ChessCoachClark Member since Jul-06-13 Coach for the Royal Guards Chess Club and the Imperial Guardians Chess Club, which meet at public libraries. Recently became a professional coach for several private and public schools. Continuing to find it very satisfying to train new/beginning and intermediate students of this magnificent game. Our first motto is, "Excellence is more than skill." Our second motto is, "Honor is our reputation." So, sportsmanship and respecting diversity are essential to us, always.

ChessCoachClark has kibitzed 229 times to chessgames   [more...]

Feb-15-23 Stahlberg vs J Bolbochan, 1941    ChessCoachClark: Calling 41. ... Nxe6 slightly better than 41. ... Bxe6 is too superficial. Stockfish 15 evaluates 41. ... Nxe6 as M9 (an improvement on the M10 from SF 11), but 41. ... Bxe6 is M4 at d51: 42. Qe5 Kh7 43. Rg7 Kh8 44. Ra7 Qf6 45. Qxf6#. Also, White had a Battering Ram ...      Jan-09-23 Topalov vs S Nadir, 2016    ChessCoachClark: In reality, the pun is off by quite a bit. Nadir actually means rare, precious and special. As with Polish, German, Spanish and other surnames that have been "disqualified" by Kibitzers, e.g., errors with "Euwe"-- putting a name exclusively in English can be faulty. Nadir is      Dec-11-22 Nikos Reich vs B Lauer, 2002   ChessCoachClark: White waited to the end to make the sorriest blunder! 88. Nb3# should have been played, instead. There are several M3 lines as well, per Stockfish 15.      Sep-06-22 Kotronias vs J Bellon Lopez, 2009    ChessCoachClark: An excerpt from this game was used in Puzzle #740 by GM John Nunn in 1001 Deadly Checkmates.      Sep-06-22 I S Padurariu vs C Foisor, 2008   ChessCoachClark: An excerpt from this game was used in Puzzle #743 by GM John Nunn in 1001 Deadly Checkmates.      Sep-06-22 S Mulligan vs D Foord, 2007   ChessCoachClark: An excerpt from this game was used in Puzzle #738 by GM John Nunn in 1001 Deadly Checkmates.      Sep-06-22 Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002   ChessCoachClark: An excerpt from this game was used in Puzzle #745 by GM John Nunn in 1001 Deadly Checkmates.      Jul-25-22 E Matsuura vs V R Castro Carneiro, 2017    ChessCoachClark: After 75. ... Qf4, the position is identical to Diagram #4 in Combinations the Heart of Chess, by Irving Chernev. That diagram is from the game Augustin vs. Bongrantz, which seems to be unavailable. This game is modern and easily analyzed in comparison with Chernev's ...      Jun-07-22 Fischer vs J Warren, 1964    ChessCoachClark: I found it interesting that Warren played against Fischer in another simul game, in a suburb of Chicago and also earned a draw then, as well. Once is luck, maybe. Twice ...      May-02-22 Hertneck vs R Ris, 2007    ChessCoachClark: Found this game in one of fredthebear's collections while searching for stalemates and almost couldn't stop laughing when I saw that Black tried FIVE times to force a stalemate: 57B, 59B, 61B, 62B and finally with 63B, where White took the Rook and sealed the stalemate. ...

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