Blog entries

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-02-28
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"100 Teste de sah, Procedee tactice elementare"/ "100 Chess tests, Basic tactics", ISBN 978-606-8298-58-0, Editura Unirea - Alba Iulia is the third book in Romanian by MF Marius Ceteraş (ROU)
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1202367

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-02-21
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"Pay attention, we're gonna ask questions later!"
Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, The French Connection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP_7ZopT6oM

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-02-14
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"A space advantage means little if there is no way to penetrate into the enemy position."
Jeremy Silman, The Amateur's Mind

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-02-07
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“Help your pieces so they can help you”
Paul Morphy

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-01-31
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"With major pieces (queen or rook) on the board, having bishops on opposite colors favors the side with an attack."
Edmar Mednis

Not long ago I mentioned Mednis and his principles while annotating a voting game. You can review that article here
https://64funsolutions.ca/how-we-almost-drew-it-0

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-01-24
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Bob Taylor, one of my friends from Eastern Canada, has given me some very interesting insight after reading my previous article Volga-Benko Gambit Line Busted (1). He was enthusiastic about my call to help improve black's play for a better outcome. In this article we offer together a few ideas to get things rolling for those willing to take on this task more seriously.

Idea #1

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-01-17
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“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation”
Max Euwe

This is an interesting puzzle because it requires astute observation to bring black the full point. It is easy to see the available 1... Qh1+ 2.Kg3 Qg2+ 3.Kh4 ... How do you follow it up though? Please give it a try before reading on.

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-01-10
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Wikipedia mentions about this opening:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benko_Gambit
"... Many of the world's strongest players have used it at one time or another, including former World Champions Viswanathan Anand, Garry Kasparov, Veselin Topalov and Mikhail Tal, and Grandmasters Vassily Ivanchuk, Michael Adams, Alexei Shirov, Boris Gelfand, and Evgeny Bareev."

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2017-01-03
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"To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame."
Jose Raul Capablanca
"In the ending the King is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns."
Wilhelm Steinitz

This article was published originally on The Chess Improver blog on 2016-12-27
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