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January 7 - 13
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In this month’s Opening Lanes, IM Gary Lane looks at opening traps in the Two Knights Defense, as well as the London System in the King’s Indian Defense, and a pawn sacrifice in the French Advance Variation that has yet to catch on in international events. Mixed Bag
Carsten Hansen looks at a mixed bag of recent releases this month. Serious players will enjoy the new volume of ECO E and the New In Chess Yearbook, while lower ranked players may benefit from the new book on the c3 Sicilian by Emms or the new DVD on the Tarrasch by Davies. A Look Back
Susan Polgar kicks off the New Year with a brief recap of some of the biggest chess events of 2008. She also annotates two games that could qualify for Game of the Year. Book Notes  The fourth thoroughly revised and updated edition of the ECO E, brings an additional 144 pages of brand new material. This 672 page volume includes games and analyses from Chess Informants 1-101 and focuses on popular openings from the Indian systems, Catalan, and others. The “21st Century Edition” of New York 1924 by Alexander Alekhine will soon be available. All 110 tournament games are deeply annotated by the future world champion, who imbues this classic tournament book with personality. It is the stuff of legend.
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 |  Chess Brilliancy
by Iakov Damsky The author explores how the concept of the brilliancy came into being and how it has developed over time. He then presents an array of brilliant games, including many that were selected by the GM panels for each issue of the Chess Informant between 1968 and 1998. Prefacing some of the games is a brief description of the voting results and information regarding the selection of the chosen game, as well as an occasional anecdote about its origins. This obviously chronicles some of the best chess from recent decades. While some of the material may be well known to serious devotees and a great deal of the analysis is reprinted from other sources, the 219 games that make up this collection are well worth becoming acquainted with. | | |
| | | |  Curse of Kirsan
by Sarah Hurst Curse is a collection of Hurst’s previously published magazine articles from the British magazine Chess, New In Chess, and Kingpin. They profile chess personalities such as Alekhine, Botvinnik, Kasparov, and Karpov, as well as lesser luminaries, and it includes previously unpublished compositions on Raymond Keene, Leonard Barden, Bob Wade, and George Steiner. The title takes itself from her essay on FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and his alleged involvement in the murder of a Kalmykian newspaper editor named Larisa Yudina, who was a fierce critic of Kirsan’s leadership as President of Kalmykia and was investigating the possible misappropriation of government funds. One of the men arrested in connection with the killing was a former aide to Ilyumzhinov. Though the book contains no games or diagrams, it is likely to be one chess book you read cover to cover. | | |
| New Catalog Additions 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)
12/6: 606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts
12/5: Susan Polgar’s Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vols. 11-13, Master the French (3 DVDs)
12/5: Susan Polgar’s Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vol. 13, Master the French, Part 3 (DVD)
12/5: Susan Polgar’s Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vol. 12, Master the French, Part 2 (DVD)
12/5: Susan Polgar’s Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vol. 11, Master the French, Part 1 (DVD)
| Weekly Puzzle | | Quote of the Week | | 
White to Move/Solution Below | | To attain mastery is a noble goal. Dale Smith,
The Tao of the Chessboard |
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 The 2009 U.S. Championship will be held in Saint Louis, Missouri at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Look for full details on uschess.org in the coming months. Also, Alex Dunne’s first The Check is in the Mail of 2009 features Gilmore Hoefdraad, 2005 Electronic Knights Champion. Joan DuBois, who just marked her 40th year at the USCF is also profiled. Join the USCF Today 
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Puzzle Answer: 1.Nxg6!! hxg6 2.Rxh8+! Kxh8 3.Bf6+! Kh7 4.Qg5 e5 5.Bh5! 1-0 Roiz-Kritz, Biel 2007 (Source: Kaissiber #33) |
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