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February 11 - 17
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at ChessCafe.com Wing Attack
In The Instructor, Mark Dvoretsky continues his examination of games in which a flank attack reached or could have reached its goal even though the center remained open. This month, he presents a few less well-known games. Bob Wade
Tim Harding pays tribute to Robert G. Wade in the latest Kibitzer. He traces the career and legacy of the man who made a huge contribution to British chess from the mid-1960s onwards. Philidor Position
This month’s Scholastic Chess column is meant to teach you how to hold a draw in the theoretical rook endgame known as the Philidor position. Drawing from a number of sources Steve Goldberg guides you step by step to endgame mastery. Book Notes  Gary’s Adventures in Chess Country will help you create your own unique chess adventure with your child. This large format, hardcover, full color book is an attractive, entertaining introduction to the game of chess and its strategies. Players wishing to employ the Dutch Defense must pay as much attention to Anti-Dutch systems as they do to the main line, as it is these very lines that occur most often at club level. On the DVD, ABC of the Anti Dutch, IM Andrew Martin shows how to get a good position as Black against these sidelines.
In the updated and revised second edition of Let’s Play Chess,
you will find the rules, the logic, some of the culture and history,
and the basic principles of good chess play. Read an excerpt here.
Reviews in Brief |  Let’s Play Chess
by Bruce Pandolfini This second edition of Let’s Play Chess is said to contain about forty percent new material compared to its predecessor, and offers an easy, stress-free peek into what we all know can be an exceedingly complex game. A nice touch rather unique to this book is that instead of sentence after sentence, paragraph after paragraph, instruction is broken down into numbered brief sentences and paragraphs. This format allows “bite-size” instruction that doesn’t overwhelm the reader with too much at a time. Let’s Play Chess: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Players is fun and is well-suited for beginning players about age fifteen and above. It also may help chess coaches and teachers working with younger players interested in learning about the game. Read the full review by Steve Goldberg here. | | |
| | | |  Play the Sicilian Kan
by Johan Hellsten The author of this title has a rather interesting pedigree. He is a grandmaster and a former Swedish Champion who is currently employed as a chess teacher in Ecuador. He first began playing the Kan in 1996 and it has been his preference ever since. His overall result is a whopping sixty-four percent. In this book he shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for the Kan. Six chapters are devoted to the mainline 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 a6 5 Nc3 Qc7, three to 5 Bd3 Bc5, and one chapter to other fifth move alternatives. Hellsten recommends the lines that he actually plays and tries to provide detailed verbal explanations as to what is occurring on the board along with a good quantity of analysis. He writes that “the focus of this repertoire is on fighting positions which favour the best player, or the one with superior knowledge of the type of position involved.” This book will well serve those interested in taking up the opening. | | |
| New Catalog Additions 2/11: A Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club Player
2/3: Gary’s Adventures in Chess Country
2/1: February Competition Special
2/1: February Scholastic Special
1/31: Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made
1/30: Blindfold Chess
1/29: ABC of the Leningrad Dutch (DVD)
1/28: ABC of the Anti Dutch (DVD)
1/27: Starting Out: d-Pawn Attacks
1/26: Play the Sicilian Kan
1/25: Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings
1/24: How to Play against 1 e4
1/23: Fighting the Anti-King’s Indians
1/22: The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps
1/20: Let’s Play Chess
1/19: Mastering the Chess Openings, Vol. 3
1/14: Questions of Modern Chess Theory (restock)
1/8: New York 1924
Monthly Specials February 2009  | For the February Competition Special, we are pleased to offer The Berkshire Folding Chess Table for the incredible USCF member price of $495.95! - a savings of $250.00! Regularly priced at $750.00, our quality Berkshire Mahogany & Maple Chessboard, produced by old-world Spanish woodworkers, is matched with a folding formica and maple table crafted by New England artisans. The result is the extraordinary, durable Berkshire Folding Chess Table.
|  | For the February Scholastic Special, we are pleased to offer a great book to improve your tactical skills: The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 1 (CD) by Karsten Mueller for the incredible USCF member price of $9.95! - a savings of $10.00! German grandmaster Karsten Mueller combines clear discussions of tactical themes with over 600 well-chosen positions to test, challenge and teach. Although the classic combinations are not ignored, the great emphasis is on positions from modern tournament practice of the last decade. These Specials of the Month are good from February 1 - February 28, 2009. 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 Abby Marshall psyches up for the Amateur Team East (Parsippany, February 14-16) by analyzing what went wrong in the Liberty Bell Open. She is also boxing, changing all her openings, and coming up with a three-step plan to relax. Also, Pascal Charbonneau blogs on his win in the Bermuda International (January 29-February 1) where he tied for first with IM David Cummings and won the playoff. Join the USCF Today 
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Puzzle Answer: 41.Rf8! Rxe7 42.Rxf6 Kxf6 43.Rf1 h3 1-0 Rogers-Polgar, Su., Dortmund 1985 (Source: Starting Out: d-Pawn Attacks) |
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