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 222 times to chessgames   [less...]

Jul-25-22 E Matsuura vs V 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. ...      Apr-17-22 P Ware vs J S Ryan, 1880   ChessCoachClark: This game is prime teaching material for looking ahead, rather than 'automatically' Promoting. You get an instant stalemate by Promotion, but get an instant checkmate by Under-Promoting to a Knight! What a powerful demonstration they provided here, both the players and ...      Apr-01-22 J Eising vs L Schneider, 1979    ChessCoachClark: Indeed, the mating pattern is notable, as few Pawn mates are extant. However, I slightly disagree that the Black Queen is superfluous in the final position. The Black Queen is crucial in the mating process, which is far more important for a chess learner and is inclusive of ...      Feb-25-22 Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910   ChessCoachClark: My favorite example of the Double-Check mate (even though Black did not play the best plies) and the impetus for my project, Game Collection: Double Check Mate Examples . This game is a older treasure to be memorized.      Jan-27-22 A Kalaiyalahan vs D Jameson, 2017   ChessCoachClark: Nice to see a recent example of the Opera Mate. My students will love it because it has a different flavor of Queen sacrifice as well.      Nov-24-21 N Pert vs F Waldhausen Gordon, 2021    ChessCoachClark: Fabulous ending-- En Passant Mate! Wow!!!      Nov-10-21 B Amin vs I H Labib, 2001    ChessCoachClark: Another inaccurate pun, based on inaccurate pronunciation. Amin here is a name based on the Arabic word for faithful, trustworthy, honest, reliable, etc. It has a long second syllable. The Arabic word used to close out a prayer could have the same spelling in English, but it      Oct-26-21 C Teichmann vs H De Carbonnel, 1960    ChessCoachClark: The partial score of this game has been included and discusssed with relation to similar games on pages 10-12 of Castling to Win! by Robert Timmer. N Minev vs J Fichtl, 1958 is the key game for the discussion. An interesting read, for sure.      Oct-23-21 N Minev vs J Fichtl, 1958    Sep-06-21 J Wagenaar vs P A Fontaine, 2009     Aug-23-21 Tischbierek vs J Levitt, 1987    Jun-27-21 M Roiz vs Z Gyimesi, 2009     May-23-21 P Cramling vs J Gallagher, 1992     May-22-21 M Womacka vs D Pruess, 2008     Apr-01-21 H Vetter vs M Gerusel, 1981    Mar-09-21 E Delmar vs J Elson, 1870     Mar-04-21 V Nielsen vs F Englund, 1899     Mar-01-21 T Luther vs O Touzane, 1994    Mar-01-21 U Kersten vs S Minor, 2016    Mar-01-21 Harshit Raja vs R Faizrakhmanov, 2016    Jan-27-21 L Jiang vs P Cramling, 2004    Jan-02-21 Y Drozdovskij vs J Barle, 2010    Jan-01-21 D Ilievski vs P Graul, 1976     Dec-31-20 R Praggnanandhaa vs D Howell, 2017    Dec-24-20 K Blagojevic vs V Borisenko-Belova, 1964    Dec-15-20 V Zakhartsov vs A Ainutdinov, 2013    Nov-26-20 D Gurevich vs Nijboer, 1996    Nov-25-20 K Spraggett vs P San Segundo Carrillo, 1989     Nov-22-20 Menchik vs J Kolski, 1938    Nov-09-20 Gufeld vs Tal, 1959     Nov-05-20 A Fomez vs M Lanzani, 1988     Nov-05-20 G Spencer vs NN, 1893    Oct-24-20 S Sargissyan vs Read Samadov, 2018     Jun-26-20 A Zude vs L Sanchez Botella, 2014     May-25-20 Y Kambrath vs M Scherer, 2013     May-15-20 Z Franco Ocampos vs Guimard, 1980     Apr-29-20 Schlechter vs Stubenrauch, 1901    Apr-29-20 Yates vs V Marin y Llovet, 1930    Apr-29-20 K Richter vs K Darga, 1950    Apr-22-20 J Moeller vs H L Jonsson, 1901    Mar-14-20 A Sabotic vs Andrey Voropaj, 1997    Feb-04-20 Benko vs W Hartmann, 1984     Sep-26-19 Shamkovich vs Alburt, 1983     Jul-09-19 M Muzychuk vs Yifan Hou, 2016     Jul-09-19 Rivas Pastor vs Huebner, 1985     Jul-08-19 I Buljovcic vs Maric, 1967     Jun-27-19 V Doroshkievich vs Shabalov, 1990     Jun-19-19 Chandler vs A Fernandes, 2001     Jan-26-19 Tal vs Pliss, 1950     Nov-22-18 M Mosadeghpour vs V Sanal, 2015    Apr-23-18 Aronian vs P Smirnov, 2004    Apr-23-18 V Gashimov vs Xu Jun, 2004    Apr-23-18 Filippov vs Van Wely, 2004    Apr-23-18 Pelletier vs S Kristjansson, 2005    Apr-23-18 Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2006    Apr-23-18 Lautier vs Sutovsky, 2005    Apr-23-18 Timman vs Kuzubov, 2005    Apr-23-18 Kramnik vs Z Zhang, 2004     Apr-23-18 Granda Zuniga vs Naiditsch, 2004    Apr-23-18 S Polgar vs Chiburdanidze, 2004    Apr-23-18 Portisch vs Z Izoria, 2005    Apr-23-18 Topalov vs Adams, 2005    Apr-23-18 Krasenkow vs T Markowski, 2004     Apr-23-18 L E Johannessen vs R Schmaltz, 2003    Apr-23-18 Anand vs Adams, 2005    Apr-23-18 R Ruck vs R Markus, 2004    Jan-07-18 Grischuk vs Timman, 2002    Jan-07-18 O Loskutov vs D Chuprikov, 2000    Jan-07-18 Radjabov vs Adams, 2002    Jan-07-18 Lautier vs L Karlsson, 1999    Jan-07-18 E Schiller vs Yakovich, 1998     Jan-07-18 Aronian vs Beshukov, 2000    Jan-07-18 E Moradiabadi vs Adianto, 2001    Jan-07-18 A Anastasian vs D Stojanovski, 2001     Jan-07-18 Landa vs S Shipov, 1998     Jan-07-18 J Schmied vs M Ammer, 1996    Jan-07-18 Adams vs Timman, 1999     Jan-07-18 A Kovacevic vs M Pavlovic, 2001    Jan-07-18 A Zontakh vs S Martinovic, 2000    Jan-07-18 Barsov vs D Sharma, 2001    Jan-07-18 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000    Jan-07-18 Vaulin vs Smagin, 1997    Jan-07-18 S Buckley vs G Lane, 2002    Jan-07-18 Sutovsky vs G Dizdar, 1997    Jan-07-18 F Vallejo Pons vs Avrukh, 2000    Jan-07-18 I Papaioannou vs D Mastrovasilis, 1998    Jan-06-18 Shirov vs Topalov, 2002    Jan-06-18 de Firmian vs P Carlsson, 2002    Jan-06-18 Kramnik vs Karpov, 1999    Jan-06-18 A Holmsten vs G Mohr, 2001     Jan-06-18 C Ionescu vs Aronian, 1999    Jan-06-18 Bareev vs Onischuk, 2002    Jan-06-18 Ponomariov vs Milov, 2001     Jan-06-18 G Soppe vs F Braga, 1998    Jan-06-18 R Ruck vs Krasenkow, 2001    Dec-30-17 Kasparov vs Lutikov, 1978     Dec-29-17 Yermolinsky vs Seirawan, 1997    Dec-29-17 Bareev vs Fedorov, 2000    Dec-29-17 F Berkes vs S Cao, 2001    Dec-28-17 J C Alvarez Marquez vs Nyback, 2002    Dec-28-17 Van Wely vs Polgar, 1997     Dec-28-17 Oll vs Svidler, 1997    Dec-28-17 Chabanon vs C Bauer, 1997    Dec-28-17 B Socko vs Nakamura, 2002     Dec-19-17 Najdorf vs Mecking, 1978    Nov-27-17 Hector vs Barbero, 1991     Nov-26-17 Yanofsky vs J Tornerup, 1947     Nov-17-17 Van der Sterren vs Ljubojevic, 1987    Nov-13-17 Portisch vs Damjanovic, 1968     Nov-12-17 McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834     Aug-10-17 Mamedyarov vs Lu Shanglei, 2016     Jul-11-17 Nunn vs Seirawan, 1982     Jun-03-17 Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941     Mar-03-16 B Perfors vs F van Seters, 1955    Jan-03-16 E J Diemer vs Illig, 1954     Dec-27-15 P Nikolic vs Huebner, 1994    Dec-27-15 Lasker vs NN, 1898     Dec-19-15 A Ettlinger vs Janowski, 1898    Dec-19-15 Ed. 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