Ari Ziegler: Modern Benoni for Advanced Players

Posted by admin 27.01.2012 – The Modern Benoni is perhaps the most dynamic approach to meeting 1.d4 without sacrificing a pawn. International Master Ari Ziegler has produced a new Fritztrainer DVD that will help you build a fighting repertoire against all white systems in this opening. Ziegler provides many surprisingly simple solutions in many lines. The target audience is club players with a rating of 1500-2400. Get it now. Read the rest of this entry »

Wijk aan Zee Rd11: Carlsen plays like Tal to beat Topalov

Posted by admin 27.01.2012 – Six wins in seven games in both groups A and B, but the highlight was Carlsen's game against Topalov in which he went for broke with a Tal-like attack, and turned a lead position into gold. Leader Aronian lost to Navara but so did Ivanchuk, after committing suicide against Gelfand. Radjabov beat Gashimov and joins Carlsen tied for second. Express report. Read the rest of this entry »

David Friedgood: More on Novotnys

Posted by admin 27.01.2012 – We continue with our discussion of the Novotny theme in chess problems, where a white unit plays onto the intersection square of, typically, a black rook and bishop, causing a double interference. Dr Milan Vukcevich was an OTB IM and a GM of Chess Composition. He explored this theme with many superb creations and our selections in this article are all by him. Read the rest of this entry »

Way out?

Posted by admin 27.01.2012 – Playing 53.e5-e6 (diagram) White has deprived the bishop d5 of its protection and more or less forced it to strike on g2.
This (53...Bxg2) leads to victory for ...
A) ... Black;
B) ... White;
C) ... neither nor (equality).

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New FIDE Chess in Schools initiative

Posted by admin 26.01.2012 – "Let us help you to build your federation and your chess in schools programme," says the press release. "Our objective is to be able to generate more income than you pay to FIDE – much more." This reversal of flow of funds is admittedly something new for FIDE. The income is expected to be generated by Premium Membership and the goal is one billion chess players on the planet. Read the rest of this entry »