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In his last article chessbibliophile offered a review of the site ChessPublishing.com:
From this month he would discuss selected opening updates from the site-Ed.
Marjan Kovačević (1957-) is an outstanding Serbian chess problemist. His work has received a number of prizes. He has also co-authored a book, 2345 Chess problems – Anthology of Chess Combinations with late Milan Velimorović.
Marjan Kovačević
The following two-mover won the First Prize in the FIDE World Cup Competition 2011.
White to move and mate in two moves
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Picture: Courtesy of Wikipedia
The other day I was poring over updates from ChessPublishing.com, a site dedicated to opening theory. My friend, Max was bemused.
“Is theory so important?”
Yuri Bazlov (1947-) is an outstanding Russian composer with more than 200 studies to his credit. A number of them have won prizes. Here is his latest achievement.He shared the First and Second Prize with Oleg Pervakov in the Composing Competition held on the occasion of Tata Steel Tournament 2013. The study makes a stunning impression. Enjoy!
Two years ago the chess world celebrated the 100th Birth Anniversary of Mikhail Botvinnik, the sixth world champion. Way back in 1980s the Patriarch, as he was known, authored a famous trilogy, Аналитические критические работы.
This has been translated by Dr. Ken Neat and published as Botvinnik’s Best Games by Moravian Chess Publishing. The series deserves to be better-known. Here is a review of the first volume-Ed.
When should you trade pieces and go to the endgame? There is a good, general rule. When ahead, trade pieces; when behind trade pawns.
When you are ahead, trade pieces to increase your material advantage.
An open file is a file that has no pawns on it. Either player can place a rook on an open file to control all of the squares on that file.
A half-open file is a file that has pawns of only one color on it. A player can place a rook on a half-open file to control all of the open squares on that file and attack the opponent’s pawn.
Annual money rankings are available for many reputable sports. For example, lists by Forbes (highest-earning tennis players; highest-paid NHL players, best-earning men in biathlon, etc.). Unfortunately, this is not the case with chess, where financial data is scarce, and secretly handing out fees in envelopes is still a widespread practice.
It is very important to understand different types of tactics in order to fully realize your chess potential. Previously we published articles on this topic, feel free to review Direct Tactics and Dynamic Tactics ideas before you jump into discovered tactics section.
Discovered tactics occur when you move a piece out of the way to uncover another piece. The piece in front blocks the piece behind it, and you move the piece in front out of the way.
In January 2013 Magnus Carlsen officially became the highest-rated chess player ever, beating the seemingly unsurpassable achievement of Garry Kasparov (2851). Magnus’ ELO reached a skyrocket height of 2861. However, after winning Tata Steel Chess Tournament Carlsen’s February FIDE rating is expected to be 2872, which is another record. Many people have announced a “countdown to 2900”, eagerly anticipating Magnus to hit that ethereal mark. So, how good are his chances?
