By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club This week we feature World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov. Korchnoi, Victor – Spassky, Boris, 1:0, 1948 Sicilian Defense, Dragon Variation This game was played in the semi-final of the USSR championship in 1948. Spassky was a 14 year old wunderkind destined to win …
In my 18 (the number that equates to “life in Judaism) years of teaching chess (so far), I have seen beginner and intermediate students make a lot of the same mistakes. Here are ten of the mistakes I often find myself speaking to students rated U-1800, when reviewing their games and playing against them: 1) …
By Olga Inglis, Director of Business Development These were my favorite quotes from Tim Crother’s Queen of Katwe book. “Survival in Katwe depends on courage and determination as well as guile and luck.” (page 18) “Katwe’s youth endure an overwhelming stigma, a sense of defeat, and a resignation that they’ll never do any better than …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club Two Weeks ago I presented the shortest loss ever by a World Chess Champion – a six mover by Anand. That got me to thinking, why not present the shortest loss ever by each of the sixteen World Champions? So I have selected 16 games from all World …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club This little puzzle of mine illustrates two of the most the most basic and important things about pawn endgames – the opposition and keeping your king in front of your passed pawn. The opposition is one form of zugswang – putting your opponent in a position where any …
By Matthew Grinberg, Founder of Alamogordo Chess Club As noted in a recent post, Diana Lanni has been suggested (by herself, among others) as a possible inspiration for Walter Tevis in writing The Queen’s Gambit. Another teenage girl Baraka Shabazz, who was playing a strong game of chess around the same time, may have also been …
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By Olga Inglis, Premier Chess Manager of Business Development Strategy “You must always be aware of your limitations and also of your best qualities.” “The ability to adapt is critical to success.” “Being too far ahead of your environment can be just as bad as lagging behind your competitors.” “Only when the environment shifts radically …
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In my previous blog post “Three Ideas for a Race Against Time” , I wrote about how a player should divide a game’s time control by 40, the average number of moves in a chess game, to determine the rough amount of time he should spend per move. However, one needs to know the types of …
A few months ago I recorded a podcast episode with Business Coach Sharon Richter. One of the main topics we covered was how in business and in chess, you always need to know the rules of the game. We were not talking about about rules like “the bishop moves diagonally as far it wants” or …
By CEO National Master Evan Rabin Do you often blunder in chess? Are there times that you are stuck and have no clue what to do next? Would you like a scientific method that you can use to come up with the best move in any position? If your answer to any of these questions …
