Archive for May, 2014

Nothing better than a Bobby Fischer chess puzzle to cheer up your weekend: What winning move did Bobby Fischer play as White in this game versus Antillo Di Camillo, Washington, 1956?

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One smart move at the right time can win you a cool chess game. Here’s a position from the game Naiditsch vs A J Steigman, Cannes, 1997. Can you see what was White’s winning move?

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One of the easiest and best ways to improve your chess is to solve small tactical puzzles like checkmates in two. Here’s a simple motif – White to play and checkmate in two.

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Here is a position offering a nice win for White? Can you find the winning plan/.

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LEVEL: Easy
CATEGORY: Middle Game

From the Book of Stamma, 1737. White plays and wins.

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Here is a slightly difficult chess puzzle from the game Michael Adams – Peter Leko played in Linares, 1999. Consider all the strategic concepts and calculate as far as you can. White to win.

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Chess King Video software Tutorial by Steve Lopez. You will learn how to publish a game to your blog thanks to the export to blog function. The two-step process involves copying CSS code to your blog’s template (you only need to do that once for your whole blog), and then copying the generated game applet code to your post. Chess King with Houdini 2 is an affordable and powerful chess software. With Chess King you can play chess, solve puzzles, analyze your games with the strongest engine available and have access to more than the 5 million game GigaKing database. Check out the Chess King store www.chesskingtraining.com.

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Here is a neat chess puzzle from the game Sveshnikov – Scherbakov… Do you know how can White win? Try to calculate carefully!

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LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Middle Game
From the game Klinger – Blatny, 1988, white plays and wins.

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12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk comments her chess blitz game against 13th Women’s World Chess Champion Hou Yifan at the 2012 Sport Accord World Mind Games in Beijing. The game is a sharp Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation. Alexandra is better prepared, attacks the black king, sacrifices 2 pieces, and forces black to resign already on the 26th move. The game is presented with the chess software Chess King.

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White has managed to build a Kingside attack, but what next? Can you help White win?
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CKT 042: Surrealistic Cavalry
LEVEL: Very Difficult
CATEGORY: Study

An amazing 1937 study by Korolkov, with an incredible final mating position. Watch and listen to Alexandra run you through the solution. Watch the video and you will easily understand the solution what with the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk taking your chess master class!

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One of the best ways to learn chess is to understand exactly what a chess Grandmaster thinks! We’ve got you one better – A free chess video class with the 12th Women’s World Chess Champion. The second game of the “Match des Championnes” between French Women’s Champion Sophie Milliet and Women World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, played in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, in 2009.
Alexandra comments the rapid game in great detail and in English. Alexandra won the match 2 – 0.

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A difficult study, but easy if you catch the magic patterns!
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Do you study old chess games as played by the world’s chess masters? It’s a great way to improve at chess. Here is a puzzle showcasing the tactical finesse of Capablanca. How did White win? The game is Capablanca – Lasker, World Chess Championship, Havana, 1921.

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White is in big trouble here if he does not strike here first. White goes for the checkmate without any delay. Can you see how? This position is from the game Bunjoch – Matocha, Czechoslovakia, 1968.

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For once, White is not bothered about development as White can play and checkmate in two in this chess study created by B Harley for the Observer, 1926. Can you help White?

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Watching master chess games is not only fun, but a great way to improve at chess. Check out this exciting speed chess game between two power girls of chess. 12th Women’s World Chess Champion and Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk wins this game against U.S.A. Women’s Chess Champion Irina Krush, at the 2010 Women’s World Blitz Championship in Moscow, Russia. Incidentally, Krush won the 2013 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship and begins defending her crown in Saint Louis today. Read the U.S. Chess Championships 2014 report at Chess Blog.

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White has managed to put the Black King in the corner and the Queen is way too far away to help. How did White finish the attack and win?
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Chess King 2 with Houdini 2 (current 2013 version) DVD
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