Chess Grandmaster. Formerly second in the world. Chess Writer
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Feb 17
Friday's puzzle was a study by Filip Bondarenko.The solution: 1.Rg1 ,Bb1 2.Rc1!,c5 3.Kg1, c4 4. Kf1, c3 5.Bc3:,f5 6.Ke1,f4 7.Kd1, f3 8.Rc2!, followed by 9.Kc1 and mate.
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Feb 14
"The beauty of chess is it can be whatever you want it to be. It transcends language,age, religion,politics, gender, and socioeconomic background".
Simon Williams
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Feb 10
Friday's puzzle was a study by Valentin Rudenko.The solution: 1.Rf3 ,Kh2 2.Qf4 ,Kh1 3.Rh3 !,Qh3: 4.Qe4 ,Kh2 5.Qe5 ,Kh1 6.Qd5 ,Kh2 7.Qd6 ,Kh1 8.Qc6 ,Kh2 9.Qc7 ,Kh1 10.Qb7 ,Kh2 11.Qb8 ,Kh1 12.Qb1: ,Kh2 13.Qg1#
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Feb 7
"The worst blunders occur on the days when you're feeling in form and aren't expecting the chess gremlins to strike".
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Feb 3
Friday's puzzle was based on a study by Bruno Breider. The solution: 1.e6 ,g5 2.Re5,Ng6 3.Kh7,Ne5: 4.e7,e1Q 5.e8N!,Qg3: 6.Ng7 ,Kh4 7.Nf5 ,Kh5 8.Ng3: ,Kh4 9.Nf5 ,Kh5 10.g3 and wins.
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Jan 31
"In the art of chess, there are no unalterable laws governing the struggle which are appropriate to every position,otherwise chess would lose its attractiveness and eternal character".
Vasily Smyslov
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Jan 27
Friday's puzzle was a study by Carl Behting from 1903.The solution: 1.Rg2!,Qg2: 2.f7 or 1.-,Qf6: 2.Rg8 ,Kb7 3.Rg7 and White continues the rook checks till the Black king is on f7. Then a check on f8 is forcing a draw.
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Jan 24
"I feel as long as we are still playing tournaments face-to-face wih real pieces that it's important for our visualization skills to also train with them sometimes.Otherwise the switch from virtual can be a subtle shock".
Garry Kasparov
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Jan 20
Friday's puzzle was based on a study by Alexander Stavrietsky. The solution: 1.d5 ,ed5: 2.Qg6 !,fg6: 3.ab7:,Kb7:4.h6!,gh6: 5.f6,f2 6.Kf1 and wins.Or 2.-,fg6: 3.ab7:,Kb7: 4.f6 etc.
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Jan 17
"We associate chess with intelligence not just because the game requires us to think several moves ahead,but because its relationship to culture discloses our mind's relationship to the world".
Jonathan Rowson
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Jan 13
Friday's puzzle was a study by Juan Carvajal. The solution: 1.Bb5,h5 2.Kf6,h4 3.Ke5,h3 4.Kd4,h2 5.Bc6 and wins.
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Jan 10
"Chess players have very complex styles.There are these stereotypes which is natural, but most top players are very universal.There are some slight stylistic differences but those don't manifest so clearly in games because often the main tool is their calculation"
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Jan 6
Friday's puzzle was the final part of a study of mine from my new book "Timman's Studies".My study was based on a study by Pietro Rossi. The solution: 1.d6!,ed6: 2.Bg2,Bc8 3.b7,Nb7: 4.Bh3!,Bh3: 5.f5,Bf5: 6.Kf5:,d5 7.Ke5 and wins.
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Jan 3
"Chess reflects how people long for meaning and purpose in their lives,how we want to live intensely,craft something of beauty,test ourselves against others,and achieve a sense of mastery in our own endeavours".
Robert Desjarlais
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