Chess Forum / Analysis / January 2007

8/8/8/8/Q2B3k/5pp1/4K3/7q w - - 0 9
White : Ke2, Qa4, Bd4
Black : Kh4, Qh1, f3,g3
White to play

I have a somewhat odd question.  Is it possible to construct a
position (assume that a capture or a pawn move has just occured) that
is drawn, but in which one player has a win if we dispense with the 50-
move rule?  I have have tried some positions, but have not found one

a young player (well, ... for me 20y is young) of my chessclub sent a
game to a chesssite which kindly offer a free analysis.
He has shown it to me and I think they wrote some interesting concepts
but in some aspects I disagree.

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Hey all...
My son, Keaton, is about an 800 player in Washington State.   He got a
tournament chess set just after Christmas that contained extra queens.
He liked to play his parents, and often himself.  While playing with the

I read an article in Chess Life discussed how all the russian players
that immigrated to the US during the 70s and 80s changed tournaments
and how they play chess to make a living.
I think that this sounds really interesting and the benefits are

A lot of books and expert refer to controling the center is the
paramount importance in positional play. But how do you know if your
pawn strong center is going to under pressure from the flank?
Is their a hidden danger to centralize pieces?

6k1/p4p1p/5p2/8/8/P6P/3r2P1/1R5K b - - 0 35

1. Less theorotical?
2. More positional?
3. Playable against flank openings?
Thanks.

I have a question about the ECO. Whats the logic behind the organization of
the openings? For example, if I want to find an opening that I don't know
the name of whats the quickest way to find it? These question are with the
book in mind not a computer Database.

500 seconds and counting. (On 10 sec/mov.)
I'm black.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cd ed 5.dc d4 6. Ne4 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.Qd3
Wow. Despite being out of book from its fourth move, the computer has

Does anyone have the collection of game from the Week in Chess under 210?
I don't simply want the games in a big PGN file, but would rather have
the zipped pgns or individual pgns for each week.

Here are some chess puzzles taken from the games of Nikita Vitiugov, a
newcomer to the FIDE Juniors Top 10 List.
All puzzles are 'White to move and win' except where noted.
a) http://www.wtharvey.com/vitiac.png

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2. He made pawn formation but GetClub Chess did not stop.

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