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November 26 - December 2
Welcome to the USCFSales.com weekly newsletter. You can keep up-to-date with new product releases, read reviews of selected products, and follow the latest news from the U.S. Chess Federation. Plus, try your hand at solving our weekly puzzle. Enjoy! Here & There
at ChessCafe.com Chess Dreams
Hans Ree used to dream often about chess, but not anymore. But then there were two vivid chess dreams, one shortly after the other. Is there any truth to them or is this a sign of stagnation of business, dull companions and poor health? Martens & Marxism
It was only after Rolf Martens learned some Marxism that he made some shocking discoveries in opening theory. This month, Stefan Buecker looks at one Martens’ most successful opening ideas: the Snake Benoni. Game Views
Over the next two months, Steve Lopez will be examining the line of tabs along the top of the notation pane in ChessBase 10. This month he focuses on the four that directly affect the manner in which a game is displayed. Book Notes  The DGT ChessBox Combo and the DGT Chess960 Combo come packaged in an attractive, colorful box and make for great gifts. The former features DGT chessmen, a folding chess board, and the DGT Chess Trainer & Fritz9 Goes 960 CDs. The latter (at right) also includes the wildly popular DGT Chess960 clock. For the Weekly Holiday Special November 24-30, we are pleased to offer The Club Analysis Set with a perfectly matching roll-up vinyl board for the outstanding price, for USCF members, of $8.95.
Reviews in Brief |  Lasker’s Manual of Chess
Emanuel Lasker None other than Mark Dvoretsky writes in the foreword to Lasker’s Manual of Chess that though the book was first published eighty years ago, it “has not lost its relevance even now,” and that he still follows Lasker’s training advice to this day. He notes that many important themes were first developed by Lasker, such as the “desperado” and ways to defend, and that he derived “great pleasure and great benefit” from the sections devoted to combinations, positional play, and chess aesthetics. Dvoretsky finds that this book “helps you examine different kinds of problems in the most varied positions and it is exceptionally important, both for practical players and for trainers.” If the greatest trainer on the planet thinks so highly of this title, then it deserves your attention. | | |
| | | |  Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian
by John Emms This book is aimed at players that wish to learn the basics of the c3 Sicilian, which Emms describes as an active opening with a solid positional foundation. He devotes two chapters to 2...d5, two to 2...Nf6, and one to second move alternatives for Black. Each section begins with a brief introduction and the author notes that he tried to “highlight important positional features of the pawn structures as they arise.” He further comments that the illustrative games were “chosen with instruction and entertainment value as a slightly higher priority than theoretical relevance.” He admits to displaying a slight bias for White, but writes that he points out the best choices for both sides. He explains why he believes certain lines are ineffective and indicates where he disagrees with previous assessments. | | |
| New Catalog Additions 11/25: ECO A-E (CD restock)
11/24: Weekly Holiday Special
11/24: New In Chess Yearbook #88
11/23: DGT ChessBox Combo
11/23: DGT Chess960 Combo
11/22: Informants 1-100 (CD restock)
11/21: Anthology of Chess Combinations (CD restock)
11/20: The Best of the Best (restock)
11/19: Olympian Chessmen
11/19: New Classic Series Chessmen
11/18: Questions of Modern Chess Theory
11/16: Attacking Manual 1
11/15: The Berlin Wall
11/14: 101 Chess Questions Answered
11/13: How Chess Games Are Won and Lost
11/12: DGT Chess Trainer (CD)
11/10: Kaissiber 32
11/9: How to Beat the French Defence
11/7: Top TNT - Theory, Novelties, Tournaments (CD)
11/6: The Tarrasch Defence (DVD)
11/5: ECO E (4th ed.)
11/4: The Wisest Things Ever Said about Chess
11/1: November Competition Special
11/1: November Scholastic Special
10/31: Chess Informant #102 (Book)
10/31: Chess Informant #102 (CD)
10/31: Chess Informant #102 (Book + CD)
10/30: ChessBase Magazine #126 (DVD)
10/29: ABC of Evans Gambit (DVD)
10/28: New in Chess Magazine, 2008/7
| Weekly Puzzle | | Quote of the Week | | 
Black to Move/Solution Below | | Hard work is a prerequisite for developing talent to its fullest potential. Lars Bo Hansen,
How Chess Games are Won and Lost |
Monthly Specials November 2008  | For the November Competition Special, we are pleased to offer the two volume series on the life of Paul Keres, The Quest for Perfection and The Road to the Top updated by John Nunn for the incredible USCF member price of $24.95! - a savings of almost $23.00! These two volumes chronicle Keres’s entire career from his early days as a self-taught young talent to his death in 1975.
|  | For the November Scholastic Special, we are pleased to offer the great instructional program Dinosaur Chess for the incredible USCF member price of $14.95! - a savings of $15.00! Sign up for Professor MacDinosaur’s chess class. You will grow from a hatchling, fresh from the egg, to a huge dinosaur ready to take on the Tyrannosaurus Rex. These Specials of the Month are good from November 1 - November 30, 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 After a tiebreak scare that made some think they would miss out on medals, the final results confirm that America’s 3.5-0.5 rout of Ukraine secured them bronze medals at the Dresden Olympiad! Also, the U.S. Women’s team defeated France in the final round to secure bronze medals in Dresden! Join the USCF Today 
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Puzzle Answer: 32...Rxg2 0-1 Spielmann - Mieses, Berlin 1920 (Source: Secrets of Opening Surprises, Vol. 9) |
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