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| May-15-08 | | TommyC: Nigel Davies recently and kindly engaged in an interesting debate about chess books on the blog I run and help write: http://streathambrixtonchess.blogsp... |
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Jun-03-08
 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< If top players were dependent on spectators for their income then all but Kasparov and Judit Polgar would starve and even they would have to tighten their belts considerably.> -- Nigel Davies
Sheer nonsense! All they need is professional management. |
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| Jun-18-08 | | Zygalski: If you play the Schliemann variation of the Ruy Lopez, Gambiteer II has extensive & new analysis of many lines. |
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| Jul-12-08 | | myschkin: 04/15/2008 Interview:
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Q. What do you consider to be your best game?
A. If correspondence games count it's a game I played as White against Tadeus Wilczek played in 2004. .... ......
[Date "2004.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Davies, Nigel"]
[Black "Wilczek, Tadeusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O c3 8. Nc4 O-O 9. Qd3 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Be7 11. e4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Rad1 a4 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne3 Nb3 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Bh3 Nc5 19. Ng5 Ne8 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Qc4 Kf7 23. Nd5 b5 24. Qxb5 Ba6 25. Qa5 Be2 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qxa8 Bxd1 28. Nxe7 Bb3 29. Nc6 Kg8 30. Nd4 Qc4 31. Qc6 Nd6 32. e5 Qxc6 33. Nxc6 Nc4 34. Bc1 Ra8 35. f4 Na5 36. Nxa5 Rxa5 37. f5 Rd5 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. g4 h5 40. h3 Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Kf7 42. Bg5 Ke8 43. e6 Bd5 44. Kf2 c5 45. Kg3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kf8 47. Be3 c4 48. Bc5+ Kg8 49. Bb4
 lack resigns.; Enddate: 9/28/2005
1-0
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| Jul-12-08 | | myschkin: .....
A. ...... If they don't then maybe my game against Stepak played in Israel in 1991. .....
"the grünfeld defense"
(Nigel Davies, 2002)
http://www.dedenksportkampioen.be/?... has it as <Davies-Stepak, Ramat Hasharon 1990> if someone is willing to look it up, thx in advance^^ |
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Jul-22-08
 | | notyetagm: This upcoming book from EVERYMAN CHESS looks like it could be pretty good for us USCF Class (1758) players: http://www.everymanchess.com/displa...
<The Rules of Winning Chess
Nigel Davies
Some players seem to be naturally gifted at chess. Almost effortlessly they seem to know what to do in every position. They recognize the best squares for their pieces; they know whether to seize the initiative with a bold attack or play quietly; whether to trade pieces or avoid exchanges; how to exploit opponents' weaknesses while minimizing the effect of their own - they make it look all too easy! Why is this? Do they know something the rest of us don't? The answer is they do - they know the Rules of Winning Chess. These are the key fundamentals of the game, principles that you can easily learn and remember, and that will help you to achieve both greater understanding and enjoyment of chess. Do you want to approach every game with the confidence you can deal with any situation put in front of you? The Rules of Winning Chess will show you the way. *Covers opening, middlegame and endgame play
*Written by a renowned coaching guru
*Ideal for improving players
Published July 2009 EU, August 2009 US | ISBN 9781857445961
Format Paperback, 192 pages>
Hopefully there will be a lot of GM Magnus Carlsen games/positions in this book. |
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| Dec-30-08 | | katar: <notyetagm> Thanks for that link! I'm looking forward to it! Anything by Nigel Davies is pure gold for us class players (1819uscf). |
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Feb-18-09
 | | furrer: I read on amazon.com that hes aouther for a book on the catalan? Do anybody here have some tips for a good book on the catalan? |
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| Feb-18-09 | | whiskeyrebel: My favorite Catalan book is "the Catalan" by Raetsky & Chetverik (Everyman Chess). |
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Feb-18-09
| | furrer: ok, sounds interesting, Ill take a look at it when im done with my Najdorf rep. |
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| Feb-18-09 | | whiskeyrebel: I also have the Angus Dunnington book on the Catalan. I prefer the Raetsky & Chetverik. They cover the wild lines where black plays an early b5 and tries to hold onto the pawn better according to my amateur understanding of course. I also picked up a good deal on the Catalan from John Donaldson's white repertoire book which is topnotch. |
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Feb-19-09
| | furrer: Yeah, the b5 variations (white pawn sacrifice) were actually the reason I didnt wanted to play the Catalan, but I have changed opinion :D |
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| Feb-19-09 | | whiskeyrebel: White has a raftload of compensation that seems fairly easy to take advantage of. My early attempts (I just started playing it at the U.S. open last August ) with the Catalan have lead me to agree with Donaldson that amateur players don't often have a planned response to it. Everybody seems to think they can wing it. |
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Feb-19-09
| | furrer: Yeah, and genereally i play the fianchetto against all indians + benoni/benko, so why shouldnt I play it against the QGA/QGD/Slav!? :)
Much easier rep., and perhaps white will not obtain an davantage, but in the endgame (according to Sloth, world corrospondence champion), black has to play 10x more precise then white. |
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Mar-03-09
| | whiteshark: "One of the hallmarks of very strong players is the ability to recognize when they should try to do something and when it is better to play a move which just simply improves their position. This is why top class games often give the impression that nothing is really happening whilst in reality their outwardly innocuous moves represent a cagey struggle to outmaneuver their opponent. The two adversaries are working towards the right moment to strike, knowing full well that a premature attempt to force matters could simply lose the advantage or even totally rebound." -- Nigel Davies
--> Quotes Of The Day (from Kelly Atkins) http://www.gmchess.com/ |
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| Mar-07-09 | | WhiteRook48: that correspondence game was long |
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| Mar-07-09 | | MaxxLange: I really like his "Let's Take A Look" column at Chess Cafe |
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| May-27-09 | | myschkin: . . .
another "little" fan of Nigel: http://kaydensstory.blogspot.com/ Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayden... |
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Jan-21-10
| | whiteshark: Nigel Davies' <Advice on Torture>: "Sometimes the market reminds me of playing a worse endgame against someone like Mikhail Gurevich. They move you back and forth, slowly improving their position whilst testing your nerves and patience. The advantage may not be much at first, but when compounded by some small mistakes it becomes much more serious. Strange things start happening when you're put on the rack, opportunities are missed and the mind starts playing tricks." http://www.dailyspeculations.com/wo..., July 26, 2007 |
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Mar-26-10
 | | wordfunph: During the school days of Nigel Davies, he spent many happy hours, during mathematics lesson, working out the famous knight tour puzzle in the back of his exercise book. |
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Jun-10-10
| | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<It's amazing how bad much published analysis is; you discover this when you check it, especially with Fritz running in the background. And once a mistake has been made it is usually copied uncritically by other authors.> -- Nigel Davies
I feel I'm to blame. ;D |
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Oct-21-11
| | whiteshark: <It's amazing how bad much published analysis is; you discover this when you check it, especially with Fritz running in the background. And once a mistake has been made it is usually copied uncritically by other authors.> What a lifemasterish description |
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Oct-21-11
| | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< There are a number of top professionals (e.g. Morozevich & Korchnoi) who have expressed the view that White's supposed advantage in chess does not actually exist. > -- Nigel Davies |
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| Oct-21-11 | | BobCrisp: Imagine being rated 2600+ and still not being the top rated <Nigel> in the world. So unfair. |
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| Jul-31-12 | | LoveThatJoker: Happy Birthday, GM Davies!
LTJ |
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