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Posted by jstevens1 chesspeak.com 10/16/2008 05:39:45 Play online chess	Subject: An Expert Lesson in Piece Overload Message: Here is the scenairo, you are playing an Expert about 300-400 points north of you. You use the World Database for guidance but as soon as the Expert takes you out of it you can be mightily stumped for a plan. Where do I go from here? Well, after this game with Marin, a very strong Expert I think the thing to do is to check what pieces are covering what, do you have any overloaded pieces. If so, sort it before the Expert sorts you! I have annotated this game on the Public Gallery to demonstrate this point. Have a nice day all of you. Cheers. Joanne
Posted by blake78613 chesspeak.com 10/17/2008 10:56:59 Play online chess	Message: You should analyze the position first and chose a move, then go to the database. Before rejecting your own move, convince yourself that you understand why the database move is much stronger. You need to have your head in the game, before your book or datebase runs out; or your first move on your own is liable to be a disaster.
Chess news: Chess Grandmasters are getting younger -- Richard Rapport of Hungary just completed the requirements to become a chess grandmaster at age 13 years, 11 months, 15 days, the fifth-youngest ever. A thrilling accomplishment, no doubt. But chess fans have grown numb to the exploits of adolescent wonders. The inimitable Bobby Fischer stunned the world by becoming a grandmaster in 1958 at age 15 years, 6 months, a record that lasted until 1991. In the last two decades, though, 23 chess players have surpassed Fischer's mark. Sergey Karjakin, the Ukraine star who now plays for Russia, holds the current record at 12 years, 7 months. The World Chess Federation's March rating list includes ... The f-pawn, part 5: is this a good position to push forward? -- It it time for black to use his f-pawn as a battering ram? We saw last week that advancing the f-pawn can leave you horribly exposed at the back if the attack stalls. Here Black has removed the knight from f6, clearing the way for the battering ram. Is it wise to advance the pawn to f5? RB When playing against 1 d4 I will often go for a Nimzo-Indian (as in the present chess game) or King's Indian. I have a liking for the kind of kingside attack that can arise – with certain key differences obviously – from both defences. With the centre safely closed, Black has ... Enter the dragon -- David Howell was one move away from a fine victory in the eighth round of the European Individual Chess Championships at Rijeka in Croatia but a blunder on the last move of the time control gave his opponent Laurent Fressinet of France the full point. Howell also nearly won his ninth round game but was just foiled in the endgame. Michael Adams was lucky to hold a draw with the white pieces against Romain Edouard, a young French GM who impressed at Hastings. Adams was close to lost but after a time scramble he emerged a pawn down in a rook ending where all the pawns were on the kingside and ...