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The opening for this month's column is the Accelerated Dragon. Larsen and Me
The news of Bent Larsen's passing was a heavy blow. Don't Blink
Instant pressure in the opening can make all the difference. Chess Combinations
Improve your ability to quickly spot combinational motifs. Game of the Week
The Noreasters dispatch the St. Louis Archbishops. One Right Move
Playing chess helps a young boy feel less lost in a new country. Step by Step
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Book Notes  Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess is the only full-length biography of Paul Morphy, the antebellum chess prodigy who launched United States participation in international chess and is still generally acknowledged as the greatest American chess player of all time. But Morphy was more than a player. He was a shy, retiring lawyer who had been taught that such games were no way to make a living. The strain of his fame and the pull of his domineering family led Morphy to set another precedent: chess madness. Morphy's mental descent after retiring from chess became a part of his lore, made all the more magnanimous by a spate of twentieth-century examples. The Pride and Sorrow of Chess tells the full known story of the life of Paul Morphy, from his privileged upbringing in New Orleans to his dominance of the chess world, to the later tragedy of his demise. This new edition of David Lawson's seminal work, still the principal source for all Morphy biographical presentations, also includes new biographical material about the biographer himself, telling the story of the author, his opus, and the previously unknown life that brought him to the research. Grandmaster Johan Hellsten is convinced that Mastering Chess Strategy requires practice, practice and yet more practice! This outstanding book is a product of his many years' work as a full-time chess teacher, and is specifically designed as part of a structured training program to improve strategic thinking. It focuses on a wide range of key subjects and provides a basic foundation for strategic play. Furthermore, in addition to the many examples, there's an abundance of carefully selected exercises which allow readers to monitor their progress and put into practice what they have just learned.
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| Weekly Puzzle | | Quote of the Week | | 
Black to Move/Solution Below | | What most of us need is practice, practice ... Johan Hellsten
Mastering Chess Strategy |
Reviews in Brief |  Chess Combinations for Club Players
by Convekta Chess Combinations for Club Players is a digital chess course that teaches the tactical principles that are important and useful to the club-level player. This Peshka Training course is designed for those in the 1400-1800 rating range, and it is invaluable to its target audience. The training course encompasses common tactical motifs that arise in club-level games. The program installs easily, runs well, and seems to have no kinks or bugs; in general just a solid program. The course includes more than 2,000 exercises. At any point during your training you can click on the "Elo Rating" tool and see the rating that the software has assigned. However, this rating is likely to be inflated. For instance, the program put my rating at 2002, while my general level of play is hundreds of points lower. Still, the charts that graph your progress offer extremely useful feedback to pinpoint what needs work. You can revisit your history of solutions, which are then plotted on a graph by your increasing ELO rating as you solve more tactical puzzles with greater accuracy. Chess Combinations for Club Players will improve your tactical vision and your ability to quickly spot combinational motifs. The program is simple to use and is accessible for the beginner looking to learn, the veteran looking to stay sharp, or the chess coach looking for training material. The program is worth the time that you invest in it and your improved results will be a just reward. Read the full review here. | | |
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1-877-91-CHESS 10/6 ChessBase Tutorials Openings #01: The Open Games (DVD)
10/5 Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess
10/4 Dinosaur Chess (For Download)
10/2 Opening Lab (For Download)
10/1 Mastering Chess Strategy
9/30 Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids Vol. 2
9/29 Kasparov: How His Predecessors Misled Him about Chess (restock)
9/27 Excelling at Chess (Ebook)
9/27 Starting Out: Modern Benoni (Ebook)
9/26 Chess Strategy Workbook
9/25 Nunn's Chess Endings, Vol. 2
9/23 Total Chess Ending (CD)
9/22 Chess Blueprints
9/21 Capablanca: A Primer of Checkmate
9/20 Encyclopedia of Middlegame V (CD)
9/19 Nick's Best
9/17 The KGB Plays Chess
9/16 Chess Endgames 6 (DVD)
9/15 Play the Sicilian Kan (Ebook)
9/15 Starting Out: The Reti (Ebook)
9/8 Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 4 (Hardcover)
Puzzle Answer: 19...Qg4! 20.f3 Qg5 21.Nf1 Rxe3! 22.Nxe3 Qxe3 23.Kd1 Ba4! 24.Qxa4 Rb2 0-1 Grant-Arkell, Hastings, 1994 (Source: Mastering Chess Strategy)
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