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March 11 - 17
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at ChessCafe.com Battle of Equals
Drawn games can sometimes be just as interesting as decisive ones. This statement applies in full measure to the absorbing encounter that opened the 1994 Candidates Match between Viswanathan Anand and Gata Kamsky. Mark Dvoretsky believes Anand was let down by poor technique in the realization of advantages. Erik Larsson
This month The Kibitzer pays tribute to the man principally responsible for the revival of postal chess after World War Two and for turning it into a globally-organized sport: Swedish native Erik Larsson. Tournament Prep
In advance of the upcoming SuperNationals, Steve Goldberg asks a panel of players, coaches, and parents about how best to prepare for a chess tournament. Book Notes  Winning Chess Middlegames addresses the often ignored but extremely important topic of pawn structures. With its highly accessible verbal explanations and deep analyses of top-level games, this book helps you to solve the basic problems of the middlegame: space, tension and initiative. In An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player, correspondence GM Nikolai Kalinichenko presents a complete opening repertoire intended for players who like to attack or for use when the competitive situation demands an aggressive approach.
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.
Reviews in Brief | Winning Chess Middlegames
by Ivan Sokolov Subtitled “An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures,” Sokolov examines the four most important types of pawn structure and writes that “he tried, as much as possible, to “1. systematize the thematic plans used and give clear explanations of them, and
“2. incorporate the ideas of the featured opening variation into the pawn structure that ensues.” He notes that a superior strategic understanding of a given structure allows one to successfully capitalize on your opening preparation as well as rebound from an inferior position. His aim is “1. to provide a complete guide for the club player;
“2. through a process of serious analysis of the material in this book, to also give the club player a reasonably accurate feeling as to which particular positions suit him and which do not; and
“3. to give the club player who takes his time for a thorough study of this book, new strategic and also practical opening knowledge, after which he will definitely see a clear improvement in his results.” The material is divided into four chapters: Doubled Pawns, Isolated Pawns, Hanging Pawns, and Pawn Majority in the Center. Not only is this a book you should own, it is one you should use. | | |
| | | |  Power Play 8 - Knights and Bishops
by Daniel King In this eighth Power Play DVD, GM Daniel King examines positions in which knights battle against bishops. He notes in the introduction that this is an incredibly important theme that touches upon any opening you may play. One of his aims is to equip the reader to be able to discern the true value of each piece in any given position, as the standard value of three points can only be taken as a very rough guide, since in certain positions one piece or the other is clearly superior. He begins by showing a few simplified positions that demonstrate the main characteristics of the knights and bishops. First he presents an endgame study by Averbakh in which the bishop proves to be more useful than the knight and then an endgame study by Troitsky where the knight displays its superiority. But his discussions encompass much more than that. He also talks about various positional factors, such as pawn structure, weak squares and how to place your pawns to compliment your pieces. This is not just for beginners, even club and tournament players will learn more than they may anticipate. King does a good job of making the material easy to understand and making complex concepts seem simple. This DVD makes for great self-training and can also be useful to coaches looking for exercise material or lesson plans. In all there are twenty-three video segments with a running time of about four hours. No additional software is needed to run this DVD as it comes equipped with the ChessBase 9 Reader that installs onto your hard disk. If you already have CB9 or one of the Fritz family of playing programs, then you do not need to install the reader. | | |
| New Catalog Additions 3/11: Attacking the King - for Experts
3/10: Winning Chess Middlegames
3/8: The Black Lion
3/7: An Aggressive Opening Repertoire for the Club Player
3/5: Roman’s Lab: Vol. 68, The 3...Qd6 Scandinavian
3/4: Roman’s Lab: Vol. 67,
The Progressive Way of Handling the Maroczy Bind
3/3: Roman’s Lab: Vol. 66,
The New and Improved Accelerated Dragon
3/2: Roman’s Lab: Vol. 65,
Sound and Unsound Ways to Play Sharp Openings
3/1: March Competition Special
3/1: March Scholastic Special
22/28: Roman’s Lab: Vol. 70,
Refuting Lines in the French, Caro-Kann and Alekhine
2/27: Roman’s Lab: Vol. 69, Dzindzi Anti-English
2/15: New In Chess, 2009/1
2/13: True Combat Chess
2/11: A Positional Opening Repertoire for the Club Player
| Weekly Puzzle | | Quote of the Week | | 
White to Move/Solution Below | | Thorough study and good strategic understanding of the positions still remains a must in order to capitalize successfully on your opening preparation. Ivan Sokolov,
Winning Chess Middlegames |
Monthly Specials March 2009  | For the March Competition Special, we are pleased to offer Leko’s One Hundred Wins for the incredible USCF member price of $9.95! - a savings of $20.00! This book features 100 wins by Peter Leko, from 1992-2003. A brief biography, crosstables, and photographs complement these games by the young Hungarian grandmaster.
|  | For the March Scholastic Special, we are pleased to offer The Olympian Premium Chess Set for the incredible USCF member price of $17.95! - a savings of $12.00! This tournament sets features a 3-7/8-inch king with a 1-3/4” base. Available in Black & Natural, this set weighs a hefty 48 ounces has a broad-based design for added stability and comes with four queens! These Specials of the Month are good from March 1 - March 31, 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 Marc Esserman and GM Darmen Sadvakasov tied for first in the Eastern Class Championships (March 6-8). Chris Bird’s report includes annotations of what he calls the “most thrilling conclusion to a tournament I’ve seen.” Also, IM Irina Krush writes and photographs the many joys of the 2009 Gibraltar Chess Congress. Join the USCF Today 
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Puzzle Answer: 35.Rxg4 1-0 Kuzubov-Van der Wiel, Groningen 2004 (Source: Winning Chess Middlegames) |
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