Our friends at Forward Chesshave a feature where they interview an author. The latest one is an interview with Jacob. So if you want to know more about Jacob, his books and the origins of Quality Chess, click that link.
As Michael wrote on his website, “I am very much looking forward to an evening of chess at the excellent London Mind Sports Centre, home of the Hammersmith Chess Club. The event begins at 19.30 on Monday 26th September. More details are in this blog.”
Signed copies of ‘Think Like a Super-GM’ will be available for purchase.
The following afternoon, Tuesday 27th September, Michael will be at The Chess & Bridge Shop from 14.00 – 16.00, for Book Signing & Blitz Chess Challenge, completely free and open to all. Availability is subject to time permitting, so go early!
Magnus Carlsen looks very happy receiving his copy of Ivan Sokolov’s book about his games: Magnus Carlsen’s Middlegame Evolution. The book was available in Hardcover only, but in a few days, it will also be available in Paperback. Order your copy here.
Congratulations to our authors, GM Michael Adams and GM Nigel Short, and the rest of the English senior team! World Senior Team Champions (50+)!
The Champions! Hebden, Emms, Short, Arkell, Adams
GM Michael Adams, the author of Think Like a Super GM, won the gold for best individual performance in board 1. GM Nigel Short, the author of Winning, won the gold for the best performance for board 2. GM Mark Hebden, another player of the English team, won the gold for the best individual performance for board 3. GM Jaan Ehlvest, the author of Grandmaster Opening Preparation, won the gold for the best individual performance for board 4 while playing for the USA team. You can see the results of all the games here.
The newest episode of Perpetual Chess Podcast is out! Ben Johnson hosts Michael Adams and they talk about Think Like a Super GM and Mickey’s life as a top player for more than 3 decades! Enjoy here.
In Street Smart Chess, model players teach how to play against opponents of different strengths. The chapters do inevitably clash against each other. If one of the players want to create a tactical game and the other a boring game, both can’t succeed. The question is who manages best. A few days ago, David Navara mentioned that he will play Baskaran Adhiban in Mr. Dodgy Invitational. It was a test for both of them, as Navara’s chapter in Street Smart was beating lower rated opponents, and Adhiban’s was beating higher rated opponents. This time both could succeed with their intentions: winning games. After eleven games, they had played only one draw, with Navara winning 6,5–4,5. But did they follow their own advice? Let’s examine one win each.
Adhiban
first step in the ideal attacking game is to “strive for a pawn structure
where it’s possible to throw pawns at the opponent’s king at a later
stage.” King’s Indian is a good choice doing that.
GM Gawain Jones and GM Jacob Aagaard will be live on “Thinking Aloud”, this Thursday at 16:00 UK time on Killer Chess Training. This class is one of the favourites in the chess academy: Two people. Six positions. Real-time solving.
Join them for a small preview of the second volume of Gawain’s Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4, which will be out in August (the first volume will be out in June).
This class is free for the members of Killer Chess Training, but I have set aside a few places for Quality Chess readers. You can join either by sending me a message on the Facebook page or on the KillerChessTraining (a) gmail.com email.
Jacob is extra busy these last few days; on top of finishing some books and training people all over the world, he is going live on YouTube for a quick view on the games of the day in the ongoing Candidates tournament.
You can see here the scheduled times, here the videos, and here the analysis in replayable format. For those who prefer paper, boards, and pieces, John Hartman from uschess.org has created pdf versions.
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