Dec-24-12 Lombardy vs G Kramer, 1957
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Eric Farley: This is not a King's Indian Attack. It's
a Grunfeld Reversed.
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| | Dec-10-12 Mecking vs Keene, 1967
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Eric Farley: I don't think the Modern Benoni is necessarily a bad defense. But it is tactical. Mecking is a tactical player, but weak at strategy: check his records against Petrosian (+0 -3 =1) and Karpov( +0 -2 =1). So a Lasker here would have chosen a strategic defense.
Mr. Keene is an ...
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| | Dec-02-12 Anand vs McShane, 2012 
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Eric Farley: REWARD!! The London Chess Classic sponsors are offering a U$1,000,000 reward for the capture of one Akiva Rubinstein, but only ALIVE. The prisoner
must be handed over to them in London, where he will not go to jail, but, instead, will have to suffer much harsher punishment: ...
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| | Nov-24-12 James Mason
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Eric Farley: Mason's book "The Art of Chess" is an excellent book for novices, but it was written in 1895. The opening 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 is actually called "Sarrat Attack." The book "Winning with the London System" discusses it. A contemporary player that uses the Sarrat Attack (or Mason ...
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| | Nov-23-12 Kasparov vs Short, 1994
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Eric Farley: If you think that tv sitcoms don't amuse you, turn to chess: you'll have lots of fun:
1)Khalifman Fide world champion.
2)Janowsky trying to defeat Lasker.
3)Bogoljubov trying to defeat Alekhine.
4)Short trying to defeat Kasparov.
5)To a lesser extent, Gelfand trying to ...
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| | Nov-21-12 Alekhine vs Feigin, 1937
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Eric Farley: Euwe, in his book "The Middlegame" vol 2, said that "when one has a certain advantage that can't be exploited by direct means, one must maneuver.There must, however, be a definite advantage, no matter how small for maneuvering to be practical. When this isn't so and one ...
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| | Nov-21-12 Women's World Rapid Championship (2012)
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Eric Farley: It's interesting to note that Stefanova -- a d4 player - defeated Humpy, Kosteniuk, Lahno, and Muzyshuk -- all e4 players. This pattern emerges constantly in other tournaments. Do we have a message here?
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| | Nov-20-12 Reti vs Teichmann, 1908
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Eric Farley: And the statistics above refer to Teichmann as black. As white it is virtually the same: +5 -1 = 10.
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| | Nov-16-12 Kasparov vs NN, 1998
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Eric Farley: Any simultaneous exhibition is nothing but a display of hubris and arrogance. Sometimes, these wankers get their comeuppance.
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| | Nov-12-12 Gulko vs Kasparov, 1990
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Eric Farley: Kasparov was Gulko's favorite punching bag.
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