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The Chessmill
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Ramblings and ruminations on chess in SE Wisconsin, the USA and the World
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The Passing Of An Icon
Bobby Fischer is dead.There’s a lot that could be said at this point, both good and bad. There’s the brash young kid who wanted to be the youngest world champion ever. There’s the bitter old man, spewing invective at everyone.
People will tell stories. And, in the end, we’ll all remember what we choose to remember.
I’ve [...]
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True, But Useless
We’ve all heard the saying, “No combination exists without a positional advantage.” I’ve struggled with implementing that for years, and I’ve given up. While the statement is quite probably true (at least I’m not going to dispute it) I’ve come to the conclusion it’s also quite useless as advice.
It’s a lot like the adage “there’s [...]
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Opening Preparation
Over at the Chess Cafe (I’d provide a link to it, but Hanon Russell doesn’t appear to believe in permalinks, so any link I’d provide here would break in short order, hence there’s no point in doing so) Mark Dvoretsky has written an excellent piece on the place of opening preparation in the development of [...]
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Teaching With Databases
I’ve been spending some time the last couple of years teaching chess classes (numbering from 5 to 36 kids). I have used both major databases in support of that goal, and I’ve been getting more and more annoyed with them. They both have some drawbacks, and I’d fully switch to one that lacked those drawbacks.
Here [...]
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You Be The TD
Players A and B are playing in a tournament. A gets up, takes a step back from the board and leans against the wall behind his chair. He’s farther away from the board than he would be while playing, about where a spectator would be standing, maybe just a little closer. Other than that, he’s [...]
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