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Monday, October 7, 2013
Classic Bishop Endgame by Botvinnik - video
This game is taken from my E-book about endgames with bishops of opposite color.
http://www.amazon.com/Bishop-Endgames...
The book is formatted for electronic readers and can be read on devices of various sizes, from tablets to phones. The free sample includes 3 thoroughly annotated games and the full book comes with dozens of training positions to help develop a good sense for positions with bishops of opposite colour.
In this game Botvinnik aimed for having 2 distant passed pawns that his opponent's bishop could not block from the same diagonal. At the same time he was not concerned about giving opponent passed pawns - as long as his own bishop could stay on the same diagonal while guarding them.
Modern computer engines have a hard time correctly understanding the position and finding Botvinnik's moves. A lot of his play is very conceptual and requires calculation deeper than 10 moves ahead, but can be described verbally by a human.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Tactics from Chess World Cup 2013 in Tromso - Ebook
As many chess fans, I followed this year's Chess World Cup, and it inspired me to create a collection of best combinations from that tournament.
Here is the video describing this book (http://www.amazon.com/Play-Like-Grandmaster-Practical-ebook/dp/B00F785SJS/)
Here is the video describing this book (http://www.amazon.com/Play-Like-Grandmaster-Practical-ebook/dp/B00F785SJS/)
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Monday, September 30, 2013
How to Think in Chess - Preventing Opponent's Combinations and Prophylactic Thinking
Keres Memorial 2013, Vancouver, Highlights of my Round 5 game
Thursday, September 26, 2013
How to Think in Chess - Preventing Opponent's Plan and Prophylactic Thinking
Keres Memorial 2013, Vancouver, Highlights of my Round 3 game
Monday, September 23, 2013
Chess Game against an IM - Prophylactic Thinking and Anticipating Opponent's Moves
Keres Memorial 2013, Vancouver, Highlights of my Round 2 game
Thursday, September 19, 2013
ChessTV - Interview with Carlsen prior to his match with Anand, 2013
I've been following ChessTV recently quite a lot, it's a great project and today they posted an interesting interview with Magnus Carlsen:
Monday, September 16, 2013
Chess game analysis - Prophylactic Thinking and Anticipating Opponent's Moves
Keres Memorial 2013, Vancouver, Highlights of my Round 1 game
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