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December 2 - 8
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! This week's coupon code is "budapest5." See below for details... Here & There The Kaidanz
In this column I examine the wonderful Kaidanz variation, a black response against the Scotch Gambit. d-pawn Openings for Specialists
Queen's pawn openings nowadays are even more mainstream than when they were invented. Tea and Biscuits
It is the time of the year when quizzes are everywhere, so for the first time Opening Lanes has joined in the fun. Step by Step
Step by Step: Mate is designed to improve your visualization skills and can be used a workbook exercise in a classroom setting. Just Plain Fun
Bullet chess is a way to get away from the stress of regular chess. Kosteniuk - Calzetta, Novi Sad 2009
This is the game from the European Team Championships in Novi Sad between Alexandra Kosteniuk and Monica Calzetta. Book Notes  To lose a game of chess in the opening or the early middlegame is especially annoying. However, this is something that happens not only to novices, but also to experienced masters. A knowledge of opening disasters and of the correct replies to sharp continuations is imperative, if a player is to master this difficult phase of the game. A player who has studied Win in the Opening! can hope for some quick and pretty victories. With its clear explanations and recommendations, this book provides an excellent grounding in chess opening theory. Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On A Busy Person's Opening System DVD, Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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White to Move/Solution Below | | Any game of chess contains a wide range of emotions, with joys and vexations, great and small. Genna Sosonko
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Reviews in Brief |  The Budapest Gambit
by Timothy Taylor The American international master Timothy Taylor is one who plays very passionately. He leaves it all on the board, takes chances, gambles, and it is often quite entertaining when he wins. His books have followed a similar pattern. He is not afraid to stray from the beaten path in order to overturn conventional wisdom or current opening theory. It is a guarantee that he will turn whatever he finds upside down and then keep digging. This makes for entertaining reading and it gives you the opportunity to pick up a book written from a unique perspective. Despite my reservations about some of his statements in the introduction, I find Taylor's enthusiasm and provocative writing style both entertaining and infectious. This will undoubtedly spur the readers to try several of his recommendations, though hopefully only after having analyzed and studied the material carefully. For instance, Taylor demonstrates why, after 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 Ng4 4 Nf3, he believes that the otherwise automatic 4…Bc5 5 e3 Nc6 isn't the strongest continuation for Black. Instead, he prefers 4…Nc6. This allows 5 Bg5, which to my theoretical knowledge should be slightly better for White, but Taylor claims Black to be okay. For enthusiasts of the Budapest Gambit, this book is a must-buy. Fans of the related Fajarowicz Gambit will not be happy with the coverage that is provided in this volume. Those who allow the Budapest Gambit as white should also seriously consider purchasing this volume, as it points out several critical continuations against most of the lines that have previously been established as Black's best options. This well-written book is better than average, despite its flaws. Read the full review here. Newsletter subscribers who order The Budapest Gambit and The The Budapest Gambit (DVD) can save $5.00 off their order. Just add the items to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code "budapest5" (without the quotes) at checkout. This offer is only being made to subscribers and is valid until December 8, 2009. | | |
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12/2 French Defence Advance Variation, Vol. 2
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11/30 Zuke 'Em (Expanded Edition)
11/29 Beat the KID
11/28 A Busy Person's Opening System (DVD)
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11/24 Foxy Openings Vol. 90: The Von-Hennig Schara Gambit Easily Explained (DVD)
11/23 Foxy Openings Vol. 89: The Baltic Defense Easily Explained (DVD)
11/22 222 Opening Traps after 1.e4
11/20 Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov, Volume 2
11/20 Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov, Volume 1
11/19 Secrets of Positional Play
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11/11 Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part Three (Only $32.95!)
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11/3 Starting Out: The Sicilian (2nd edition)
11/2 The Budapest Gambit (DVD)
Puzzle Answer: 8.Nc6 1-0 Blatny-Likavsky, Ohrid 2001 (Source: Can You Be A Tactical Chess Genius?)
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