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Saturday, June 24, 2017

How to study chess tactics on your phone - best combinations of 2016 collection



This is a screencast from my smartphone, illustrating how to solve chess puzzles in the Kindle app, reading through an ebook  https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chess-Combinations-November-Quarterly/dp/1520868243 that contains over 140 best combinations played by strong chess players in tournaments that took place in the fourth quarter of 2016. The highlights/arrows in the video are a bit clumsy, but they are obviously only there because there is now other way to point at things when making a video on the phone.

Saturday, June 17, 2017

More of Best Combinations of 2016 - October, November, December 2016

image4 My ebook Modern Chess Combinations: October, November, December 2016 is now also available in paperback format, so you can order a physical copy and have it delivered to you like most chess books you probably already own. Here is a sample set of exercises for you to get the taste of it.
The highlight of this edition are the games from the World Championshop match between Karjakin and Carlsen, and World Rapid and Blitz Championship. The combination played by Magnus Carlsen in the last game of the tie-break - was found by him instantly and was a worthy finish to the tough match. It proved yet again, that being able to spot tactics quickly and effortlessly is an essential part of being a strong player.

Scroll down to see the solutions:


Rakhmanov, Ale - Domogaev, S.
   2016.10.04   

14
White's turn



Dreev, A. - Lugovskoy, M.
   2016.10.04   

15
White's turn


Shaposhnikov, E. - Vitiugov, N.
   2016.10.04   

16
White's turn


Solutions


Rakhmanov, Ale - Domogaev, S.
ch-RUS Blitz 2016   2016.10.04   

149
24. Rxf5
Black resigned in view of
24. ... gxf5 25. Qg5 1-0
Dreev, A. - Lugovskoy, M.
ch-RUS Blitz 2016   2016.10.04   

150
37. Qxh6+
Black resigned in view of
37. ... Bxh6 38. Rh7# 1-0
Shaposhnikov, E. - Vitiugov, N.
ch-RUS Blitz 2016   2016.10.04   

151
32. Qxd4
Black resigned in view of
32. ... exd4 33. Rc8+ Bd8 34. Rxd8+ Qe8 35. Rxe8# 1-0

Saturday, June 3, 2017

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