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Signalman: Newspaper Endgame, Barden Openings
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 14 June, 2015. Newspaper Endgame, Barden Openings. A simple, but intriguing endgame from the Leonard Barden chess column in the Guardian. Was one of the two chess authors who enriched my schoolboy days, the other being Harry Golombek. Although Fred Reinfeld may be very well known in the US, in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, I had barely heard of him, and, obviously, stuck with home-grown authors. And Barden's " Chess. Along with the usual Openings fare, he also has neat co...
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Signalman: Bishop to the rescue
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 12 August, 2015. Bishop to the rescue. A neat way out here. Although at first glance it looks bad for White, in fact the precarious position of the Black King offsets his passed pawn! I would be extremely happy to be able to find such a combination in a match situation! Highlight for solution [ 1.Bg5 c8=Q 2.g4 fxg 3. Bxc1 g2 4.Be3. Its a Endgame-Study like position so you would see the solutione easier if you would solve many endgame studies. 13 August, 2015 15:20. Chess Mi...
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Signalman: October 2014
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 31 October, 2014. Missed tactics 4a ( and a chess mystery ). Showed a tactic missed in a TL game. While working through a number of tactics exercises, I thought the below had a similar theme, but probably more obvious. Highlight for Solution [ 15. Nf5! If Black takes the Knight, his Queen is lost, if not, the game is lost . Equally, 15. Nxc6 and if Qxg4 16. Ne7 mate! Sabadell , 1945. The losing player would appear not. For the full information. Links to this post. Here you ...
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Signalman: Games Library
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Notes from the nadir of chess. Here's a list of games that have been published on this blog. Note: Java versions after (1.7.51) may block this from displaying. What you need to do for this ( or other sites that are blocked) is add these two sites to your java exception site list, found under the Java security tab. Http:/ signalman90.blogspot.com/. Http:/ chesstuff.googlecode.com/. Simple, but took a while to work out that both sites are required, and the final forward slash! Links to this post.
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Signalman: July 2015
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 28 July, 2015. Black to Play, and exchange correctly. As Black, I was presented with this position, after the Knight has captured a pawn on d4. Instinctively, I felt there was a correct combination here, that would give an advantage to Black. What would you play? My game continued [ 33.Nxd4 32. Rxc8 Ne2? 33 Kh1 Rxc8 34. Bxe5 Re8? Which won, but was a bad combination. Links to this post. 22 July, 2015. As soon as Qe7 was played, I knew what I would play, and did so. Historic...
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Signalman: December 2014
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 19 December, 2014. Black to move and win. Clearly , I didn't see the win for Black , and neither did he, as we had repeated a position. I knew I should have played Rxf2 previously, but played Kh1 just to gain some time to think. What is the best move for Black here? Links to this post. 04 December, 2014. Earlier in this game, I had played a Rxh6 sacrifice, since I 'felt' that an attack must be possible, but couldn't calculate it properly. so I just played it to find out.
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Signalman: Black to Play, and exchange correctly
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 28 July, 2015. Black to Play, and exchange correctly. As Black, I was presented with this position, after the Knight has captured a pawn on d4. Instinctively, I felt there was a correct combination here, that would give an advantage to Black. What would you play? My game continued [ 33.Nxd4 32. Rxc8 Ne2? 33 Kh1 Rxc8 34. Bxe5 Re8? Which won, but was a bad combination. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Live List (Top 10 Women ). Shredder : Daily Chess Workout. Pawn to Rook 4.
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Signalman: June 2015
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 14 June, 2015. Newspaper Endgame, Barden Openings. A simple, but intriguing endgame from the Leonard Barden chess column in the Guardian. 160;was one of the two chess authors who enriched my schoolboy days, the other being Harry Golombek. . Although Fred Reinfeld may be very well known in the US, in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, I had barely heard of him, and, obviously, stuck with home-grown authors. Links to this post. 08 June, 2015. Blitz chess : strange resignation.
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Signalman: Grooves...
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Notes from the nadir of chess. More music available than you can shake a stick at. Here's what I've been listening to. Basement Tapes (Raw ). Bob Dylan [ 7. 10 For outtakes and jams, pretty good, with some gems ]. 10 Saw them in the 80s in Oxford and always enjoyed. All recordings here, including BBC. Good indie political rock. Never knew they became Stereolab ]. Steeleye Spam ( Early Recordings). Steeleye Span [ 9. Roy Harper [ Listening soon. Fairport Convention [ 10. 10 Amazing electric folk ]. The so...
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Signalman: February 2015
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Notes from the nadir of chess. 05 February, 2015. How to know that you are improving at chess? A complicated question, since it pre-supposes you have a base level, and an ongoing plan or improvement schedule. As I am not rated via FIDE or national standards, I rely on a general feeling of improvement rather than changes in recognised rating numbers ( although you could say that at least the Team League rating is a consistent one to benchmark against, albeit not a recognised one ). I had a deja vu.
