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Best places to watch chess relays
It only dawned me now that the golden era of chess viewing seems over... once we had a plethora of choices from ICC to Chessbomb to Chessgames... now with all these things as withered or gone... I fin...
Started 08/02/23 at 15:37:07 by trw |
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 08/03/23 at 06:11:38By: brabo |
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Order for reading Grooten trilogy ?
Hi All, does anyone know if there is a preferred order for reading the three volumes by Grooten ? Or are they completely independent ? The titles are Chess Strategy for Club Players, Attacking Chess f...
Started 06/24/23 at 21:44:40 by Laramonet |
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06/25/23 at 12:36:12 By: cathexis |
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Two opening repertoires
I had an idea: build two opening repertoires, one good against much stronger opponents, and one good against much weaker opponents.
So two questions: - Which kinds of openings are good again... Started 05/22/23 at 15:24:20 by Marc Benford |
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06/09/23 at 19:30:11 By: Straggler |
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Grivas Opening Laboratory
Grivas Opening Laboratory, Vol. 1. Efstratios Grivas. Chess Evolution 2019.
From the Publisher: "The author presents a full opening repertory (sic) for the club player, which is analysed in ... Started 12/06/19 at 19:55:36 by grandpatzer « Pages 1 2 all » |
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06/09/23 at 18:38:27 By: Straggler |
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Another CB FWIW via USCF
The USCF is having a Memorial Day Sale of 20% off "everything".
Code: MEMORIAL. So I loaded up CB 17 Starter applied code, emptied cart, loaded Megabase 2023, applied code and each one was 20% of... Started 05/28/23 at 17:24:45 by cathexis |
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05/28/23 at 17:24:45 By: cathexis |
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Uncertainty in chess
Greg Costikyan (2013) Uncertainty in Games
First MIT Press paperback edition, 2015 I saw this title online and immediately thought of weaponizing "uncertainty" in over-the-board chess. The Art of War s... Started 05/22/23 at 01:40:05 by an ordinary chessplayer |
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05/22/23 at 01:40:05 By: an ordinary chessplayer |
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More Chessbase "FWIW" Info RE: Komodo & Fritz18
During the recent CB sale I was reading the offerings on the CB site. I noticed that they were promoting Komodo Dragon 3.2. But in reading that, the description also included this:
Quote: Also includ... At non-sale Started 05/15/23 at 13:37:02 by cathexis |
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05/17/23 at 10:47:40 By: Pawnpusher |
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FWIW: Chessbase 24 hr. 25% Off Everything Sale
"Today Only."
Started 05/08/23 at 16:16:09 by cathexis |
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05/08/23 at 16:16:09 By: cathexis |
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Carlsen on the demise of classical chess
Carlsen's sour take on classical chess does not impress. Suffice it to say it resembles comments made by Capablanca, Fischer, Kramnik, and other great players *after they lost motivation.* They starte...
Started 05/04/23 at 19:55:18 by ReneDescartes |
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05/04/23 at 22:57:22 By: cathexis |
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Live Ticker
In openings news, en.chessbase.com has a "Live Ticker" and I've taken to looking over the ones marked "New Opening Trend". I'm not sure how they are selected but so far the games seem to have some int...
Started 04/24/23 at 03:54:02 by an ordinary chessplayer |
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04/24/23 at 03:54:02 By: an ordinary chessplayer |
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Uh...Exactly how is this "new"?
See here:
https://tutorials.chessbase.com/en/frederics-chess-tales-part-one/introduction Isn't this just another e-book/kindle product/whatever? What's new about it? The ability to putz with th... Started 04/14/23 at 20:10:45 by cathexis |
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04/17/23 at 10:52:22 By: Pawnpusher |
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Amazing Discounts at modern-chess.com
Hi,
today there are 154 databases discounted at modern-chess.com Highlight: All databases from GM Ioannis Papaioannou, GM Mihail Marin and GM Ivan Cheparinov are <br... Started 03/25/23 at 01:44:04 by emary « Pages 1 2 all » |
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04/13/23 at 18:36:27 By: Nernstian59 |
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04/08/23 at 15:30:32 By: Uhohspaghettio |
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What is, or are, the best books on the French?
I am interested in learning how to play the french. I am a little fascinated by it at the moment. for what ever reason I am under the impression that everytime white plays d4 and e5, with that pawn st...
Started 03/18/23 at 15:44:22 by FMCharless |
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04/03/23 at 19:45:56 By: Nernstian59 |
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Online & "classic time control"
Hi, id live to play online with classic time control (ie 1 or 2 hours for the game). I can play on zoom with camera if someone here is interested. I was about 2000 elo rated over the board.
Started 03/21/23 at 13:55:18 by Alesab |
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03/21/23 at 13:55:18 By: Alesab |
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checkmate before time rule
Hi.
I was discussing the checkmate before time rule with a clubmate. Per my understanding there are five cases: checkmate, stalemate, declared resignation, dead positions or accepted draw offer w... Started 03/06/23 at 06:34:05 by Confused_by_Theory |
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03/07/23 at 15:41:06 By: Confused_by_Theory |
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Quality Base by the Sahovski Informant
Hi friends, does anyone happen to have this product?
do you recommend it? is it really annotated? in other words, is it the equivalent of having the informants? I like the product, just not... Started 02/17/23 at 19:28:33 by FMCharless |
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02/22/23 at 15:45:26 By: cathexis |
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Cognitive chess
This year, the book Cognitive Chess: Improving Your Visualization and Calculation Skills was published. It has 500 exercises that have to be solved blindfold. Besides that, it has 250 exercises, where...
Started 12/09/22 at 08:04:27 by Paul Brondal |
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02/11/23 at 15:33:09 By: cathexis |
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Bosch (2022) How to Out-Prepare Your Opponent
Having spent some time with this book, I give it the following marks:
Overall the book is good, but the title is terribly misleading. Maybe prepare means Started 01/01/23 at 05:44:51 by an ordinary chessplayer  |
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01/30/23 at 07:29:50 By: MNb |
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World blitz arbiter situation
Hi.
The following curious case happened at the world blitz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUfUwXo8NEs Apparently some young players disturbed GM Adly and that is what made hi...[/u]. Risks making the situation more infected, which makes i Started 12/31/22 at 13:52:34 by Confused_by_Theory |
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01/02/23 at 18:01:23 By: Confused_by_Theory |
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