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Alex Moellering discusses some of the tricky ideas when using the knight. Learn about forks, outposts, and smothered mate. CCSCSL Staff Source link

Welcome to the dynamic, counter-punching Pirc Defense. A sound, fighting defense that will give you many enjoyable chess games. Gain a deeper understanding of this hypermodern opening by learning the ideas and strategies for both sides in the Pirc Defense. Arguably, White’s most aggressive option is the Austrian Attack (4.f4), but do not underestimate the … Read more

IM Christopher Yoo was victorious in his round of 16 match today against GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG. Few points separated the players for the majority of the match, but it was the American IM, who already earned and is awaiting confirmation of his brand new GM title, who … Read more

Posted bychessmusingsApril 18, 2022April 18, 2022Posted inBetcha Can’t Solve This, chess, Chess Homework, Chess Puzzles, Herbert AhuesTags:Ahues chess, Betcha Can’t Solve This, Checkmating, chess, chess composer, Chess Homework, chess problems, Chess Puzzles, difficult checkmating puzzles, difficult chess, FIDE chess compositions, German chess composers, GM chess composers, Grand Master of Chess Composition, hard chess puzzles, Herbert … Read more

The chess boom triggered by the 1972 Fischer–Spassky match enthused many talented youngsters, especially in Britain. Boris Spassky became an early casualty of the fallout from the ‘English chess explosion’ when he took on a schoolboy squad over 30 boards in 1979. The event was the brainchild of Leonard Barden who wrote a daily chess … Read more

Fred Reinfeld The Man Who Taught America Chess, with 282 Games Alex Dunne 194 pages | Softback | Bibliography, Indexes | $45.00 Jefferson: McFarland, 2018 Tim-Jake Gluckman This biography of Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) covers the chess life of an outstanding producer (writing, editing, ghosting and translating) of over 100 books on chess, and more than … Read more