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| Posted by clemens uskidscompute.com 5/25/2003 07:35:03 Play online chess |  Subject: Studying EndgamesMessage: Some of you might recall me asking for analysis on an endgame I had just drawn -- incorrectly, as it turned out, as I could have won. Well, I was certainly unsatisfied with my endgame skills, so I decided to work on them a bit. I got myself "Practical Chess Endings" by Irving Chernev and started going through it. It is probably not the best endgame book in the sense that there aren't many big words and rules in it, it is just 300 endgame studies with (so I think) clear and concise explanations by Mr Chernev; that's great with me, though, since I've always liked to learn concepts on my own. The studies range from very simple pawn promotion scenarios to complex positions with multiple pieces. Also, many of the studies are astounding in that when you first look at them, it seems impossible for white to win, and then the solution is truly beautiful. Endgames no longer seem dull to me at all! Anyway, I think my endgame did improve. I quite like the one I just finished at board #748289, I was down a rook for two pieces, but a passed pawn saved me the game. I guess both of us didn't play perfectly, but hey, when you win it was probably good enough. I'm not quite sure where I'm going here, it's either "buy that book, it's nice (and cheap, BTW)" or "work on your weaknesses, it pays off", so I'll stop here. Hmmm. |
| Posted by brucehum uskidscompute.com 5/26/2003 04:58:47 Play online chess | Work on your weaknesses Message: Work on your weaknesses is definitively a very good recomendation. People usually prefer to work at what they are good at, as they have 'more fun'. But, that way, your weaknesses are still there! If you want to improve your chess, you have to study your weaknesses. Chernev's books, by some strange reason, have a bad reputation in some circles. Strangely enough, if you ask really good players (IM, GM) about them, they say they are really good for you. So, Iampatzerman (I hope there is no one with this name here! It is just an invented name) rated 1600 disses Chernev, but Gmman 2550 says it is very good for people at that level. Who do you trust? |
| Posted by baseline uskidscompute.com 5/26/2003 06:03:28 Play online chess | clemens Message: A good book for someone just starting to study endgames is "Just the Facts!" by Lev Alburt and Kikolay Krogius a really execellent endgame book is "Fundamental Chess Endings" by Karsten Muller and Frank Lamprecht It can be used both a primer and encyclopaedia. Regarding Chernev's books some of them were considered good in their day but have since been eclipsed by newer and better books. and I don't know of any GM's and IM's telling people to rush out and buy his books but if you are picking them up secondhand or the Dover reprints then your getting them cheap and you can learn something from any chess book. by the way here is the only Chernev game I have in my database Balint,J - Chernev,I [A18] USA-ch prel New York, 1938 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Nfd7 5.cxd5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.dxe6 Bxe6 8.d5 Bd7 9.Qb3 Qc8 10.Nf3 a6 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Rac1 f5 15.Rfd1 Bd6 16.Na4 Qe8 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Bf1 Nde5 20.Bd4 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Nh4 22.Qh3 Qh5 23.Rd3 Qg5 24.Rc6 Rad8 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Rg3 Qh5 27.Rxg7 Rdf6 28.Rxc7 Kg8 29.Qg3+ Ng6 30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.Qc3 Qg5 32.d6 Nf4 33.Bc4+ Kf8 34.Rc8+ 1-0 ——— Aronian Wins World Blitz Chess Championship — Levon Aronian is having a pretty good month. Actually, he’s have a pretty good year. Aronian, an Armenian chess grandmaster, who has recently risen to No. 3 in the world (along the way becoming only the sixth player to crack the 2,800 rating level), won the World Blitz Championship in Moscow on Thursday. The victory followed his tie for first in the Tal Memorial, which ended Sunday, and his recent stellar performances at the European Club Cup, where he scored 4.5 out of 6 points, and the Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, in which he scored 7.5 out of 10. In the blitz championship — where each player started with three minutes and had two seconds added to their time after each ... |
| Posted by buddy2 uskidscompute.com 5/26/2003 18:39:29 Play online chess | endgame cd's Message: Don't forget computer cd's! There's one that I have called "Chess Endgame Training" by Convekta. See Convekta.com. It's like the CT arts disk for tactics only this runs the gamut of endgames. I think it's pretty neat and you can focus in on your particular weakness. ——— Interview With the President of the World Chess Federation, Part 3 — After his recent re-election as president of the World Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov offered to answer questions from readers of The Times about the federation, which is also known by the acronym FIDE (for Fédération Internationale des Échecs), and about his plans for the future of the game. Supporting Chess Development. Question: Some readers say the Committee for Assistance to Chess Developing Countries has done little or nothing to assist some countries or regions where there is little money and few skilled players. Your response? Fortunately they are mistaken. Thanks to the activities of the committee, all developing countries receive financial and technical help on a regular basis. I would note that ... |