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We’re quite busy with the holiday season right now, so I don’t have a lot of time to talk. That being said, one of the other things I like to do – especially when i want to unwind – is play Dragon Age: Inquisition.
What does that have to do with chess sets and a chess store, you might ask?
While you’re out adventuring in the game, your NPC (non playing character) teammates will banter about with each other. You can have different folks on your mission, but if you have two of the NPC characters together – a big …
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Chess Puzzle with FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos
Greetings again!
After a bit of a hiatus, we resume our series. We left off last time with a little chess puzzle:
Howell-Bitalzadeh Chess Puzzle
White has a very nice way to win here, by creating a battery with his queen and bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal. The only problem is that Black can close this diagonal with .f5, and that gives us the hint we need to win:
17.Nf6+! If Black takes, then 18.Bd3+ Kh8 19.Qe4 forces mate or …
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Chess Puzzle with FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos
Before we have a look at a new puzzle, let’s take a look at our chess board from last time:
Starting Position
Last time, we asked if this move was a blunder. Solving this is a two-part question. First, you have to find what looks like a great tactical opportunity for White. Tartakower managed that part.
9. Bxb8 At first glance, this is a winning or at least a very strong move. Black recaptures the bishop, and then White …
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Chess Lesson with FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos
Many view the tremendous depth of chess opening theory as a curse, and while I probably wouldn’t agree I certainly understand the feeling. There’s a major tournament underway in Holland at the moment, and one game finished in a draw after 35 moves, and the player who had the black pieces had prepared the whole game on his chess set at home. He didn’t have to find a single move on the chess board!
Even your humble author had a blitz …
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Sorry about the month or so of radio silence – the holiday season was a bit crazy and it was all hands on deck getting all the chess sets to their rightful homes and into waiting hands.
We’re back, and we’ll start with Dennis’ Holiday post. A little late perhaps, but not to bad for a chance to reflect and look back.
Chess Puzzle with FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos
The Christmas season is upon us, a time of year when we are reminded that it is more blessed …
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Chess Lesson with FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos
The World Chess Championship started this past Saturday, November 9, and it is the most eagerly awaited title match in many years. The challenger, 22-year-old Magnus Carlsen of Norway, has captured the imagination of the chess public in a way that no one has since perhaps the young Garry Kasparov, or maybe going even further back to the phenomenon that was Bobby Fischer. Carlsen’s charisma doesn’t come from the kind of dynamic, outspoken personality evidenced by Kasparov or Fischer, and his …
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Chess Puzzle with FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos
A new World Chess Championship match opens this Thursday (November 7) with play beginning on Saturday (November 9). This contest between world champion Viswanathan Anand and his young challenger, Magnus Carlsen, is one of the most eagerly awaited championship matches in chess history, and I hope all of you will spend some time following the action over the next few weeks. (It will be covered on many websites, including my personal blog.) It will be a clash of generations, styles, and …
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