epub |eng | | Author:David Pritchard

6 THE MIDDLE GAME Introduction In the opening and the end game the chess player can fall back to a considerable extent on the labour of others. In the middle ...

epub |eng | 2015-05-25 | Author:David Edmonds & John Eidinow [Edmonds, David & Eidinow, John]

Fischer off-stage continues to command almost all the attention. In the press, much of it makes for uncomfortable reading. The Washington Post agonizes that “Fischer has alienated millions of chess ...

epub |eng | 2014-02-17 | Author:David Lawson [Lawson, David]

CHAPTER 14 “The World Is His Fatherland” Morphy’s formal challenge to the chess players of the world, offering the odds of Pawn and move, was never taken up. Thereafter, however, ...

mobi |eng | 2013-10-12 | Author:Kraai, Jesse [Kraai, Jesse]

LUBBOCK Coming off the plane, Lisa thought she saw the word “chess” far down the terminal. She ran to it. All summer she had been like a metal detector, trying ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2005-09-28 | Author:Jennifer Shahade [Shahade, Jennifer]

In the view of my coach, Victor Frias, putting in fewer hours is the main reason the best female players are not at the level of the best males. He ...

epub |eng | | Author:Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Philidor In the following position, which is favourable for White, he cannot nevertheless force a win: White: K at Q 7, R at K 8, pawn at K 5, Black: ...

epub |eng | 2012-10-04 | Author:Georges Renaud & Victor Kahn

The object of the following maneuver is to open the KR file. 1. RxP, KxR Forced. 2. R–R1 ch K–Kt1 3. R–R8 mate. Mate No. 9A White to play and ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2013-11-26 | Author:Michael Stean

The triumphant entrance! We now see the immense power of a Rook on the seventh row. 22. … Rf7 23. Kxg2 Rc5 He cannot avoid losing a Pawn. His position ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2012-10-04 | Author:Irving Chernev

15 ... P−KR3 16 KR−Q1 O−O 17 B−B3 Q−Kt1 18 Q−R4! The first in a series of ingenious moves which leads to a devastating King-side attack. 18 ... KR−Q1 Black ...

epub |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:Willy Hendriks

Much has been said on the issue of time pressure and there is a general consensus that avoiding it is the best advice, as time pressure affects everybody’s level of ...

epub |deu | 2011-09-14 | Author:Fred [Fred]

„Wie schmeichelhaft", grummelte sie. „Nein, ich meine, heute ist der große Abend. Dein Date mit Nick. Das darfst du nicht verpassen." „Ich kann es verschieben", sagte sie freundlich. „Quatsch! Doch ...

epub |eng | 2012-10-18 | Author:Brennan, Tim & Carson, Anthea [Brennan, Tim]

epub, pdf |eng | 2013-08-11 | Author:Edward Lasker [Lasker, Edward]

5. P—B 3 Kt—Q B 3 Black cannot put off White’s P—Q 4 by B—K Kt 5, for White can give a check with the Queen and unpin the Knight. ...

epub | | 2013-05-02 | Author:Graham Burgess, John Emms, John Nunn & John Emms [Graham Burgess, John Nunn & Emms, John]

Black to play 4a31) 20...Rc8?! is probably bad after 21 f5 Qxa2 22 Qf6 Rc7 23 fxg6 Qa1+ 24 Kd2 Qa5+ 25 c3 Qa2 (otherwise 26 Qf7+ wins) 26 c4 ...

epub |eng | 2014-06-09 | Author:U.S. Chess Federation [Federation, U.S. Chess]

29E5b. The 200-point rule. Transpositions and interchanges for the purpose of minimizing the number of players who receive one color two or more times more than the other color should ...