by Eugene Znoskoborovsky. Who has studied this book to completion and did it help your game? Comments are welcome regarding this book. Thanks..and Cheers!!

Some days ago I proposed this game to study: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.h3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Bb2 cxd4

Who is in your opinion the best chess games annotator in the past time (1800-1945)?

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Greetings. If I were thinking of taking up the Scheveningen Sicilian as Black and was looking for a book on the subject, what would be my best choice(s) ? Regards, Peter -- AUS/TAS/DPIW/CIT/Servers hbt/lnd/l8 6233 3061 http://www.pjb.com.au Pasaré, pasarémos dice el agua y canta la verdad contra la piedra -- Pablo Neruda

In his book Pawn Power in chess, Kmoch analyzes the game Sherwin - Reshevsky, New York 1953, in the section on Benoni formations (although this particular game is a KID). After 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Kmoch writes: "7...c5 transposes unfavorably to a Benoni Major. See Szabo - Ivkov." Does Kmoch mean that all Benoni Majors are unfavorable for Black, or just

I have a friend who always starts with 1.d4, and plays a slow, strategic game to win in the endgame. This takes a long time and it's quite frustrating for me. So here's my question. Do you have any offbeat gambits against 1.d4 that I could use to surprise my opponent? It doesn't have to be 100% sound or anything, I just want to try something new and different. Thanks Toey

Here are some chess puzzles taken from games of the top female Lithuanian, Victoria Cmilyte. It's White to move and win except where noted. a) http://wtharvey.com/cmilaa.png White Mates in 4. Cmilyte vs Iversen Gutad, Baile Herculane, 1994 1r3r1k/6R1/1p2Qp1p/p1p4N/3pP3/3P1P2/PP2q2P/5R1K w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/cmilac.png

I was beaten by a master this weekend. He told that in order to improve chess players should study endgames. I don't understand why I should study endgames. If I can't get through the middlegame or the opening or am I supposed to get to a endgame? Also I bought a endgame studies book and I don't see the point in going over these studies. None of these positions are ever going to happen in any...

Sanny wrote: It would be very difficult to trap the computer in first 20 moves from now as the Middle Game have been improved a lot thanks to your guidance. Not nearly enough. Now it first advances its pieces before bringing its queen into the center.

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Sanny wrote: Below are the top 10 Players who were ranked based on number of games they win. You can view all games played by them. http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html The Ranking is as follows. 1) Taylor Kingston Won: 16, Lost: 0

Below are the top 10 Players who were ranked based on number of games they win. You can view all games played by them. http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html The Ranking is as follows. 1) Taylor Kingston Won: 16, Lost: 0 Rating: 1150

Hello, Recently it has ben discussed here How to study endings. I propose an ending to analyze: It seems to me that white achieved an ending a little better but only a mistake for black allowed the win (It was a 15min+3sec game) Anyone interested propose what was the fatal mistake??

"Chess Discussion" http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess_General_Discussion/ Has anyone ever joined this group? Is it any good?

Hi all Chess experts, I love playing chess, but not an expert of rules. I need your comments on one of the situations which arose in a game when I was playing with my opponent, and I am not sure whether it is a win or a drawn game (kindly excuse me if I am not using the correct technical words). My oppenent was put in a situation where he was left only with the King on the board. The King was...

The Chess game is playing very good. It has beated every player atleast once except Taylor Kingston & Perrypawnpusher The game is playing quite fast that it allows upto master level to be played. Play Chess at: http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html Now, no one criticizes that it is playing weak moves. So now I cant improve the game further. But I see good players beating the Normal &

My opponent was rated 2065, but he didnt play like it. I get two pawns pretty much for free and I have a huge attack. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 ( is this the best move?) ...c5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 c4 (i think this was blacks first mistake, is it ok for me to pawn grab here?) 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Qxc4 OO 12.Bc2 a6 (a wasted move by black) 13.Qd3 g6 14. Bg5 h6...

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+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ In Duras-Teichmann, 8 | |///| |///| b |///| |///| Ostend 1906, White +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ offered a rook with 7 |///| | p | | r | p | k | | 43 Rf5. Black declined +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ (43...Qc3) and lost 6 | | p | | p | |///| |///| an exciting struggle ...