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ck n 25 ws clle for: 2 e5 34 Ae3 (3 . . 6 46e3 5 .5 ) 4a5 4 5 6 c4 67 Aa7 7. a4 c5 8 6 89 a5 4 1 .f3 Ac7 l l Ae2 a4 1 2 l + 4 1 3 Ac2 446 e3 1 c6 a7 16 a6 a5 17 8 A8 18 7 519 .A3+ + 2 5 3.c4 (3 a5 6 45 2 5 4 c5 6 6Ag5 7 . g2 A 8 7 c7 3 5 d6 4 6 c5 5 7 A4) 3 d645 d2 eepg a eye e -pw a5 c7 6.a4 J1 7.52

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gainst a and b-pawns ths foraion is enogh o daw as Whe s ng can' tnat on h qnsde 8.b6 6 .ab6 6

The nex position s very simila despte te additional hpawns, due to thewrong" ooks paw o h3

WerFer Z 1959 4.a4 y a dcse mste allownglak's g to get t a7. 544 wa ncessy a ointd out by Pa eno inC Endgme ons, p.24: 54 c7 55a5 8 565 Aa3 57 c8

58a6 8 59 Ae4 c5 (59 c8 6a7 Ac5 6 a4 + ) 6a4 A465 + 4.. .c7 . 8 6.a a7 7.a4 . 8. 2.2 Afte 59A5 Ae3 66+ x6 6lax6+ x6 64 7=Blaks s nside Rauzers drwn zone a6-c45e4h (for he dealsAveh, eape #8 p41. ...3 .b3 d2 6l.+ 7 62.a4c6 63.+ c drw agre s Wie can't mae any ea prss

he connctd passd pawns suisingy n win in th followg position

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78 + 67.a4 6 68.a d6 69.4 6 uld sav lac now uunfrunay i s nt pssib. 69 . 69 1 f 75 c7 71.6 e75 8 7 .6 c 7.5 Ax5 75 x5 7 765 e77Ae+ 70. h 7. h c7 72.6 7 73. d4 74.a6 7Se8 0

That psina cnsiains can b ran han aria in psicld bishp nings is llusra y th nx to vy faus xaps

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pig Whit i Zgzwag 62 2 62f3 4 63 . 4 el 6.e3 l 62 f2 63 . 2 f3 64 e5 l 65 el e3 66 A f4 ) 52 .Axf6 g3 53 .e2 a2 (53 . d4 54 xd4 h4 5 5 . 6 g556d2 54.e3 g4 55e2 5 56 al e 4 5d2 4 58A2A3 59a d3 6 6 Ag4 6L a l A5 62 2 f4 63 .Ac3 g464Af6 al 65. Axa l h4 66 6 g5 6e3= 4 . 6? 48.f2c5 49 .e3= .

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Bs of Opps and Rook

Karste Muller

Whe rk ae nvlved ptclre bh endngs, a f new fch a saccng xchage ad layng or a come t ay. Generaypeakng, e wnnn cance f the aackg de are mc ger than ppsteclred sh endng wtho rks. Te r exae demnsraes:

E Lasker-Caabanca ew York 1931 +

tt the r the tn wd be dead drwn, bt wth em Capabancaw cvncngly: 65 2 66 2 66.cl 3 6k8+ b5b8+ 4 69 8 69.c8?! 2+ l 3 ) 69 . c+ .bl 2 r 3 66 3 67 c6 68 2 68.c8!? h 69cl

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Kramnk-Kasparo Brngames WC London 2000 +/

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c e d td ee ojects, ete Stnto design o ot,c e oed t ge

One iy ay went ove a stdent' s hose to give a esson and fond i toe tely sic wih coon cold wondeed why he pnt hdn't calledme to cancel te lesson, when he eplained it l away, syig that the coghingan seeing we nothing to wory aot nd tat I sholdn't e so prnoidHe even oeed soe tisses

t's when I decided to inodce a new nd of lesson nstad of siing togeherwith y stdent at the od, I had hi tae p esidence o te coch, wile fond my nice on a cofoale cai, twenty fet away o th entie ho we

tled chess withot a se t with twety-foot er zone t was hdlesso, ad an epedient oe, togh y its teminatio I felt someting adcliced Whats moe, so did the stent, wo cae aay wit a te sense ofaccoplishent The fate got e left-ove tisses

eeafte, I had stdents ayze i heir heds alost l te ie, even whehey ween't sic n there were no comfole chais. vetally ged othow to ae ch of this hed s wor, d elly thin y stdets were

te pi enecies which is nothig to sneeze

Q Many b stress sualatn and sght the bard n rder t play wellIs ths an nnate skll r can t be deelped? t s smethng that can bedeelped are there any drlls r exercses that yu culd recmmend enMcklewrght, USA,

A e faciity sees ainy o e inate, hogh capale of eing shpned

nd ipoved Geely, yo can develop these ment scles y eercisigthe reglarly, lwys ing the effot to anlyze i the ind, whethecosiderng position o solving a prole f yo wnt yo visalizto toipove, s le, sist oving the ieces no ate how hrd he sittioapps or ecoes And if yo give p on an eaple, contie to se yored when yo o t e soltion Tht s, sre to play the aswe in yord not on e od t ays to e ersisten ot this, fo tt's how yo cn

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dditio to solvig tactics in yo head yo cold lso develop yovislization y aying ove entire gaes, stopping to cec yoself eveve moves o so Sipy sa at the eginning of a ge ad y to play the stve oves in yo n As yo igine the position fter the fh ove,actally ply the oves on e od fo contion Then, in the se way,poceed mentaly onwd to move ten . Now play these oves o the oa to

coooate the s well. m tee, forge ahead to ove ftee, followigthogh wit the sme ocede g togh to the ed of e gme

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g e ea g o a coue ee yu c ck arund weae ea Ceain oo alo could ee icely uc a e olelgehhe ri e oe, oug upereded by oday daaaeecology, pred hudrd o gae payd y a pacuar ce gra,i dagr irpered every v ov hy re erric ource oaia, ad vry pfu o vra eraion of op payr.

r o acy h o mar o good ou alray a a viualizigahad, youre probaly o gog o ake uc progr wou puing iime ad eo. Youl eed o au ad pracce god ai o evrovig he pc he ayzig o aer a, pai ad iple

Q T ha een d yu ue mpuer-baed nrun n yur lesns? Al,ha eahng ehnues d yu emply hen ung uer? m SeenUSA,

A r aed ug copur o aid i rucig ce aroud 1980, w a a poepro for a Eecroic. e copay ad coe ou vra hadhd compur game, oe beg ce h ary compuer cgae re piv, u hrough y, a produc bcae mor advac

and accee, ve ued e creagly o ep eachg he gae

here are may a o u copuer o hep uor ch, ad o o ocreaiv ue ae y o e dicoverd. h chie echiue v rlied o i oplay ih h i ad agai he copuer her a iediacy o a ca e goen ro loong a a ga er een pad, he oeo h ing id he ov ha beco muddled or o y viue obeig er a he gae i cocevd eacr ca ak paiculary reevaueon o ge iid he ind ad drive igh no how ad a a udk. eig hr ao avoid e prob o icoec core, ere ovv n cordd ccuray or no a Ery eacer o ho fraig ca e o rcoruc a gae o yeriou oig ad ba pac

u er anor acor ha a or o irucio payg i hue agai e coper pcia p. ha h dicuo bee

acer ad ud c e reaig ad drc ihou acig he oppoe rpoe i o aurd i oud o dicu agy nd acic i au i o o a ive oppo He or h oud har convraio andae p o couerc i u copr da i i ee I pay o a i a vacuu, oblivou o uc couao So acr ca ae a plopely ad h ue ca acal ee i ipened, pracicaly ih oinerfrce e ru i por cio, or e ude e e vaue oe acher iig iealy a uccelly, raer h havg o

copred i h igeg dou o ayc arhough

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t e e eo eecte as sta exlaaos ad heret te ee whe the eaches onte ggestions are off the mar fo hecoe allows moes to e ten ac So f a lan doesnt wo he teache/stdet a ca ee why and this too ecome alale leing as n cae

where the stden oedes the teaches gdance and nst on followngthrogh with hs or he own eaonng. Once it ecome clear that the joeyhas gone awy the game can e taen ac to the oin of dte and elyedfom thee ths te tryng he teacher dea he ley deence n otcomeshold sea fo telf Te stdet les the hard way ad the ad way ssally memoale.

This technqe thogh is not the only means y whch comtes cn e sed

to assist ches stdy. Fo examle wth egard to oening wo yo cold aethe last nown theoetcal ositon and play nmeo gme fom here togeeae ew idea and to extend the length of yor e lnes. O yo cold seaos sotwae odc to each for reled saons o see how they werehandled Sch a stategy ams o aass a stocle of coresondng stionso hat elected ate ad cocet cn e asmlaed y shee force ad iall ther otly. le we nee want to sto thg there omethg to esad for some eetie leng ntil cean el eacon ecome aomc

nd theefoe ntte Ts ees energy for creatity and odcte tnnga well as fo national awaenes of whe les shod e oen.

Oe o he mot nctie thngs a tdet can se a come fo is to comleh o he own game. Comling he enale the maerl o eferencedqicy easy and n distinctie ways that highlgh ey des. The ocess loteds o edce mtaes and sae tme. mere clic will ae yo ac to theranchng ont wthot hag to moe ece o chec fo icoect lacementFnally f the ogram allows it yo can then nt ot ositions fom yogames fo sl reinfocement nd these re jst a few of the thgs yo cando wth comtes. Srely mch o wl e leed as chess teaches contneo themsele wth the new technology

Q am a USC exper and a chess teache read yur clumns regularly andn yur suggestns t be extremely nsghl y avrite bks change almst

daly, but the nes recmmend t my usually advanced) students 500-1800)nclude y Sye by Nmvtch, Thn lie a Gandmaster by Kt Myest Gmes of Ches 90897 by Alekhne, y 60 Memoale ames bysche and my all-tme avrte Zrch nteatoal Ches oamet 1 953by Brnsten These are all classcs and beleve that begnnng chess playersshuld becme amlar wth these bere they cnsder tacklng mre recentgreat bks such as Fre On oad anythng by vrets r hn atsn Secets of ode Chess Srategy Hweve the teacher shuld be veamlar

wth these and ther resurces, nt nly r the wealth practcal examplesbut als t help hs r her studens unerstan and enjy the cmplextes

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t m I un I v tu mnu JOilSe as bssmed under r perp despte my ug nd n ryr mre aanced tranng ae recmmene ta se a y tngster t help her n pers, but se s hag cul lcatg smee s cmpatble wth her persnal and sklls She s a yung teenager wh asganed almst 600 ratng pnts n three years t break 1900 SC shedecdes t enlst the servces smene a the nteet, hw wuld yurecmmend she select her next teacher an Ae, USA, 000

A It seems as if uve one a excellent jb Obviousl ur stuent is quite

talente but Im als sure shes benee greay fm ou expertise yucnce an yu sincety t akes a ver ise an loving teacher inee

recgnize that mabe the best ay o help a stuent s to help her mve n nthis suggests an answer to our quesin

T cntinue fullling our b as her teacher ou shoul take the acive role in

heping he n a ne chess teache hethe ts ough he nteet or b

sme other means s her teacher ue tring o cunsel her an ning a

new teacher invlves ming some reall icult ecisins. Shes ging

ee our caring avice With her apprv an tha f her parents you shuld

tae he initative in expng new pssibiliies.

Yu shoul cnuc the inteviews and make the intouctins Yu shul ask

the necessa quesins maintain cninuiy an insure a smoth rasitiAn u shul help the suent nalie he ew alliance b reviewing the s

cuple f lessns and pviing sincee feeback Fthermre afer the new

lessns assume hei wn life ere s easn yu shouldn t check in n an

he o see h thigs are going

If this is a prbem f he ne teache hen ne has t questin he e teache

Wata his r her tue conces? Helping he stuent r esblishng nance

Im not saying at u shul inteee with he ne teachers essns . Of cuse

his wul be cunerpructive and even injurius t the stuet. But its

perfectl reasoable mnitr hw u frmer suent is ding mantaiig

ur assciatin as a kin f ment especiall if the relatinship remais

muuall benecial s the natral utme o an goo eaching relatinshp lifelong rspect suppt an ienship. Surel the new acher can unerstan

this r hese ae higs he she psumably wans as ell G uck n u

seach It may n be eas to n anther u

Cks

Q ntce that yu always cmplment red Reneld and leae ut ng

Chee s the a reasn r ths? Als yur name s usually gruped wthtday ther chess ppularers wrters lke Ray Keene, Andy Slts, asser

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m I e t any yu te ne Rened Cn man ngan, 5000

A I dont always comlment Fred Renfeld I thn any thns aearnunder hs name are jejune rehashns ut I do thnk at hs best he was a realcraftsman oure rht however about Ivn Cheev nconscously I haveoften left hm out of my recommendatons and tis was atently unfar ewrote some reat chess books Le Reneld he also conveyed a asson fothe ame

Chess wtn can be straned and artcal t tycally conssts of lnkncontrved jdgments and serca varatons wth connectve ases and

clchs Real wtn s James Joyce Marcel roust Fan aa Vladmraboov John Udke and the le o chess wter comaes to any of theabove So tans for your consderaton but I am less a wrter and mor a chessteacer secazn n teachn youn chldren

Yasser Serawan has been Amerca's lean chess rofessonal for years As alayer joualst ouarers teacer an wrter he has conrbuted much tothe ame Andy Solts has wrtten some books that have become classcs

ersonally I thn Andy's column n Cess e s te best n ts coun that successfully reaches the wdest rane of layers

erhas these two wrtes are enttled to sha some of Renfelds mantle If sot would also be reasonabe to add to ths stell club eremy Slman JonDonaldson arry vans olay Mnev aov eshstadt m Medns AJ. Gllam John Walker ruce Albertson Fred Wlson Danel n ulanodson Muray Chandler and Cssa ows who else

or shoud we overlook those who concentate on avance materal John uohn Wason Alex eolnsy Amaza Avn and Mk Dvoretsky come tomn aven't hey also served to ouare the ame by shown ts ntue scence and by n to nsre all of us to conuer the hhest eak Andwhat about all the suerb contemorary wrters le out ths dscusson Theytoo have sured the rowth and evoluton of the ae alon wth cos of

cess wrtng from ealer tmes (Alekhne Botvnnk Rt zovchCaablanca Taasc Lasker Tartower eres an so on Most of y deascome om tem an a coule of hundred other wters so anyone mressed bymy wrtn" s really shown admraton for them

Q n ne yur ecent cumn yu suggested tat a gd exercse n endgametecnue and leang t n "n games s t take a resgned pstn rma grandmaster game and play te nnng pstn aganst a muh beer playr

r cmpute nder yu cud suggest sme esgned games that wuld bepaculaly gd r ths srt eercse Mark Gelt Canada 000


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ot tg yo u o t l t cng sds Tt s t opprts ug g y cold sk r c sd sh rtr v. If ss y sd t rd n d lt hr py yr pst s r r n f y rg dvng yo cn mk sm or tngt ord rnd onc g nd ltng r ply fr tr. Y cd d ss y ts s yo n sfl r cld lmt th r of cgs prgm. Intlly s g sy o" clngng t r wn pston s cdrnnrly d. Bt pos s dptly nd cnsstntly nd n m yo' l gt r toly log. It s ky xpmnt ntl y nd t ss to gr d hld ttnto.

f crs ll hs hs to do w of nsctin d wll cr

rngs hs off. T wrs tchns c flrs whn mplyd y nxprcd r nd ms pron ns c fl wh nt pprct dld prprl A gd chr cn scc v strtg t wg plc.So t's rlly ot s c t y b o yo d t. Mst of s ow ts . st rgt t nw nd tn.

Q am h ahr a arly alnd, 8-yar-ld chss playr h jus n h champnshp n hs sa Flrda) H gs lssns m a nanal masr

a ur hm v hr Tuesy r mnus pr sssn an a chssclub a schl r mnus nc per k durng h schl ya ands an-k chss camp ach summ and plays quads a a msly adul chssclub r abu hurs n vnng pr k als play hm abu r 4gams pr k, bu qu rankly, whl can pvd hm dcn cmpn,h usually beas me als sudes annad games r abu mnus perngh, r hr nghs per wk, and spn abu an hur r pr wkeachng hs 6 y ld ssr h play H prrs sudy gamsm h p

playrs n hs ag grup .. publshd ba and 2 gams m lar runds nanal r sa chnshp urns) vr hsrcal gams masrs. als achsens narrad gams n a ppular cmpur chss pgramm m m. n h mds all hs, h rmans an exclln sudn andahl msly baseball)

T usns: s s r hm b sudyng gams p kds, rahr han

gams masrs? s h gng enugh r much nsrucn? N ha hav alld hm s hs n chss schdule and h gvs hms m whn h hn h nds . had h pprun r wkly sssns h hNM, bu dcdd ha h aned hv mr "play m hnk h s mknggd decsns, and h rsus are shwng He s sll n lv th he game.Wha d yu hnk? Dnald A. Mhvch, USA,

A son clrly s prmsng yng plyr ws lv nd xcmnt fr

t gm s k m t f. I wold not wnt to pr t pgrth pprs hv w s smohly nd ctl

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d thn hweer, tht ch oe gh e gine looking at instructiveexaes rather than te creations of s thirdgrade i he hcprodctions are ikey to e pockarked with eoneos ans nd gaingoversigts I m amazed he s abe to get s hands on enog egie score sheets

to ake his eorts wothwhie Veteran observers ow tat the est of tesegames, eve when compete scores are avaiabe, fa far sort of aradigatc

exceence

I wod gess that the reason your son stdies sch contests is ecase hisemhasis has een on eating specic players Many yung peope ay witsch an ai, to beat paicar copetitors, bt ost teahers a ot coortaewt this appach ey fee it conveys te wrong essage and tatey has

ess vaue than studying exaes seected for instructiona or aesthetic reasonsBut if es hapy dong what he's doing, et him go on eing who he s In the

end, it's more mpotat to e happy, for this s suay the e path to sccessanyway

Fnay, yo ask if yor son is gettng too mch instction Actay, e ay e

getting too itte He receives one private esson every two weeks, whie other

top td-graders take as many as two and tee essons a wee Bt agan, we

a ave different needs and tastes, and te regen he's created for hisefsees to be worng very we. Be satsed that yo have sc a taented andmotivated cd Eveyone shoud e so lcky

Q: At at age culd lessns begn ? Ma Bgart USA,

A I nd tat the est age to st teachig a youngster chess s ve o six Ive

ntrodced a nmber of students to the game at for, the sae age tat young

oe start grapping wit other abstract concets, compex ones in ath andsc, and ts suposedy aso te age a wc Capabanca, word cesschapion 22 eed erey by watcing his ather pay I ve heard of afew ds eing eaier tan ta, not ney as spectacary, and oe weown cess teacer tod e e egan teacing his son at two e teacher fetthe essons weren't vey effective, thoug I shoud point ot tat his son went onto wn several Natona Schoastic Chamonsps

Another paen I knew was a devotee of Dr Sinici Sz and his teaching

methods in sic Te paent beeved that doing certain thngs from te time ofte cd s ih and after cod inst a recetivty to chess Specicay, he fette gndwork for deveopig a stng payer coud e aid by danging obiesof cess ieces above te cr, axig lge diagras of cess positions on tewas and ceiing, dispayig ictres of famos chessayers and events in thecid s room and throgot the vng space, gving te chid stued cess toys

to pay with and ook at, singing songs and readig poes with chess tees,vsiting touaents and chess eents, and smpy y taking about chess at

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e / et te tt e b en et in exptrince.\', n tat even wada, e a int a u st te c\in inte rd den 't e my antig t tay in bed r a eek aybe it jut tter maturit. Anywa, 'd greatly areciate a ree JnatanM USA

A Whnvr a vnr sms to b fatring, whhr ts comptitiv,nstrctonal, or boh, somtng shold b changd, vn f only n apparancTh da is to giv h nti nrpris a frsh fac, so h stdnt ca bginaan wth rnwd vgor If a sdn fals nto a slmp, akng a rspt, ordong somehing a l drnly for awhl s ogcal. Prhas assgnn arlatd poct mgt kp h stdn motad ntil h tim is ght to r

nr oamns Yo appar o b a snstv ducator, ho can probablyco p wh yor own idas on th sbct, so I sns yor stdns a n goodhands.

Nonhlss, a fw words abot copng wh losng might b apropos Forvryon, thogh for chdrn spcal, som osss can be xly panLosing a chss n pclar has th powr t lav s fing owid dvn hmlatd. a sm tha thr s vraly nong scnly soohng

to b sad to a yong boy or gr ar a ogh oss, which s o rason s wisto prpar hm for dat and potnta slmps ahad of tm

Yor nsgh abo th ncacy o som yps of consolaton rngs t Oftn har arnts and tachrs sayng how wl thir chags had playd aftr adshanng dfa, obosy to placat thm, but hs assagin contssaly sm hollow Unlss th losr acally dd pa wll, h or sh is lklyo se throgh sch nss and ct

For ths rason, h ost xprncd tachrs almost nvr t r stdntsa hy'v rfod bly whn patnly havn. Conc teachrsnd o or nl n h mdat arath, and whn thy do say anyng,whhr s pallav rmarks ar a oss or complmnts drng a lsson, hyam to b spcic, dmonsrating wth movs ad rasons why th prais sapropra In consnc, ths sasond mntors hav mch or powr to

aiora at crcal tims, whn rally matrs

I sms to m h bs hng a tachr can do afr a stdent srs a painfdfat is o gt n n w th yongsr s fings. Whn th ng aparsoppotn, th tachr ght say somhn lk know how you l, orwords tanamont to ths Mayb hs wont do h rck by itself Th tachrigh stll hav o ollow w a dctng asd or two, rhaps aldng o hisor hr own losng xpncs, and ho panf thy wre If th tachr can

sklfly snak in a agh of rcton, may h sdnt can on th tachrn soic accpanc and hor, wth th tachr sddy bcong th condut

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r e eegs. t oldn t e sising if e lagte soonurned to a cattic oodgate, w e d cying s o e eyes ot s oog o cy as o oaly kow, its wong to i is wong. Oce eease takes lace, life geneally moes on to getig some food, ogd catcing a all, o atciaing in some ote diveting acity At eatonals, fo instance, is ncanny ow ofte ks wll n laying speecess o gose wt te ey layes wo eat tem te last nd

Bt yo ae gt o ty o coe it tese olems befoe ey ape, foc of te sing assiaed wit losng can soned by ation. Pegtem fo te wos does' necessaly mean ta e teace sol pespsea snce of cceance tat t oa o lose fo is cl ll e ses

cometite ege, iggeng te vey oome o e escee A ete apac,it seems to me, is o sow stents a tey ae otios, wee winnng olosing, as tey ave coices in selectng candiate moves an ans f wing,ey mst o fo te most economical wa to w. f losing, ey ms ecideow o set olems fo tei oponens, wic cold possibly sae te gae atan Te teaces eal ai sol e to encoage stents to e acteaticiants n makng ei own ecisios, fo n cess few tngs ae osetan feeling ta yo ae de yo ooens tm.

Someo, ae tan eing a cesallen ctm in a losng game, a sensol e ae to assme the mnse of a isassionate oseve, wo isying o oize caces o esce a osition, as sdes natally do ngnalysis sessios n classooms. e stigma of ooming faile teebyemoed, e set ca dsneesedl aac e satio lookng f ees moes, as f yng to sole a zzle, te solion eig o sae off efeat.Stens o can e is ojectie ae ap to aciee at leas wo tings. Teywill oal ecome moe esocefl, capale of savagng any oeniallosses, an tey e likely o ecome moe ilosoical, bette eie oamelioae te own ain and seg. Teaces ale to insill sc wismae not only eling tei own stents lay ete cess, te ae also sevge geae aims of any by encoaging te se of eason and copassonin eveyay life.

du egnne

Q y anc and lve play games, ncludng backgammn, nply,

cards, , Scrabble and her rd games. s ve cmpeve, and amalms as gd as he s, especal a chess, hugh he des n hnk am hagd clamng ha am deensve He als hnks ha chess s he leas

nellgen game e play, and he des n lke chess players, reerrng sme

hem as "barbarans h can nl pla chess Recenly bugh a bk n

h play chess beer and my anc crced me He s n reall a readeand ceanly cann ge hm read anyhng ha read, and smemes

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eoe o e ade he oeaio iiie o hae e ewee an og his aoah is aria i ays he gondwor e al eaios.

owee yo od his inea disose o shod se i o deeearios higs. I he ase whee yo ooes as oe sddely heaese o o is r o nd o i yo ae deeded eog es i yodeeders aal a eae i e deedes a he gh ds or eoes a had i heya oo beed o eare wio iig oblesad waee else igh be deeed elean. Oeidig all hese geeraloghs oeeless shod be hadore analysis o eriy e laed oes

One yoe saisied his a o e aalysis er o odeing orooes oe ad oee asg yorsel aohe go o qesios.o igh sar wi soehig ie Did I isse a rea o heas) wih yow las oe?" his o a siilar qesion sod io as a einde oesalish os Coiig o his ah Does y opoes moe yesond o e?" I yo ad a hea o has) ad yo ooens oeesonded o i or hem) his is oe ig i o had a hrea o eas) ad yo ooes oe di addess o he) has qie aohe. Yo

gh e abe o wi ediae beoe yo opes ow as are ahieed

Folowig ogh o his ie o hogh yo g as: Ca I igoe yooes as oe ad oeed wih y own lans?" I o olde hao a igoe yor opoes las oe yo wil ae o g o how oope wih he dage whie eeing alie yo ow eios desigs I woldbe grea i yo old ely o yor opoe ee yo iiial a or easi yo ad ay) ad aage o isse sill aoher ea I yo od do s

sddely yor ooe wold be ae wh lie reas ha g beseable. Awas ry o reb yo ooens oes aie asweghe while geeraig oeeas. This is a exelle way o sea heiiiaie ad el a wiig aa.

Ae oleig yor aalsis ad aer deidig o yor ex moe sil dolay i e Isead s a leas oe o qeso Is here ahig I a ae

issed?" O Is here ayhing I hae osideed ha old ess e sh as a nexpeed he o ae?" Regardess how yo as e qesoi shold sere as a al he o rede blers.

Ge sed o hing hree oes aead ealy he haoes) a is oisaize yo ex oe wiho layig i. Te y o oesee yor ooesbes sose The y o ge o ow yo shold rely o his aniiaedoe I yo a see hese hree haloes yo moe yo ooes oe

yo oe aga a leas o ed will be i he igh lae oised or hessad is rgoos logi

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A fr ip f cndu in h pn i phs bi id wl w.ay or he cee eiher by occuyi i uard o iuencng i eeyou ices (aws a o cosiere o be eces ) moe each ece us ocea avoi movi he same iece oo ofe. Do no use he uee oo eary oroo uch (le bishos a kihs o some of he wok, ad on lay elessawn moves o make maily hose ha conribe o evelome Fromearly o reare o casle a look o conrol of oe lies (esecialyes ad daoals) Wher ossible ove wih as o ee he iiiave orseal i a be sur o reso o all your ooe s hreas (you kow acuallylook a he oher ersos oves) eanwhile, srive o so your ooenfrom doi he sae esirable his yor aein o do (for exalereven hi from casli if you ca) oreove whe he circusances call

for i break any rcile i favor of he coec ove . Seek o undersa yorsakes a why you lose e obecve ve i your al while acually oiad yo ll always be a your bes.

es be a Ther's o ac her Doi he rh his whaever heya sll oes' araee lay a rea ae of chess. u if you aecoe, a le o us your ow uens, you wil eoy he ame a

whole lo more. o raze his sa e o he habi of layin wh houhful

abao Do be rai o ake calcuae chances Ad o auoacallyassume ha your ooe has som dee scheme i id f you lay wihsuch eom eihr of wo oo hi wil haen. Eher your lans willsuccee ad you will win or hey will fail a you wll le soehi

Impovemen f de Payes

Q: am a class B player n my twentes. Rcently had the pprun t take

abut a dzen chess lessns m an M wh was vstng my prvnce r anextended stay. st the lessns cnssted ging ver my games rmprevus tuaments and havng hm pnt ut where went wng even wn!) and where had made gd chces. n addtn, he helped me develp a"sle play and an penng reperre that was cnsstent. One cmmenttha he made struck me He sad "as yu develp as a player yu wll be mrelkely, n a gven pstn, t chse a mve that suts yu slstcally than ne

that leads t bjectve eual hat d thnk the chess teacher wh stssest the student the need r ndng a sle play ver playng mves that are at least, they bleve are) abslutely crct Rbn ndsay, Canada /

A are wih yor chess eachr ha s as you coiue eveloi as alayer is ikely ha yo will choose move cosse wi a syle This s mea ha you should iore a sro move whe you ow wha i is esecially

if he move is clearly bes

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Py y te w eeg t graye stuatios, ere te rig me

ette ntangie easos, ad were plyg ce alteatives mgt t

necesariy deeerus I tese istaces cosg cuus ves sutleo a stye ay ead t pstis c yu feel re cfable th hse

eing fro mes eretcas cser bjectvely best. Teorecas

d cess teacers ca't play te game for yu If yu're a atackg zad

u do' t wat t d ysef ieess mddlegaes f yu a pstil

ayer yu d't at imese yusel a jugle f lse peces ad

oplcaed les . S play te gt me f yu k a t s ad ee g

wit it, but t f yu k wat t s but dt like here y're headed.

As u deelop yur ow style, ake sue yu udestad s liitatis y to

be aware of s presece ad efec. Te ruly cmplee player facts eeyhg et, om te aayss f g scalsts s sujecve

tedeces Yu ca ry t be a ette player but yu ca stp eg yurself.

Wat d I t f a cess teace h uderstads te mpace f sle

selecg moes? I thk e s what hes talkg aut Hes proay a e

chess eacer

Q: I m a 900 USCraed player and I jus dn ge any bee Wha

suggesins d yu hae r me I m willing buy he maerial ha can ge met he nex level G J kepr USA 000

A I t suggestg tat yu ave a rlem, ut y mgt at rewy yu're playg chess I pe yu're payg pmarly ecause s a ge

gae ad yu e it f yu le t , y' l get etter at it Lfe ca be a l faertha ay f s care to adm. heres g you c buy tha ll guaratee

a ga sreg, s buy hat yu at, ut buy fr te rgh asos Buy

cess boos t s uch ge t he ext eel bt especaly ecuse u

ejy readg em Bu chess sae t merely t el u mpove ut

prmarly ecase y are stmlae by dg cess cmper Buy a cess

eacher's tme ot slely to get etter u maly ecause yu realy wa o

udersta he game I you uy thgs f he rght reasos your oey wl be

wel spe ad ull ave a god chace t acheve yor sbordate gls,

suc as acquig eoug ratg ps get t the ext leve

Q: I am age 40, wih an ELO raing 980 yu hink I culd ge Mlevel a 2300 s, wha are he bes raining mehds I shuld emply a

leas aemp reaching my gal Kein Bailey, USA 999

A Frs f all Kev, I d t kw yu, s I ca't resd to yu as dvdua But f our askg e t reply ters ur class (age 0srg A aye), I wol say tat it's quie pssle for you o achee ou

gal, ug yu shou expect t ile yurself a lot f hard rk.

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e no one et w o e n ee w on onmay fal w anote But f had to ecommend dong antng woud e owo w a strong lae twce a wee o moe ou oud a ea tannggaes a lea xy ute e de f not two ou eac ad aftewadaalyze te game n ute deal Get the mae/eache to exlan wh e oshe dd ad dd' do cean tngs ad d out wha you ould ae done andwhy Oe te coue of e te see oeu of i acculated exrenceshoud ead o gncant oee n you ay l ake you a 200laye? T of coue u to you ad he gods May Csa be w you

Opnig Ls

Ga Lae

IM Ga ne (bo 9 won the British 4and-under title in 979 andattained the Inteational Mater tle in 987 Among his laying laurls i aicto in the strong 988 Lloyds Bank tournament which gained him the titleo Commonwealth Chamion on tie-break oer Michael Adam Since then he

has become a rolc write with 4 books and countle gazine article to

his credit He is currently inoled in coaching English and Australian layersor the Euroean and World junior championshis His Oeng Lae a Q&Asession on eething rom highleel TNs to ildly unorthodo gambit haben one o ChesCae mot poular column ince it debut in December998

An Openng n Dsguse

Q: Hae ou eard e one about e ma who ayed te Egs but eded uwh he cla f ot the s worth hag the coce fet by Phl DxoUA As just a Cass A [ Eo 1 800 ] lae tll feel tat e ong he ace o dere a adantage. actcs tacc ad actcs are geat! Buwat you ae enteng a nfero osto? would ke to see you addes eueon of asoso the oeng ae ead tha tasong otsgncan bu ta oe nstaces ca faal C you cte any examles?f ansoso lead o e ae oton don' see ow thee can be adeence f tee s n exra moe added soewhee ten te oon ohe sae"

A: he subject of asosons rse ue oen and ually eas o cofsoTeefo ee ough t a bg ubjec wl atm to lfy ome maesA drc ranoo to anohe oeng can be le but oly f youow t A cac exale e Maoczy Bnd n the can Fo exae

afte 1 e4 c 2 3 c6 4 cxd4 4 xd4 g6 c4 6 6 c3 6 tegae jus geg teestg wt Blac eady o caell anee s eces

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attmp e mac es sace advanage w ms ayou mgh a s wa yu la he French r CaroKann. Nw k a hisuar e he English ening: 1 c4 6 c c5 3 f3 c6 4 4x 5 x g6 6 4 6

posiin is exacly he same rm a cmleely dieren rs mve eas disguised his choic ening s ha i Black is n aer he is likely ben aneuvring he ieces back in he bx

A aliar hee is ha one layer is rying ranspse in a variain hews b he onen has oher ideas. peec xample is when smene

ays he Acceleraed Dragon in he Sicilian he rblem r Whi is ha i isasy send ages leing he Ygslav ack so narall ne wishes lay i a every oruniy he qesin is wheher he ac ha Black hasdayed playig d d6 is a signican acr r will here be a ranssiin he ugslav Aack sooner r aer

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Mnd Games

The psychology behnd he choce o opegs can arguably be somees sas poran as owng he laes new oe n a varaon. he ae anycases where soeoe complans ha her ean opponen aoded her aoelne by playng soehng borng u good When Kasparov saed playng he

coch agans Kao n he Wod Champonsp Mach, yon 990 hesurprsed he chess word and more mporanly hs opponen Kasparovpersonay reaed a srge o inee n te oenng wch has remaned eesnce. he an lnes hae been exensely analyzed so he negleced varaonsae under nvesigaon

Q Ms Kanwa Bhaia ngand) wans o now more abou such a lne. Aer

e4 e5 c 3 4 ex4 4 x4 c5 5 e3 c ge7 howshould Bac respond o 7 nendng 8 5"

A The standard move as played y Kaspo s 7 c4 bu he araon wh 72 can e rcy Te dea s he obous 8 5 n some cases 8 4 salso good An od example deonsraes he long hsory o he lne bu alsowha happens Blac pays passvey: PalsenBer, remerg 3: 1 e4 e 3 c6 3 d4 ed4 4 d4 c e3 ' 6 c3 ge d

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8? This does little o elp Back's position ad allows Whie to easilylop 8 4 6 9 3 e6 10 e e? Saigt rom te oenig ack i

ed to lose a lot o maerial. 1 e6 e3 1 b c6 3 c\8 14 e3 Eb8 1 c e 16 e 1-0

A eex action is o play 7 . 6 to sop he ight comng o 5 but this deservedlyha a poor ptaon ecause aer 8 f4 d6 9 2 ie has a pleasat spacedantage e game ScneideKalss, Hesseliga 1994 cotinued 9 . . g6


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ad evetuay pued in the f oint ooked up the line i a boo on teanish but thee is much o these ies ad I membe Kasarov payed it ot aganst Shot in thei Wod Champioshp atch So is the A-Marshay ood fo hte or did Kasov just pay it o anoy So?

A Kasaov ceny had success ast Short and handed he nd es

e y avodi hs peparaton i the asha In hs boo o the atch Inner Game Doni awson noe how Sho thouht is ws iniiay a mo

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ed bd 4 )e )a1 d 6 l 4 d g4 e3 g 9 a! e aack s sed ou and e ca o on he oense.9 ) a 30 3 e4 31 c h3 3 l 4 1-0

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aound oe 25! A he ece Dos Heanas ouae, Adas anedhe hoo of an ope ha sacfces a pawn n eu o exaodnaycopcaed aaos

PoAdas os Heaas 999: 1 e4 e 3 c 3 a6 4 a6 00 e 6 )e1 b 3 00 c3 d The oe ha sas heMasha. Of couse s naed afe Fak asha who payed aansCapaaca n he ew Yo onaen 1918 9 ed d 10 e e

11 )e c6 1 d3 1 d a ajo aeae. 1 d6 13 )e1 h414 g h3 1 e4 16 d g 1 e1

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