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| Aug-06-09 | | hms123: <benjinathan. I saw that quotation in one of the reviews--It is amazing that Botvinnik could make such a mistake. |
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Aug-07-09
 | | HeMateMe: Does anyone have the puzzle book of Sherlock Holmes combined with chess? It's an entertaining book of 'missing moves', you have to figure out how a position was arrived at, with Holmsian logic. No help from Watson, and a spot of someting at Simpsons later, if you are famished. |
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Aug-08-09
 | | Phony Benoni: I used to own Raymond Smullyan's <The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes>, along with his similar book, <Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights>. Both contained retrograde analysis problems which probably would not trouble a real pro in the field, but challenging and mind expanding for the average player. Utterly impractical, of course. One of his ideas was to derive problems based on new rules of chess, not just new pieces. One of my favorite problems comes from his variant "Monochromatic Chess", in which a piece can never move to a square of a different color. Think of some of the implications. Knights can never move. Pawns can only double jump on the first move or capture. A rook can never reach the eighth rank. With that in mind, here is a problem based on a position from a game of Monochromatic Chess:
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There is another piece on the board. Is it on a light square, or a dark square? |
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Aug-08-09
| | HeMateMe: Are there any game collection books out there that are on disk, or in ebook format? What I'm looking for is a set up where you can play through the analysis diagrams by clicking a board with the mouse. It takes too much time to set up a board to play through long notes. Some of us cant see the long variations too clearly. Thanks in advance. |
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| Aug-08-09 | | hms123: <HeMateMe> There are lots of game collections at chessgames.com--just go to the game collections page Game Collection Search and search. I do this all the time. What books are you looking for? |
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Aug-08-09
| | HeMateMe: No, mean actual books written by the players, say, Smyslov's "Endgame Virtuoso", but in a format where you can click through the analysis diagrams with a mouse. |
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| Aug-08-09 | | wordfunph: <HeHateMe> try this link, lots of ebooks here in CBH format where you can play it using your mouse but most of the books here delved on openings.. http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant... |
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Aug-09-09
| | HeMateMe: thanks Wordfumph. Are you a Black Panther? Just curious. I'm wondering if the ebooks at everyman are just the printed word imposed on the screen, or can you click to play through the games, or analysis, the way you do here at chessgames? |
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| Aug-09-09 | | wordfunph: <HeMateMe: thanks Wordfumph. Are you a Black Panther? Just curious.> i don't know what you mean by Black Panther..
<I'm wondering if the ebooks at everyman are just the printed word imposed on the screen, or can you click to play through the games, or analysis, the way you do here at chessgames?> i haven't tried it yet but i believe those cbh everyman ebooks feature printed words just like in pdf format ebooks and mouse-playable just like what you desired. You may visit my forum for us to discuss other stuff. |
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Aug-09-09
| | HeMateMe: Its the the raised, clenched fist. It was a sign of militancy for the black Panther movement of the late 60s and early 70s in the USA. A sign of struggle for american blacks to get more equality under the law. At the 1968 olympics in Mexico City, I think it was a sprinter named John Carlos, who, on the medal stand, raised a fist, just as in your avatar, while wearing a black leather glove. You can find it on youtube, among other places. |
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| Aug-09-09 | | parisattack: <HeMateMe: Are there any game collection books out there that are on disk, or in ebook format? What I'm looking for is a set up where you can play through the analysis diagrams by clicking a board with the mouse. It takes too much time to set up a board to play through long notes. Some of us cant see the long variations too clearly.
Thanks in advance.>
Not exactly sure what you need. I wrote a program so you can see diagrams of the main game along with sub, sub-sub and sub-sub-sub diagrams of variations without having to re-set the pieces each time. |
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| Aug-09-09 | | just a kid: Hi guys!I was wondering which attacking book would be better for a player of my level (about 1600,can play better than that on a good day though) The art of attack of chess by Vukic or attacking with Mikhail Tal? |
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| Aug-09-09 | | benjinathan: <HeMateMe> Funny that you should ask that question. I was just thinking along those lines today. I was thinking that the Kindle has not taken advantage of its full potential. It could be used as you suggest w/o much difficulty I would havethought. I also thought that the idea of diagrams and photos in books could be completely changed. One could write a full scale proper (as opposed to a coffee table) history book for example and have access to thousands of pictures or maps. I thought it could be a deal changer. |
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| Aug-09-09 | | pulsar: <Its the the raised, clenched fist. > <HeMateMe> If I may answer for my friend <wordfunph>, the raised, clinched fist is symbolic for fighting or struggling for something. It's usually used by militant activists and leftists in our country to signify their continuing fight. |
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Aug-10-09
| | HeMateMe: Which is your country? Just curious. |
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| Aug-10-09 | | pulsar: <HeMateMe> Philippines. :) |
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| Aug-10-09 | | hms123: <just a kid> Those two books are very different and both are excellent. I think Vukovic's book is probably closer to what you are looking for. I believe that there are game collections available on chessgames.com for both books. |
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Aug-10-09
 | | ChessBookForum: <just a kid> We just found these comments: <dzechiel:> <A Karpov Fan: Could anybody here recommend a good book to improve my tactics? I barely scratched the surface with this puzzle :-(> Early in my chess "career" I read "Chess Traps, Pitfalls and Swindles" cover to cover, and it caused me look at the board in new and different ways. Can't say it will do the same for you (and you will likely have to learn descriptive notation), but that would be my recommendation. Good luck. <A Karpov Fan> Also take a look at "Predator at the Chessboard" to get some solid concepts.
http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/ |
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| Aug-10-09 | | wordfunph: <HeMateMe> Philippines. :) |
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| Aug-10-09 | | parisattack: <just a kid: Hi guys!I was wondering which attacking book would be better for a player of my level (about 1600,can play better than that on a good day though)
The art of attack of chess by Vukic or attacking with Mikhail Tal?> Attack with Tal for my money. Watch how Tal so often lets his opponent gain tempi for himself (Tal) in the openings. Tal was no nonesense about the openings - especially as White - grab a piece of the center, then develop quickly! |
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| Aug-12-09 | | wordfunph: When famous bank robber Willie Sutton was arrested by FBI in 1952, in his possession was "How To Think Ahead In Chess" written by Al Horowitz. Sutton robbed about 100 banks from the late 1920s to his final arrest in 1952. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/a... |
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Sep-01-09
| | HeMateMe: Man, what a coincidence! I saw an item, where Pretty Boy Floyd had a copy of Tarrasch's "The Game of chess", when the G-men cornered and swiss cheesed him! |
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Sep-01-09
| | HeMateMe: Does anyone know where a cheap copy of Soltis's "Pawn Structure Chess", or an ebook version, might be had? Its out of print, dealers want $40--50, too rich for my blood. |
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| Sep-02-09 | | wordfunph: <HeMateMe: Does anyone know where a cheap copy of Soltis's "Pawn Structure Chess", or an ebook version, might be had? Its out of print, dealers want $40--50, too rich for my blood.> <HeHateMe> i have a pdf file of "Pawn Structure Chess" by Andy Soltis. The algebraic version file is 11,255 kb while the descriptive is 9,338. If you want a copy, pls visit my forum. |
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Sep-02-09
| | ChessBookForum: <whiteshark> Rustam Kasimdzhanov - BEATING THE FRENCH Vol.1 In his DVD series on the French Defence, Rustam Kasimdzhanov presents a promising White repertoire based upon 3.Nc3. Topic of the . rst DVD is the position following 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5, in which the pawn on e5 secures the first player a space advantage in the centre and on the queenside. In 13 video lessons the author shows how White has to use his trumps to get an attack on the king or a better endgame. During 3.5 hours of analysis, featuring mostly topical games of top grandmasters, Kasimdzhanov conveys valuable knowledge of attacking ideas, typical manoeuvres and plans in an easily understandable way. (original link: whiteshark chessforum) |
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