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The Fabulous 00s: Championing Dubious Systems

Say What? A lot of authors champion some pretty bad things.  A duo of Dutch  amateurs champion a passive Philidor-type system starting with 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 and call it the “Black Lio… more →

IM Mark Ginsburg Presents A Personal Chess History

The Fabulous 00s: Championing Dubious Systems — 3 comments

nezhmet wrote 2 months ago: Say What? A lot of authors champion some pretty bad things.  A duo of Dutch  amateurs champion a pas … more →

Tags: Chess Clubs, Chess History, Chess Opening Theory, Chess Openings, The 2000s, Albin, budapest, ed rollins, Honors

White to move and win — 7 comments

dorigo wrote 5 months ago: Minutes ago I logged on the Internet Chess Club for some evening fun, after an evening spent playing … more →

Tags: Games, Internet, Personal, Books, Chess, Art, chess combinations

The Fabulous 00s: The Chess.FM Juggernaut and... how to Improve your Openings! — 5 comments

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: Chess on the Radio?! A couple of years ago, “Tony Rook” (you might guess this fellow was … more →

Tags: Chess History, Chess Openings, Sicilian Defense, The 2000s, Chess.FM, chessgames.com, Chesslive.de, Computer Chess Analysis, Exsanguinating Pawn

The Fabulous 00s: A New Chess.FM Segment

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: Upholding the Sicilian – A new Chess.FM Segment I am preparing a series of ICC Chess.FM lectur … more →

Tags: Alex Lenderman, Andy McFarland, Chess Clubs, Chess History, Chess Journalists, Chess Openings, Chess Players, Chess theory, John Henderson

The Fabulous 00's: The Headache of Dos Hermanas Online Blitz

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: ICC is hosting every year a relatively big money (2,000 Euros [$3,400] first) online blitz (3 0 time … more →

Tags: A Personal Chess History, Chess Clubs, Chess History, Chess Players, Jorge Sammour-Hasbun, Ronen Har-Zvi, The 2000s, Albi, chess cheating

The Fabulous 00s: Can Blitz Teach Us Anything about the King's Indian Defense Bayonet Attack? — 3 comments

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: The ICC and other online forums (fora??) are, I think, a good vehicle for learning-by-example. More … more →

Tags: Bayonet Attack 9. b4, Chess Clubs, Chess History, Chess Openings, Chess Players, King's Indian Defense, Loek van Wely, Orazly Annageldyev, Peter Biyiasis

The Fabulous 00s: More Defending vs. The Keres Attack — 3 comments

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: I will be discussing this variation in my upcoming DVD series, “Thinking Your Way to Chess Mas … more →

Tags: Chess Clubs, Chess DVD, Chess History, Chess Openings, Dejan Kipula, Instructional Chess DVD, Keres Attack, Scheveningen, Sicilian Defense

The Fabulous 00s: Crazy Pawns Part Deux

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: A companion piece to the Pawn Box / Pawn Diamond article. IM Antti Pihlajasalo (AZ79) – IM Ar … more →

Tags: Chess Clubs, Chess History, Chess Openings, Closed Sicilian 2. Nc3, Sicilian Defense, The 2000s

World Chess Championship 2007 — 2 comments

Jonathan Yedidia wrote 1 year ago: Click on picture above to expand The World Chess Championship is being held now in Mexico City. I … more →

Tags: Chess, Video, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, ChessVibes, World Chess Championship, Viswanathan Anand, Boris Gelfand

The Classic 2000s: Internet Chess Club (ICC) Blitz Chestnuts — 1 comment

nezhmet wrote 1 year ago: The Internet Chess Club is a great place to play strong players. There are lots to choose from. I us … more →

Tags: 6. Bg5, Chess Clubs, Chess History, Chess Openings, Dmitry Jakovenko, Mark Hebden, Najdorf, Nimzovich Defense 1. e4 Nc6, Sicilian Defense


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