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at ChessCafe.com Wing Attack
In order to widen our strategic understanding, it is useful to study games in which a fresh, non-standard strategy triumphed. This month Mark Dvoretsky looks at some exceptions to the rule that a wing attack only has chances to succeed when the center is either closed or under firm control. Chess in 1909
Tim Harding’s January column looks back a century to see what the chess world was like. Lasker won a world championship match with embarrassing ease; the little-known Cuban, Jose Raul Capablanca, demolished Marshall in a match; and Alexander Alekhine emerged at the head of a new generation. Grade Nationals
This month Steve Goldberg reports on the 2008 Grade Nationals and Pan Am Intercollegiate Championships. Abby Marshall, winner of the eleventh grade section, annotates one of her games. Book Notes  USCF members can experience some significant savings from our January $9.95 sale. For instance, Chess School 4: The Manual of Chess Endings is available at a savings of $15.00. This hardcover book offers more than 600 positions in all kinds of endgames. Also, Carsten Hansen’s epic volume on the Nimzo-Indian 4 e3 is available at the spectacular savings of $14.00. He provides comprehensive coverage of the long-established main line known as the Rubinstein Variation.
Our January $9.95 Sale is a great way to experience big savings on some great books. We have no less than nine volumes of Chess Informant discounted more than $26.00 and a dozen other best selling titles all available for just $9.95!
Reviews in Brief |  New York 1924
by Alexander Alkhine In the foreword, GM Andy Soltis likens New York 1924 to a super-tournament of its day. He writes, “It had a narrative that is still striking today: Three world champions - undisputed world champions, mind you - fulfilling their destiny. Richard Reti unleashing his devastating “Opening of the Future,” 1 Nf3!. The invincible Jose Capablanca suffering his first loss in eight years. The remarkable comeback of 46-year-old Frank Marshall and even more stunning performance of 55-year-old Emanuel Lasker.” Alekhine annotated all 110 games played at the tournament, and Soltis notes that Alekhine’s book “remained clearly the best tournament book in English for half a century.” Moreover, he writes, “Alekhine provides real analysis, and with words, not just moves. He imbues the book with personality in contrast with the antiseptic notes of most tournament books written by world-class players ...” This new edition corrects typographical and notation errors, but preserves Alekhine’s original text and comments, while adding dozens of additional diagrams as well as photographs of each participant. It also includes Alekhine’s section on “The Significance of the New York Tournament in the Light of the Theory of the Openings.” In this twenty-six page opening survey, Alekhine comments that the tournament marked “a very significant stage” in the evolution of the openings. While we may think differently about these openings today, it is interesting to see the comments from the future world champion. Read an excerpt here. | | |
| | | |  Questions of Modern Chess Theory
by Isaac Lipnitsky Questions of Modern Chess Theory was penned by twice-Ukrainian champion Isaac Lipnitsky in the Soviet Union in 1956. Anatoly Karpov, in his foreword to this new edition, describes the original version as follows: “It was on the sidelines in every respect: it was published in Kiev, in a small edition (by Soviet standards of course) and with many misprints. From the very moment of its appearance the book seemed condemned to oblivion. But something extraordinary ensued.” Karpov notes that such disparate champions as Botvinnik and Fischer eagerly absorbed Lipnitsky’s words. Indeed, you’ll find mention of Lipnitsky in Fischer’s My 60 Memorable Games (game 23, Fischer-Reshevsky). “Inaccessible to the mass of readers,” Karpov continues, “the book occupied a place of honour in the home libraries of grandmasters and coaches ... The book was becoming a legend.” Read the full review here. | | |
| New Catalog Additions 1/14: Questions of Modern Chess Theory (restock)
1/8: New York 1924
1/1: January Competition Special
1/1: January Scholastic Special
12/31: January $9.95 Sale
12/24: Kaissiber 33
12/16: ChessBase Magazine #127 (DVD)
12/14: Power Play 8: Knights and Bishops (DVD)
12/13: New In Chess Magazine, 2008/8
12/12: Mega Database 2009 (DVD)
12/12: Big Database 2009 (DVD)
| Weekly Puzzle | | Quote of the Week | | 
White to Move/Solution Below | | Chess has always exerted a peculiar magnetism for megalomaniacs ... Daniel Johnson,
White King and Red Queen |
Monthly Specials January 2009  | For the January Competition Special, we are pleased to offer How to Get the Edge against the Gruenfeld by Konstantin Sakaev for the incredible USCF member price of $9.95! - a savings of $17.00! The author uses complete games to illustrate contemporary ideas in a system forged by Bronstein and Geller and used with deadly precision by Spassky. Sakaev is a leading theoretician and his analyses offer a unique insight into the theory of the Gruenfeld.
|  | For the January Scholastic Special, we are pleased to offer a great book to improve your tactical skills: Chess School 3: More Advanced Combinations for the incredible USCF member price of $9.95! - a savings of $15.00! From many years of experience in teaching young players and observing the successful work of trainers, it has been found that an essential training exercise for improvement in the calculation of variations is the solving of specially selected positions. These Specials of the Month are good from January 1 - January 31, 2008. Orders may be placed online, by mail or by phone. These Specials of the Month may be withdrawn at any time and are good only while supplies last. |
 New at Chess Life Online IM Mark Ginsburg remembers Mark Diesen, who died on December 9, 2008. He looks at seven of Diesen’s games, including wins over GMs DeFirmian, Browne and Torre. Also, view the countdown of the 2008 Best of Chess Life Online Competition. Join the USCF Today 
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Puzzle Answer: 25.Be8 1-0 Reti-Bogoljubow, New York, 1924 (Source: New York 1924) |
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