ChessCafe.com Weekly Newsletter, September 30 - October 6, 2009

PO Box 1201 Harwich, MA 02645 1-877-91-CHESS (1-877-912-4377) Issue #24 September 30 - October 6 Welcome to the ChessCafe.com weekly newsletter. You can keep up-to-date with new product releases, read reviews of selected products, and follow the latest postings at ChessCafe.com. Plus, try your hand at solving our weekly puzzle. Enjoy! Here & There Sac, Sac, Mate Today’s video showcases a beautiful game from GM David Norwood that features a couple of brilliant sacrifices. Nunn Finer Understanding Chess Endgames is one of the finest endgame books to be published and readers who take the time to master these concepts will see an immediate surge in playing strength. Read the review here. A Peculiar Incident During the 1962 Candidates Tournament held in the Dutch territory of Curacao, there was a peculiar incident that never received much publicity. UCE Excerpt In Understanding Chess Endgames, GM John Nunn presents 100 key endgame concepts and how to utilize them in practice. ChessCafe.com is pleased to bring you this excerpt. Book Notes One of the highlights of New In Chess 2009/6 is Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam’s interview with Hikaru Nakamura. Nakamura’s left behind an unhappy period in his life and gotten rid of “the distractions.” His new approach seems to be working, as he proved again in San Sebastian. In Understanding Chess Endgames, GM John Nunn provides everything you need to know about chess endgames! Assuming no specialized endgame knowledge, he presents 100 key concepts, and explains how they are used to win games or save difficult positions. Reviews in Brief Understanding Chess Endgames by John Nunn, Gambit Publications, 2009, Paperback, 232pp. $24.95 Dr. John Nunn is one of the most logical and articulate writers on chess. He has a knack for writing to his audience in a clear and cogent manner. Thus, it’s no wonder that his books are largely critically-acclaimed and many have won Book of the Year awards in various countries. In Understanding Chess Endgames, Nunn presents 100 key endgame concepts and how to utilize them in practice. In the introduction he writes, “This book had an unusual genesis in that originally I didn’t intend to write it at all. I was starting work on a more advanced book on endgames, and while I was collecting material for this, I began to compile a list of all the things the reader would be assumed to know. The idea was that an introductory chapter would give a brief survey of this “presumed knowledge” so that I would not have to explain it in the main body of the book. However, it quickly became clear that this “introductory chapter” would be more like a book in itself, so I put the main project to one side and started to think about how this introductory chapter could be turned into a useful book.” This is one of the finest endgame books to be published and readers who take the time to master these concepts will see an immediate surge in playing strength. For some books this can be seen as an empty claim, for Understanding Chess Endgames it is a simple statement of fact. We can also look forward to the book Nunn intended to write in the first place. Read the full review here and an excerpt here! Subscribers Readers who also order John Nunn’s Chess Puzzle Book (2nd ed.) can save fifteen percent off the cover price of each book. This book combination is available at the incredibly low price of $42.50. The offer is good while supply lasts and expires October 5.     New Catalog Additions 9/26 Understanding Chess Endgames (Nunn) 9/25 New In Chess Magazine 2009/6 8/17 Shirov: The Sicilian with 3.Bb5 (DVD) 8/16 Davies: The f4 Sicilian (DVD) 8/15 Bologan: The Caro-Kann (DVD) 8/14 Kaissiber #34 8/13 ABC of the Vienna (DVD) 8/12 ChessBase Magazine #131 (DVD) 8/10 Endgame Workshop   Weekly Puzzle   Quote of the Week Black to Move/Solution Below   If you want to win at chess, begin with the ending. Irving Chernev Check Out the September Savings Save $30.00! Save $30.00! Save $50.00! Only $5.95! Only .99 cents! Only .99 cents! Plus dozens of other sale items! Puzzle Answer: 1...g4!! 2.Rxb4 f4! 3.Ra4 Rb2 4.gxf4 g3! 5.fxg3 e3 6.f5 Ke4 7.f6 Kf3 8.Ra1 Rg2! 0–1 Pelletier - Rozentalis, Yerevan 1996 (Source: Understanding Chess Endgames) Copyright 2009 BrainGamz, Inc. All Rights Reserved.