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Chicago Chess Blog: 8/24/14 - 8/31/14
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Friday, August 29, 2014. A trap in the Quaade Gambit. What on earth is the Quaade Gambit, you ask? It's a line of the King's Gambit that begins 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3! Deviating from the usual Kieseritzky prescription of 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5. The line is named for a 19th-century Dutch sea captain (not to be confused with Captain Evans, a Welshman). The natural response is 4.g4 5.Ne5 Qh4 , when White responds with the surprising 6.g3! Links to this post. The Week in Chess.
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Chicago Chess Blog: 2/1/15 - 2/8/15
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Still another Englund Gambit trap. I have previously written several posts about traps in the Englund Gambit. Or, to be charitable, 1.d4 e5? There are two "official" refutations of the main line of the gambit: after 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, one begins with 4.Bf4 (or 4.Bg5) Qb4 5.Bd2 Qxc3 6.Nc3! The other with 4.Qd5. As I've previously noted. 7Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qc1#. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess.
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FIDE Chess in Chicago: 2005-12-18
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FIDE Chess in Chicago. This blog is dedicated to chess tournaments in the Chicago area focused on offering participants the chance to earn the requirements to achieve the titles of Grand Master, International Master, Women's Grand Master and Women's International Master, as sanctioned by the International Chess Federation, FIDE. Wednesday, December 21, 2005. Winter Chicago FIDE Invitational. GM Vladimir Georgiev (MKD) - 2547. GM Nikola Mitkov (MKD) - 2520. GM Pawel Blehm (POL) - 2520. G/90 30 sec per move.
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Chicago Chess Blog: 12/14/14 - 12/21/14
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Over four years ago, I published a game where I administered checkmate by capturing en passant. Here I deliver another very rare form of checkmate: mate by castling. This appears to be comparable in rarity to mate by en passant. The only other examples of it that I've been able to find are P. Morphy-A. Morphy, New Orleans 1850. And Kvicala-NN, Prague 1875. The famous game Ed. Lasker-Thomas, London 1912. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Chicago Chess Blog: Still another Englund Gambit trap
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Still another Englund Gambit trap. I have previously written several posts about traps in the Englund Gambit. Or, to be charitable, 1.d4 e5? There are two "official" refutations of the main line of the gambit: after 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, one begins with 4.Bf4 (or 4.Bg5) Qb4 5.Bd2 Qxc3 6.Nc3! The other with 4.Qd5. As I've previously noted. 7Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qc1#. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess. Mesgen Am...
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Chicago Chess Blog: 12/28/14 - 1/4/15
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Saturday, January 3, 2015. A trap in Larsen's Opening. The following game illustrates what happens if White tries to grab a pawn in Larsen's Opening with 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Bxc6? Staying in the middlegame, was even better than allowing White to go into a lost endgame. Note also that 10.Qxh1! As played, was much better the tempting 10.Bg4? And now (a) 11.Qg6 12.Bxh8! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess. Chess Scholars, Inc.
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Chicago Chess Blog: Studies
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Chess is a beautiful game! Are one of the best way to learn to appreciate the beauty of logical thinking. What is a study? Permit me to swipe from Wikipedia. Is a composed chess position — that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game — presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for one side (usually White) to win or draw, as stipulated, against any moves the other side plays. White to play and win. The Week in Chess.
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Chicago Chess Blog: Three Times a Lady
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Thursday, January 22, 2015. Three Times a Lady. In the B Group at the Tata Steel (Wijk aan Zee) tournament, the world's current youngest grandmaster, 14-year-old Samuel Sevian, performed a feat that has surely occurred very rarely in chess history. He sacrificed three queens on three consecutive moves! He thereby achieved an easily winning rook versus pawns ending, which his opponent promptly resigned. Very cool. Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 11:32:00 AM CST. The Week in Chess.
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Chicago Chess Blog: 8/31/14 - 9/7/14
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Notes on chess in Chicago. Saturday, September 6, 2014. A trap in the Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation. I found this trap in Amatzia Avni's excellent book Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders. All six masters and experts that reached the position played 13.Nxe5? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess. Free Internet Chess Server (FICS). Internet Chess Club (free trial). Playchess.com (Free Trial). Aurora and Naperville Chess Club. North S...
