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Puzzle Worthy Position 22

Tonight I started a combination with intuition and finished it with victory. But, as Mark Zuckerberg said, “In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” Good advice for chess and life.

Puzzle Worthy Position 21

Tonight we see a classic example of the King’s Gambit gone wrong via a common blunder by white in the Falkbeer Counter-Gambit.  [Event “SocialChess”] [Site “Internet”] [Date “2016.05.10”] [White “@o@ (1507)”] [Black “Chris Torres”] [Result “0-1”] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.fxe5 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 Qxe4+ 5.Kf2 Bc5+ 6.Kg3 Qxe5+ 7.Kf3 Qf5+ 8.Ke2 Qe4# 0-1 *

Latvia vs USA Chess Match 2015

    Team USA will be winning the Latvia – USA Correspondence Chess Match of 2015 and I helped lead the way as our highest board with a perfect result. My advice is simple, “Keep Calm and Take Your Time.” LAT-USA 2015 TD Kracht, Jörg (IA) Latvia White Black White Black USA Board 1  SIM Roze, Andris  2513 ½ ½ContinueContinue reading “Latvia vs USA Chess Match 2015”

Kindred’s Special: The Radio Chess Match of 1945, A Historic Shift in World Chess Power

   Hidden behind the communist wall of secrecy for many years, the Soviet development and interest as a propaganda tool found silence as the American chess superiority in various international team events saw the US squad notching one win after another…. Read the full article via http://ift.tt/1kBFCUb

Mark Hebden shows longevity by winning seventh British Rapidplay title

3415: White mates in two moves, against any defence (by Frederic Gamage). Trickier than it looks. Speed chess is popular and a large global internet audience watched Magnus Carlsen perform last month at the world rapid and blitz championships in Berlin…. Read the full article via http://ift.tt/1MpgECj

Inspiring photograph emerges from chess championships 

   DRESDEN, Germany (MyFoxBoston.com) – A chess match is inspiring people around the world thanks to a viral photo. The World Chess Championship for Disabled is going on right now in Germany…. Read the full article via http://ift.tt/1W5RnhI

A 75-year-old man saved children from knife attack during chess club

   He’d finished his tutorial and was walking around the room to survey the children’s chess moves when a man brandishing two knives burst into the room threatening to kill them. The children, aged 7 to 14, froze in their seats…. Read the full article via http://ift.tt/1Mv6Sut

The Richest Chess Tournament Ever is Happening Right Now in Vegas (Excerpt from Maxim)

   While chess is definitely having a moment — the recent release of Pawn Sacrifice, starring Toby Maguire as eccentric chess whiz Bobby Fischer; the rock star status of current world champion Magnus Carlsen, the highest-rated human to ever play the game — I’ll admit this upfront: It does not ge… Read the full articleContinueContinue reading “The Richest Chess Tournament Ever is Happening Right Now in Vegas (Excerpt from Maxim)”

When Chess Was King of the City

In the summer of 1972, one of the city’s newspapers did an informal survey to see what patrons in local bars were watching on TV. It was a time before sports bars existed, yet it seemed reasonable to assume that most would be tuned in to watch the New York Mets, who were still inContinueContinue reading “When Chess Was King of the City”