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Virtual Chess Openings
The most comprehensive chess opening reference in the world 1. Nh3 threatens 2. Ng5 , and if 1 Bf6 2. Ng5 Bxg5 3. Qh8 mate, or 1 f6 2. Qh8 mate. Problem II. 1 Bxd3 prolongs the game and isn't as good as 1 Ra6 , which prepares 2 Rca8 and 3 Qa1 4. Nxa1 Rxa1 mate. If 2. c3 then 2 Bxb3 wins a piece, and if 2. Ne2 then 2 Bxb3 threatens 3 Qa1 mate. Problem III. 1. c4 and now 1 Qxc4 2. Bd6 Ke8 3. Qg8 and mates or 1 B-moves 2. Bd6 . Black resigned after 1 d6 2. Rxd5 in view of 2 exd5 3. Bxd6 . Problem...
Giorgi Kacheishvili Chess Coach
USCF History, p. 10 served as both USCF and World Chess Hall of Fame executive director. His latest book, with Lev Alburt, is Chess Training Pocket Book II. North American Open, p. 18 is a frequent contributor with over 100 Chess Life articles carrying his byline since 1975 and is the president of the Chess Journalists of America. Ray Robson Profile, p. 24 is a media developer and foreign correspondent for the Internet Chess Club's Chess.FM. He was voted 2008 Chess Journalist of the Year by...
Phil LeCornu Life Member
USCF life member bequests 350,000 to USCF The U.S. Chess Federation learned of the passing of a longtime member, Phil LeCornu, through a letter from the execu tor of his estate informing us that he had left the Federation a bequest of 350,000. I was sorry to hear of his death but not at all surprised at his generosity to chess, for Phil and I were good friends in Chicago in the sixties and seventies. I discovered chess as a teenager, age fif teen, and by sixteen attended the major clubs...
The Berlin Defense and the Endgame
The Berlin Defense C67 in the Spanish torture is designed to head right into an ending. Benko brings us up to date on the latest in this potent weapon against attacking players. The third Grand Prix event of 2008 was organized in Elista, Russia. The Berlin Defense variation of the Ruy Lopez, a system that leads to an early endgame, was played four times here. Even Garry Kasparov praised it, label ing it as an effective weapon against attacking players, as Kramnik showed when he successfully...
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