Pawns, Charge Up! Episode 8
Posted on July 27, 2012 by iPlayooChess in Beginner’s Corner, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles
We all have experienced the situation at the chessboard where we sort of get stuck and seemingly can’t do anything active. Yikes! What to do about this? Well, last time in episode Seven we saw that infantry could do impossible things, sometimes sacrificing themselves for the good of the Army. One option is the so called charge up sacrifice when, as IM Tim Taylor put in his Pawn Sacrifice! Winning at Chess the Adventurous Way, ”you feel your position […]
Karpov’s Best Games: Kamsky vs Karpov showdown
Posted on July 26, 2012 by GM Ron W Henley in All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010), Strategy & Game Review
Anatoly Karpov presents his best games in an action-packed 4-Volume DVD entitled “Karpov’s Best Games”. These games were not actually picked by Karpov himself, but were picked by a team of 10 Grandmasters led by Informant’s GM Matanovic. Karpov is assisted in the presentation and analysis of his best games by award-winning chess producer and commentator GM Ron W. Henley. This DVD is flat-out awesome, as the 12th World Chess Champion elaborates on his most […]
Poolside Blitz #2 – Grunfeld Defense
Posted on July 25, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Blitz/Bullet Chess, Strategy & Game Review
After drawing game 1 of the Vegas Poolside Blitz Match at the Riviera Hotel, the pressure was mounting as GM Henley had the white pieces in round 2 against Will Stewart. To my understanding, Henley has traditionally been a 1. d4 player so it was no surprise to me that he opened with his queen pawn. However, I had something in store for Henley as he knew that I had played the King’s Indian Defense […]
Special Summer July Sale! 5 Classes with Chess Master William Stewart for $20 each!
Posted on July 24, 2012 by William in General Chess Articles, Non-Chess related
I‘ve recentely quit my full-time job to focus 100% on chess! Now that I have more spare time on my hand I’ve been hoping to take on more students. For the rest of July I’m going to be offering 5 classes for $20 each ($100 in total). You can buy a package of 5 classes for only $25 per class $20 per class. This means I’m taking a whopping 30% off 40% off my regular […]
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Kamsky was better, he just choked.