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| Feb-28-08 | | mack: That chesscafe review (http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/bo...), plus the excerpt (http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/s...), has taken my excitement to boiling point. |
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| Feb-28-08 | | DrGrobb: Wish ,I had known the uscf was going to carry it,I would have got it from them!!! |
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| Feb-28-08 | | MichAdams: So which British authors are going to do a comparable job for Mike Basman? I'll settle for just the one volume, though. |
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| Mar-26-08 | | mack: The long-awaited publication of the Suttles books has been accompanied with a flurry of activity over at www.suttlesbook.com. The following is now available: Four book reviews: http://www.suttlesbook.com/book-rev... 27 games from the Seirawan/Suttles tandem simul: http://www.suttlesbook.com/suttles_... A copy of 'The Suttles Tapes', mentioned here before: http://www.suttlesbook.com/Suttles-... An incredibly fine article by Bruce Harper about fritzing Suttles' games: http://www.suttlesbook.com/bruce-ha... And, er, a crossword: http://www.suttlesbook.com/crosswor... |
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| Mar-26-08 | | Shams: I won't believe this book exists until Ed Trice says it does. |
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| Apr-23-08 | | Calli: I'll give you three guesses:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1... |
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| Jun-25-08 | | TommyC: Fans of Suttles should be pleased with this review . . . http://streathambrixtonchess.blogsp... |
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| Jun-25-08 | | mack: Gah, what's the reviewer going on about Roy of the Rovers for? Is he some sort of blithering drug addict? |
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| Jun-25-08 | | TommyC: Yes, only crack-whores write about Roy of the Rover on chess blogs. It's all they *ever* do. |
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| Jul-18-08 | | AuDo: Suttles is a CC Grandmaster. I would like to see his CC games here. |
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| Jul-18-08 | | whiteshark: <AuDo: Suttles is a CC Grandmaster. I would like to see his CC games here.> "...the Eino Heilimo Memorial, which gave Canada it's first correspondence GM (Duncan Suttles)"
http://chess.bc.ca/Bulletins/bccfbu...
The Ultracorr 2006 database is only showing 16 games from this tournament. |
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| Oct-14-08 | | parisattack: I highly recommend the Chess On The Edge series to Suttles fans in particular and hypermodern aficionados in general. Extremely well-annotated games, many insights, just lots of fun! Wish the current GM circuit scene had some diehard hypermodern players. The books were worth the long wait. |
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| Nov-08-08 | | PhilFeeley: I saw Duncan walking across UBC campus today with his wife, hand-in-hand. It was very good to see them. I didn't introduce myself (maybe next time as I work there) but was glad to recognize them from the excellent simul/celebration of the book launch in Vancouver. What do you say to a grandmaster who probably won't recognize you from Adam? Hmmm...[Shaking hands], "e4" ? |
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| Nov-23-08 | | parisattack: <What do you say to a grandmaster who probably won't recognize you from Adam? Hmmm...[Shaking hands], "e4" ?
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In this case probably, 'g3!' |
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Nov-30-08
 | | ketchuplover: Have you sac'ed your wife lately? |
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| Mar-24-09 | | parisattack: Where have all the hypermoderns gone? (With apologies to Peter, Paul and Mary.) After the long wait for the Suttles volumes I'm surprised no comments on them. I think they are excellent, lots of fun, educational. Anyone else? IM Day? GM Keene? My wish for classical chess is a hypermodern rising-star... |
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| Mar-27-09 | | mack: <parisattack> I adore the books, as you may have guessed; I was the author of that review that <TommyC> links to below. Definitely agree that there's been a shocking Suttles-based chat of late. Let's sort that out tomorrow when I'm not about to pass out. |
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| Mar-27-09 | | parisattack: <mack:> I look forward to your thoughts! The Review is folded inside the front cover of Volume 1. Which tome, by the way, is already ragged, richly marked-up and ready for a replacement! |
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| Mar-28-09 | | parisattack: Two ideas that interest me with regard to Suttles chess (in addition to those delicious hypermodern openings, of course!) - 1) The concept of 'flexibility' in chess. I've hypothesized this as a basic element along with space, position, material and time (initiative). Suttles, Petrosian and perhaps Ulf Andersson were on a separate plane in this regard. IM Day's chapter in Keene's Learn From the Masters seems to hint at this concept. Flexibility is closely related to 'dynamic' in the way it is expressed in Cole's old book, Dynamic Chess... 2) That Suttles was a superb tactician. I remember studying Nimzo's games with my teacher, Eugene Salome, who had been close to Senior Master strength in his prime. One comment always stuck, "Remember, all of this fancy positional work is totally meaningless unless you have the tactical skill to execute it.' There is almost always a tactical 'point' that makes the strategy viable. The Chess on the Edge series are the most enjoyable books I've purchased for many years. Yet I am hesitant to recommend them to many players on the 'Kids, don't try this at home' theory. Although its made my enjoyment of chess much greater I have always suspected hypermodernism cost me 200 ELO in strength. I have other thoughts, including the 'half-fianchetto' but will wait to hear from others with their ideas. |
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Apr-10-09
 | | ray keene: i shall shortly be reviewing the suttles trilogy in the times and the spectator |
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| Apr-10-09 | | parisattack: <ray keene: i shall shortly be reviewing the suttles trilogy in the times and the spectator> Great! I will watch for it but if you could let us all know when and a pointer to it, much appreciated, GM Keene. |
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| Jun-18-09 | | parisattack: I consider the dreath of interest on this forum to be symptomatic of the lack of genius and creativity in classical chess today. Let's all Fritz the Semi-slav, forget everything else. |
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Jun-19-09
 | | IMlday: Nakamura is scoring a very high percentage with the Suttles systems. Maybe he will bring them back to fashion. |
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| Jan-07-10 | | parisattack: Back on a hypermodern kick I went through quite a few games in all three volumes of Chess on the Edge. Wonderful books; I am surprised after everyone so anxiously awaiting them, no discussion... |
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| Jan-07-10 | | MaxxLange: I thought about buying them when I saw them in a club's bookstore at Christmas, but I'm on a kick of trying to quit buying every chess book that catches my eye. I ended up buying just de la Villa's "100 Endgames You Must Know" (which is really good, by the way). Maybe I'll budget for V1 of the Suttles later this year. I don't make New Year's Resolutions, but I am tempted to say "this year, new chess books can only be bought with money from selling some of the old ones" |
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