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Category: tacticsArchived Posts from this Category
This Week’s ChessVideos Show: Tactics Time!
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos @ 11:16 AM, Friday Feb 4th, 2011
Category: Blogs, Tactics, The Chess Mind For this week’s ChessVideos show, we look at nine positions of varying difficulty, giving you the chance to test your tactical acumen. If you solve all the problems, congratulations, but even if you don’t manage to go nine for nine it’s a good wo… Read More ...
A Cute Winawer Trap
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos @ 1:36 PM, Friday Dec 24th, 2010
Category: Blogs, Tactics, The Chess Mind After the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qa5 8.Qd2 b6 9.Ba3 should Black play the strategically desirable 9…Ba6? What do you think (without running engines!)? Read More ...
Two Excerpts from the European Rapid Championship
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos @ 8:50 PM, Tuesday Dec 21st, 2010
Category: Blogs, Tactics, The Chess Mind The European Rapid Championship took place in Warsaw this past weekend, and with tons of strong players there were many fine games and exciting moments. Not all the games were so impressive, however – witness this: Read More ...
A Fun Puzzle From Ken Regan – Solution Time
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos @ 8:38 PM, Monday Jun 14th, 2010
Category: Blogs, Tactics, The Chess Mind Here, one more time, is the position: It’s Black to move. In this post I presented the position without any suggestions or further information, and here I presented it with IM Ken Regan’s own hints. This time, you get Regan’s analysis – it’s just a cl… Read More ...
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