The Ruy Lopez for White - Open Lopez Part 2

Hello everyone,Last time we had studied Variation A in the Open Lopez. Hope the main concept of the Open Lopez is clear in your head by now.We will move forward and today we will study Black's 9th move alternative, Variation B: 9...Be7. Now this Variation has two sub-variation as Black's 12th move alternatives.Let's start with Variation B1: 12...0-0:Ruy_Lopez/Variation B1.pgn embedCfBasic("2484131189", "100%", "350", "pgnurl=chessyman/Ruy_Lopez/Variation%20B1.pgn&orientation=horizontal&tabmode=false&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000", "", ""); Now let's...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Open Lopez Part 1

Hello everyone,We have completed our study of the Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations in our last post. Hope you have it clear in your head by now.Today we will start a new chapter in the Ruy Lopez, the Open Lopez. This is a little bit different from what we have seen in Berlin Defence, Deffered Steinitz and the recent Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations. Lets see how it goes:1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Nxe4With 5...Nxe4 Black basically chooses dynamic counterplay over solid defence . He makes space for his pieces to develop onto active posts and squashes any thoughts White might have of applying the 'Spanish Torture' so often seen...

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December 2008 Chess Puzzle Contest

From now on we will be holding "Puzzle Contests" every month. You have to solve the puzzles and comment on relevant posts with the move sequence. Each month we will randomly pick a maximum of 2 commenters with correct solutions who will get a surprise gift delivered to their inbox( you have to leave your email address here ). Now what's the gift? If you are one of our email subscribers then you already got our subscription gift...isn't it? Well the prize for the contests will be something like that ( but not Everyman ebooks). Common solve it & comment & you will know .Every month's top commenter is also eligible for the prize even if...

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Sexy maths: Skills of a Chess Grandmaster

For a while, the chess Olympiad this year looked like producing a surprise winner but closer inspection of Israel's team sheet revealed that it was pretty much business as usual: half the players were named Boris! Other than a brief blip in the 1970s, the biennial event has produced remarkably consistent results. From 1952 to 1990, the Soviet Union ruled the contest, and after the superstate's fragmentation either Russia or one of its former union satellites struck gold every time. As it turned out this year, the Soviet diaspora's turn in the spotlight was short-lived and Armenia triumphed for its second successive Olympiad. Despite being connected...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 5

Hello friends,Today we will conclude our study of the Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations. In the last post we have studied Variation C221: 12...Re8. Today, we will study the remaining two replies by Black, Variation C222: 12...exd4 and Variation C223: 12...Rb8.So, let's start with Variation C222: 12...exd4Ruy_Lopez/Variation C222.pgn embedCfBasic("2372253347", "100%", "350", "pgnurl=chessyman/Ruy_Lopez/Variation%20C222.pgn&orientation=horizontal&tabmode=false&light=f4f4fF&dark=0072b9&bordertext=494949&headerforeground=ffffff&mtforeground=000000&mtvariations=FF0000&mtmainline=000000", "", ""); Now, let's move on to the remaining Variation C223:...

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Reptor - A Free Chess Opening Repetoire

What's more? From now on we will also keep you informed about free stuffs & goodies that are available on the web.Starting for the first time we would like to tell you about "Reptor" , a nice free chess opening repetoire trainer . Reptor is the fast way to learn a new opening. It's a Windows program intended to make learning a new opening in an evening practical. It also allows you to prepare your own content. Reptor now supports other types of chess knowledge training in addition to openings.Reptor is designed to help you commit opening lines to memory. Reptor supplements all those books and DVDs that promise to teach you a new opening....

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 4

Hi friends,I am extremely sorry to be so late in my posts. Actually I was out of station for quite a few days and after I came back, we got this problem with "chesspublisher"!! But my friends, we are back and we are back with a bang!! We have found a really great alternative for the problems, many many thanks to my friend chessyman here. You will enjoy reading much more now, I am sure of it.Well, what else! Let's start from where we had left the Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations. We will discuss now, Variation C2: 6...Bb7. It has mainly two sub-variations, Variation C21: 8...0-0 and Variation C22: 8...d6 which revolves round Blacks 8th move alternatives....

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Chess Publisher is down & We are stuck but Read On!!!

Chess Publisher(which we have been using to publish games) is down.So we are stuck & haven't been able to publish the opening surveys recently.We will be coming up with a solution that will be much better than Chess Publisher. Probably in a day or two you will see the results. So until then bye,stay tuned & sorry for the dela...

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Chess Basics | A Few Things to Keep in Mind

This article is actaually a contuination of the article "Chess - The Rules & Basic Ideas Behind the Game" intended to novice players. In this article we will be discussing some thumb rules that be kept in mind while.So lets not waste time & dive straight into it."Play the opening like a book, the middlegame like a magician, and the endgame like a machine." - Rudolf SpielmannIn General:When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one. – Siegbert TarraschThere are exceptions to every general principle and law in chess. Knowing when you can violate them is one of the hallmarks of a strong player.Memory...

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Chess - The Basic Rules & Ideas Behind the Game

We thought why not give an introduction to the game,it's rules & some basic ideas behind it so that starters can benefit from it.After all it's a blog about & for chess isn't it & excluding a  discussing on "How the game is played" would be an injuctice to it .So here it is...Before we review how the pieces move, we should learn what they're called. It's a knight. Not a horsey. And the castle? That's called a rook. Now on to how the pieces move. We'll start with the lowliest of chess pieces - the pawn. Pawns can only move forward. Although they usually only move one square at a time, pawns can move one or two squares the first...

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