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Saturday, 29 April 2017
The short of it
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Having given you a super long game yesterday, here is a much shorter game. GM John Nunn once remarked to lose a miniature (under 25 moves, y...
Friday, 28 April 2017
A real monster
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Tournament games that go over 100 moves are quite rare while 150+ movers are rarer still. As an arbiter I have had to sit through a few game...
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Mitrofanov's Deflection
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White to play and win The diagrammed position is one my favourite endgame studies of all time. It was first shown to me by FM Manuel W...
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Any sac you can play I can play better
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In round 2 of the Gashimov Memorial, Topalov won against Wojtaszek with a stunning rook sacrifice. Two rounds later, Kramnik showed he can d...
When was white winning?
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Lev Aronian has won the 2017 Grenke Chess Classic, ahead of a very strong field. His win may have been helped by the fact I did not give him...
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Playing the back marker
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You're cruising along, have a couple of wins under your belt, when you have to play someone at the tail end of the field (note, I'm ...
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Saturday, 22 April 2017
So much late night chess
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Spring must be a popular time for chess events in the Northern Hemisphere as three big tournaments are running at the moment. In Germany the...
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