiliano Ferri Sparta! - Runner La Lanterna - Dragone 1
67

L'articolo di presentazione del 52° Torneo di Capodanno di Darkstorm
 
http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1648
2009-12-28T11:10:00+01:00
 
 
 
Neu: Adrian Mikhalchishin: Winning Structures
Alle großen Meisterspieler verfügten nicht nur über ein umfassendes theoretisches Wissen. Jeder von Ihnen hatte auch seine Lieblingsmethoden, mit Hilfe derer er seine Punktausbeute verbessern konnte. Und die ganz großen Meister entwickelten sogar ihre eigenen Lieblingsbauernstrukturen und schauten sich die Konzepte voneinander ab. So erfand z.B. Aljechin eine interessante neue Struktur, die von seinen Gegnern (u.a. von Rubinstein) kopiert wurde und auch später bei Botwinnik und Kramnik Anwendung fand. Die beliebteste - und zugleich am meisten gefürchtete - Bauernstruktur im Zentrum ist der Isolani. Alle großen Meister der Schachgeschichte haben diese Struktur auf höchste Ebene gespielt - sie gehörte und gehört noch heute quasi zum Pflichtprogramm für jeden Großmeister. Spitzentrainer GM Adrian Mikhalchishin erklärt Ihnen in über 5 Stunden Spielzeit, wie man diese und andere klassische Strukturen mit Gewinn einsetzt. Fritztrainer-DVD in englischer Sprache. Preis: 29,90 €.
Videoausschnitt ansehen (in reduzierter Qualität)...
Adrian Mikalchishin: "Winning Structures" im Shop kaufen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9914
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
RETROSPECTIVE 2009

L'année 2009 aura été une année riche d'événements, heureux ou malheureux, sur ce blog. Je passerai pudiquement sur une tragédie familiale qui n'a pas grand chose à voir avec les échecs mais que, sur le coup de l'émotion, je vous avais fait partager. Vos nombreux commentaires, tous chaleureux ont autant étonné que réchauffé et m'ont démontré qu'il y avait bien un lien humain à travers ces pages, quelque chose qui dépasse de très loin le simple univers tactique des échecs ! De l'humanité, encore, et de la chaleur à travers la petite histoire concernant Philippe Kesmaecker. Elle n'avait qu'une portée symbolique mais elle m'a donné la pêche... Philippe, en infatigable compilateur de génie a lui aussi été revigoré par son titre de "plus vieux maître FIDE de France" (sic) et s'est engagé dans un ouvrage d'envergure : la mise à jour et la mise en forme de sa base "tactiqueries", qui comporte maintenant un cours de tactique et plus de 4000 positions incluant les meilleures combinaisons des plus récents tournois ! Cette nouvelle version n'est pas encore diffusée sur ce blog car, il faut l'avouer, Philippe cherche légitimement à valoriser son travail et tentera sûrement de commercialiser l'ultime version... mais une mise à jour "intermédiaire" vous sera certainement livrée courant 2010. L'année 2009 m'aura permis de diffuser en libre téléchargement mon premier recueil de parties, d'ajouter plus de 60 exercices tactiques inédits issus de mes propres parties et 9 critiques de livres ou DVD mais le grand tournant aura été pour moi la découverte et la diffusion de vidéos d'échecs : 28 vidéos ont été diffusées sur youtube, dailymotion ou viméo, vues par plus de 12000 visiteurs et le plus souvent gentiment commentées sur ce blog par des spectateurs pourtant exigeants. Les vidéos les plus appréciées sont celles qui parlent d'ouverture (vous êtes incorrigibles !), comme en témoigne le succès de la vidéo sur le gambit Schilling-Kostic, qui est pourtant loin d'être une ouverture à la mode ! Les "cours de tactique" semblent aussi très appréciés : certains d'entre vous n'ont pas hésité à rester plus d'une heure devant le cours sur la déviation (une heure alors qu'on n'y voit aucune femme nue, incroyable !...)  Je vais bien sûr étoffer cette série... mais cela demande un temps considérable de préparation d'où la lenteru du processus... Ma plus belle satisfaction reste votre fidélité : le nombre de visites ne fléchit pas, même pendant les périodes d'inactivité du blog. Alors que j'espérais 30000 visiteurs à la fin de cette année, nous avons dépassé les 47000 avec plus de 37500 visiteurs rien que pour l'année 2009 et près de 100000 pages vues. C'est toujours moins que les sites pornographiques, mais que voulez-vous, malgré quelques tentatives timides de rapprochement, nos deux mondes sont trop éloignés ! Merci à vous tous pour votre fidélité. Je vous souhaite d'excellentes fêtes de fin d'année !

 
http://echecsvdm.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/22/16241954.html
Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:29:00 GMT
 
 
 
Opening surveys in CBM 133
When Magnus Carlsen convincingly outplayed that well known openings connoisseur Peter Leko in the very first round of the tournament in Nanjing, the world of chess pricked up its ears, because the Norwegian had done so with a Scotch, an opening which in modern times has been associated above all with the name of Garry Kasparov, who is now known to be Carlsen's trainer. This game spurred Igor Stohl on to take an extremely close look at the variation employed. Here is the complete article, one of a total of 12 on the DVD of CBM 133.
Stohl: Scotch with 10.f4
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5999
Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Re: Cohabitation Fritz 12 et Fritz 9
Salut,

La compatibilité n'est pas ascendante.
Il y a des générations d'interface et de système d'exploitation.

Compatibilité ascendante et descendante:
Fritz 5.32 à Fritz 9
Fritz 10 à Fritz 12

Compatibilité descendante Fritz 5.32 à Fritz 12

Cela veut dire que Fritz 12 fonctionne dans Fritz 12, 11 et 10 mais non dans 9, 8 etc.
Fritz 5.32 fonctionnera par contre dans Fritz 12.

Les autres modules, Junior, Hiarcs, Shredder, Chess Tiger, Rybka utilisent l'interface Fritz (6,7,8,9,10 ou 11) la plus récente lors de leur sortie (et non au moment de l'achat!!)

Lors de l'installation, Fritz 12 récupère, automatiquement, les anciens modules, que ce soit les UCI ou les Native. Encore faut-il qu'ils ne soient pas éparpillés partout.

Il y en a qui suivent les conseils et d'autre pas (voir http://pagesperso-orange.fr/lefouduroi/fritzinstall.htm ).

Il n'y a aucune différence entre les modules *.eng et *.engine si ce n'est leur extension. Crafty 23.00.eng = Crafty 23.00.engine. Mais on ne peut pas changer l'extension, sinon le module n'est pas reconnu.

Lors de la première utilisation d'un ancien module commercial, par ex. Fritz 8, dans une nouvelle interface le disque (CD ou DVD) est requis pour authentification.

Patrick

Message: http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t652-Cohabitation-Fritz-12-et-Fritz-9.htm?p=1702

 
http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t652-Cohabitation-Fritz-12-et-Fritz-9.htm?p=1702
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:53:56 +0000
 
 
 
Props To @Chessqueen
Alexandra, the Chess Queen, is in Tucson today giving an exhibition but I had to post this and send her my best!
 
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Chessvine/~3/6ovJe_R6dXE/657-Props-To-Chessqueen.html
 
 
 
Echecs & Musique : le Mary Chess Quiz
Fabien Marsaud, plus connu sous le nom de Grand Corps Malade
Son actualité
Depuis la sortie de Midi 20 il y a bientôt quatre ans, on ne peut pas dire que Grand Corps Malade ait gardé ses mains – et encore moins sa langue – dans sa poche. Outre deux albums plébiscités, sa plus grande fierté est de sortir aujourd'hui un premier live rendant hommage à une série de plus de 200 concerts. Capté à la Cigale en septembre dernier, ce DVD sobrement intitulé En concert retranscrit fidèlement l'ambiance des concerts du slameur à la béquille.
Retrouvez des mots d'échecs dans les chansons ! Marie Bérenger
Comment jouer ? C'est simple, cette magnifique chanson de Grand Corps Malade comprend une expression tirée directement du jeu d'échecs. Alors, sauriez-vous préciser à notre amie Marie Bérenger laquelle et à quel endroit précisément en minutes et secondes ?
 
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2009/12/echecs-musique-le-mary-chess-quiz.html
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:27:00 +0000
 
 
 
Roman's Lab series - Instructional Chess DVDs


Roman Dzinzi's Gran Maestro de ajedrez presenta una gran colección de videos de instrucción de Ajedrez .

Roman's Lab Vol 1 - Learning Openings the Easy Way, Traps & Novelties
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568919/92cf16e/CHESSRomans.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568920/04078a9/CHESSRomans.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568921/860109f/CHESSRomans.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568922/301365e/CHESSRomans.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568923/c51624f/CHESSRomans.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568924/f254af5/CHESSRomans.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12594108/95a827c/CHESSRomans.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12594109/678fad4/CHESSRomans.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12594110/bd31bb7/CHESSRomans.part09.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12594111/30b196b/CHESSRomans.part10.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 2 - Sacrifices and Tactics that End Games in the Opening
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568925/d08a784/CHESSRomansD2.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568926/eebd89d/CHESSRomansD2.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568927/4638870/CHESSRomansD2.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568928/1be7519/CHESSRomansD2.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568929/299116e/CHESSRomansD2.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568930/4989915/CHESSRomansD2.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568931/912fe99/CHESSRomansD2.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568932/e9e60da/CHESSRomansD2.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568933/f88ac83/CHESSRomansD2.part09.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12593880/7694e78/CHESSRomansD2.part10.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 3 - Transition to the Middle Game
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568934/2ac653a/CHESSRomansD3.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568935/5ee7e2e/CHESSRomansD3.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568936/bce900d/CHESSRomansD3.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568937/366cc4a/CHESSRomansD3.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12815916/8c4aebe/CHESSRomansD3.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568939/46a7c5f/CHESSRomansD3.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568940/b555d36/CHESSRomansD3.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568941/9937b8f/CHESSRomansD3.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568942/67751d9/CHESSRomansD3.part09.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568943/1f770c9/CHESSRomansD3.part10.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 4 - Planning & Attacking Based on Superiority of Pieces
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568944/ca755bd/CHESSRomansD4.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568945/10145a9/CHESSRomansD4.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568946/b643ed7/CHESSRomansD4.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568947/6f09d58/CHESSRomansD4.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568948/b09a4b7/CHESSRomansD4.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568949/3444b72/CHESSRomansD4.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568950/11cc621/CHESSRomansD4.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568951/8064a7a/CHESSRomansD4.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568952/da6e907/CHESSRomansD4.part09.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568953/2c534dd/CHESSRomansD4.part10.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 5 - Rapid and Complete Opening Repertoire for White
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568954/24a852b/CHESSRomansD5.part1.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568955/fc6fa30/CHESSRomansD5.part2.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568956/100e9f0/CHESSRomansD5.part3.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568957/f7da600/CHESSRomansD5.part4.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568958/f5b4d8f/CHESSRomansD5.part5.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568960/9335b07/CHESSRomansD5.part6.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 6 - Rapid and Complete Opening Repertoire for Black
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568972/325ecd9/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568973/6165ee2/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568974/691af81/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568975/8063348/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568976/c5a540b/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568977/4b5e105/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568978/d5cff29/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568979/645fb5d/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568980/5ece58a/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part09.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568981/e43ac02/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part10.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568982/c068606/DVD06_-_Rapid_and_Complete_Opening_Repertoire_for_the_Tournament_Player_-_BLACK_-_MPG.part11.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 7 - Think and Play like a Grandmaster
http://hotfile.com/dl/11359919/bbfdcff/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11359918/20a77ac/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11927152/4aa8829/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11362313/0a7eed0/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11364112/7bf1f39/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11364364/3a5b409/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11365699/8d3ed1a/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11365951/b167bdb/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11367895/8889ebd/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part09.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/11368364/31d5ce2/Romans_Lab_Think_like_a_GM.part10.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 8 - Comprehensive Chess Endings 1
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568983/25a9baf/DVD08_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_Part_1_-_AVI.part1.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568984/76ce236/DVD08_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_Part_1_-_AVI.part2.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568985/48fab59/DVD08_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_Part_1_-_AVI.part3.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568986/8ae2e64/DVD08_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_Part_1_-_AVI.part4.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568987/13a28c9/DVD08_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_Part_1_-_AVI.part5.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12568988/d9b94d9/DVD08_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_Part_1_-_AVI.part6.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 9 - Comprehensive Chess Endings 2
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612223/1375d30/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612224/ee3ef3d/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612225/d4fc017/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612226/6261ad2/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612227/1722ef7/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612228/d809923/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612229/f049b52/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/12612230/03f96ac/DVD09_-_Comprehensive_Chess_Endings_-_Part_2_-_MPG.part08.rar.html

Roman's Lab Vol 10 - Greatest Games of Chess ever Played - Part 1
http://hotfile.com/dl/12655016/08c7c3f/DVD10_-_Greatest_Games_of_Chess_Ever_Played_-_Part01_-_WMV.part1.rar.html
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Roman's Lab Vol 11 - Greatest Games of Chess ever Played - Part 2

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Roman's Lab Vol 12 - New Improvements in Opening Theory
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Roman's Lab Vol 13 - Maximize Your Success against 1.b4, c4, d4
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Roman's Lab Vol 14 - Improve your Combinational & Tactical Skills - Part 1
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Roman's Lab Vol 15 - Improve your Combinational & Tactical Skills - Part 2
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Roman's Lab Vol 16 - Learn to play the English The Easy Way
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Roman's Lab Vol 17 - Unbeatable Secret Weapons for Black
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Roman's Lab Vol 18 - Blitz as a tool to better chess & Secrets in Beating your Chess Computer
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Roman's Lab Vol 19 - Understanding & Dominating your chess game with Pawn Structures
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Roman's Lab Vol 20 - Step-by-Step Manoeuvring in Closed Positions
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Roman's Lab Vol 21 - The King’s Indian Defence
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Roman's Lab Vol 22 - The Scotch and Giuoco Piano
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Roman's Lab Vol 23 - Grand Prix and Reti
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Roman's Lab Vol 24 - Live from Las Vegas National Open
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Roman's Lab Vol 25 - Easy Way to Beat The Pirc Modern Defense
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Roman's Lab Vol 26 - Nimzovitch’s My System Part 1
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Roman's Lab Vol 27 - Nimzovitch's My System Part 2
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Roman's Lab Vol 28 - Easy Way to Learn The King's Indian Attack
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Roman's Lab Vol 29 - Mastering the Endgame Series - Part 1 Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 30 - Mastering the Endgame Series - Part 2 Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 31 - Mastering the Opening Series - Repertoire for Black 1
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Roman's Lab Vol 32 - Mastering the Opening Series - Repertoire for Black 2
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Roman's Lab Vol 33 - Mastering the Opening Series - Crushing Lines for White
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Roman's Lab Vol 34 - Repertoire for Black vs. Queen's Gambit Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 35 - Mastering the Opening Series - 1. d4 Repertoire for White
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Roman's Lab Vol 36 - The Art of Defence
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Roman's Lab Vol 37 - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings Vol 1 Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 38 - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings Vol 2 Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 39 - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings Vol 3 (2h 49m)

Roman's Lab Vol 40 - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings Vol 4 Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 41 - New Lines & Novelties in the Scotch and f4 Sicilian
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Roman's Lab Vol 42 - New Lines against the Pirc, Scandinavian & Dragon
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Roman's Lab Vol 43 - New Lines & Novelties against the Caro Kann, Alekhine & French
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Roman's Lab Vol 45 - New Lines for Black in the Accelerated Dragon and King's Indian
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Roman's Lab Vol 44 - New Lines for White against the Sicilian, French, Hippo, Latvian Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 46 - Most Incredible Tactics and Combinations Ever in the Endgame Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 47 - The Most Brilliant Squeezes Ever in the Endgame Nuevos
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Roman's Lab Vol 48 - System for White Against the Scillian Fianchetto and Non
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Roman's Lab Vol 49 - Magnificent Instructional Masterpieces in The King's Indian Defense
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Roman's Lab Vol 50 - Unsound Openings and How to Exploit Them
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Roman's Lab Vol 51 - Building Powerful Attacks by Learning Piece Coordination nuevos

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Roman's Lab Vol 52 - Finding Tactical Solutions in Overwhelming Positions

Roman's Lab Vol 53 - Improve Your Ability to Calculate Variations
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Roman's Lab Vol 54 - Capitalizing on Your Opponent's Weaknesses

Roman's Lab Vol 55 - A Tribute to Bobby Fischer Nuevos
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http://hotfile.com/dl/18675399/b0a0003/roman55.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/18675400/8fe33
 
http://bibliotecaajedrez.blogspot.com/2009/11/romans-lab-series-instructional-chess.html
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:00 +0000
 
 
 
Eröffnungsübersichten in CBM 133
Als Magnus Carlsen gleich in der ersten Runde des Turniers in Nanjing Peter Leko, der als Eröffnungsfuchs gilt, auf überzeugende Art überspielte, horchte die Schachwelt auf; denn der Norweger tat es mit Schottisch, eine Eröffnung, die in modernen Zeiten vor allem mit dem Namen Garry Kasparov verbunden ist, und der ist nun bekanntlich der Trainer von Carlsen. Igor Stohl hat die Partie zum Anlass genommen, um die zur Anwendung gebrachte Variante genauestens zu analysieren. Hier ist der komplette Artikel, einer von insgesamt 12 auf der DVD von CBM 133. Stohl: Schottisch mit 10.f4
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9893
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Christmas Chess Goodwill in Tucson


Dear Chess Friends,

After my recent blog offer for a free Chess Goodwill trip to any place in the USA to promote chess with kids during the Christmas period, the requests started flowing in, and so now after looking at all the applications, I am happy to announce the winner: the non-profit organization 9 QUEENS in Tucson, Arizona!

I will be flying to Tucson, Arizona, on December 20, and will star at several events, including an up to 50-board simul, a meeting at the 9 Queens Academy, and a reception. I am excited at the possibility to promote chess in Tucson and to recognize 9 Queens, which does so much for women's chess. A big thanks to 9 Queens and specially to Jean Hoffman who was able to organize everything at such an incredibly short notice!

I support 9 Queens strongly, so if you also find their work worthwhile, I urge you to go their site and make a donation of any amount. And if you approve of my going there to promote chess to kids at no cost, I would be grateful to you if you bought something from my web shop, for example my totally new book "Diary of a Chess Queen", or my new DVD "My Best Games". Free autograph with each purchase.

Here is the Official Press Release of the event:

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***?

Contact 9 Queens: Jean Hoffman
?Cell: 347-409-1276?
Email: jhoffman@9queens.org?

Contact Chessqueen: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Email: chessqueen@me.com

CURRENT WOMEN’S WORLD CHESS CHAMPION COMES TO TUCSON?

Tucson nonprofit selected as one of the few chess programs in the nation honored by Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk

?(TUCSON, AZ ) Current Women's World Chess Champion and Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk has selected the Tucson nonprofit organization 9 Queens as one of the few chess programs in the country to honor with her Christmas Goodwill Offer. On December 20, 2009, as part of her national goodwill tour to promote the benefits of chess, Ms. Kosteniuk will fly to Tucson, Arizona to participate in a range of free educational activities hosted by 9 Queens. From 2-4 pm at the Parasol Project Arts Space (299 S Park Avenue), Ms. Kosteniuk will answer questions from participants in the 9 Queens Academy and read from her new book "Diary of a Chess Queen." Immediately following the Queens Academy, 9 Queens will host a reception and simultaneous chess exhibit at MAST a new boutique located next door to Parasol Project. During the simultaneous chess exhibit, Ms. Kosteniuk will play up to 50 chess players at the same time.??

In addition to serving as the current Women's World Chess Champion, Ms. Kosteniuk, also serves as the co-chair for the World Chess Federation's Commission for Women’s Chess. Ms Kosteniuk, a notable chess celebrity, is widely regarded as the most popular chess player in the world. Known for the mantra "Chess is Cool," Kosteniuk was recently voted the most influential chess player on Twitter.

??"Alexandra has done so much to promote not only women's chess but chess in general," says 9 Queens executive director Jean Hoffman, "It is a huge honor to have her come to Tucson and recognize our growing chess community.

"??Over the past two years, 9 Queens has created a range of programs designed in empower under-served and under-represented populations through chess. In August 2008, 9 Queens created the Tucson Queens Initiative--a multi-year campaign designed not only to increase the percentage of female chess players, but also to empower girls to achieve academic, personal and professional success. Since then the percentage of women participating in 9 Queens beginner chess tournaments as skyrocketed from less than ten percent to almost fifty percent. The high percentage of female chess players in Tucson stands in stark contrast to national trends where women make up around eight percent of the chess community.

???"I could not think of a better organization to do this goodwill event with since I support 9 Queens strongly,” explained Kosteniuk regarding her decision to partner with 9 Queens.

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion


 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/christmas-chess-goodwill-in-tucson.html
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:36:00 +0000
 
 
 
Hurry up
If you want to improve your understanding of a complex opening with a huge history the best that can happen is to have a really strong player with many years of experience teach it to you. That's exactly what GM Lubomir Ftacnik offers you on his Sicilian Scheveningen and Gruenfeld DVDs. Carsten Hansen from chesscafe.com tested the former thoroughly. Read his review with sampler.
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5961
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Ein Mattangriff aus dem Nichts
Morgen steht beim World Cup die erste Partie des Finales Gelfand - Ponomariov auf dem Programm, heute ist in Khanty-Mansiysk Ruhetag. Gelegenheit für uns, auf einen spannenden Moment im Endspiel Karjakin - Mamedyarov zurückzublicken. Mamedyarov hatte zuletzt 49...Tb2? gezogen (Diagramm) und damit seinem jungen Gegner unverhofft die Gelegenheit gegeben, die Partie durch Mattdrohungen zu entscheiden. Mit welchem unerwarteten Zug sicherte sich der 19-jährige Ukrainer den Gewinn? GM Karsten Müller hat das Endspiel für ChessBaseMagazin Online analysiert.
Partie Karjakin-Mamedyarov...
Endspiel-DVDs im Shop... Größeres Diagramm...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9858
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Chess Assistant 10 Mega package with $80 discount

We are glad to inform you, that Chess Assistant 10 Mega package is now available for a price of Chess Assistant 10 Professional, which amounts to a $80 discount!

Mega Package includes Chess Assistant 10 Professional and Gold Nalimov Tablebases on 12 DVD, so essentially you get these DVDs for free.

Chess Assistant 10 Mega & Gold Nalimov Tablebases for download $149 / €119.20
Chess Assistant 10 Mega & Gold Nalimov Tablebases on DVD $159 / €127.20

Note: even for download version Nalimov Tablebases are sent by post on 12*8.5GB DVD (100GB of data).

 
http://chessok.com/?p=23213
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:09:13 +0000
 
 
 
Einstieg nach Maß:
Die neuen ChessBase Programmpakete
Mit den drei neuen Programmpaketen gibt es für jeden ambitionierten Schachfreund genau den richtigen Einstieg in den Kosmos Schach. Das ChessBase 10 Startpaket enthält jetzt neben der neuen Big Database 2010 und den Partien-Download-Service bis Ende 2010 auch noch das Kurz-Abo für das neue ChessBase-Magazin (eine aktuelle Ausgabe plus die nächsten drei Ausgaben) mit vielen Eröffnungstipps, Kommentaren von Spitzenspielern und Videolektionen. Noch mehr finden Sie im ChessBase 10 Megapaket: Dieses enthält die neue Mega Database 2010 - die weltweite größte Sammlung mit kommentierten Partien - , den Partien-Download-Service bis Ende 2010 und ein komplettes Jahres-Abo des neuen ChessBase-Magazins (aktuelle Ausgabe plus die nächsten sechs Ausgaben). Wer noch mehr Schach will, greift zum neuen ChessBase 10 Premiumpaket: neben dem ChessBase 10-Programm, der neuen Mega Database 2010, dem Partien-Download-Service bis Ende 2010, und dem Jahres-Abo des ChessBase-Magazins (aktuelle Ausgabe plus die nächsten sechs Ausgaben) enthält das Premium-Paket eine Seriennummer für ein Jahr Premium-Mitgliedschaft auf schach.de, die aktuelle Fernschachdatenbank corr 2009 und den Endspielturbo (9 DVDs) zu perfekten Endspielanalyse. Hier werden auch dem gründlichsten Fernschachspieler in allen Phasen der Partie alle Fragen beantwortet. Übrigens: ChessBase 10 läuft auch prima unter Windows 7!
Im Shop bestellen... Mehr Informationen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9852
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
National K-12 Championships in Dallas Texas


Hello everybody!

I'm back to Miami. After a very busy fall with many good games and
great results I finally have some time to spend with my family and prepare for the coming holidays.

But before decorating the Christmas tree I will fly for two days to Dallas, Texas to give a simul (at 10 AM on December 11) and meet the kids at the National K-12 Championships that will take place from Dec. 11 to Dec. 13, 2009, in Dallas. I will also do a book signing for my very new book "Diary of a Chess Queen", which I will get in stock tomorrow, I am so excited about that.

Jennifer Shahade asked me a few questions about my results at the World Blitz Chess Championship for the Chess Life Online (CLO):

Women's World Champion Kosteniuk on Endgames, Blitz and Coming to Dallas
By Jennifer Shahade/Alexandra Kosteniuk

December 2, 2009

American youngsters will again have a chance to meet the Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk at
the National K-12 Championships in Dallas, Texas (Dec.11-13). Kosteniuk will be conducting a simultaneous exhibition at 10 AM on Friday, December 11. Registration for a very limited number of open spots will begin at 9 AM on Thursday, December 10 onsite (only) at Chess Control. To psyche readers up for this great opportunity, CLO talked to Kosteniuk about her recent trip to the World Blitz Championship in Moscow, where she defeated players such as Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Vishy Anand.

The full article can be found here.

So for all of you who are coming to Dallas I will be very happy to see you all there and for those who haven't decided yet on going to Dallas it's not too late to register yet.

Now I will run to pick-up my daughter from pre-school and we will go together to skate. I was very happy to find out there is one ice-skating rink in Miami. Will tell you later (on Twitter) how it went :)

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/national-k-12-championships-in-dallas.html
Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:09:00 +0000
 
 
 
NEU: Martin Weteschnik: Taktikmotive erkennen!
Schach ist (auch) ein optisches Spiel. Das wird einem spätestens dann klar, wenn man mal wieder eine Fesselung, einen Abzug oder einen Doppelangriff übersehen hat. Mit Hilfe des neuen Trainingkurses von Martin Weteschnik können Sie lernen, Taktik viel besser visuell zu erfassen. Und so kann Taktik tatsächlich leicht sein – aber zuerst muss man sie verstehen. Mit der bewährten Methode des erfolgreichen Buchautors Weteschnik bereitet dieser komplette Kurs auch Vereins- und Turnierspieler bestens auf das praktische Spiel vor. Über die Bausteine der Taktik und ihre „Kombinationen“ erschließen sich dem Zuschauer auch komplexe taktische Verwicklungen. Fritztrainer-DVD mit einer Gesamtspielzeit von über 9 Stunden. Preis: 27,50 €. 
Demo-Video aus der Einleitung ansehen...
Martin Weteschnik: "Taktikmotive erkennen!" im Shop bestellen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9844
Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Neu: Adrian Mikalchishin: The Power of Exchange
Welche Figur soll man hergeben und welche behalten? Soll man mit einer Figur oder mit einem Bauern zurückschlagen? Oder sollte man in der Stellung den Abtausch am besten ganz vermeiden? Fragen dieser Art muss ein jeder von uns viele Male im Laufe einer jeden Partie für sich beantworten. Der wesentlich qualitative Unterschied zwischen Großmeistern und Amateuren besteht weder im Eröffnungswissen noch in der Fähigkeit zur besonders tiefen und exakten Kalkulation, sondern in der Beherrschung eben jener grundlegenden Technik des Abtausches. Vor diesem Hintergrund lässt sich auch der große Erfolg von Fischers Spieltechnik erklären: Fischer hatte nie schlechte Figuren, weil er sie immer gegen die starken Figuren seines Gegners abtauschte. Auf seiner nunmehr vierten Video-DVD weiht Sie der renommierte Spitzentrainer GM Adrian Mikalchishin in über drei Stunden Spielzeit in die Kunst des richtigen Abtausches ein. Fritztrainer-DVD in englischer Sprache. Preis: 29,90 €.
Adrian Mikalchishin: "The Power of Exchange" im Shop kaufen...
 
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9833
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
DEMAIN, LE 45000e VISITEUR...

... sera identifié ! Je vous rappelle le principe : je livre le numero IP du vainqueur. Celui qui se reconnait me contacte par le lien "contacter l'auteur" et répond à ce questionnaire. Il recevra un prix (ebook, base chessbase ou DVD) en récompense de sa fidélité. Pour connaitre votre adresse IP, il suffit de vous connecter ici. Venez nombreux tenter votre chance ! A bientôt...

 
http://echecsvdm.canalblog.com/archives/2009/12/02/16012693.html
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:47:00 GMT
 
 
 
Diary and DVD in stock December 9

Hello to all!

I am pleased to announce that I have heard from my publisher that I will receive both my new book "Diary of a Chess Queen" and my new DVD "My Best Chess Games" on December 9.

The book "Diary of a Chess Queen" contains my whole life story, with at least 1/3 of the book being the story of how I made it to the top, earning the title of Women's World Chess Champion, from the day my Dad gave me a chess set and taught me the moves, at the age of 5. It contains exerpts from my diary when I was a kid, where I write about my thoughts at the time. The text part of the book reads like a novel. The remaining 2/3 of the book consists of 64 games very well analyzed. You can see the quicktime ad here. The DVD "My Best Chess Games" contains the most important 10 games of my career, from the first win at the age of 10, including my first win against a male Grandmaster, and of course the key games which allowed me to get all my major titles such as Russian Champion, European Champion, and World Champion. The DVD is professionally produced, includes video introductions of each game and analysis of the games which is guaranteed to increase your understanding of chess.

You can pre-order the book and/or DVD at my web store. Add a comment to the order or send me an email and I will gladly write any personal or inspirational message for you or your loved one at the front of the book. It makes for a perfect Holiday gift!

Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/12/diary-and-dvd-in-stock-december-9.html
Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:58:00 +0000
 
 
 
Get better at tactics with this new DVD

The Magic of Chess TacticsWe have just received from Hamburg a new and instructive training DVD: The Magic of Chess Tactics.

Originally published as book by Russell Enterprises back in 2002, Claus Dieter Meyer and Karsten Müller have considerably improved and expanded The Magic of Chess Tactics over the last few years.

Now it’s presented as a training DVD, for the very first time in the popular ChessBase format. It comes with Fritztrainer videos, where Karsten Müller shows a selection of instructive games.

The DVD contains many additional tactical brilliancies, including a collection of the creative achievements of the five memorable great masters of attack: Tal, Spielmann, Neshmetdinov, Stein and Bronstein.

You will get a multitude of highly interesting, thoroughly analysed examples as well as detailed explanations and exercises.

The Magic of Chess Tactics is a great way to improve as a tactician!

 
http://www.chessvibes.com/advertisement/get-better-at-tactics-with-this-new-dvd/
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:11:08 +0000
 
 
 
Neu: ChessBase Magazin 133
Mit einer prall gefüllten DVD beschließt ChessBase Magazin das Jahr 2009. In der Dezemberausgabe stehen mit dem Tal-Memorial in Moskau das stärkste und mit dem Pearl Spring-Turnier in Nanhing das spektakulärste Turnier des Jahres auf dem Programm. Magnus Carlsen, der Triumphator von Nanjing kommentiert seinen Erstrundensieg über Peter Leko. Und vom gerade erst beendeten Tal-Memorial zieht GM Mihail Marin eine Bilanz der aktuellen Eröffnungstrends. Dazu gibt es über 1800 Partien vom Europa-Cup in Ohrid und der EM in Novi Sad, eine ganze Reihe davon sind von Topscorern und Matchwinnern wie Gashimov, Radjabov, Eljanov, Vitiguov und anderen kommentiert. In den 12 aktuellen Eröffnungsbeiträgen finden sich Anregungen für jedes Repertoire. Wie wäre es z.B. mit dem ausgefallenen 6...Sd6 in der Russischen Verteidigung? Der griechische GM Spyridon Skembris stellt Ihnen diese Spezialität auf der DVD vor. Oder möchten Sie wissen, wie man gegen Französisch mit 5...La5 zu Vorteil gelangt? GM Leonid Kritz zeigt Ihnen den Weg. Zudem bietet die DVD zwei Videos zum Drachen (von Kritz und Rogozenco), und Lubomir Ftacnik fasst den aktuellen Stand im Slawen mit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Sf3 Sf6 4.e3 Lg4 für Sie zusammen.
Mehr Infos über ChessBase Magazin 133...
ChessBase Magazin 133 im Shop bestellen...
ChessBase Magazin Testpaket mit Bonus-DVD (Anand) im Shop bestellen...
ChessBase Magazin Testpaket mit Bonus-DVD (Kramnik) im Shop bestellen...
ChessBase Magazin Testpaket mit Bonus-DVD (Hort) im Shop bestellen...

 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9827
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Re: Questions sur ChessBase 9, les UCI, etc.
Thierry Hugues a écrit:
a ce propos est ce chessabse a conservé cette protection casse pied sur son nouveau fritz 12 ? peut -on jouer sans le cdrom dans le lecteur apres son installation ?


Salut,

Il n'a jamais été nécessaire d'avoir le CD/DVD dans le lecteur pour utiliser un produit ChessBase.

A moins de recourir à la bibliothèque d'ouverture sur le CD/DVD. Mais il suffit de l'installer sur le disque dur et de dire au programme de se servir de la (d'une) bibliothèque sur le disque dur.

Patrick

Message: http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t633-Questions-sur-ChessBase-9-les-UCI-etc.htm?p=1626

 
http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t633-Questions-sur-ChessBase-9-les-UCI-etc.htm?p=1626
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:34:37 +0000
 
 
 
Black Friday Chess Queen Savings


Dear friends!


As you know, my new book, "Diary of a Chess Queen" will be hitting the shelves in just 10 days, in the first week of December. I am very proud of that book, it contains my whole life story, from the moment my Dad taught me to play chess until I became Women's World Chess Champion. You can preorder it on www.chessqueen.com and get a free personal autograph. See the official ad (Quicktime required).

To accompany the book, I just finished my new "My Best Chess Games" DVD, and will also be getting it at the same time as my book in 10 days. It contains 2 hours of video with me showing you in detail the 10 best games that influenced my career most, including my first tournament win when I was 10 years old, my first win against a male Grandmaster when I was 15, as well as the key games from my most important tournaments. It's professionally filmed in my new office and I comment all games in full.


Only for this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, until Monday November 30, 2009, I would like to give you my new "My Best Chess Games" DVD absolutely free for any order you place for either one of the three following products, these 3 next days:
Diary of a Chess Queen (Book) - Free autograph
• DVD "Kosteniuk World Champion"
• CD-ROM (PC+Mac) "Alexandra Teaches Chess"
Just order at least one of those 3 products and you will my new DVD free!

If you have any questions, or if you order the book and would like to tell me how you'd like me to autograph it, feel free to write to me an email.






My DVD "Kosteniuk World Chess Champion", with close to 4 hours of video, including a full 37 minutes documentary on the World Championship, which I narrate myself, as well as over 3 hours of commented games. This DVD will increase your understanding of chess, guaranteed!







My CD-ROM "Alexandra Teaches Chess" is a perfect holiday gift for any child who wants to start learning chess. Both PC and Mac versions included on disc.



Best Holiday wishes to you!
Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com

 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/11/black-friday-chess-queen-savings.html
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:25:00 +0000
 
 
 
New Products Available: CT-ART 4.0, Elementary Checkmates I & II

New Products are available for sale at our online shop:

The long awaited CT ART 4.0, which is a indispensable training tool for intermediate players. The new version sports a convenient user interface and adds 1,000 training exercises (2,200 basic exercises and 1,800 auxiliary exercises altogether)

There are also upgrade versions (from CT-ART 3.0) available:

Elementary Checkmates I & II which are mainly aimed for beginners who do not want to miss 1 move mate, but also would be useful as exercises for more experienced players:

 
http://chessok.com/?p=23066
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:14 +0000
 
 
 
Rybka Aquarium 2010+

In view of the changes in Rybka author Vasik Rajlich’s plans about the date of Rybka 4’s launching (read his message here) our plans concerning the Rybka Aquarium 2010+ package respectively have also been altered!

Customers who have already ordered Rybka Aquarium 2010+ in accordance with our previous announcement can either get their money back or receive a new Rybka Aquarium 2010+ kit.
We are trying to include into Rybka Aquarium 2010+ the best possible substitution of the Rybka 4 engine.

1) Now Rybka Aquarium 2010+ / Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010+ will include Rybka 3/Deep Rybka 3.

2) Super Bonus. Instead of a right for a free upgrade to Rybka 4 / Deep Rybka 4 you will get a free copy of a professional chess database program Chess Assistant 10 along with Aquarium 2010+!

Every buyer of the Rybka Aquarium 2010+ package gets a bonus of Chess Assistant 10 starter package, and a buyer of Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010+ gets Chess Assistant 10 Professional package. For the DVD-version of Rybka Aquarium 2010+ the Chess Assistant will be delivered on an additional CD enclosed into a box.

This offer presents a unique opportunity to buy those two programs at the lowest possible price.

 
http://chessok.com/?p=23042
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:31:07 +0000
 
 
 
Video Kosteniuk - Polgar 1-0










Dear Friends!

I just managed to get hold of the video of all of my games of the last World Chess Blitz Championship in Moscow. I was very successful and won several nice games against World Champion Vishy Anand (also World Rated #3), World Rated #1 Magnus Carlsen, World Rated #5 Levon Aronian, World Rated #6 Gashimov, World Rated #10 Grischuk, World Rated #11 Morozevich, and several other top players such as Arkadij Naiditsch, Vladislav Naiditsch, and Women's World Rated #1 Judith Polgar.

I am preparing a commented blitz DVD with 15 of my best games, including games I drew and games I lost, which should prove very instructive and entertaining. I will let you know when it's ready.

For now, I will present to you many of those games in their raw, uncommented state, so that you can see them without delay.

If you have any questions, please feel to
write me an email.

Very best chess wishes to you!
Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
www.chessblog.com
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/11/video-kosteniuk-polgar-1-0.html
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0000
 
 
 
Ausgewählte Angriffspartien
Partien mit taktischen Schlägen und Mattmotiven üben zu Recht auf den Schachfan einen hohen Reiz aus, und so verwundert es nicht, dass ein gelungener Königsangriff immer wieder ein Leckerbissen für alle Schachfreunde ist. Für ChessBaseMagazin Online hat IM Michael Kopylov zwei vor kurzem in Sankt Petersburg beim Russia Cup gespielte Angriffspartien ausgewählt und kommentiert. In der ersten (Diagramm) sehen wir, wie Ian Nepomniachtchi einem unrochierten sizilianischen König zu Leibe rückt, in der zweiten Partie gelang es Alexei Fedorov, in einer Spanischen Partie die Rochadestellung des schwarzen Monarchen zu zertrümmern.
Partien zum Nachspielen...
DVD-Tipp zum Trainieren...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9798
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Play Smarter Opponents
So I'm back from Tokyo. The Qantas pilot lied. He said it'd be a nice 24 degrees celsius today in Sydney. It's actually 41 degrees! Here I am, then, stuck indoors - but not before a quick trip to the video rental store to grab a couple of DVDs. If I'm going to be inside all day, I might as well have some movies.

And it's there that I spot something that I hadn't seen before. Guy Ritchie's 2005 movie, Revolver. The film features chess.



Quote: "Rule one of any game or con: you can only get smarter by playing a smarter opponent." And here, director Guy Ritchie explains how the scene was made.
 
http://closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com/2009/11/play-smarter-opponents.html
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:45:00 +0000
 
 
 
Rybka & Aquarium 2010 announcement

We are pleased to announce the release of our new product – Rybka Aquarium 2010 / Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 – which will be available for pre-ordering from November 18, 2009. The product will be released on:

  • November 30, 2009 (download version);
  • December 1, 2009 (DVD-version).

The purchase of Rybka Aquarium 2010 / Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 includes:

1) Rybka 2.3.2a and a FREE UPGRADE to Rybka 4 Aquarium / Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium (includes Rybka 4 / Deep Rybka 4 chess engines), which will be released at the same time as Rybka 4:

  1. Customers buying Rybka Aquarium 2010 / Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 download versions will get a FREE download version of Rybka 4 Aquarium / Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium through the Internet;
  2. customers buying the DVD-version of Rybka Aquarium 2010 / Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 will get their DVD with Rybka 4 Aquarium / Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium by mail (postage will be paid by Convekta Ltd);

2) Free online access to the very latest Internet Rybka running on fast, remote servers (from December, 26, 2009 till January, 31, 2010. Initial service will be available to Aquarium customers before the general release of Rybka 4, based on pre-release versions of Rybka 4) as defined here:

  1. Rybka Aquarium 2010 includes Internet Rybka remote access start pack worth 5 | (estimated more than 13 hours of online access, using 1 logical server thread).
  2. Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 includes Internet Rybka remote access start pack worth 10 | (estimated more than 26 hours of online access, using 1 logical server thread).

Note that the Rybka 4 engines that are included with (Deep) Rybka 4 Aquarium can be also used in other chess programs, like Chessbase, Chess Assistant and Fritz.
If you already have any Rybka 3 on your computer or other UCI engines by your desire Rybka Aquarium 2010 automatically will find them and add to the list of the engines.

Rybka Aquarium 2010 / Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010: a short description

Rybka 2.3.2a combined with Aquarium 2010, a new and modern user interface.

  • Analyze and annotate your games with Aquarium’s advanced analysis methods.
  • Databases with fast searches
  • Powerful and fast chess trees
  • Play against the computer
  • Publish your chess text: Print, word processor or web
  • Free internet chess server access for playing against chess players all over the world
  • Online access to Rybka 4 on a remote server
  • Database: 4,400,000 games. Lightning fast database searches. Chessbase/Fritz CBH format (reads and converts), Chess Assistant CDP, PGN and EPD databases
  • The right to get Rybka 4 Aquarium / Deep Rybka 4 Aquarium, (includes Rybka 4 / Deep Rybka 4 chess engines), which will be released at the same time as Rybka 4
  • Full Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit) and Vista compatibility.

Choose Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010 ($124 / 99.2 Euro for DVD version or $119 / 95.2 Euro for download version) for a multiprocessor/multi-core computer and Rybka Aquarium 2010 ($62 / 49.6 Euro for DVD version and $59 / 47.2 Euro for download version) for a single processor computer.

 
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New: five grandmaster lessons on DVD

DVDRecently we have received from Hamburg: a variety of top DVDs.

Lubomir Ftacnik:
The Gruenfeld Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5) This DVD (+7hrs!) covers all lines of any importance. It contains more than 8000 Gruenfeld games played by the best players, 1300 of them deeply annotated.

Adrian Mikhalchishin:
Power of Planning: Planning is the most difficult part of chess. The aim of every plan is the exploitation of a weakness. This DVD teaches you to how to spot a weakness, fix it and then just attack it.

Power of Exchange: Which pieces to swap and which pieces to keep, whether to recapture with a piece or with a pawn, this DVD provides you with all the answers. You will learn the correct technique of exchanging!

Nigel Davies: Lessons for those who have little time to study theory.
1…e6: A Solid Repertoire: a solid and easy to learn Black repertoire against White’s two main opening moves, 1.e4 and 1.d4.

A Busy Person’s Opening System: a simple and easy to learn opening system. A structure with …d7-d6, …c7-c6 and later …e7-e5 as Black and d2-d3, c2-c3 and e2-e4 as White.

 
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Learning chess in 30 minutes

Learn Chess in 30 Minutes

Chess for Absolute Beginners

On this DVD, I teach beginners basic chess knowledge including pieces, points, rules and moves. I, along with my teaching helpers, Champion and King Harold, set a fun stage for learning chess. Also included is a brief history of chess, my short biography, and "Fun Facts" about Chess. Don't miss added DVD-ROM features if you use this DVD in your computer.


This is one of the best selling chess instructional DVDs of all time. It is perfect for children from age 4 to 10.
 
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2009-11-14T21:28:00.003-06:00
 
 
 
Review: The Giants of Power Play

The Giants of Power PlayDo you like to watch porn? Sorry, different question. Do you like feel-good movies? Many people don’t like to admit this, perhaps because they know the world is really a very cruel place, but I think there can’t be much wrong with feeling good about life from time to time. Similary, it can’t hurt occasionally reading a chess book that makes you feel that chess is a really simple game, full of great opportunities and combinations waiting to be executed, rather than a frustratingly difficult enterprise full of failures and broken careers.

Neil McDonald’s recent book The Giants of Power Play, published by Everyman, is exactly such a feel-good chess book. In it, the author shows basic chess themes and motifs from games by five great ‘power players’: Paul Morphy, Alexander Alekhine, Efim Geller, David Bronstein and Veselin Topalov. Some of these players are obvious choices, but personally I was pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of Geller, of whom I hadn’t seen too many games until now.

Such a selection of players always tends to be a bit forced: I’m sure you could find plenty of examples from, say, Kramnik or Karpov’s games to show that they, too, are great ‘power players’, or that you could pick games from Bronstein and Topalov to prove they were subtle strategists. But that’s not the point. McDonald wants his readers to enjoy chess to the max and I think his selection of players is highly suitable for this purpose, whether or not his selection is ‘fair’ or not. Take, for instance, the following example:

Topalov-Ponomariov
Sofia 2006
Topalov-Ponomariov

The situation in the diagram above looks absolutely hopeless for White: he is the exchange and two pawns down, his knight is hanging and his bishop on a2 is pinned against his rook. However, Topalov defied materialistic considerations in a manner that would have delighted Alekhine.

32.Nxf6!! Bxg6 33.d4!!

You only need control one square to win a game of chess, and here that square is h7. White threatens 34.Bb1 with unstoppable mate. Black can defend with 33..Rg8 34.Bb1 Rg7, but then 35.Rxa5 grabs the queen. The fact that there is a discovered attack on the black queen with 34.Bb1 is integral to the combination. Well, so much for a spirit of self-sacrifice when we end up nabbing the queen. In fact the conflict between materialism and sacrifice makes chess a rich and exciting game, even when materialism triumphs!

Here, McDonald not only shows entertaining chess, but also makes good valid general observations - just like in a good feel-good movie. Admittedly, after about a hundred pages of such great examples, I found myself completely convinced that chess really was an easy game and that if you just put your mind to it, you could win any game with a cunning trick, a combiation or a postional sacrifice, such as, for instance:

Geller-Dreev
New York open 1990
Geller-Dreev

11.Bxc4!!

Or:

Bronstein-Ljubojevic
Petropolis 1973
Bronstein-Ljubojevic

15.Bg5!!

Or even:

Morphy-Amateur
New Orleans 1858
Morphy-Amateur

21.Re8!!

In reality, sadly, chess (and life) just doesn’t work like that, not even for the likes of Bronstein and Topalov (most of the time, anyway), and I must say McDonald’s accumulation of example after example of such successful combos executed skilfully by our five heroes - however clearly explained - sometimes reminded me more of a porn movie rather than a feel-good film: the difference being, of course, that porn is just a one-sided fantasy, while the feel-good movie genre at least attempts to show life from different angles.

Fortunately, McDonald does have just enough eye for the flip side of the coin. Here’s an example where his hero Alekhine actually loses a game:

Euwe-Alekhine
The Netherlands (2) 1935
Euwe-Alekhine

42.Qh1! Menacing a discovered check and then Rf7+.

42…Rb2 Alekhine stalemates the white king to prevent the threat, but now his rook is no longer fighting the passed pawn.

43.Rf7 Qe8 44.c7 The intention is 45.Qd5 and 46.Qe6, forcing the pawn home.

44…Rc2 45.Qb7!! 1-0

White wins after 45…Rxc4 46.Rxh7+ (but not 46.c8Q, threatening mate on h7, as Black escapes with 46…Qxf7! 47.Qxf7 Rxc8) 46…Kxh7 47.c8Q+ Qe7 48.Qxe7+ Bxe7 49.Qxc4. The paradoxical threat of 42.Qh1! followed by the ‘ambush’ 45.Qb7! would have greatly appealed to the ‘maverick’ chess mentality of Bronstein.

In the end, however, McDonald is just so enthusiastic that it’s easy to forgive him for not paying too much attention to what I would call the downside of chess: the flawed combination, the would-be masterpiece lost on time, the breakdown of nerves at the crucial moment. Rather, in this book McDonald proves to be a master in showing the energizing potential of chess, even though he sometimes does this by showing fragments that are so well-known even players who barely know the rules will recognize them. But this the lasting impression I got from reading this book really is this: chess is a great game, with wonderful possibilities, and they’re waiting to be realized!

As said, I found it especially refreshing to become more familiar with the games of Efim Geller, who I feel is a bit underrated in the West. (Geller, by the way, was praised several times by Kasparov in his DVD on the Queen’s Gambit Declined, and he was one of the few players with a positive score against Fischer.). But it was also nice to see how well Morphy was aware of modern problems of chess (and how little his opponents, including the great Anderssen, knew of them), and how strong the young Topalov already was. (McDonald gives several Topalov examples from his early youth.) Here’s an example of McDonalds often personal style of writing, from the chapter ‘The Goldilocks Queen’:

Alexander Alekhine was particularly adept at finding secure but powerful posts for his queen on the third rank. From such a vantage point she could survey the whole board, and conduct an attack without being in any great danger. I have always been impressed by his subtle handing of the queen in the two games that follow. In both examples a single manoeuvre led to a massive shift in the energy balance between the two armies.

There’s also an interesting and original chapter called ‘The Psychology of Preparation’ about some of the matches our five heroes have played. After Morphy lost the first two games of his match with Harrwitz in Paris, 1858, McDonald  imagines himself to be Morphy, resulting in the following monologue intérieur:

“As Black, it’s obvious I should avoid a fixed centre pawn structure like that in the Queen’s Gambit. Harrwitz mustn’t be allowed a clear plan. He should be engaged in a complex battle over the whole board, which means combining threats to his king and his pawns. As White, I should build up in the centre in my usual style. But once I have gained a positional advantage, I need to target more than just his king. The struggle must be as wide as possible, to wrong-foot his pieces. I should only sacrifice when the outcome  is entirely clear.”

In all, this book is great for anyone who wants to learn more about some of the greatest players in chess history, or wants to learn about some of the basic principles of chess, or just wants to enjoy the good side of chess. Feel good, and your chess will feel good too.

Links

 
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:49:05 +0000
 
 
 
Announcement of new programs’ release:

In the end of November 2009 we plan to release 5 new programs both on DVD and for download. Those are:

Rybka Aquarium 2010, Deep Rybka Aquarium 2010, CT-ART 4.0, Chess for Beginners: Elementary Checkmates I and Chess for Beginners: Elementary Checkmates II.

We intend to give a detailed description of those new programs and to indicate an exact date of release next week.

 
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:55 +0000
 
 
 
La France brille au jeu d'échecs

L'émission de Chess & Strategy en partenariat avec Variantes !

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Bonjour à tous! Après la victoire de Maxime Vachier-Lagrave au championnat du Monde Junior de Puerto Madryn, nous vous proposons aujourd'hui un rendez-vous Spécial "french touch" pour progresser aux échecs. Cette chronique s'adresse à tous les joueurs, du débutant au maître.

Marie Sebag

Dans cette vidéo, la séduisante Aurélie Dacalor s'est faufilée dans la réserve de la boutique Variantes. Elle nous propose un DVD en français intitulé, Les ouvertures contre 1.e4, de Marie Sebag.

Avec les Noirs, on a un très large éventail de réponses possibles à 1.e4. Le coup le plus naturel est 1…e5. C’est pourquoi cette réponse est très populaire. Ce DVD vous présente un répertoire pour les Noirs après les coups 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 qui inclut l’Espagnole, le Gambit Marshall, la variante d’échange de l’Espagnole, l’Écossaise et le Gambit écossais.

Vous apprendrez les variantes importantes, les idées et le plan des pièces noires grâce aux parties des Grand-Maîtres comme Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk et Peter Svidler. Désormais vous serez confiants contre les Blancs et combattrez pour l’avantage. Durée : 5 h 13 min.

Revoir toutes nos vidéos Au Pays des livres.
 
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:33:00 +0000
 
 
 
Fritz Powerbook 2008

Powerbook es un libro de aperturas muy amplio, apto para complementar a Fritz y todos los módulos de ajedrez que corran bajo la GUI actual de Fritz. De esa manera el juego de aperturas de Fritz será aún más variado y diverso y el estudiante le podrá sacar mucho partido a la hora de aprender y practicar las aperturas.


Aún más fuerza para su Fritz. El Powerbook 2008 contiene aproximadamente 18 millones de posiciones de apertura obtenidas a partir de una base de datos de 1.000.000 partidas de primerísima calidad. Junto con cada posición se almacena también toda la información estadística relevante sobre la puntuación media de los jugadores que se enfrentaron en ella y los resultados y rendimientos obtenidos. Fritz Powerbook 2008 abarca toda la teoría de aperturas de actualidad en un solo DVD. De esa manera su Fritz se convertirá en un auténtico especialista en teoría y le podrá dar informaciones sobre cualquier tipo de posición de apertura. Descubra las variantes más prometedoras y practique las aperturas enfrentándose con Fritz. La guinda: el DVD incluye 1.000.000 de partidas que forman la base del Powerbook 2008 y también un pequeño pero exquisito libro especial compuesto con las partidas magistrales más fuertes de los últimos 100 años (900.000 posiciones).

Requisitos del sistema: Pentium PC, 32 MB RAM, Windows Vista/XP, unidad lectora de DVD, Fritz 10 o Fritz11, ChessBase 9 o ChessBase Light 2007 Premium.
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:44:00 +0000
 
 
 
Neu - Adrian Mikhalchishin: Power of planning
Als junger Mann gehörte Adrian Mikhalchishin zum Stab von Anatoly Karpov bei dessen ersten WM-Kämpfen gegen Garry Kasparov. Eine besondere Auszeichnung, die zeigt, welche Qualitäten ihm zugetraut wurden. Heute ist der Ukrainer ein viel beschäftigter und sehr erfolgreicher Trainer. Einer seiner Schüler ist z.B. der junge Ukrainer Illya Nizhnyk. Der 13-Jährige hat bereits eine Elozahl von knapp 2500. "Wenn du wissen willst, wie gut ein Trainer ist, dann schau dir seine Schüler an", sagt Mikhalchishin, in dessen Schülerliste sich auch Namen wie Ivanchuk, Beliavsky, Zsuzsa Polgar, Chiburdanidze oder Naiditsch finden. Nach "The secret Weapons of the champions" und "Decision making in chess" legt der Startrainer mit "Power of planning" seine dritte Trainings-DVD im Fritztrainerformat vor. Urteil und Plan wird im Schach von jeher eine große Bedeutung beigemessen. Was bisher aber fehlte war die Anleitung, in welche Richtung geplant werden soll. "Jeder Plan ist letztendlich mit dem Angriff auf gegnerische Schwächen verbunden." erklärt Mikhalchishin. Auf seiner neuen DVD zeigt er, wie man Schwächen in verschiedenen Strukturen und Phasen der Partie erkennt und systematisch und planvoll attackiert. Adrian Mikhalchishin: Power of planning. Fritztrainer-DVD in englischer Sprache. Laufzeit 3 h 19 min. Preis: 29,90 Euro.
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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Fantascacchi: il rush finale!


Fantascacchi: ultimo turno alle 13!

Sparta! e Impedonati al comando! WOODPUSHER e Mutuamente esclusivi alle loro spalle a un punto! Chi si aggiudicherà i premi?

E finalmente siamo arrivati alla fine di questa bella avventura. Sono stati giorni intensi, ricchi di passione, coraggio, fortuna, rabbia, gioia, delusione, speranza... insomma, tutto ciò che sono gli scacchi. Dovreste saperlo ormai, no?

In questi giorni s'è visto di tutto, come ci si poteva aspettare da un campionato così partecipato, in cui nessuno aveva la minima intenzione di fare da comprimario. Chi è partito col botto ma poi si è perso per strada; chi ha iniziato in sordina e poi è cresciuto, prendendo ritmo via via che si succedevano i turni; chi ha tenuto il suo passo regolare ed ora è lì coi primi; chi semplicemente ha guardato da lontano la lotta per i primi posti, maledicendo ora la sorte cinica e bara, ora la sua stella che ha deciso di prendersi un giorno di ferie. Tutto ovviamente all'insegna del divertimento, ma con quel pizzico di tensione e agonismo che ogni scacchista conosce.

Comunque, bando alle ciance: oggi ci si gioca tutto in una sola partita. Non è ammesso sbagliare. I titolari devono dare la carica, portare a casa i loro punti e infondere fiducia alle giovani retroguardie; le riserve devono rompere gli indugi e dimostrarsi all'altezza del compito loro assegnato.

E per meglio gustarci il rush finale, alcune statistiche e numeri sparsi:

CLASSIFICA ALL'8? TURNO CONCLUSO?(prime posizioni)
?
Squadra Punti Elo
Sparta! 22,0 15612
Impedonati 22,0 15694
WOODPUSHER UNITED IV 21,0 15564
Mutuamente Esclusivi 21,0 15748
Gli infedeli 20,5 15632
Gli spettacolosi 20,5 15666
'u friscaleddu 20,5 15676
I briciolini 20,5 15684
Kekambas 20,5 15772
Momotatta 20,0 15494
Black Knights 20,0 15652
TOMMY'S TEAM 20,0 15663
Tanto il titolo rimane a Phila... (speriamo!) 20,0 15665
WOLF TEAM 20,0 15701
KTTgroupacas 20,0 15749
THE MIST! 20,0 15758
Spiderkann 20,0 15789
CHI HA PRESO QUEL PEDONE? 19,5 15572
Scompiglio 19,5 15624
I Satanassi Infernali 19,5 15698
Team Strahd 19,5 15716
I Database 19,5 15729
The X(men)team 19,5 15744
Analisti Proletari from Beverly Hills 19,5 15791
Chess is life 19,5 15814

Queste sono le squadre che verosimilmente possono lottare per i posti che contano. Diamo un'occhiata più da vicino alle primissime:

Sparta! di Runner, 22 punti

Elo 15612: e già si vede il mestiere dell'allenatore: questo è infatti il 12mo Elo più basso della competizione, importantissimo elemento di spareggio in caso di pari punti, segno sicuro di conoscenza precisa anche di giocatori ?non da prima pagina?.

Morozevich non ha fatto sfracelli in prima scacchiera con 3,5 punti in 5 partite giocate, ma il resto della squadra dimostra come mai Sparta! sia qui a giocarsi il Titolo: Tomi Nyback (5,5) e Jon Ludvig Hammer (6,0!) hanno portato la compagine a questi alti livelli, aiutati da Bojan Vuckovic (4,5) e dalle riserve Ivan Saric e Matej Sebenik.

Malgrado la già citata relativa scarsa presenza del Moro, si tratta comunque di una squadra che si affida in primo luogo ai suoi titolari: 19,5 punti su 22 per loro.




Eh sì, è proprio HAMMER TIME! Con 6 su 8, sicuramente Jon Ludvig è la rivelazione del torneo!

Impedonati di Magico Capo, 22 punti

Elo 15694. Al contrario di Sparta! nel loro caso la prima scacchiera ha fatto molto per portarli dove stanno: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov gli ha portato una dote di 6 punti, imbattuto in 8 partite.

Più ?umani?, ma davvero soddisfacenti Andrei Volokitin e Gabriel Sargissian (4,5), insieme a Luka Lenic (4) hanno completato l'opera. Se devono avere dei rimpianti, sono le riserve: da un lato Sebastien Feller (6 punti ma solo 3 disponibili per la squadra, immaginarlo in quarta scacchiera...) e dall'altro Denis Rombaldoni (1 punto, perdipiù inutile): non è stato il suo europeo.

Sebastien Feller: la dimostrazione del fatto che per primeggiare al Fantascacchi occorre sapersi scegliere bene anche le seconde linee!

SuperShak sta spingendo la sua squadra verso grandi traguardi. E non parliamo solo dell'Azerbaigian...

WOODPUSHER UNITED IV di LordSte, 21 punti

Elo 15564! (sestultimo su 101, notevolissimo). Costanza, in una parola. Nessun turno stratosferico con 4 o 3,5 punti. Mai. Ma un costante rendimento tra i 2 e i 3 punti senza mai un crollo nervoso o un minimo di affaticamento. Vugar Gashimov ha fatto il suo in prima scacchiera (5,5), buone seconda (Sargissian, 4,5) e terza (Levan Pantsulaia, 4), anche per loro l'enorme Hammer in 4a (6). E' stata una delle 8 squadre a dare fiducia al veteranissimo Korchnoi, che purtroppo dei suoi 2,5 punti non ha potuto darne neppure mezzo alla squadra. La seconda riserva Bjorn Thorfinnsson ha dato il massimo con 4 punti, ma anche nel suo caso poco è potuto andare alla squadra: solo mezzo punto, ma potrebbe essere decisivo oggi.

Vugar Gashimov: con 5,5 punti è una prima scacchiera di lusso.

Mutuamente Esclusivi di ludovigo, 21 punti

Elo 15748. Si sono mostrati da subito una delle corazzate dal torneo: per i primi 3 turni sono andati avanti così: 3,5, 3,5, 3,5. Ma sul lungo andare ha pesato una prima scacchiera un po' troppo assente come Veselin Topalov: 2,5 punti giocando 4 partite...David Navara (4,5), Fabiano Caruana (5,0) e la scommessa vincente per le squadre di questo torneo Hammer (6) l'hanno in ogni caso portata dove sta ora: in lotta per il primo premio. Purtroppo il suo gioco spumeggiante, come spesso capita, è stato a volte punito: 1,5 nel quarto turno, 1(!) nel settimo...Dovrà recuperare la sua freddezza e affidarsi a tutta la squadra. Nel caso di un'altra assenza di Topalov, non bisogna dimenticare i buoni risultati delle riserve Stuart C Conquest (5) e Igor Efimov (4,5).

"Mister 2813" stavolta sembra sbeffeggiare coloro che lo hanno scelto... 2,5 su 4: ci sono domande?

Fabianone: ormai una certezza.

Tante altre squadre meritano attenzione per questa volata finale: pensiamo ai Briciolini di Briciola (20,5 punti) che, tanto per mettere le cose in chiaro, hanno chiuso il penultimo turno a 4 su 4 (!), o gli Spettacolosi di Tizio, ottavo turno da 2 punti, sì, ma nei tre turni precedenti capaci di marciare sui 3 punti costanti, o ancora a The Mist! di the king, a 20 punti li aspetta un compito arduo, ma dopo due turni opachi da 1,5 sono tornati chiudendo a 3 il penultimo... forse a qualcuno di loro avrebbe fatto comodo uno dei giocatori che, inspiegabilmente o meno, sono rimasti sul mercato senza che qualcuno buttasse loro un occhio? Ne presentiamo uno in rappresentanza di tutti:


"Ma come", sembra pensare Pavel Eljanov fra l'assorto e lo sconsolato, "faccio 5 su 7 e nessuno (nemmeno Nessuno) mi chiama? Bah... che mondo... per consolarmi mi dovrò sposare!"

Ad ogni modo, insomma, in tanti possono ancora sperare nel mettere la mano sui premi che Le Due Torri di Bologna ha gentilmente messo a disposizione per gli allenatori di Scacchierando e alla Gloria dell'incidere il proprio nome nell'Albo d'Oro...

1? premio: Esame di scacchi?(link)


2? premio: DVD Videoscuola di scacchi Vol. 19: Repertorio aggressivo per il bianco (link)

3? premio: DVD It's your move - Tocca a te!? (link)

Insomma, ci sono tutti i requisiti di un finale appassionante e incerto come non mai: alta competitività, imprevedibilità, grande ressa in testa alla classifica... sì, decisamente sarà un ultimo turno degno del Fantascacchi!

Ricordiamo comunque che questo rimane comunque un divertimento e che nessuno stasera guadagnerà o perderà chissà cosa... al limite, una serata alla pizzeria sotto casa per festeggiare il premio o consolarsi di non essere fra i primi!

BUON GIOCO!!!

 
http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1587
2009-10-30T09:00:00+01:00
 
 
 
Fritz 12: "Schachpaket für die ganze Familie"
Der Schweizer Glareanus, eigentlich Heinrich Loriti, war ein Universalgelehrter des 16.Jahrhunderts, der besonders im Bereich der Poetik und Musiktheorie großen Einfluss über seine Zeit hinaus ausgeübt hat. Mit seinem Internet-Magazin "Glarean" folgt der Schweizer Kulturjournalist, frühere Musiklehrer und Dirigent Walter Eigenmann seinem Vorbild und veröffentlicht Artikel und Beiträge zu Literatur und Musik - aber auch zu seinem Hobby Schach. In einer aktuellen Rezension beschäftige Eigenmann sich mit dem neuen Fritz 12-Programm und war von der neuen Oberfläche ebenso begeistert wie viele andere Schachfreunde auch: "Wie trendig Chessbase auch nach fast 20 Jahren noch immer auf den Markt hin programmiert ... zeigt sich dem Anwender augenblicklich nach der «Fritz»-Installation". Die Vielzahl von integrierten Features - sei es die eingebaute Datenbank, die vielen Trainingsoptionen, Multimediakomponenten, Kompatibilität zu vielen anderen CDs/DVDs oder der integrierte Schachserverzugang - haben die Fritz-Programme zu den beliebtesten Schachprogrammen überhaupt gemacht. Der neuen Fritz 12 setzt einmal mehr neue Maßstäbe:  "Es scheint also einiges darauf hinzudeuten, dass «Fritz» auch zukünftig bleibt, was er von Anfang an war: Volkes Stimme in Sachen Computerschach." Walter Eigenmanns Fazit: "Fest steht, dass das schachliche «Drumherum» des Software-Paketes «Fritz» nach wie vor seinesgleichen sucht, auch in der kommerziellen Szene."
Zur Rezension im Glarean Magazin... Fritz 12 kaufen...
 
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Eröffnungsübersichten in CBM 132
Wenn ein Autor auch selbst spielt, worüber er schreibt, ist dies sicher von Vorteil, wenn er zudem eine Variante fast 20 Jahre lang gegen stärkste Gegnerschaft höchst erfolgreich angewendet hat, dann ist alles, was er dazu zu sagen hat, eine Offenbarung. Michal Krasenkow ist der größte Spezialist des Königsinders mit 6.h3. In einem dreiteiligen Beitrag (CBM 132-134) verrät er Ihnen Pläne, Ideen, Varianten und Geheimnisse dieses etwas unterschätzten Systems gegen den Königsinder. Hier ist der komplette Teil 1, in dem Varianten ohne 6...e5 betrachtet werden, vor allem 6...c5 7.d5 e6 steht im Mittelpunkt dieses Beitrages.

Weitere 11 Eröffnungsbeiträge finden Sie nur auf der DVD von CBM 132. Krasenkow: Königsindisch mit 6.h3

 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9659
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Opening surveys in CBM 132
If an author himself plays what he is writing about, this is certainly an advantage. If on top of that he has been employing a variation for almost 20 years successfully against the strongest opponents, then anything he has to say is a revelation. Michal Krasenkow is the greatest specialist of the King's Indian with 6.h3. In his three-part article (CBM 132-134), he lets you in on plans, ideas, variations and secrets of this somewhat underrated system against the King's Indian. Here is the complete Part 1 which deals with lines without 6...e5. The DVD of CBM 132 contains eleven further opening articles. Krasenkow: King's Indian with 6.h3
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5845
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
ChessBase Shows: A Limited Update
I've pushed as hard as I can for information about the shows and premium memberships; here's what I know so far.

1. Those who try to watch the shows without a premium membership now will be charged 50 ducats (= 5 Euros) per show. That's expensive compared to the old price, though not too bad when you compare it to the price of buying a typical chess DVD. However, it's clear that the point is to push people to premium memberships.

2. There are three ways now/in the very near future to get premium memberships.

2a. Buy Fritz 12. This gives you a one-year premium membership, along with the usual things you get with the purchase. (A strong engine, database functions, 12 hours of videos from mostly elite players and some other bells and whistles.)

2b. Buy a one-year standalone premium membership. This is not yet available, but is supposed to be by some time next week. (I believe that offer will show up on this page.) This will reportedly cost 50 euros, so there really isn't any reason not to get Fritz 12 instead for the same price.

2c. Trade in your previous membership for a 2-1 deal. In other words, if you have six months left on your current, basic playchess membership, they'll convert it into a three-month premium membership. This too isn't yet ready to go, but I was given a guesstimate of two weeks for this one.

3. That's it. I've heard of another difficulty or two with this new system, and have passed them along to those with the power to do something about it. Don't write me with questions about why they're doing what they're doing, when such-and-such will change, or with technical support questions. If, however, you have a problem with the new system that hasn't been addressed in the foregoing, let me know (via the contact link) and I'll forward it along to the powers that be.
 
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1255706380.shtml
2009-10-16T15:10+00:00
 
 
 
EL INSTINTO ASESINO EN AJEDREZ CON VIDEOS EN ESPAÑOL


Los Grandes Maestros del tablero se caracterizan por su capacidad de decidir la partidas en cualquier situación o fase de la partida. En esta ocasión, el Maestro Internacional Guillermo Baches nos ayudará a desarrollar y cultivar este séptimo sentido independientemente de nuestra fuerza de juego. ¿Quiere ampliar su visión combinatoria? ¿Cree que le falta la fuerza necesaria para decidir las partidas ventajosas? ¿Carece de combatividad en posiciones difíciles? El programa contiene una versión de Chessbase Reader 9.0 para visualizar el contenido completo del DVD. Disponible a partir de ahora, completamente en español. ¡No se lo piense más y desarrolle su Instinto Asesino!


Los vídeos están organizados en los siguientes bloques:
Introducción.
Bloque I: Teoría de la combinación.
Bloque II: Aprendamos de los Campeones del mundo.
Bloque III: En defensa.
Bloque IV: Usando la máquina.

http://hotfile.com/dl/15006449/3dd29ce/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part01.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006450/11899f1/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part02.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006451/9c2481d/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part03.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006452/394799f/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part04.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006453/d97accc/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part05.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006454/e2ee388/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part06.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006455/f4f0730/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part07.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006456/5ace388/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part08.rar.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/15006457/7ff707d/El.Instinto.Asesino.en.Ajedrez.Baches.2006.part09.rar.html
 
http://bibliotecaajedrez.blogspot.com/2009/10/el-instinto-asesino-en-ajedrez-con.html
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:26:00 +0000
 
 
 
Andrew Martin: The ABC of the Modern Benoni
(“ABC de la Benoni Moderna”) La Benoni Moderna es una de las respuestas a 1 d4 más agudas y controvertidas. A cambio de piezas activas y mayoría de peones en el flanco de dama, las negras aceptan una posición con el claro defecto de un peón débil y retrasado en d6, en un toma y daca que invariablemente conduce a una partida en el filo de la navaja. En este DVD de Chessbase, el maestro internacional Andrew Martin le enseñará los entresijos de esta apertura fascinante, le mostrará cuando escapar y cuando golpear con negras y aborda algunos de los órdenes de jugadas más críticos en la actualidad. Se disecciona la apertura de forma que los jugadores de todos los niveles aprenderán los defectos de la posición negra y las ideas típicas que pueden adoptar las blancas para jubilar a la Benoni. En el análisis final, se trata de un recorrido evocador que le animará a probar usted mismo esta apertura. En inglés.

El maestro internacional Andrew Martin tiene 50 años y es el actual director de entrenadores de la Federación Inglesa de Ajedrez. Este es su duodécimo DVD para Chessbase. Vive en Inglaterra y tiene cuatro hijos, dos niños y dos niñas. Tiene fama por su estilo de enseñanza didáctico, claro y fácil de comprender.

http://hotfile.com/dl/14712243/b65a6ba/ABC_Modern_Benoni_vl.part1.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14712244/01437bb/ABC_Modern_Benoni_vl.part2.rar.html

 
http://bibliotecaajedrez.blogspot.com/2009/10/andrew-martin-abc-of-modern-benoni.html
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:31:00 +0000
 
 
 
Shirov: Mis mejores partidas con la Ruy López en Español
No hay muchos ajedrecistas de primera fila mundial que disfruten de tanta popularidad en todo el mundo como Alexei Shirov. Ahora les presentamos su primer DVD en español. Como tema del mismo ha elegido la Apertura Española o Ruy López. Y reconoce que en su elección han influido tres motivos: es su apertura favorita, hace una década que adoptó la nacionalidad española y juega en un club de Extremadura, patria de Ruy López de Segura. Este nuevo genio de Riga nos describe por medio de once partidas, muchas de ellas jugadas en los últimos meses, las variantes más en boga dentro de la Apertura Española, con sus planteamientos más actuales en el ajedrez del más alto nivel. Partidas con blancas y con negras, ganadas y perdidas, serias y divertidas. ¡Más de 6 horas de entrenamiento particular con uno de los ajedrecistas más motivadores de la elite mundial!

Alexei Shirov nació en Riga, como el campeón del mundo Mihail Tal, a quien también recuerda su estilo de juego, según opinan muchos aficionados. A comienzo de los años noventa, una ascensión meteórica llevó al joven letón a la cima del ajedrez. Con tan solo 22 años ya tenía una puntuación Elo de casi 2750 y pertenecía a lo más granado de la elite. Desde entonces Shirov ha estado entre los mejores jugadores del mundo, deleitando a todos los aficionados con ideas originales y sorprendentes sobre el tablero.

Requisitos del sistema: Procesador Pentium a 300 Mhz o superior, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista, Windows XP, unidad lectora de DVD, tarjeta de sonido


http://hotfile.com/dl/14700409/033b2eb/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part01.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700410/5fc0277/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part02.rar.html

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http://hotfile.com/dl/14700412/da25484/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part04.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700413/ab5c827/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part05.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700414/cea6f29/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part06.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700415/68be5ff/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part07.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700416/dfbf132/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part08.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700417/89f2e58/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part09.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14769517/df49604/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part10.rar.html corregido

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700419/2b1e995/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part11.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700420/b19c589/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part12.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700421/1e119b7/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part13.rar.html

http://hotfile.com/dl/14700422/57bd875/RUY_LOPEZ_Shirov_en_espanol.part14.rar.html




 
http://bibliotecaajedrez.blogspot.com/2009/10/shirov-mis-mejores-partidas-con-la-ruy.html
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:44:00 +0000
 
 
 
Commented Video Kosteniuk - Gaponenko


I am pleased to present to you my commented chess video with the game I played last week with International Master (IM) Inna Gaponenko (ELO 2438) in the last round of the Eurocup in Ohrid. It features a Sicilian Dragon opening and several nice tactical sacrifices. Winning this game allowed my team to take silver medals in the competition.

There are many such commented chess game videos on my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/chessqueen .

Watching my commented chess videos is sure to increase your understanding of chess, I guarantee it!

If you like this video, please consider buying my world champion DVD, which has over 3 hours of commented games, all 12 games I played in the world championship to become women's world champion last year.



Posted by Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion




 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/10/commented-video-kosteniuk-gaponenko.html
Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:28:00 +0000
 
 
 
Les échecs sur PDA (Pocket Fritz 3, CEBoard, Thinker...)
Bonjour,

Il y a un certain temps même un temps certain je vous avais promis une mise à jour de mes articles sur les moteurs d'échecs sur PDA que je ne parviens pas à finir. En attendant j'envoie les parties de mes deux derniers tournois à Patrick. Mon opinion est que les meilleurs sont devenus vraiment très fort, au niveau des meilleurs joueurs du monde (sur la dernière liste SSDF Pocket Fritz 3 vaux 2749 point elos et ce n'est probablement pas le meilleur). Le meilleur est à mon avis Naum 4, un commercial à 25 euros disponible à la fois pour Pocket Fritz 3 et PocketGrandmaster (fonctionne au moins sur le 3 et 4). C'est ce programme qui à gagné mes deux tournois. D'autres sources, principalement un site russe qui fait un travail formidable sur le sujet (prudence avec les virus tout de même), semble confirmer ce fait. Il y a sur ce site une liste elo complète qui commence à devenir fiable. Alex Naumkov, l'auteur sympathique de Naum, m'a également livré deux bibliothèque maison (je suis fier d'y avoir participé). J'ai l'autorisation de l'auteur qui cherche un site pour rendre ses bibliothèques disponibles (environ 2 et 4 mb - appel du pied au webmestre). Les programmes qui jouent dans les deux tournois sont les meilleurs disponibles actuellement, manque juste Hiarcs sur Pocket Fritz 3 pour pas faire double emploi avec le CEBoard d'Alain Zanchetta. Les divers programmes Fruit et dérivés Toga sont certainement très fort aussi (et gratuit, notamment sur Pocket SCID qui ne participe pas à mes tournois). Mon choix commercial actuel serait incontestablement Pocket Fritz 3 (50 euros) avec Naum 4 en supplément. Vous pouvez compter alors sur un 'mini-Chessbase' sur votre PDA: lecture fichiers pgn, cbh et lecture multimédia de tous les derniers dvd Chessbase et Chessbase magazine depuis plus d'un an, upgrades régulier font de Pocket Fritz 3 un produit à maturité et incontournable. Le meilleur gratuit, Thinker, fait aussi partie de la crème des moteurs actuels mais son interface est un peu austère.
Si vous avez une question, n'hésitez pas.

Bonne journée,

Paul De Man.

Message: http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t585-Les-echecs-sur-PDA-Pocket-Fritz-3-CEBoard-Thinker.htm

 
http://lefounumerique.xooit.com/t585-Les-echecs-sur-PDA-Pocket-Fritz-3-CEBoard-Thinker.htm
Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:06:44 +0000
 
 
 
Trainerfrage gelöst
In Deutschland gibt es geschätzte 20 Mio. Fußballexperten, und nicht wenige davon haben vermutlich sogar das Zeug zum Meistertrainer. Allerdings taucht beim Fußball unweigerlich die Frage auf, was den guten Trainer ausmacht und in welchem Verhältnis seine Qualitäten zum Erfolg oder Misserfolg der Mannschaft stehen. Im Schach ist das ganz anders, das untermauert Carlsens Triumph dieser Tage in Nanjing in eindrucksvoller Weise. Ein guter Schachtrainer bringt einen eben immer auch einen guten Schritt voran. Selbst wenn es nur eine neue Idee für das eigene Repertoire ist, die anhand von ein paar Varianten oder Partien dargelegt wird: man gewinnt einen neuen Zugang, verbessert sein Verständnis und ist anschließend in der Lage, einen bestimmten Stellungstyp planvoll und zielstrebig zu spielen. Dieses Prinzip liegt auch der DVD-Reihe der Fritz-Trainer zu Grunde. Weltklassespieler, Großmeister und Spitzentrainer erklären Eröffnungssysteme und -ideen, zeigen Ihnen, wie man Pläne im Mittelspiel entwickelt und umsetzt, oder sie üben mit Ihnen klassische Endspieltechniken ein. In der neuesten Ausgabe von SchachMagazin 64 stellt Harald Fietz gleich sieben aktuelle DVDs vor.
Rezension aus SchachMagazin64 lesen (Nachdruck)...
Daniel Kings Powerplay-DVDs im Shop bestellen...
Eröffnungs-DVDs von Alexei Shirov, Lubomir Ftacnik u.a. im Shop...
 
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9620
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Play it like Bologan
Are you a Caro-Kann player or toying with the idea of building it into your repertoire? Then you should not miss this 2688 ELO rated GM revealing his own Caro-Kann repertoire. In over four hours of video lessons Viktor Bologan explains the lines in easy to grasp terms that makes the DVD extremely valuable for players of every level. Buy his Caro-Kann DVD now or read this review with sampler.
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5800
Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
L'ART DE FAIRE MAT EST A VOTRE PORTEE !

King1king_mattingpatternCeux qui craignent encore de ne pas reconnaître un motif de mat ou de louper une attaque contre le roque devraient beaucoup profiter de ce DVD intitulé "mating patterns", 1er volet d'une série ambitieuse de cours d'échecs en 11 tomes intitulée "power play" et animée par un GMI Anglais : Daniel King. Ce DVD est dans la lignée d'excellents livres comme l'"art de faire mat" ou "comment battre papa aux échecs", qu'il complète de façon utile et agréable en nous faisant profiter des animations toujours somptueuses signées Chessbase.  Le propos est clair, très didactique. Le présentateur est aussi très sympathique, surtout quand il n'hésite pas à nous conseiller d'utiliser un bon vieil échiquier en bois plutôt que d'examiner la fenêtre 2D (ben alors, à quoi bon mettre toutes tes flèches et colorier toutes ces cases, coco ?) et lorsqu'il s'emmêle avec la souris en prononçant un "Oooups !" gêné, typically British ! N'en déplaise aux franchouillards grincheux, l'anglais reste la langue officielle, mais les animations sont déjà suffisantes pour rendre le matériel instructif pour les non anglophones. J'ai particulièrement apprécié comment l'auteur a cherché à rendre ses exemples les plus utiles possibles et vraiment transposables dans nos parties. Un exemple analysé en détail s'appelle "le cadeau grec" : situation où le Cf6 devant le petit roque noir a été chassé par un pion e5 (position souvent issue de défense Française), permettant la manoeuvre Fxh7+ suivie de Cg5+, Dh5, Dxf7 (intermédiaire indispensable) suivi du mat. Je ne savais pas que cela s'appelait "le cadeau grec" mais j'avais déjà subi, concrétisé et manqué ce type d'attaque ! Vous apprendrez quand lancer vos sacrifices de démolition sur le roque, et comment attirer le roi adverse dans vos filets. Ceux qui rechignent à investir dans ce type de DVD (un peu cher...) pourront toujours se replier sur le matériel totalement gratuit présent sur ce blog : la base tactiqueries, bien sûr, et le cours pour débutants signé Philippe K, fournisseur officiel du blog "échecs en amateur" !

 
http://echecsvdm.canalblog.com/archives/2009/09/28/15227694.html
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:10:00 GMT
 
 
 
Schöner, schneller, reifer: Das neue ChessBase Magazin 132
Seit nunmehr 22 Jahren gibt es das ChessBase Magazin - in Zeiten der technischen Revolution eine halbe Ewigkeit. Vor drei Jahren folgte die Umstellung von CD-ROM auf DVD, und seitdem gehören Videoanalysen ebenso wie Starkommentare, Repertoirevorschläge und die beliebten Trainingsrubriken "Die Falle" oder "Move by Move" zum festen Kern jeder Ausgabe. Das neue ChessBase Magazin 132 stellt einen weiteren Meilenstein dar. Das Heft wurde inhaltlich neu konzipiert und komplett neu gestaltet. Erstmals präsentieren sich die Top-Turniere (von Biel bis Bilbao) in hochwertigem Vierfarbdruck, ebenso wie die Vorstellung von Fritz 12 oder der insgesamt 12 Eröffnungsbeiträge auf der DVD. Gleichzeitig ist ChessBase Magazin schneller und aktueller geworden. CBM 132 erscheint bereits in wenigen Tagen, und auch in Zukunft soll das neue ChessBase Magazin immer zum Monatsanfang erscheinen.
Mehr Infos über ChessBase Magazin 132...
ChessBase Magazin Testpaket mit Bonus-DVD (Anand) im Shop bestellen...
ChessBase Magazin Testpaket mit Bonus-DVD (Kramnik) im Shop bestellen...
ChessBase Magazin Testpaket mit Bonus-DVD (Hort) im Shop bestellen...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9588
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Titelgeschichte: Fritz 12 in der Schach-Zeitung
Eine der jüngeren Kinder auf dem Markt der Schachmagazine ist die "Schach-Zeitung." Sie ist gerade einmal 11 Monate alt und hat sich innerhalb dieser kurzen Zeit schon zu einer ausgewachsenen Schachzeitung entwickelt. Anfangs war sie noch schwarz-weiß (aber nicht farblos!) und jetzt ist das Magazin bereits richtig bunt! Auch inhaltlich hat sich einiges getan und mit fast jeder Ausgabe kam etwas Neues hinzu. Dabei wendet sich Herausgeber Michael Schönherr an den "normalen" Schachspieler. In der Schach-Zeitung werden Partien nämlich so kommentiert, dass auch der Klubspieler es versteht. Dass dies bei den Lesern gut ankommt, verraten die begeisterten Leserzuschriften auf der Webseite. Auch bei der Auswahl des Titelbildes und der Titelgeschichte beweist die Redaktion ein gutes Händchen. "Was könnte unsere Leser mehr interessieren, als der neue Fritz 12", weiß Michael Schönherr. Auf vier Seiten wird das neue Programm ausführlich vorgestellt. Und auf der CD-Beilage finden die Abonnenten der Schach-Zeitung (Einzelausgabe 4,80 Euro, Jahresabo 57,60 Euro) sogar noch zwei Video Trainingslektionen von Gisbert Jacoby aus dessen erfolgreicher DVD-Trainingsserie über Eröffnungsstrategie und -taktik. Was will man mehr?
Zur Schach-Zeitung...
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9570
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
The eternal duel between bishop and knight II
At the Grand Slam Masters in Bilbao Alexander Grischuk took second place behind Levon Aronian. Whereas he had good results with White and won two of those games, he had to submit to two defeats as Black. GM Karsten Müller has annotated for ChessBase Magazine Online Grischuk's pretty endgame success against Alexei Shirov from round two. In it, it is once again the bishop which triumphs over the knight.
Analysis of the ending Grischuk-Shirov
Endgame DVDs
 
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5772
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Fritz 12 Available For Preorder!
img src="http://chessvine.com/uploads/fritz-12-2T.jpg">
I just got an e-mail from ChessCentral. Apparently they are now offering Fritz 12 for preorder! I've always been a fan of Fritz and I'm excited by this newest edition. I plan on getting my hands on a copy as soon as possible. I'm a big nerd so I can't wait to see the new Microsoft “Fluent UI” standard compliant interface. It should look awesome!


I live basically in the middle of nowhere and my only choice for training is programs and the internet. Fritz has been one of my constant training partners. Despite my annoyance at constantly getting my head handed to me on a platter, I might add.


Fritz 12 System Requirements:


Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), DirectX9 graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows-Media Player 9, internet access (playchess.com, updates and activation)


Recommended: PC Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM, Windows Vista or Windows 7, DirectX10 graphics card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD ROM drive and internet access (playchess.com, updates and activation).


See A Screenshot
 
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Chessvine/~3/NSFmKypdkA0/558-Fritz-12-Available-For-Preorder!.html
 
 
 
On This Day, One Year Ago



On this day September 17, exactly one year ago, in Nalchik, Russia, after incredibly tense non-stop 3 weeks of competition, I drew the last game of the final match in the
Women's World Chess Championship against the Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan. The final score of the match was 2,5 to 1,5 in my favor, and I thus became the 12th Women's World Chess Champion in the history of the game.

It was a most special day for me. There are no words that can describe the way I felt after the final match was over. It was a moment of utmost happiness and it's such a pleasure today to look back and to recall that day.

One year has passed and during this year I wrote a book "Diary of a Chess Queen" that just came out in Russian and will come out in English on December 1 (it can be preordered with free autograph, Christmas delivery guaranteed). I also created a special DVD about "How I became the 12th women's world chess champion" where I analyze all my games of the Nalchik championship in great detail and in video. You can watch comments to one of my games from the very tense third round against my compatriot Tatiana Kosintseva in the video below. My DVD contains both all my games played and a long version of the documentary, over 4 hours of video in total. Entertaining and at the same time extremely useful chess training.



I dedicated the victory in this championship to my daughter Francesca but I must also thank my husband, Diego and my family - my dad, my mom and my sister Oxana. Thank to all these people I became today who I am and I'm very grateful to them for their love, support and patience.

I also thank all of you, visitors to my blog, and web site, and of course my Twitter followers and Facebook fans and friends, and YouTube subscribers for your messages of support before, during and after the championship. Without you, I would not have had the strength to go all the way to the top.


Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
 
http://www.chessblog.com/2009/09/on-this-day-one-year-ago.html
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:41:00 +0000
 
 
 
NEU: Nigel Davies: The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation
Die Abtauschvariante des Abgelehnten Damengambits entsteht meist aus einer Zugfolge wie 1,d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.cxd5 exd5. Aber es gibt auch eine Reihe anderer Zugfolgen mit verzögertem Abtausch auf d5. Nigel Davies geht diesen absoluten Eröffnungsklassiker auf seiner neuen DVD daher thematisch an und stellt die verschiedenen Strategien für beide Seiten vor. Durch den Abtausch im Zentrum entsteht eine asymmetrische Bauernverteilung, die für viele klassische Spielideen offen ist, allen voran dem Minoritätsangriff unter Ausnutzung der halboffenen c-Linie. Andere und schärfere Spielpläne für Weiß sind der Vormarsch im Zentrum oder sogar die lange Rochade im Verbund mit einem Bauernsturm am Königsflügel. Für den Zuschauer ist der praktische Nutzen dieser DVD um so größer, als eine ganze Reihe anderer Eröffnungen wie Nimzoindisch, Holländisch oder Caro-Kann oft zu ganz ähnlichen Stellungsbildern führen. Insofern lernt man auf dieser DVD eine ganze Menge über Schachstrategie im unfassenden Sinne gleich mit. Fritz-Trainer DVD in englischer Sprache, Gesamtspielzeit 4 Stunden.
Videoausschnitt in reduzierter Qualität ansehen…
Nigel Davies: „The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation“ im Shop bestellen…
 
http://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=9523
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Au Pays des Livres, le rendez-vous littéraire de Chess & Strategy

L'émission de Chess & Strategy en partenariat avec Variantes !

Les Vidéos de Chess & Strategy sur Utube Visualiser toutes les vidéos de Chess & Strategy sur Youtube

Bonjour à tous! Nous vous proposons aujourd'hui un troisième rendez-vous pour progresser aux échecs. Cette chronique s'adresse à tous les joueurs, du débutant au maître.

Marie Sebag

Pour cette troisième vidéo, la séduisante Aurélie Dacalor s'est faufilée dans la réserve de la boutique Variantes. Elle nous propose un DVD en français intitulé, Les ouvertures contre 1.e4, de Marie Sebag.

Avec les Noirs, on a un très large éventail de réponses possibles à 1.e4. Le coup le plus naturel est 1…e5. C’est pourquoi cette réponse est très populaire. Ce DVD vous présente un répertoire pour les Noirs après les coups 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 qui inclut l’Espagnole, le Gambit Marshall, la variante d’échange de l’Espagnole, l’Écossaise et le Gambit écossais.

Vous apprendrez les variantes importantes, les idées et le plan des pièces noires grâce aux parties des Grand-Maîtres comme Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk et Peter Svidler. Désormais vous serez confiants contre les Blancs et combattrez pour l’avantage. Durée : 5 h 13 min.

Revoir toutes nos chroniques Au Pays des livres.
 
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The birthday present that never was
In the position in the diagram, Boris Gelfand could have given himself a wonderful 41st birthday present. Unfortunately he missed his chance and the game later ended in a draw. What was the move required for Gelfand to get his birthday present? (White to play)

Analysis of the ending Gelfand-Shirov by GM Karsten Müller
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Getting a queen is not necessarily the be all and end all
In the tournament of "Experience" versus "Youth" in Amsterdam the position in the diagram came up in the game Nakamura - Van Wely after 37. ... Rc1+. Which route would you have chosen for your king here? 38.Kb4 or Kd3? The analysis by our CBM endgame expert GM Karsten Müller will tell you whether you made the correct choice.

The game Nakamura-Van Wely
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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
 
 
 
Chess tale turns out to be a winner - Dispatch Online

Chess tale turns out to be a winner
Dispatch Online
I WASN'T expecting much when I started watching the musical Chess in Concert on DVD, but it turned out to be ...

 
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Ural Trip Trivia Contest

(The Trivia Contest question is at the bottom of this post)

Hello everybody!

From September 2 to September 6 I visited my grandparents. They live in the Ural town of
Kamensk-Uralsky.

As almost in any town in Russia there is a chess club where kids can learn and play chess. I met the 12 strongest youngsters of Kamensk-Ural'sky in a simul. They fought very hard and could make one draw.



On September 5, 2009 I had a chance to visit the Ural Chess Academy in Ekaterinburg. On the photo below you can see me together with the director of this Academy GM Naum Rashkovsky on the left and Andrey Salov assistant of minister in PC and Sport in the Sverdlovsk Region on the right. Note the picture which is behind us and try to name all the persons on it.

In Ekaterinburg I gave a press-conference which you can read here, in Russian where I spoke about my future plans as well as about my recently published book in Russian "???????? ????????? ????????" ("Diaries of a chess queen"). And of course I gave a simultaneous exhibition on 10 boards which I won with the score +9=0-1. A few more photos of this event can be found here (7 last photos).

And at the end a little trivia. What is the name of the kind of berries my daughter and I are picking on the photo below?

The first one to send the correct answer will get my DVD "How I became the 12th Women World Chess Champion".

Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women's World Chess Champion
 
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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:09:00 +0000
 
 
 
Andrew Martin: The Scandinavian - The easy way 2nd Edition
Es gilt als leicht zu erlernen und einfach zu spielen. Als ein Repertoire für Schwarz, mit dem man schon nach wenig Übung rasch gute Ergebnisse erzielen kann. Von welcher Eröffnung lässt sich das schon sagen, wenn nicht von Skandinavisch (1.e4 d5)! IM Andrew Martin empfiehlt auf seiner gerade neuaufgelegten DVD den Aufbau mit 3... Dd6, fast immer gefolgt von Sf6, a6, b5, Lb7. Noch vor wenigen Jahren galt der Zug 3...Dd6 als ziemlich exotisch. Das hat sich inzwischen grundlegend gewandelt. Nicht zuletzt dank der Erfolge von GM Sergej Tiviakov, für den für die Jahre 2008 und 2009 sagenhafte 66 % mit 3.Dd6 zu Buche stehen, hat sich dieser Aufbau voll etabliert. Beim Züricher Jubiläumsturnier griff selbst Vladimir Kramnik gegen Vishy Anand und Judith Polgar zu Skandinavisch mit 3.Dd6 und hielt beide Partien problemlos im Gleichgewicht. Die 2. Auflage der DVD "The Scandinavian - The easy way" enthält neben den 3 Stunden der ersten Auflage 7 neue Videolektionen (mit einer zusätzlichen Spielzeit von über 1 h), in denen Martin die aktuellen Trends sowie Tiviakovs Aufbau mit 4...c6 diskutiert.
Videoausschnitt aus  Parligras-Tiviakov ansehen...
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NEU: Andrew Martin: The Budapest Gambit
Das Budapester Gambit (1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e5) ist so gar nicht nach dem Geschmack vieler 1.d4-Spieler. Schwarz bestimmt mit dem Bauernopfer im zweiten Zug, wo es lang geht, und beginnt sofort damit, die weiße Stellung unter Druck zu setzen. Viele 1.d4-Spieler auf Vereinsebene haben nur eine vage Vorstellung, wie sie auf das Budapester Gambit reagieren sollen. Versuchen den Bauern zu halten? Oder doch besser gleich zurückgeben und damit vielleicht ganz auf Eröffnungsvorteil verzichten? Andrew Martin gibt auf seiner neuen DVD gute Gründe, warum es sich lohnt, das Budapester Gambit in sein Schwarzrepertoire aufzunehmen. Immer geht es um das dominierende Thema Figurenspiel. Und natürlich lauert überall Taktik. Wissensvorsprung zahlt sich da besonders gut aus und hat schon so manchen Weißspieler frühzeitig matt gesetzt. Ein weiterer unbestreitbarer Pluspunkt ist, dass man mit wenig Aufwand einen Großteil des eigenen Repertoires abdecken kann. IM Andrew Martin macht Sie auf seiner DVD in 4:20 h mit dem nötigen Rüstzeug vertraut, um das Budapester Gambit selbst erfolgreich anwenden zu können (in englischer Sprache).
Andr