Interesting History + Today’s Greats & Yes, Still They Are Human - https://www.chess.com/article/view/even-gms-are-human

http://blog.chess.com/benws/the-bughouse-immortal http://blog.chess.com/billwall/chess-in-early-america http://blog.chess.com/billwall/us-presidents-who-played-chess

http://www.chess.com/article/view/ben-franklin-and-chess

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-most-amazing-chess-records

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-illegal-move-that-wrecked-a-chess-career http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-greatest-amateur-game-of-all-time http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-moves-to-play-before-you-die https://www.chess.com/article/view/surprise-mating-attack ( NEW & Amazing )

( TOP 100, MAY. 2016 or Most Recent) http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=men http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship

2016-APR: World Challengers & Qualifying Tourney

Player Profiles

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidates-profile-fabiano-caruana

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidates-profile-levon-aronian

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidate-profile-anish-giri https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidate-profile-hikaru-nakamura

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidates-profile-peter-svidler

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidate-profile-viswanathan-anand

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidate-profile-sergey-karjakin

https://www.chess.com/article/view/candidate-profile-veselin-topalov

Round-by-Round-Reviews

https://www.chess.com/news/anand-beats-topalov-in-first-round-candidates-tournament-6638

https://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-blunders-in-candidates-tournament-2nd-round-9048

https://www.chess.com/news/second-loss-for-topalov-aronian-joins-leaders-at-candidates-tournament-2992

https://www.chess.com/news/karjakin-beats-anand-moves-to-clear-first-at-candidates-1942 https://www.chess.com/news/aronian-joins-karjakin-as-nakamura-touches-king-4798

https://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-beats-topalov-aronian-karjakin-retain-lead-at-halfway-point-5356

https://www.chess.com/news/caruana-beats-nakamura-at-candidates-tournament-5620

https://www.chess.com/news/anand-beats-aronian-catches-karjakin-in-moscow-leaderboard-5187

https://www.chess.com/news/anand-back-at-the-top-after-grinding-down-karjakin-6023

https://www.chess.com/news/anand-loses-karjakin-wins-as-candidates-reaches-decisive-phase-7534

https://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-beats-topalov-final-round-candidates-to-decide-everything-5308

https://www.chess.com/news/karjakin-wins-candidates-tournament-qualifies-for-world-title-match-7629

2016-APR: USA Championship & BIG-4 Followup Blitz

https://www.chess.com/news/drunken-pirates-hijack-wins-in-u-s-champs-opener-3832

https://www.chess.com/news/yip-rips-tatev-trounces-3-men-still-cruising-in-st-louis-9109

https://www.chess.com/news/view/so-channels-kasparov-to-annihilate-akobian-tie-caruana-at-top-2639

https://www.chess.com/news/view/caruana-and-paikidze-clinch-first-u-s-championships-2761

https://www.chess.com/news/seesaw-day-one-at-ultimate-blitz-nakamura-so-lead-5362

https://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-powers-through-second-day-to-win-ultimate-blitz-challenge-2477

2016-JAN TATA-STEEL Highlights: Carlsen Manages 1st in rare OPEN appearance !!

http://www.chess.com/news/2016-tata-steel-chess-tournament-officially-opened-7996 https://www.chess.com/news/endgame-virtuoso-navara-makes-carlsen-sole-leader-in-wijk-aan-zee-7209

https://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-increases-lead-at-tata-steel-masters-anand-held-to-a-draw-in-gibraltar-8363 https://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-wins-2016-tata-steel-masters-adhiban-first-in-challengers-6229

2016-MAY NORWAY: Carlsen 1st on Home Turf

https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-holds-berlin-ending-vs-mvl-maintains-lead-in-stavanger-8088

https://www.chess.com/news/magnus-carlsen-finally-wins-on-home-soil-6002

https://www.chess.com/blog/alexcolovic/stavanger-2016---carlsen-wins

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-beat-magnus-carlsen < = = http://www.chess.com/article/view/magnus-carlsens-best-positional-wins http://www.chess.com/article/view/magnus-carlsens-best-endgame-wins

http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-wins-takes-first-sinquefield-cup-1804

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-part-5

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-part-52

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-methods-from-carlsens-play-the-end

* * * Carlsen, includes many wins & some losses since 2010 * * *

http://www.chess.com/article/view/magnus-you-are-the-one http://www.chess.com/article/view/mag-town-takes-world-to-ouch-town http://www.chess.com/article/view/chessbase-magazine-142review

http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-and-karjakin-win-in-round-five-at-medias-8889

http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-and-aronian-still-neck-and-neck-4122

http://www.chess.com/news/aronian-claims-sole-lead-at-amber-8576 http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-and-aronian-lead-amber-9724 http://www.chess.com/news/lev-aronian-wins-2011-amber-6458

http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-joins-the-leaders-in-london-7158

http://www.chess.com/news/magnus-carlsen-wins-london-masters-5521

http://blog.chess.com/ChessNetwork/london-chess-classic-2010-ndash-vishy-anand-vs-magnus-carlsen

http://blog.chess.com/ChessNetwork/magnus-carlsen-vs-veselin-topalov---nanjing-pearl-spring-chess-tournament-2010

2016-FEB&MAR ( Note – Reykjavik where “Bobby beat Boris” ): https://www.chess.com/news/it-s-always-possible-to-watch-reykjavik-open-6496

https://www.chess.com/news/double-indian-success-in-reykjavik-8709

https://www.chess.com/news/vallejo-short-van-wely-top-seeds-in-bangkok-8808

https://www.chess.com/news/view/revenge-for-ganguly-wins-bangkok-on-tiebreak-7204

https://www.chess.com/news/strong-dubai-open-starts-with-several-upsets-4774

https://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-beats-mvl-in-playoff-retains-gibraltar-title-7938 https://www.chess.com/news/urii-eliseev-wins-moscow-open-but-loses-game-of-the-tournament-2083 https://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-wins-zurich-opening-blitz-anand-shirov-second-4514

( NOTE: World Champs since 2000 )

http://www.chess.com/news/anands-simul-slip-3713 http://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-beats-anand-in-london-8539

http://www.chess.com/article/view/anands-lasker-defence-against-topalov

http://blog.chess.com/ChessNetwork/2011-masters-tournament---round-5-shirov-vs-anand---caro-kann-advanced

http://www.chessdom.com/anand-gelfand-tiebreak-game-2-live/

http://www.chess.com/news/kramnik-wins-london-classic-8025

http://www.chess.com/article/view/compare-your-endgame-skills-to-kramniks

More Recent Championships http://blog.chess.com/streetfighter/best-game-prize

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-of-2014 http://www.chess.com/news/morozevich-wins-vladimir-petrov-memorial-5014

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-us-open-highlights

http://www.chess.com/article/view/russian-superfinal-amp-london-olympics

http://www.chess.com/article/view/russian-superfinal-2012

http://www.chess.com/news/van-wely-wins-4th-berkeley-international-1287

http://www.chess.com/news/le-quang-liem-wins-aeroflot-again-6402 http://www.chess.com/news/rising-stars-win---nakamura-amber-bound-7332 http://www.chess.com/news/rising-stars-set-for-victory-9306

http://www.chess.com/news/nakamura-extends-lead-over-ponomariov-5145

http://blog.chess.com/ChessMarkstheSpot/wrapping-up-kazan

http://www.chess.com/news/gelfand-wins-in-kazan-1344

http://www.chess.com/news/slugfest-continues-at-us-junior-champs-9446

http://www.chess.com/news/armenia-are-world-team-champions-4197

http://www.chess.com/news/yifan-leads-rostov-grand-prix-8971

http://www.chess.com/article/view/russian-club-cup

http://www.chess.com/news/russian-team-championships-2011-7837

http://www.chess.com/news/kamsky-is-2011-us-chess-champion-9227

http://www.chess.com/news/kamsky-edges-shulman-zatonskih-abrahamyan-draw-2209 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mar-del-plata

http://blog.chess.com/billwall/chess-and-television

http://www.chess.com/news/korchnoi-wins-seniors-botvinnik-memorial-6997

Women !!

https://www.chess.com/news/hou-yifan-regains-world-title-beats-muzychuk-6-3-4032

http://www.chess.com/news/zhao-xue-completes-nalchik-grand-prix-rout-7135

https://www.chess.com/news/hou-yifan-big-favorite-to-win-back-women-s-world-championship-1925

https://www.chess.com/news/dzagnidze-pogonina-lead-tehran-fide-women-s-grand-prix-1951

https://www.chess.com/news/ju-wenjun-wins-tehran-fide-women-s-grand-prix-5389

Youth !! http://www.chess.com/article/view/at-the-european-capital-of-the-culture-1

Overall Advice

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-and-beauty

http://www.chess.com/article/view/who-can-be-trusted

http://www.chess.com/article/view/building-a-chess-library http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever http://www.chess.com/article/view/after-the-rules-what-should-beginners-study-next http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-turbo-charge-your-game

http://www.chess.com/article/view/to-master-an-opening-you-need-to-embrace-defeat

http://www.chess.com/article/view/studying-master-games-and-berkmasters-first-over-the-board-tournament-game

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-point-of-studying-master-games-part-one

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-point-of-studying-master-games-part-two

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-point-of-studying-master-games-pt-3

https://www.chess.com/article/view/3-tips-to-attack-in-chess

https://www.chess.com/article/view/3-tips-to-defend-in-chess

https://www.chess.com/article/view/3-ways-to-improve-your-pieces

http://www.chess.com/article/view/myth-and-reality

http://blog.chess.com/billwall/excelling-at-chess

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-psychology2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/non-master-assessments

http://www.chess.com/article/view/theoretical-opening-or-endgame

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-moves-and-only-chess-moves

http://www.chess.com/article/view/of-non-theory-and-non-memorization ( Featuring the Budapest, etc ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-curse-of-false-expectations http://www.chess.com/article/view/think-play-and-train-like-a-grandmaster

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-unseeing-mind

http://www.chess.com/article/view/over--and-underestimation http://www.chess.com/article/view/never-resign-prematurely

http://www.chess.com/article/view/riskless-chess

http://blog.chess.com/TigerLilov/the-ultimate-strategy-planning-in-segments http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-ldquowide-battlerdquo-in-attack-and-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/balance-is-everything-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/balance-is-everything-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/material-imbalances-opening-ideas-and-hanging-stuff

http://www.chess.com/article/view/imbalanced-forces-part-2

https://www.chess.com/article/view/castling-early-and-piece-coordination https://www.chess.com/blog/CoachJKane/my-learning-moments---king-in-the-center

https://www.chess.com/blog/Robert_New_Alekhine/caring-for-your-pieces-part-2

http://blog.chess.com/CharlyAZ/when-the-king-goes-to-war

* Tactical Fireworks *

http://www.chess.com/article/view/on-the-black-sea

http://www.chess.com/article/view/defending-against-gambits http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-tactics-floating-in-the-air

*The Pro-Am Q* http://www.chess.com/article/view/becoming-a-chess-pro-cons-and-pros http://www.chess.com/article/view/not-letting-ches-engines-distract-you-from-whats-important

https://www.chess.com/blog/alexcolovic/openings-for-the-practical-player

http://www.alexcolovic.com/2016/05/openings-for-practical-player.html

http://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-storm

http://www.chess.com/article/view/hammering-the-nail

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-queen-for-change

http://www.chess.com/article/view/positional-rxe6-sacrifice

http://www.chess.com/article/view/unorthodox-combinations http://www.chess.com/article/view/i-thought-this-only-happened-in-books

http://www.chess.com/article/view/puzzle-potpourri

http://www.chess.com/article/view/puzzle-potpourri-part-2

https://www.chess.com/blog/Robert_New_Alekhine/the-best-game-of-all-time--readers-choices

http://www.chess.com/article/view/heritage-in-modernt-play-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/heritage-in-modernt-play-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/checkmate-in-one

http://www.chess.com/article/view/having-fun-with-blunders

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-rocky-horror-picture-blunder

Mechanics of Deciding !!!

*** https://www.chess.com/article/view/why-chess-players-blunder ***

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-in-montern-play-intro

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-in-modern-play-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-in-modern-play-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-in-modern-play-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-in-modern-play-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-in-modern-play-part-5

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-blunders-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-blunders-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-blunders-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-blunders-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-blunders-part-5

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-avoid-blunders-part-6

http://www.chess.com/article/view/blunders-a-grandmasters-perspective

http://www.chess.com/article/view/turn-off-the-autopilot

http://www.chess.com/article/view/multi-purpose-moves

https://www.chess.com/article/view/fixing-common-errors

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-art-of-beating-yourself

https://www.chess.com/article/view/training-yourself-to-avoid-hanging-stuff

= = = > Some Opening Ideas & Advice http://www.chess.com/article/view/basic-opening-ideas http://www.chess.com/article/view/find-your-own-quotmiraclequot-opening ( Note: How GM “Ulf” wins with fractured pawns and a N vs B in the 1

st TWO game of Samples )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-end-of-1e4-in-world-championship-matches ( Not as dead as thought )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/1d4-nc6---the-philosophy-of-quotoddquot-openings (ODD-Openings) http://www.chess.com/article/view/do-we-need-to-study-junk-openings

= = = > Mid-Game Advice

http://www.chess.com./article/view/when-in-doubt-attack-part-two

http://www.chess.com/article/view/questions-by-the-mysterious-nns

http://blog.chess.com/hicetnunc/gambit-world-5---beware-of-the-2nd-pawn-offer

http://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-breaks-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-breaks-part-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-queens-hidden-passage

http://www.chess.com/article/view/exploring-one-of-the-most-mysterious-moves-in-chess

= = = > End-Game Advice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_endgame

http://blog.chess.com/mauerblume/the-better-kingposition-in-endgame http://www.chess.com/article/view/defense-in-the-endgame-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/endgame-attacks-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/rooks-on-the-seventh-revisited http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-pros-play-theoretical-endgames http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-and-patterns-in-qb-endgames https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-three-philidor-positions ( “Lucena” = R+P vs. R )

ZugZwang

http://www.chess.com/article/view/breaking-fortresses http://www.chess.com/article/view/fatal-compulsion

Draw or Resign

http://www.chess.com/article/view/i-offer-a-drawor-i-resign

http://www.chess.com/article/view/i-offer-a-drawor-i-resign-prat-two

https://www.chess.com/blog/Harish73/mating-patterns-2 http://www.alexcolovic.com/2016/05/endgame-technique.html

http://www.chess.com/article/view/start-of-the-series-bishop-vs-knight

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-powerful-endgame-pattern-everyone-should-know

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-art-of-the-two-bishops

http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-many-ims-dont-know ( R+B vs. R )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-many-ims-dont-know-part-ii http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-rook-or-two-minor-pieces-test-your-skills

Endgame Tests

http://www.chess.com/article/view/welcome-to-2014

http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-chess-set

http://www.chess.com/article/view/test-your-tacticalattacking-skills

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-truth-about-doubled-pawns-part-two

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-haunted-tournament

http://www.chess.com/article/view/test-your-stalemate-skills

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-new-years-nights-dream

NOTE: 1st link of ENDGAMES mis-spelled !!

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-engames-of-tromsoslash-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgames-of-tromsoslash-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgames-of-tromsoslash-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgames-of-tromsoslash-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgames-of-tromsoslash-part-5

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgames-of-tromsoslash-part-6 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-french-endgame

Specific Opening Lines

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-opening-boomerang

Ruy w/ Pc3, Pb4; Indian D with wild Q-Trade for Q-Trap !!! http://www.chess.com/news/favourites-falter-in-euro-club-cup-6405 http://www.chess.com/news/svilder-and-ponomariov-reach-the-semis-7375

Ruy Lopez Unlike Normal + Coverage of “Offbeat” Openings !!

http://blog.chess.com/benws/gibbous-moon

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-jaenischschliemann-gambit

http://www.chess.com/article/view/alvin-counter-gambit

http://www.chess.com/article/view/albin-counter-gambit-continued http://www.chess.com/article/view/unusual-openings-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun http://www.chess.com/article/view/introduction-to-my-friday-columns ( Alekhine )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/identical-twins-the-kia-and-the-london-system http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-key-tactical-theme ( Richter-Rauzer )

French D. Ideas http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-french-early-be7 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-blackjack-death-match http://blog.chess.com/mizant/french-advance-variation-with-5nge7 http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotthe-complete-frenchquot-by-lev-psakhis http://www.chess.com/article/view/canadian-tour-1-open-championship-in-toronto ( French D. Defeated ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-history-of-the-french-winawer

https://www.chess.com/article/view/an-opening-line-for-club-players

https://www.chess.com/article/view/an-opening-line-for-masters

Fighting “S” http://www.chess.com/article/view/hocus-pocus http://www.chess.com/article/view/epishin-his-luck

http://www.chess.com/news/chesscom-university---course-2-7156

http://www.chess.com/article/view/peter-svidler---judit-polgar-in-the-najdorf-opocensky

http://www.chess.com/article/view/sicilian-scheveningen-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun

http://www.chess.com/article/view/sicilian-endgames-the-lines

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-sicilian-hole + “hole-part-two”

http://www.chess.com/article/view/6h3-against-the-najdorf---quotthe-adams-attackquot-a-history http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-adams-attack-against-the-najdorf-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-history-of-the-sicilian-paulsen http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-paulsen-sicilian-a-history-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-smith-morra-gambit-a-history http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-smith-morra-gambit-a-history-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/whos-afraid-of-smith-morra-gambit

http://blog.chess.com/TheMagician/a-reply-to-the-smith-morra

1Hour Video

https://www.chess.com/blog/TigerLilov/the-secrets-behind-the-sicilian-defense

Fighting "S" & C-K

http://www.chess.com/article/view/qa

Fighting "S" with Bc4 http://blog.chess.com/ChessNetwork/1950-ussr-chess-championship-geller-vs-vatnikov---fischer-sozin

Fighting "S" with 2 c3 or 2 Nc3 "closed" ideas, etc. http://www.chess.com/article/view/knowing-when-to-pull-the-trigger http://www.chess.com/article/view/from-opening-to-endgame-the-c3-sicilian

Fighting “S”, THE DREADED DRAGON ?

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-play-the-chinese-dragon http://www.chess.com/article/view/attack-and-defense-in-the-dragon

Fighting "S" with c4 vs. "Dragon" http://www.chess.com/news/ivan-salgado-wins-in-barcelona-2854

"Fighting S - Dragon" & K-I-D for a Draw !!

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-fork-in-the-road

http://www.chess.com/article/view/forcing-moves-part-2

Fighting "S", Polugaevsky Variation

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-author-of-a-variation-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/polugaevskys-boldness

English

http://www.chess.com/article/view/speaking-prep-amp-the-english-opening

Center-Counter Game on Steroids ?

http://www.chess.com/article/view/countdown-to-mate

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-scandinavian-defense-a-history-part-1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-scandinavian-defense-a-history-part-2

C-K, more ins & outs via ...Nc6 http://www.chess.com/article/view/story-of-a-technical-wizard http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-caro-kann-a-history

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-caro-kann-modern-times http://www.chess.com/article/view/battling-the-caro-kann-a-history http://www.chess.com/article/view/more-ways-to-battle-the-caro-kann

http://www.chess.com/article/view/karpovs-strange-king-move-in-caro-kann-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun

http://www.chess.com/article/view/caro-kann-advance-variation-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-nimzo-nf3g3-setup-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun

http://www.chess.com/article/view/kt-maneuvers-against-the-advance-caro-kann (Brain Cell Killer Var.s)

http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/caro--kann-the-wrath-of-caro-kann

http://www.chess.com/article/view/caro-kann-advance-variation

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-wrath-of-too-many-kans

http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-intricate-engame ( C-K to tough mid-game to tough end-game )

*** Interesting Ideas – Caros & Indians ***

http://blog.chess.com/dbojkov/kid-on-the-battlefield-1 http://blog.chess.com/dbojkov/kid-on-the-battlefield-2

QP Openings http://www.chess.com/article/view/space-and-the-attack http://blog.chess.com/Nezhmet/modern-benoni-part-3-the-snake http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-velimirovics-guide-to-the-modern-benoni

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-velimirovics-guide-to-the-modern-benoni-part-two

http://www.chess.com/article/view/if-you-putter-your-game-will-sputter ( benoni )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-mighty-benoni ( & White's Taimonov Counter )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-examination-of-the-stonewall-dutch Q-Indian Defeated & K-Indian !!! http://blog.chess.com/ChessNetwork/2005-mtel-masters-veselin-topalov-vs-ruslan-ponomariov http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotunderstanding-the-kings-indianquot-by-mikhail-golubev

http://www.chess.com/article/view/exclusive-peek-at-modernized-the-kings-indian-defense-by-gm-dejan-bojkov-for-chesscom-members

http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-examination-of-the-mar-del-plata-with-9ne8 ( King’s Indian Wildness )

Alapin, Alekhine & King’s Gambit

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-opening-you-probably-never-heard-of http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-history-of-the-kings-gambit

https://www.chess.com/article/view/capt-bertin-s-gambit

http://blog.chess.com/cgs/alekhine-fireworks-on-the-land-of-volcanos ( Defeated by Super Sacrifices )

( Tough, Tough Tactics )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/two-criminals, -part-two, -part-three http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-fried-livers-identical-twin

http://www.chess.com/article/view/quiet-play-can-frustrate-hypermodern-defense

*** STRATEGY & TACTICS *** http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PeakList.asp?Params= ]

= = = = = > Strategy

http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory http://www.chess.com/article/view/recognizing-the-big-moment-in-a-game http://www.chess.com/article/view/attack-and-defense-with-opposite-colored-bishops http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-opposite-colored-bishops

= = = = = > Tactics

http://blog.chess.com/Fins0905/converting-small-advantages

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-killer-move

http://www.chess.com/article/view/x-ray---chess-taser http://www.chess.com/article/view/throwing-away-your-queen

http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotthe-march-of-chess-ideasquot-by-anthony-saidy

http://www.chess.com/article/view/when-to-strike-part-two http://www.chess.com/article/view/pins---sharp-like-a-knife http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-dreaded-discovered-attack http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-ultimate-tactical-concept-double-attack http://www.chess.com/article/view/attack-and-defense-and-the-permanent-knight http://www.chess.com/article/view/beginner-mating-patterns-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/beginner-mating-patterns-redux-pt-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-classic-bishop-sacrifice-part-one http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-classic-bishop-sacrifice-part-three http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-pawn-up-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-pawn-up-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-pawn-up-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-pawn-up-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-truth-about-doubled-pawns-part-4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/sac-the-house-and-have-some-fun http://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-forks-the-david-vs-goliath-of-chess http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-misunderstood-knight-fork-pt-1-ndash-greed http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-wildest-game

http://www.chess.com/article/view/john-grefe-talent-isnrsquot-enough http://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-player-profiles-wgm-camillab http://www.chess.com/article/view/do-people-learn-from-their-mistakes

http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotthe-test-of-timequot-by-garry-kasparov http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotendgame-strategyquot-by-mikhail-shereshevsky http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotchess-combination-as-a-fine-artquot-edited-by-golz-and-keres http://www.chess.com/article/view/its-a-miracle http://www.chess.com/article/view/its-a-miracle-part-two http://www.chess.com/article/view/its-a-miracle-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/its-a-miracle-part-4

*===* > Trading Good Fianchetto B for N !!!

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-hardest-move-to-make

*===* > KNIGHT TRICKS

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-wooden-horse

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OVERVIEWS http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-all-time-world-chess-champion-bracket http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-all-time-world-chess-champion-bracket-elite-8 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-all-time-world-chess-champion-bracket-finals http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-much-is-the-world-chess-championship-worth http://www.chess.com/article/view/14-most-amazing-blunders-from-the-world-championships http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-14-most-amazing-world-championship-blunders-part-two http://www.chess.com/article/view/14-amazing-world-championship-blunders-part-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/14-amazing-world-championship-blunders-part-4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-endgames-from-the-world-championship-matches-steinitz-zukertort http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-steinitz-vs-lasker http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-capablanca-vs-lasker http://www.chess.com/article/view/joseacute-rauacutel-capablancas-greatest-positional-victories http://www.chess.com/article/view/joseacute-rauacutel-capablancas-greatest-positional-wins-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-alekhine-vs-capablanca http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-euwe-vs-alekhine http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-alekhine-vs-euwe-1937-rematch http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-the-haguemoscow-1948 http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-smyslov-vs-botvinnik http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-the-champions-botvinnik-smyslov-1958-rematch http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-tal---botvinnik http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-botvinnik-tal-1961-rematch http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-petrosian-botvinnik http://www.chess.com/article/view/petrosians-exchange-sacrifices-explained http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-spassky-vs-petrosian http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-fischer-vs-spassky http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-karpov-vs-korchnoi http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-kasparov-karpov http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-topalov-versus-kramnik http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-anand-versus-kramnik http://www.chess.com/article/view/clash-of-champions-finale-carlsen-versus-anand http://www.chess.com/article/view/ways-to-beat-magnus-carlsen http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-terrifying-grinder-of-chess http://www.chess.com/article/view/petrosians-tactical-side http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-tactical-petrosian-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-greatest-combinations-youve-never-seen-part-1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-greatest-combinations-youve-never-seen-part-2

*** Great Players & Their Openings - PART 1***

http://www.chess.com/article/view/steinitz-defense-openings-of-world-champions

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-openings-of-world-champions-capablanca-and-the-nimzo-indian

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-openings-of-world-champions-alekhines-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-openings-of-world-champions-max-euwe-and-the-slav-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/vassily-smyslov-and-the-closed-sicilian

http://www.chess.com/article/view/mikhail-tal-and-the-modern-benoni

http://www.chess.com/article/view/tigran-petrosian-and-the-queen-s-indian

http://www.chess.com/article/view/boris-spassky-and-the-leningrad-variation-of-the-nimzo-indian

http://www.chess.com/article/view/bobby-fischer-and-the-kings-indian-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/anatoly-karpov-and-the-caro-kann http://www.chess.com/article/view/garry-kasparov-and-the-scotch-opening

http://www.chess.com/article/view/vladimir-kramnik-and-the-berlin-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/viswanathan-anand-and-the-semi-slav-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/magnus-carlsen-and-the-nimzo-indian-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/who-will-beat-magnus-carlsen

http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-has-no-trouble-in-tiebreakers-at-qatar-masters-5062

*** Great Players & Their Openings – PART 2 ***

Morphy:, America’s 1st “Unofficial World Champ” http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-great-successors

https://www.chess.com/article/view/visions-of-morphy

http://www.chess.com/article/view/morphys-sacrifices-explained http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-game-ever-played ( A Morphy “Classic” ) https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessNetwork/louis-paulsen-vs-paul-morphy-1st-american-chess-congress-1857

Fischer: America’s 1st & ONLY Official World Champ

http://blog.chess.com/billwall/happy-birthday-bobby-fischer http://www.chess.com/article/view/bobbys-overlooked-gem

http://www.chess.com/article/view/fischer---spassky-1992

http://blog.chess.com/SonofPearl/book-review-endgame-by-frank-brady

http://www.chess.com/article/view/he-learned-directly-from-god-pt -1,-2,-3

https://www.chess.com/article/view/fischer-the-rebel (2016-APR )

60 Minutes Interviews

( 2012 ) Carlsen http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7399370n

( 1972 ) Fischer http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57379319-10391709/1972-

chess-champ-bobby-fischer-on-60-minutes/?tag=contentMain;contentAux

(NON-60 Mins / 1980s & 90s) http://www.chess.com/article/view/garry-kasparovs-finest-attacking-victories-part-i http://www.chess.com/article/view/garry-kasparovs-finest-attacking-victories-part-2

Lasker: Longest Reigning World Champion

http://www.chess.com/article/view/lasker-s-queen-s-gambit-declined http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/dr-emanuel-lasker-part-1-the-beginning-of-the-double-sacrifice http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/part-3-em-lasker-the-champion-returns-to-europe http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/part-4-dr-emanuel-lasker-multitasking http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/part-5-dr-emanuel-lasker-defending-his-world-title

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgame-cunning-of-emanuel-lasker

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-endgame-cunning-of-emanuel-lasker-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/emanuel-lasker-tactical-monster

http://www.chess.com/article/view/emanuel-lasker-tactical-monster-pt-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/emanuel-lasker-tactical-monster-pt-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/emanuel-lasker-tactical-monster-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-of-all-time-part-1 ( Capablanca )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-of-all-time-part-2 ( Capablanca ) http://blog.chess.com/billwall/capablanca-quotes

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-genius-of-the-combination ( Alekhine ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-alekhine-pt-1-and-the-game-of-death

http://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-alekhine-part-2-success-and-despair

http://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-alekhine-part-3-the-new-plan

http://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-alekhine-part-4-his-prime-years

http://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-alekhine-part-5-singing-the-middle-aged-blues

http://www.chess.com/article/view/alexander-alekhine-part-6-his-worst-ldquocombinationrdquo-ndash-age--booze

http://www.chess.com/article/view/from-amateur-to-world-champion ( Euwe )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/i-will-play-forty-good-moves ( Smyslov )

http://www.chess.com/news/vasily-smyslov-1921-2010-1997

http://www.chess.com/article/view/what-are-you-pretending ( Botvinnik )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-teacher-of-the-chess-world (Bronstein)

http://www.chess.com/article/view/that-is-how-i-play ( Tal )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-terminator http://blog.chess.com/billwall/tal-tales

http://www.chess.com/article/view/tals-sacrifices-explained

https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrowski/mikhail-tal-quotwe-fought-like-hussarsquot-interview-after-riga-1979-interzonal

http://www.chess.com/article/view/from-opening-to-endgame-petrosians-triumph ( Petrosian )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/converting-advantage-according-to-kramnik-intro

http://www.chess.com/article/view/converting-advantage-according-to-kramnik-part-5

http://www.chess.com/article/view/carlsen-capablanca-and-the-beatles

*** Other Great Players w/Openings, ETC. *** Sacrifices Abound

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-chess-story ( Pillsbury )

( Also: Bobby vs. Boris, Game 6 QCD )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-player-profiles-jamescoleman

http://www.chess.com/article/view/fischer-tal-and-the-most-frequently-forgotten-chess-rule

http://www.chess.com/article/view/jackson-w-showalter-1859-1935 US CHAMP Showalter ( 1890s + )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-kentucky-lion

https://www.chess.com/news/bronstein-staunton-graf-stevenson-make-hall-of-fame-6604 http://www.chess.com/article/view/johannes-zukertort-master-of-dynamics ( Zukertort )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/rudolf-spielmann-the-lethal-gentleman ( Spielmann )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/aron-nimzowitsch---the-greatest-opening-innovator ( And –part-two, author of “My System” still being studied today )

http://blog.chess.com/benws/stockholm-syndrome ( Tarrasch ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/don-miguel ( Najdorf )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-crown-prince-of-chess ( J. Becerra )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/everything-is-fine ( Rueben Fine )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-fallen-eagle ( Carlos Torre-Repetto )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/captain-evans2 ( Evans )

http://blog.chess.com/dbojkov/bent-the-great ( Larson ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/bent-larsens-monster

http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-threat-to-the-champions (Geller )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-walking-eco ( Furman )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/kolisch-unknown-tactical-monster

http://www.chess.com/article/view/louis-paulsen

http://www.chess.com/article/view/louis-paulsen-ii http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/three-little-blackburnes ( Blackburne )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-titan-of-20th-century ( Gligoric )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-titan-of-the-20th-century-part-two

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-titan-of-the-20th-century-part-three

http://www.chess.com/article/view/requiem-for-the-romantic (Velimirovic) http://www.chess.com/article/view/walter-brownes-best-games ( Browne, 6 Time U.S. Champ )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/imbalances-and-the-chigorin-defense http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-chigorin-queens-gambit-a-history http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-chigorin-queens-gambit-a-history-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/another-g2-g4-lunge-by-shirov

http://blog.chess.com/Blunderprone/pawn-formations-part-3-the-grunfeld http://www.chess.com/article/view/laznickas-world-open-weapon-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun

http://www.chess.com/article/view/veselin-topalov-and-the-najdorf-Sicilian

http://www.chess.com/article/view/new-york-1927

http://www.chess.com/article/view/interzonal-neuhausen-zurich-1953

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-great-tournaments-of-the-past-new-york-1924 http://www.chess.com/article/view/seidman http://blog.chess.com/billwall/fred-reinfeld

http://www.chess.com/article/view/run-forrest-run

http://www.chess.com/news/petrosian-wins-armenian-champs-4986

http://blog.chess.com/ChessMarkstheSpot/lajos-portisch-interviews

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-save-chess-part-two http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-enigmatic-grandmaster http://www.chess.com/article/view/chesscom-player-profiles-gm-melikset-khachiyan

https://www.chess.com/article/view/brenzinger-the-forgotten

( Women Greats )

( I.Krush - 1st won U.S. Women’s at 14 - which I, KwC, witnessed !!! )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-queen-of-chess

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/madame-ludovici-of-wiesbaden http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-queen-of-chess-part-i

http://www.chess.com/news/krush-crowned-us-womens-champion-5307

http://www.chess.com/article/view/us-womens-championship-a-look-from-inside

http://www.chess.com/news/hess-and-krush-ride-winning-streaks-4544 http://www.chess.com/article/view/snowdrops-vs-oldhands

http://www.chess.com/news/old-hands-defeat-snowdrops-5044

( Judit Polgar in a “KO” Rapid Mini-Tourney )

http://www.chess.com/news/judit-polgar-crushes-topalov-1283

Note her Mastery of the Fighting “S” with Black - as well as White’s Ruy Lopez & Even King’s Gambit

http://www.chess.com/article/view/review-of-how-i-beat-fischers-record---by-polgar

( Nancy R ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/an-incidental-champion ( Rosa Jefferson – YES, related to President Jefferson !! )

http://www.chess.com/article/view/memphis-belle

MUSING(s) from MASTERS

IM SILMAN says:

"in the vast majority of cases,

you do need to start very young (6 or 7 years old is ideal)

IF you are hoping to get a grandmaster or international master title.

Anyone of almost any age can achieve a national master rating (2200)

if he/she creates a proper study program, gets a teacher (which helps), and puts in the necessary work (and there will be a LOT of work!)."

As for aging players, hey … I’m lucky to remember my name.

Don’t you dare ask me to remember opening theory; and my calculation skills vanished long, long ago.

Us older guys depend on positional know-how, experience, and a bag of dirty tricks that took us a lifetime to develop.

An older player’s rating usually is a good indicator of his true strength,

but sometimes it doesn’t come close to indicating his true knowledge

(which can often be superior to many much higher rated players).

Sadly, other factors will drag his rating down – we get tired quickly,

we can’t be bothered with new opening theory,

our bad vision might make us pick up a Rook (thinking it’s a Bishop!), and we might even drool on the board (at times on purpose – it’s part of our bag of dirty tricks).

We’ll do anything to win, but if we don’t we just shrug our shoulders since it’s no longer a big deal.

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-difficult-opponent

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-positional-sacrifice

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-art-of-setting-traps

http://www.chess.com/article/view/punishing-unsound-openings

http://www.chess.com/article/view/monster-opening-preparation

http://www.chess.com/article/view/monster-opening-preparation-pt-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/test-your-chess-understanding

http://www.chess.com/article/view/test-your-chess-understanding-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/test-your-chess-understanding-part-3

This Link contains GREAT CHESS BOOK List !!

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-chess-agenda-tactics-and-the-brotherhood-of-the-hookah

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-pt-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-pt-1b

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-pt-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-part-3a

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-part-3b

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-pawn-structure-part-4b

http://www.chess.com/article/view/riding-the-winds-of-fashion

http://www.chess.com/article/view/riding-the-winds-of-fashion-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/riding-the-winds-of-fashion-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/snarky-silman-presents-readerrsquos-questions

http://www.chess.com/article/view/reader-games-qs-and-comments-pt-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/readerrsquos-games-questions-and-comments-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/readersrsquo-games-questions-and-comments-part-3

http://www.chess.com/article/view/readersrsquo-games-questions-and-comments-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/readersrsquo-games-questions-and-comments-part-5

http://www.chess.com/article/view/readersrsquo-games-questions-and-comments-part-6

http://www.chess.com/article/view/readersrsquo-games-questions-and-comments-part-7

http://www.chess.com/article/view/you-have-it-he-doesnrsquot-part-1

http://www.chess.com/article/view/you-have-it-he-doesnrsquot-part-2

More SILMAN Insights http://www.chess.com/article/view/no-balance-no-success http://www.chess.com/article/view/reaping-the-whirlwind http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-improve-your-game

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-two-faces-of-opposite-colored-bishops

http://www.chess.com/article/view/winning-the-light-squares-with-blacks-a-pawn https://www.chess.com/article/view/overextending-your-pawns

http://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-engines-are-not-your-friend http://www.chess.com/article/view/computers-in-chess-good-or-evil http://www.chess.com/article/view/computers-in-chess-good-or-evil-part-two https://www.chess.com/article/view/opening-failures-and-how-to-avoid-them http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-two http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-5 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-6 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-squares-part-7 http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-combinations-part-1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-combinations-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-combinations-part-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-combinations-part-4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/classic-combinations-part-5 https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-patterns-are-for-everyone ( BENONI variations !! ) http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-5 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-6 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-7 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-8 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-9 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games----part-10 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-11 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-12 http://www.chess.com/article/view/my-favorite-classic-games-part-13

http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-or-positional-play-the-ladies-return

http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-or-positional-play-the-ladies-teach-chess http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-or-positional-play-a-beautiful-imagination http://www.chess.com/article/view/tactics-or-positional-play-part-4

http://www.chess.com/article/view/dreams-the-secret-formula-for-chess-success-ndash-part-1 http://www.chess.com/article/view/dreams-the-secret-formula-for-chess-success-ndash-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/dreams-the-secret-formula-for-chess-success-ndash-part-3 http://www.chess.com/article/view/dreams-the-secret-formula-for-chess-success-part-4 http://www.chess.com/article/view/dreams-the-secret-formula-for-chess-success-part-5 http://www.chess.com/article/view/why-do-grandmasters-blunder

http://www.chess.com/article/view/cracked-grandmaster-tales-encore

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-past-masters-can-help-your-game http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-legendary-chess-zen-master-has-died http://www.chess.com/article/view/remembering-im-emory-tate

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-chess-heritage-of-emory-tate

CHESS MASTER AT ANY AGE by Rolf Wetzell ( WARNING – SOME SKEPTICISM OK )

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"I think talent is a combination of aptitude (or "knack" or "catch-on-quick-ive-ness")

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"Lazlo Polgar made this very clear. He announced to the world, before they were born,

that his children would be world class in something. [ And his 3 Girls Have Done Well in Chess, especially Judit ]

He finally only choose chess because it is objective, and could not be easily disputed

(this was before the day of the mobile devices (lol)) -- although people still have not learned his lesson."

CHESS.COM User fish-food

Dvoretsky Endgame Manual is for players 2000 and up. Mark Dvoretsky is a magnificent chess writer, but his material tends towards higher ratings.

In fact, even masters can find his stuff hard going.

Queen & Pawn endings are extremely complex, and many kinds of Queen endgame s

are simply beyond the pale of most masters, let alone amateurs.

Studying the complex examples is (more or less) a waste of time,

unless you wish to do so for pure enjoyment.

But there are certain positions that really need to be understood.

Thus if White’s King is far away and Black has a pawn on b2, d2, e2, or g2, White will win easily if he has the move. The technique is the same for all these pawns: force black’s King in front of his pawn so it can’t promote,

then move your own King one square forward. Repeat the process, then move your King one square forward,

repeat again and again until mate occurs.

However, if the stronger side’s King is too far away, ( =Draw w/1 SQ. to go for bishop, rook pawns !! )

the defender can draw if he possesses an a-pawn, c-pawn, f-pawn, or h-pawn on its 7th rank

* If you lose with a sound move in the opening, don’t give up that move! Figure out what you did wrong, mend those fences, and try it again. * All through this game White made “soft” (lazy) moves. Quite often in chess, a chance will present itself that won’t be there if you blink. Learning to recognize those moments and then learning to leap on them is an important skill-set. * Don’t fear trading Queens. Nobody can claim to be a good player if they fear exchanging Queens, when the situation calls for it. * Don’t get so caught up in your own ideas that you fail to grasp the opponent’s! * Too much emotion during a game can be a killer. Intense (but calm) concentration makes you a winner, but unchecked emotion clouds everything and often turns iron control into a hope and a prayer. * Two minor pieces are usually superior to a Rook and two pawns. * The ability to create a long term target, whether you’re defending or attacking, is critical if you want to move up that rating ladder. * A game show offers you a cool 10 million bucks for free, or a 100 million if you can guess what number between 1 and 20 he’s thinking of. Take the 10 million. Same for chess – if you can get a crazy position that may or may not be good for you (the swing is a nice win or a crushing loss), or a calm position that’s really good for you (the swing is a nice win or a draw), which should you take? * Experience is a huge factor in chess! The more you play, and the more you come to terms with your chess failings, the stronger you’ll end up being. * Nobody likes to lose, but losses are the things that, ultimately, make you better.

Other Odds & Ends

http://www.chess.com/article/view/pawn-races http://www.chess.com/article/view/eight-is-enough

http://www.chess.com/article/view/fischers-bishops http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-double-attack http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-knockout-blow http://www.chess.com/article/view/overprotection-decoded http://www.chess.com/article/view/protecting-overprotection http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-zwischenzug-revealed http://www.chess.com/article/view/in-pursuit-of-zugzwang

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-king-hunt-revealed http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-play-a-brilliancy

http://www.chess.com/article/view/schroumldingers-chess-puzzle

http://www.chess.com/article/view/dont-get-brainwashed-part-three http://www.chess.com/article/view/dont-get-brainwashed-part-four http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-10-chess-pieces-least-likely-to-survive-a-game

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-alekhines-gun

http://www.chess.com/article/view/weak-squares-who-cares http://www.chess.com/article/view/queen-the-supporting-actress http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-ruin-your-pawn-structure

http://www.chess.com/article/view/punishing-the-pawn-grabber

http://www.chess.com/article/view/mysterious-gm-moves http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-chess-players-best-friend http://www.chess.com/article/view/check-your-discovered-checks

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-survive-an-attack http://www.chess.com/article/view/when-the-loser-is-a-winner http://www.chess.com/article/view/when-a-loser-becomes-a-winner-part-two

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-greatest-chess-upsets-part-2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-trap-a-super-grandmaster

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-berlin-endgame https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-death-of-the-berlin-defense

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-modern-defense-a-history

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-modern-defense-a-history-part-2

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-two-knight-advantage http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-chess-boomerang http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-art-of-the-counterblow http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-discovered-check-reloaded http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-double-bishop-sacrifice2 http://www.chess.com/article/view/mastering-the-queen-sacrifice http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-positional-queen-sacrifice http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-two-rook-endings-you-must-know

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-evans-gambit-a-history http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-evans-gambit-modern-play http://www.chess.com/article/view/lighting-the-pirc-defense-on-fire

GM Articles ( some possibly already listed above ) http://www.chess.com/members/view/DanielNaroditsky http://www.chess.com/article/view/plus-equals-mode

http://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-survive-a-chess-disaster

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-biggest-secret-of-positional-chess

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-importance-of-solving-studies http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-rubinstein-maneuver http://www.chess.com/article/view/knights-on-the-rim-areamazing

New Super-Star Youngster WEI http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-modern-immortal