In the title position, black is lost if it takes the bishop, and lost if it does not. True or false? Analysis below for those of you that don't have a search engine (i.e., "Dr" Fart). RL r1n2rk1/pp3ppB/1qb1p3/3pP3/1b6/2N5/PP1BQPPP/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 16

CFA johnson beat the Easy and Normal chess Levels !!! He beat Easy level Twice and earned 1.00 x 2 = $2.00 for beating Easy level Twice. He beat Normal Level Once and got $2.00 for his win. So in 2 days he earned $4.00 at GetClub by just winning 3 games. GetClub gives $5.00 for beating Easy Level (5 times) while $10.00 for

Incredibly, with the Queen under an x-ray attack, the title position can be defended. What are the saving moves? Complete game below (black failed to find the best defense). RL r4rk1/ppp2ppp/2nq1n2/1B2p3/P1P3b1/B2P1N2/2P2PPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 12

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On 2010-08-29, Sanny wrote: CFA johnson beat the Easy Level and got $1.00 for this win. He can beat easy level 5 times and get $5.00 every month. Also He will get $2.00 for beating the Normal Level. I'm waiting for normal level to make its second move. It has already taken more than 20 minutes. Any other chess program would make a move of GetClub's quality in a fraction of a...

CFA johnson beat the Easy Level and got $1.00 for this win. He can beat easy level 5 times and get $5.00 every month. * *I'm not going to waste my time. Your program takes minutes for * *moves that should take less than a second. Today game was improved a bit, So Easy Level will play even more strong moves.

On Aug 30, 1:26*pm, Martin Brown wrote: Your engine does see tactics at all well and has absolutely no strategic direction. Why else would it spend so much time dithering its rooks between c8 & b8 or move the queen directly into harms way? Regards, Martin Brown

Chess babe Lisa Lane made the right move above in 1961--can you? But she failed to find the best followup, though her subsequent moves were strong and she did win this game. RL 3r3k/2q2pbp/p4p2/2rPpP1Q/1nB5/1PN3R1/1P4PP/1K1R4 w - - 0 28

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I started off very badly in the 2010 US Open Chess Championship (and Jerry Hanken Memorial), losing to or drawing with players rated far below me (and lucky to do that). I recovered or got back into practice somewhat near the end and had an outside chance to win a smal money prize. However, I lost in the last round and ended with an even score of 4.5 - 4.5 . My most interesting game was against...

I could not get anything more than a draw out of this position, even up +3.xx pawns says Fritz. Could not queen the e-pawn. Perhaps keeping both bishops on the board was advised, but I feared black's attack. RL

Some time ago (by now I've forgotten where) I read either in a book or a magazine (not the one below) that the game Pachman-Szabo, Hilversum 1947 featured an interesting strategy:

Hi everyone. I used to play chess a bit in the late 70s and early 80s (I reached 2052 rating). I haven't played any serious chess for a while and would like to get back into it. Unfortunately my library is quite dated. I assume that some great games have been played during the last couple decades that I would like to go over. Can anyone recommend a book with a good collection of annotated...

Hint: it's not the obvious rook capture, which in the pressure of a blitz game I took (and drew this game). RL rnb1kb1r/ppq5/2p1ppp1/3nN2Q/3P4/2N5/PPPB1PPP/R4RK1 w kq - 0 12

Sorry if this sounds like a broken record, but GM Plaskett, in this 2002 book, did not use a chess engine to verify solutions for his proposed answers. Here is yet another bust that I found. Problem Test 7, Puzzle 13, I chose 1...b4. The PC says 1...a4 is even better. Short's 1...Bxb4?, recommended by Plaskett, is refuted as shown below.

Can anyone help me with some tips on race situations? Basically these are when powerful offense can be claimed at the expense of a building defense problem. Also, maybe when lazy at the end and not wanting to protect a few pawns in the quest for a queen. Most people seem to keep stalwart attention on the defense, not letting anything to be deteriorated, but I see an opportunity here if some rules...

As regular rgc readers are well aware, and as can be seen he http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/browse_thread/thread/077fb4ed74f3767c# some weeks ago Ray Lopez posted here a game of his which he proclaimed to be a flawless, master-level game. In his usual brash, insolent manner, he challenged rgc readers to analyze the game and see if any mistake, by either player, could be...

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 h5 4.g5 Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.e4 Bg6 8.f4 Qc7 9.Qf3 Ne7 10.Nge2 h4 11.O-O Nd7 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.Qe3 Qb6 15.f5 Bh5 16.exd5 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 cxd5 18.f6 gxf6 19.gxf6 Nc6 20.d4 Ne4 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 O-O-O 23.c3 Rd5 24.b4 Qb5 25.Kh1 Rg5 26.Rg1 Rf5 27.Rg7 Rxf6 28.a4 Qh5 29.Rag1 Rf2 30.Rg8+ Rxg8 31.Rxg8+ Kd7 32.Rg2 Rf1+ 33.Kh2 Re1 34.b5 Na5 35.Rg4 Kd6 36.Kg2 Nc4 37.Kf2...

In the event below, James Plaskett in his book gives 15 points to a spectacular Q sac that gives mate (I have it in the line below), and only 5 points for 1. h5 (which Fritz scores as .63), but I'm taking 5 points for 1. Bh6!, which, not as good as the main move, also gives a . 57 score on Fritz. RL

Bobby Fischer hated book for that reason. 19. Bxb7? is an "optically" good move (looks good) but loses by force. Correct was giving up the queen, with (amazingly) a roughly equal position. RL