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Shaun Press
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Monday, 31 May 2010

Chess makes you smart

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Or do smart people play chess? I tend to gravitate towards the former claim, as I have met plenty of smart people who can't play chess, ...
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Sunday, 30 May 2010

Chess in the Olympics

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This story has been around for a week or two, although it is nothing more than the usual "I would like to see ..." chess/olympics...
Saturday, 29 May 2010

Fairs Fair

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Having shown a game last week where I was cleaned up at Street Chess, it is only fair (at least to me) where I managed to win a 'one-off...
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Friday, 28 May 2010

The "quiet" d3

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d3 in the Italian Game is one move I really don't like seeing, for two reasons. Firstly, as a Traxler player, 4.d3 (after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 ...
Thursday, 27 May 2010

Posting Up

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I recently bought Artur Yusupov's "Build up your Chess" series, both as a resource for when I coach, and as training material ...
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Pushing Pawns

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An interesting game from round 5 of the current ANU Autumn Swiss Tournament. Played between two 11 year old club members, it turned into a b...
Tuesday, 25 May 2010

A devastating Purdy win

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With the passing of Lloyd Fell there has been some discussion about who is now the "Elder Statesman" of Australian Chess (My vote ...
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