Members enjoy access to all archived content, including thousands of PDFs and hundreds of Ebooks – all free! To join: make a $25 (or more) tax deductible donation to ChessEdu.org and we will send your log in details for one-year access. (It may take up to 72 hours to receive your log in.) In Trial by Tactics you are shown the position just before the tactic occurs and then asked to visualize the winning sequence. Thereby emulating a real game scenario. We intersperse these puzzles with endgame studies and chess problems to explore the broad spectrum of chess creativity. We recommend using Trial by Tactics in conjunction with the ChessEdu.org curriculum. A new puzzle is posted … [Read more...]
Sicilian Repertoires and Unexplored Territory
Sicilian Repertoires and Unexplored Territory by Jim Rizzitano Reviewed this Month Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians by Evgeny Sveshnikov Modernized: The Open Sicilian by Zhanibek Amanov and Kostya Kavutskiy The Killer Sicilian by Tony Rotella 1...b6 Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala This month I will review one title from New In Chess: Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians, one title from Metropolitan Chess Publishing: Modernized: The Open Sicilian, and two titles from Everyman Chess: The Killer Sicilian and 1...b6 Move by Move. These four books should all appeal to a broad range of chess players. Sveshnikov vs. the Anti-Sicilians by Evgeny Sveshnikov, New In Chess 2014, Figurine … [Read more...]
Larsen: Move by Move
Larsen: Move by Move By Cyrus Lakdawala Larsen on the Dynamic Element In this, the largest chapter of the book, we look at Larsen's treatment of the initiative. Many of the games herein culminate in violent attacks. The only reason they are in this chapter, rather than earlier one on the Attack, is that Larsen's handling of initiative created the roots from which the attacks grew. Bobotsov,M - Larsen,B Busum, 1969 English Opening [A17] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.g3 4.Qc2 is more common. There are some slight drawbacks to combining g2-g3 with an early Nc3 here. Question: What are those? Answer: There are several: In the Catalan positions that arise if White … [Read more...]
Carlsen: Move by Move
Carlsen: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala Each world champion brings forth new wonders of his mind. When we examine the games of a great player, what we really desire is to share in the flow of genius, from his mind to ours. We crave the paradisiacal taste of beauty, which most of us try and produce, and so rarely do in our games. When we arrive in critical situations in our games we come close to being Rembrandts and da Vincis, close to producing a masterpiece, if only we achieve that rapturous final touch of colour, but we just can't seem to get it right. We all have our favourites, and seek to play like replica Morphys, Laskers, Alekhines, Capablancas, Tals, Fischers, Kasparovs or … [Read more...]
A Sparkling Debut and Too Much C.R.A.P.
A Sparkling Debut and Too Much C.R.A.P. by Jim Rizzitano Reviewed this Month Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.e4 Volume 1 by Parimarjan Negi The Trompowsky Attack: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala Grandmaster Repertoire 18: The Sicilian Sveshnikov by Vassilios Kotronias Play the Accelerated Dragon by Peter Lalic This month I will review four recent titles: two in the Quality Chess Grandmaster Repertoire series, one in the Everyman Chess Move by Move series, and another book from Everyman Chess. The two Grandmaster Repertoire books are for advanced players and the Everyman titles are primarily for club players. The two happiest days in the life of a chess book author are: The day he … [Read more...]