My oldest daughter won the u300 (yup Scottish rating) event in Airdrie yesterday. She scored 7/8. Obviously the level is not that high, but for a six-year-old, it can still be intimidating. Actually, we had mentally prepared for her losing all her games, as she did in an event in Edinburgh in March. This is […]
I am starting to feel back to normal. In the last few weeks of finishing Endgame Play, I was up to 80 hour work weeks (excluding taking care of a family). One Saturday night I went to bed at 2pm only to continue the work at 6.30 am the next morning. Not fun, but I
The following position is from last weekend’s 4ncl. Not the vital league-deciding match, but one of my less significant efforts with Black. Black to play D. Bisby – J. Shaw, 4ncl 2014 Identify the candidate moves and make a quick assessment. I would suggest spending no more than a couple of minutes, 5 at the
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(Taken from New in Chess Magazine 3/2014) 5. In our previous issue, Levon Aronian said that he didn’t understand what people mean when they speak of good form. Did you feel you were in good form? I didn’t have that feeling at the tournament – where I was really shining was at the training sessions
2014 European Champion Alexander Motylev in New in Chess – Question 5 Read Post »
I am writing on an article to New in Chess at the moment and I came to think of an old argument I had with a friend about definitions. Basically he was of the opinion that good chess consists of opening preparation, intuition and calculation – and nothing else. I have a different view, cutting
I am wondering if we should call FROM GM TO TOP TEN for From GM to Queen of the Castle! Congratulations to Judit and Mihail; I hear they are opening the champagne bottle tonight! Anyway, Quality Chess continues its reign, holding on to all of the top awards: ACP, ECF, ChessCafe and Chess Publishing. The
Judit Polgar 2nd Volume Name Change!? Read Post »