Here are some chess puzzles taken from strong players in March tournaments. It's White to move and win except where noted. a) http://wtharvey.com/c2006a.png Suat Atalik vs Hakan Erdogan, Istanbul, 2006 3rk2r/p5pp/4p3/q1bbN3/8/2p3P1/P1Q1PPBP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1 b) http://wtharvey.com/c2006b.png Suat Atalik vs Mert Erdogdu, Istanbul, 2006 3Q1n2/5bk1/6r1/6p1/1q6/2N1N3/P1K5/5R2 w - - 0 1

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c6 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5.ed ed 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.c3 Be7 8Qe2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.f4 c5 12.Qf2 cd 13.cd h6 14.Ndf3 Nf8 15.f5 N8h7 16.Qg3 Nh5 17.Qg4 N7f6 18.Qh3 Qb6 19.Kh1 g6 20.g4 Ne4 21.? For those interested, setup the position when you are free to study it, and, without moving the pieces, study the board and come up with what you believe is White's best move. Both sides have...

The opening "Berlin Wall" is mentioned in a book i am reading on the Taimanov System. The Berlin Wall is mentioned as an opening strong players often use against equal opponents. What are the opening moves for "The Berlin Wall" ?

Take The Chip*** wrote: I'v I can't believe this impostor 'crapola' - Jase..

Our Easter egg this year is a free download of the Tournament Opening Book Elect. :-)

2r3k1/pp3ppp/3p1b2/3n1b2/P4P2/8/3KP2P/3Q2R1 b - - 0 35 This is from a hastily hand written board position from a game I'm playing with a co-worker (work is fun!), therefore the 35 is just a made up move number. I'm Black and I've played moves since, but this is the position that had me troubled. Even though I've lost my Queen, I still like my chances, and it seems I'm tantalizing close at this...

I played the following game out the other night to a draw. Somewhere in the middlegame, I lost the initiative and ended up being lucky to eek out a draw.

Here's a collection of traps & zaps from Slav miniatures (D15): http://www.wtharvey.com/d15.html What's the winning move?

It was Old Timers Day! What an emotional outcry from the fans............and that was just for the hot dogs......... There's evidence some of the players may still be on steroids...........In the 1st inning, the very 1st batter bunted the ball into the upper deck.......... The Washington Nationals have a good chance at winning the World Series..............all of the other teams have agreed to...

I have to play a 1/4 final match at my club against a caro kann player. Since i've never encountered these lines, i'm playing for 2 years now, what opening would you recommend to me? I like to play the Ruy Lopez and the Sicilian Defense and the Nimzo-Indian agains d4. What line would suit me? Maybe the Bayonet Attack? I feel bad playing defensive,cramped positions. By the way , my opponent is...

right now i am trying to learn some openings i would like to look how grandmasters played this opening and what happend in the midd game. so any1 now of a place i could fined ther full matches???

This is a game I played in recent weekend tournament. Time control was G/90.

Well guyz..........he played exactly, almost, what I expected him to play! The almost: he played Bd3 on his 8th move, instead of b4. He saved that for his 10th move. So........I'm out of "book" on the 8th, trying to figure out how not to waste a move with d6, when I know I might have to play d5, while at the same time doing something useful. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3...

This is the game between Kiril Georgiev and Dgebuadze from round 5 of the European Championship 04.08.2006 Georgiev,Ki (2645) - Dgebuadze,A (2535) 7th ch-Euro Kusadasi TUR (5), 08.04.2006 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 b6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Qe7 10.0-0 h6 11.b4 a5 12.Bb2 axb4 13.axb4 0-0 14.b5 Rxa1 15.Rxa1 Ra8 16.Rxa8+ Bxa8 17.Qa3 Qd8 18.Bh3 Bb7 19.Nd2 Ne4 20.Nxe4...

Am I missing something obvious here? In his "Beating the Anti-King's Indians", Gallagher in his analysis of the London System claims that Black is in trouble if he plays 4 ... Nh5 and goes after the Bishop immediately. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Be5 f6 6. g4 {Supposed to be Black in trouble according to Gallagher! Does not go any further than g4 - suspect I am missing...

I am considering purchasing Fritz but during some reaearch I have become aware of problems using various (though not all engines). From what I can gather a lot of engines produce an "Unknown Error" message if you try to use them on a system where Fritz is installed anwhere other than C: (an exception to this rule being Crafty). Now whilst I dont want to get in a slagging match, if this is the...

I've got a match coming up against a guy who plays 1.e4 100% of the time, for which I reply 1....e5 and he replies 2.d4 100% of the time. We have never played each other. I plan on playing 2.....exd4, for which, he replies with 3.Nf3 100% of the time. I have never had to play against this in a standard game and am seriously studying the line for the first time. All of his opponents (this is on...

April Fools Ha ha, I made you look.

I saw a book called "chess bitch" by jennifer shahade and it says that she is a chess bitch. What *exactly* is a chess bitch? Is that like a female chess player that steals another girl's boyfriend? Or is a female chess player who is part of a motorcycle gang ? please tell me;