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at ChessCafe.com Top TNT 2
The latest Informant column presents material from the forthcoming CD, Top TNT 2. The Slav Defense was the most popular choice for Black during this period; so much so that they had to divide the material into sections. Tabe Bas
Music and chess were Tabe Bas’s great passions and because of his invariable youthful vivacity Hans Ree thought that he might be immortal. Ree pays tribute to one of his best friends in the Dutch chess world in this month’s Dutch Treat. Chess Engines
Steve Lopez discusses some interesting uses for chess engines in ChessBase 10 that can help you understand the database games you’re viewing. This month he illustrates just what can be accomplished. Book Notes  Immediately after he’d won the Nanjing super-tournament and strengthened his number one position in the world rankings, Veselin Topalov spoke to Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam. Pick up a copy of New In Chess 2009/1 to read the full details. In A Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, correspondence GM Nikolai Kalinichenko presents a complete opening repertoire to use when the competitive situation demands a solid approach. It is based on 1.e4 as white, and the Classical Sicilian and King’s Indian Defense as black.
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 |  True Combat Chess
by Tim Taylor IM Timothy Taylor is one of the more entertaining chess authors at the moment. He has a knack of connecting with regular players, which he ascribes to the fact that he too “is in the trenches, battling through modern chess as it is actually played.” But it is more than that; he knows how to tell a story and he candidly shares his anecdotes even when things haven’t gone his way. Throughout the book Taylor draws upon his personal experiences to offer useful advice on improving your results and overall understanding of chess. He emphasizes the practical aspects of chess and examines such subjects as the critical move, opening preparation, the endgame and the clock, winning a won game, and more. | | |
| | | |  Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks
by Richard Palliser As stated in the introduction, “this work covers three attacking and fairly non-theoretical systems for White, namely the Colle-Zukertort, the Barry Attack and the 150 Attack.” The Colle-Zukertort is characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 and 5.b3, followed by 0-0, Bb2 and Nbd2. If Black plays for a King’s Indian by 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6, Palliser proposes the Barry Attack 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4; and if Black aims for a Pirc by 3…Bg7 4.e4 d6, he recommends the 150 Attack 5.Be3, followed by Qd2. Palliser writes that together these openings “create the backbone of quite a dangerous repertoire for White, especially at club level.” Though he adds they “do not promise White a theoretical advantage against a well-prepared opponent ...” Still, for the player who would like a straightforward thematic repertoire with White, this book will serve them well. | | |
| New Catalog Additions 2/15: New In Chess, 2009/1
2/13: True Combat Chess
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
| Weekly Puzzle | | Quote of the Week | | 
White to Move/Solution Below | | No concept in chess lies beyond the grasp of the average person... John Grefe,
Progressing Through Chess |
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Puzzle Answer: 32.Bxf5! 1-0 Donnelly-Gray, corr 1992 (Source: Starting Out: d-Pawn Attacks) |
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