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For Remembrance Day

2011-11-02T16:56:00.001-07:00

New Chess Video: Personal Endgame Study #2

2011-02-11T21:47:00.000-08:00

Mysto and Pizzi Strike Again

2011-02-11T21:46:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2010-12-23T10:38:00.001-08:00

Chess Snapshot Analysis #6 - Can you spot any improvements?

2010-12-21T08:39:00.000-08:00

There are improvements on both sides, can you find them?

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Remembrance Day 2010

2010-11-11T07:09:00.001-08:00

Magnus Carlsen Quits World Chess Championship Cycle

2010-11-06T06:38:00.000-07:00

It's official - Magnus Carlsen has quit the World Chess Championship cycle. Many in the chess world consider him to be the prime candidate to hold the championship in the future. I am sure Carlsen fans around the world are not too happy about him leaving the cycle at this time, but rest assured he will be back. Carlsen has also launched a new website which you can visit here.

The following is a copy of the letter Carlsen sent to the FIDE regarding his decision to withdraw from the World Championship cycle:

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To: FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov & FIDE World Championship Committee.

Reference is made to the ongoing World Championship cycle.

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my decision not to take part in the planned Candidate Matches between March and May 2011.

After careful consideration I’ve reached the conclusion that the ongoing 2008–2012 cycle does not represent a system, sufficiently modern and fair, to provide the motivation I need to go through a lengthy process of preparations and matches and to perform at my best.

Reigning champion privileges, the long (five year) span of the cycle, changes made during the cycle resulting in a new format (Candidates) that no World Champion has had to go through since Kasparov, puzzling ranking criteria as well as the shallow ceaseless match-after-match concept are all less than satisfactory in my opinion.

By providing you with four months notice before the earliest start of the Candidates as well as in time before you have presented player contracts or detailed regulations, I rest assured that you will be able to find an appropriate replacement.

Although the purpose of this letter is not to influence you to make further changes to the ongoing cycle, I would like to take the opportunity to present a few ideas about future cycles in line with our input to FIDE during the December 27th 2008 phone-conference between FIDE leaders and a group of top-level players.

In my opinion privileges should in general be abolished and a future World Championship model should be based on a fair fight between the best players in the World, on equal terms. This should apply also to the winner of the previous World Championship, and especially so when there are several players at approximately the same level in the world elite. (Why should one player have one out of two tickets to the final to the detriment of all remaining players in the world? Imagine that the winner of the 2010 Football World Cup would be directly qualified to the 2014 World Cup final while all the rest of the teams would have to fight for the other spot.)

One possibility for future cycles would be to stage an 8-10 player World Championship tournament similar to the 2005 and 2007 events.

The proposal to abolish the privileges of the World Champion in the future is not in any way meant as criticism of, or an attack on, the reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who is a worthy World Champion, a role model chess colleague and a highly esteemed opponent.

Rest assured that I am still motivated to play competitive chess. My current plan is to continue to participate in well-organised top-level tournaments and to try to maintain the no 1 spot on the rating list that I have successfully defended for most of 2010.

Best regards,
IGM Magnus Carlsen

The Wickedest Man in Chess - Aleister Crowley

2010-10-29T00:26:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone!

Can you spot any improvments

2010-10-03T03:48:00.000-07:00

Remembering Terry Fox

2010-10-02T16:06:00.000-07:00

New Chess Video: Grandmaster Chess Tactics #7

2010-08-19T21:39:00.000-07:00

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[EventDate "2010.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henrik Danielsen"]
[Black "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. g3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O a6
7. d3 Rb8 8. a4 Nf6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Ne1 Bd7 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3
Qc8 13. Bb2 Bh3 14. e3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rd8 16. e4 e6 17. Nb5 Ne8
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 f5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Rbe1 Qd7 22. Qd1 Rf8
23. exf5 exf5 24. d4 Rfe8 25. Qd3 cxd4 26. Ncxd4 d5 27. c5 Re4
28. Nf3 Rbe8 29. Qd2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Ne4 32. Nbd4
Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Kh6 34. Qxa5 Qe7 35. Qb6 Kh5 36. b4 Qg7 37. Qd8
Nf6 38. Ne6 Qf7 39. Ng5 Qg7 40. Nxh7 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Snapshot Analysis #5 - Can you spot any improvements?

2010-07-30T23:13:00.000-07:00

There are improvements on both sides, can you find them?

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Website Back

2010-07-27T08:04:00.000-07:00

http://www.jrobichess.com is now back online after the hosting maintenance.

Website Errors

2010-07-26T19:37:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note to let you know the main site is experiencing troubles due to a hosting upgrade. It shouldn't be down for long.

Chess Snapshot Analysis #4 - Can you spot any improvements?

2010-07-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

There are improvements on both sides, can you find them?

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: The Sicilian Defence - Dragon Variation - Classical

2010-07-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess game can you spot any improvments

2010-06-06T10:03:00.000-07:00

Chess Games of Grandmaster Veselin Topalov added to Interactive Grandmaster Database on www.jrobichess.com

2010-05-16T12:18:00.001-07:00

The chess games of Grandmaster Veselin Topalov have been added to the Interactive Grandmaster database section of www.jrobichess.com. Topalov just wrapped up his bid for the World Chess Championship against Anand, falling short in game 12 and losing the match 6.5 to 5.5 against the reigning World Champion Anand.

To access the interactive Grandmaster database from the main page, click on your Grandmaster or tournament of choice on the left-hand side of the main site.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

www.jrobichess.com - World Chess Championship PGN Database Updated on Interactive Grandmaster Database

2010-05-15T19:36:00.000-07:00

The interactive Grandmaster database section on the main site ( http://www.jrobichess.com ) has been updated to include the 2010 World Chess Championships. The series was amazing, and I was very happy to cover it for all my YouTube subscribers, both new ones to the channel and the grizzled vets that have been following my chess videos for a long time.

To interact with all the World Chess Championship PGN's going back to the very first one, make sure to visit the main site and click on the tournament section on the left. There are several tournaments to browse through, along with a number of Grandmaster databases to explore. I will be adding several new Grandmasters to the list in the near future.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand - Game 12

2010-05-14T21:22:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 Game_12"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8
21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3 Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 26. Ra3 Bb7 27. Nb3
Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 29. Nc4 e5 30. e4 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. fxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Kh3 Rd4 34.
Ne3 Qe8 35. g4 h5 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Re7 40. Rf8+
Kg7 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2
Bxg2 47. Kxg2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4
53. Kh2 Kh7 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 0-1

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov - Game 11

2010-05-09T16:33:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 Game_11"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8
15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21.
Rd2 h6 22. Qb1 Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2 Qd7 27. h4 Rd8
28. Qb5 Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34.
d4 e4 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4
gxf4 41. exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 43. Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6
47. Kg3 Ne4+ 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53.
Rd7+ Re7 54. Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4
60. g6 b3 61. Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Snapshot Analysis 4 - Can you find any improvements?

2010-05-08T10:06:00.000-07:00

A recent blitz game with the white pieces. Can you find improvements for either side?

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand - Game 10

2010-05-07T21:23:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010

Game_10"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qd6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. h3 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 e6 20. Nf4 exd5
21. Nxd5 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 24. Bd3 Nc6 25. Ba6 Nd4 26. Qc4 Bxd5 27.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 Be5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bg5 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Ne8 33. Bc1
Nc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Ke4 b5 36. Kd4 a6 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39. Bd2 Bg3 40.
g5 Bf2+ 41. Ke5 Bg3+ 42. Ke4 Ne8 43. Bg4+ Ke7 44. Be6 Nd6+ 45. Kf3 Nc4 46. Bc1
Bd6 47. Ke4 a5 48. Bg4 Ba3 49. Bxa3+ Nxa3 50. Ke5 Nc4+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Be2 Na3
53. h4 Nc2+ 54. Kc3 Nb4 55. Bxb5 Nxa2+ 56. Kb3 Nb4 57. Be2 Nxd5 58. h5 Nf4 59.
hxg6 hxg6 60. Bc4 1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov - Game 9

2010-05-06T23:05:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 Game_9"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 20. Bf2 exd4 21.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4 Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 27.
Be5 Nd7 28. a3 Qa4 29. Bxd5 Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 fxe6 32. Ng5 Qd6 33.
Ne4 Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 35. h4 b5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7
Qc3 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. Re4 b4 43. Nxe6 Kb6 44. Nf4 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 a5
46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48. Nd5+ Kb7 49. Rh7+ Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52.
Nb6+ Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Qa2+ 56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 b3 58.
Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+ Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61. Rg7 a4 62. Rc5+ Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3
Qa1 65. Rg4 b2 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2 b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 Qa2+ 70. Kg3 a3
71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4+ Ka6 73. Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5 Qc5+
77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kg3 Qg1+
83. Kf4 1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand - Game 8

2010-05-04T20:42:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 Game_8"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6
15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. a5 Be7 19. Bb6 Rf8 20. Rac1 f5 21.
e5 Bg5 22. Be3 f4 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Bxc1 Kc6 26. Bd2 Be7 27. Rc1+
Kd7 28. Bc3 Bxd6 29. Rd1 Bf5 30. h4 g6 31. Rxd6+ Kc8 32. Bd2 Rd8 33. Bxf4 Rxd6
34. exd6 Kd7 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38. Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bb5 40.
Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5 Be8 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Kh6 Kg8
47. Bc5 gxh5 48. Kg5 Kg7 49. Bd4+ Kf7 50. Be5 h4 51. Kxh4 Kg6 52. Kg4 Bb5 53.
Kf4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Bc6 55. Kh6 Kg8 56. g4 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov - Game 7

2010-05-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 game_7"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. f3 Nd5 14. Bd2 e5
15. e4 Bh3 16. exd5 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 exd4 18. a4 Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 Re8
21. Kh1 Bf8 22. Rc7 d3 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Ra7 h6 25. Nd2 Bb4 26. Ra1 Bxc3 27. bxc3
Re2 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Ne4 Qc2 30. Rc1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Qxg2 Qxc1+ 33. Qf1
Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 f5 37. Nf2 Kh7 38. Qb1 Qe6 39. Qb5 g5
40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Qb7 d2 43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. Kf1 Qe7 45. Kg2 Qe6 46.
Qd1 Qe3 47. Qf3 Qe6 48. Qb7+ Kg6 49. Qb1+ Kg7 50. Qd1 Qe3 51. Qc2 Qe2 52. Qa4
Kg8 53. Qd7 Kf8 54. Qd5 Kg7 55. Kg3 Qe3+ 56. Qf3 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Qe6 58. Qd1
1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov - Game 6

2010-05-01T18:36:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 game_6"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.05.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Naxc4 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Rac1
e5 15. Bxc6 b5 16. Qc2 Qxc6 17. Ncxe5 Qe4 18. Qc6 Bb7 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc2
Rfe8 21. Rfc1 f6 22. Nd7 Bf5 23. N7c5 Bb6 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Nf4 Rab8 26. Nd6 Re5
27. Nc8 Ba5 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Na7 Bb6 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Ncb4 a5 32. Nd5 a4 33. Nxb6
Rxb6 34. Nc5 Bf5 35. Rd2 Rc6 36. b4 axb3 37. axb3 b4 38. Rxd4 Rxe2 39. Rxb4 Bh3
40. Rbc4 Rd6 41. Re4 Rb2 42. Ree1 Rdd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 44. Nc5 Rdd2 45. Ne4 Rd3 46.
Rb1 Rdxb3 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. f3 g5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Rd1 Kf7 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3
Rc2 53. Ra1 Kg6 54. Ra6 Bf5 55. Rd6 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Rc2 57. Ke3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2
1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand - Game 5

2010-04-30T19:04:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 game_5"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. h4 h5 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Ke7 21.Ke2 Rc8 22. Bd2 f6 23. Nxg6+ Nxg6 24. g3 Ne5 25. f4 Nc6 26. Bc3 Bb4 27. Bxb4+ Nxb4 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd2 g5 30. Kf2 g4 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Ke3 Rd6 33. Rc5 Nb4 34.Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Ke1 Nd4 40. Bd1 a5 41. Rc5 Nf5 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Rc5 Nf5 44. Rc3 1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov - Game 4

2010-04-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 game_4"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2
Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1
Be8 15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Qc5 17. Ne3 N8a6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Naxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 h6
21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4 Rad8 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 25. e5 Bxg2 26. exf6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Be4 28. Rxe6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ Qxf7 31. Rxe4 Qf5 32. Re7 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand - Game 3

2010-04-27T18:32:00.000-07:00

[Event "Sofia BUL, WCC 2010 game_3"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, V."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BTN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Rc1 Rg8
15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8 21. Bc5 Bxc5
22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bd3 Bg8 26. c6 Rd6 27. cxb7 Rxb7
28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34.
Rb1 b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40.
Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov - Game 2

2010-04-25T15:06:00.000-07:00

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2817"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Naxc4
Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd3 Ba7 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 15.
Qa3 Qxa3 16. bxa3 N7f6 17. Nce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4
Bb8 22. a4 a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 25. R1c4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. Bf3 g6 28.
Rxb6 Ba7 29. Rb3 Rd4 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2
35. Nb4 Bxb4 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Raxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8
41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43. Ke4 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand - Game 1

2010-04-24T11:19:00.000-07:00

[Event "World Championship"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Anand"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2791"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Qe5 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh5+ Kg8 21. h4
h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rh3 Rg8 26. Rh6+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke8
28. Rcc7 Kd8 29. Bb5 QxE4 30.RxC8+ 1-0

(Note: Unfortunately the live viewer I was watching have the last 2 moves incorrect. The PGN here shows the actual moves - either way it was totally lost for Anand at that point.)

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Lady Gaga - Telephone, covered by Pomplamoose

2010-03-16T21:33:00.000-07:00

Unique and catchy cover!

Pomplamoose Channel

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Snapshot Analysis 3 - Can you find any improvements?

2010-03-16T06:26:00.000-07:00

There are improvements on both sides, can you find them?

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Chess Position Practice #5 - Candidate Moves

2010-03-11T05:30:00.000-08:00

Game PGN Data

[Event "Carlsbad it, CZE"]
[Site "Carlsbad it, CZE"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6
7. Bf4 Nf6 8. c5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nbd7 10. b4 Nh5 11. Nxd7 Kxd7
12. Bd2 Be7 13. b5 Nf6 14. e3 e5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. bxc6+ bxc6
17. dxe5 Nc7 18. Na4 Rhb8 19. O-O f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bc3 Bc2
22. Rfc1 Bb3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nc3 Rb4 25. Bd3 h6 26. Ne2 a5
27. Bf5+ Ke8 28. Nd4 Ba4 29. b3 Bb5 30. Ra3 a4 31. Rca1 Ra6
32. bxa4 Rbxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Bxa4 35. Bd3 Kd7 36. Kf1
Bb5 37. Bxb5 cxb5 38. Ke2 b4 39. Kd2 Na6 40. c6+ Kd6 41. Kc2
Kc5 42. Kb3 Kb6 43. g4 Nc5+ 44. Kc2 Ne4 45. f3 Nd6 46. Kb3 Nc4
47. Kxb4 Nxe3 48. Kc3 Nc4 49. Kd3 Ne5+ 50. Ke3 Nxc6 51. Nxc6
Kxc6 52. Kd4 Kd6 53. f4 Ke6 54. Kc5 f5 55. h3 fxg4 56. hxg4 d4
57. Kxd4 Kd6 58. f5 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Games of Grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin Added to http://www.jrobichess.com

2010-03-09T05:53:00.000-08:00

I have added the game collection of chess Grandmaster Mikhail Chigorin to the main site at http://www.jrobichess.com. Chigorin was a leading Russian chess player. He served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet school of chess," which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century.

Chigorin has several chess openings or variations of openings named after him, the two most important being the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5) and the Chigorin Defence to the Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6). Another opening line invented by Chigorin is 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 in the French Defence. It is now generally regarded as a forerunner of King's Indian setups, but Chigorin also played it with other ideas (such as b2-b3) in mind.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Tom Brokaw Explains Canada

2010-03-01T05:12:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

2010 Vancouver Winter Games

2010-02-28T16:20:00.000-08:00

Personally I really enjoyed these games. The level of competition and overall spirit of all the events were amazing. Vancouver did an outstanding job as host to this international event, so many props to all the people who invested time, resources, and energy in British Columbia (and across the nation) to help make these winter games one of the best ever! I also have to tip my hat to CTV. They did an amazing job covering the games, better than any other network in our history.

That being said, however, it was heartbreaking that Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian athlete, died in his training run. The very thought of an Olympic athlete dying never crosses anyone's mind, and when that tragic accident took place it was a very sad moment. I know that people from all over the world felt horrible, and everyone's heart goes out to Nodar's family, friends, and the Georgian team and nation.

Another downside to the Olympic experience was the Canadian media. Just before the end of the first week I heard nothing but anti- "Own the Podium" references on cable television and talk radio. To those unfamiliar with the Canadian "Own the Podium" initiative, it's basically a catch-phrase for supporting athletes financially. I believe Canada spent around 117 million over the past several years to bolster the support of our Olympic athletes to help them train and prepare for the games. Historically, Canada has spent very little supporting Olympic athletes, so the "Own the Podium" program was the first of its kind in Canada.

Early into the games, when some Canadian athletes didn't perform as well as the media had hoped they would, they began to question the worthiness of the "Own the Podium" program. The general theme they were tossing around indirectly, and sometimes directly, was that the program was a waste of money. Of course, what this basically boiled down to was the Canadian media jumped ship on their own athletes. If you're going to say it's not worth investing money on your athletes, what you're also saying is that you don't find them, or their cause, worthy enough to spend money on. You can't just do the athletes lip service and call it a day.

However, the good news is that our athletes didn't back down, didn't get disheartened, and continued to give their very best. In the end, they broke the all time record for gold medals won in any winter Olympic games with 14 of those beauties and achieved third overall in the total medal count standings. For a nation with a population a tenth of a size of the United States, this is an outstanding accomplishment! Now those in the media that were against the "Own the Podium" program will be doing a complete 180, and I am sure we will hear tons of good things about the worthiness of the program for a long time to come. Welcome back on board Canadian media, although I am sure many didn't miss you anyway.

Nonetheless, the games were amazing and what a finish! To have the Canadian men win hockey gold in such a dramatic fashion was a storybook ending to a very entertaining and memorable winter Olympics. Canada has definitely raised the bar for hosting the Games, and that has caused a swell of pride across the nation!

Top 3 Nations

1. United States 9 Gold - 15 Silver - 13 Bronze
*New all time total medal count record with 37 total

2. Germany 10 Gold - 13 Silver - 7 Bronze

3, Canada 14 Gold - 7 Silver - 5 Bronze
*New all time gold medal total record with 14

For full final standings, visit the official website of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Live Tsunami Feed

2010-02-27T14:17:00.000-08:00

?Free TV Show from Ustream

Chess Snapshot Analysis 2 - Can you find any improvements?

2010-02-25T21:24:00.000-08:00

Here's an unrated game I played as white against the 2. ... E6 Sicilian. What improvements could black have made (or white)?

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

My First Post (New Contributer - David)

2010-02-21T12:26:00.000-08:00

This game was between myself David and a friend of mine I was playing with the white pieces.

We are the World For Haiti - Official Video

2010-02-20T08:57:00.001-08:00

To donate $10 dollars to Haiti relief efforts with the Red Cross through your cell phone, follow this step:

Text "haiti" to 90999

So far millions of dollars have been donated this way for Haiti relief efforts, surpassing the entire amount gathered through cell phone donations in 2009.

Source: American Red Cross Twitter Page

Chess Snapshot Analysis - Can you find any improvements?

2010-02-19T18:34:00.001-08:00

I thought it would be fun once and awhile to post up a game and ask for snapshot analysis. If you think you see any improvements, jot them down in the comment section and then check them out with your engines to see if you're right. Feel free to post for both sides of the board.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Movie: The Story of I.S.318

2010-02-15T17:30:00.000-08:00

CHESS MOVIE (working title) from Rescued Media on Vimeo.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation - Yugoslav Attack: New Annotated Chess Opening with Computer Practice on www.jrobichess.com

2010-02-15T09:46:00.000-08:00

I have added an annotated opening for the Sicilian Defence Dragon Variation with computer practice and Grandmaster examples on the main site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

One of Great Britain's strongest grandmasters John Emms notes that "I can safely say that the Yugoslav Attack is the ultimate test of the Dragon. White quickly develops his queenside and castles long before turning his attentions to an all-out assault on the black king. To the untrained eye, this attack can look both awesome and unnerving"

That being said, black has more than enough tools within the Dragon lines to equalize and have solid winning chances. As always, all resources and training materials on http://www.jrobichess.com are free for everyone to use to improve their game. You can find the new opening practice and exploration for the Yugoslav attack in the "Chess Opening Study with Computer Practice" section of my site.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess reduces the chance of getting Alzheimers by 60 to 75 Percent

2010-02-14T17:10:00.000-08:00

For the article on how chess greatly reduces the chance of getting Alzheimers by 60-75% click here. Spread the word around and get all your friends and relatives pushing the pieces on the 64 square battlefield!

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Crazy Dragon Chess Game - Some mistakes but a failure to capitalize for white.

2010-02-13T19:37:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Sicilian Defence - Dragon Variation - Yugoslav Attack

2010-02-11T05:31:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

White to Move: What would you play?

2010-02-08T20:35:00.001-08:00

New Video on the Washington Post's decision to discontinue GM Kavalek's Chess Column

2010-01-30T23:15:00.000-08:00

Email the Washington Post at letters@washpost.com to request the return of the online Chess Column by GM Lubomir Kavalek.

To read Mr. Kavalek's last article, visit: http://tinyurl.com/yemt3mv

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

The Washington Post Cancels Chess Column

2010-01-30T19:28:00.000-08:00

The Washington Post has ended its chess column written by Lubomir Kavalek. The final column, was published Jan. 4. Kavalek wrote about chess for the newspaper for 23 years.

Lubomir is a noted Czech-American chess player who obtained his Grandmaster distinction in 1965. Kavalek also coaches chess, and is an award winning writer.

Email the Washington Post at letters@washpost.com to request the return of the online Chess Column by GM Lubomir Kavalek. Here is what I sent them - please send them your own letter to the editor through email:

I am writing this quick letter to request that you bring back your online chess column written by Lubomir Kavalek. Mr. Kavalek is an internationally recognized professional in the world of Chess, and an award winning writer. To have his work as part of your online offerings helped increase the overall scope and prestige of your publication. Many notable media organizations support chess columns, such as the New York Times to name one. I hope you reconsider your decision to cancel Mr. Kavalek's chess column, and that he can once again provide quality chess articles for your readers.

Source (Entire Article): The New York Times

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Problems with the Fur Industry

2010-01-30T19:18:00.001-08:00

A lot of what PETA does is sickening in and of itself (using billboards of murdered women to make a point for example) however on some issues they do expose practices that definitely need to change.

As everything boils down to freedom of choice, this video gave me several more reasons as to why I won't (and haven't) bought anything made from animal fur / exotic skins:

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Chess Lesson: Sicilian Defence - Open Sicilian 2. Nf3 D6 3. D4

2010-01-21T17:15:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Haiti Earthquake Footage and Donation Information

2010-01-14T17:04:00.000-08:00

To donate $10 dollars to Haiti relief efforts with the Red Cross through your cell phone, follow this step:

Text "haiti" to 90999

So far over 5 million dollars have been donated this way for Haiti relief efforts, surpassing the entire amount gathered through cell phone donations in 2009.

Source: American Red Cross Twitter Page

Celebration (Rock Remix) - Madonna

2010-01-13T16:58:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Iyaz - Replay (Cover)

2010-01-06T05:46:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Chess Traps #6: Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (Halosar Trap)

2009-12-31T10:31:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: The Pincer Attack Evolution #2

2009-12-28T11:15:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

"You're a Mean One Mr Grinch" - 2009 Style!

2009-12-23T21:47:00.001-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: The Pincer Attack Evolution #1

2009-12-22T11:01:00.000-08:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Chess Grandmaster Loses to Pincer Attack

2009-12-21T08:46:00.000-08:00

Tryfon Gavriel, otherwise knowns as Kingscrusher on YouTube and webmaster of my favorite correspondence site http://www.letsplaychess.com posted a video in which he defeated a Chess Grandmaster using the Pincer Attack.

Some information on Tryfon:

British Regional Master - Achieved a standard play "A" grade of at least 180 in two consecutive seasons on ECF official grading lists.

Top 100 in his country for the top Rapid play chess players!

Fide Rating: usually over 2100

British Championship Qualifier for 2008, by coming 2nd= at the Southend Open with a rating performance of ECF 206.

2009 Muswell Hill 5 minute chess champion! I mention this because I plan on doing quite a few 5 minute chess videos with live commentary! :)

2009 2nd= with IM Trent in North London Blitz chess tournament, defeating Russian GM Chernaiv in final round with black pieces, but losing 2nd game on time from winning position throughout most of the game!

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Opening: The Pincer Attack

2009-12-18T19:24:00.001-08:00

This is a live blitz video of a chess opening I have been working on that I call the Pincer Attack. It's similar to the Hippo Defence from black, but fundamentally different with the extra tempo that white enjoys with the first move from the game. My goal is to have my YouTube subscribers try it out and send in their games to jrobichess@gmail.com from which I will begin to compile a human database of the opening. I have bench marked the position with Rybka vs. Rybka and the structure yields a very equal position.

While the opening does not strive for an initial advantage, by creating this structure black will have to play very carefully to work towards maintaining that equality. White has a lot of tools at its disposal to launch a flank attack while maintaining a solid hold of its purposefully small center. The positions that arise have been fun to play so far, so I am excited to continue looking into the possibilities.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

2009-12-16T22:08:00.000-08:00

Looks pretty awesome!

Boeing 787 Dreamliner Takes to the Air

2009-12-15T15:26:00.000-08:00

I hope Boeing has addressed the following concerns, or the plane might become known as the Deathliner ...

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Lady Gaga Medley

2009-12-09T05:51:00.001-08:00

Wow ...

Hard (Rock Remix) - Rihanna ft. Young Jeezy - Youtube's 401Drummer

2009-12-07T18:22:00.000-08:00

Rex Murphy on Climategate

2009-12-05T15:56:00.000-08:00

jrobi's thoughts on Climategate:

1. If scientists at the top echelons of the global warming movement have been cooking the data (no pun intended) for years to maintain and bolster their agenda, I can't see how anyone could rationally endorse their views and theories.

2. Given that the earth is cooling as opposed to heating up, instead of trying to blame it on carbon (which would "theoretically" be an insulator heating the globe)the focus now needs to shift to what is actually causing climate change (i.e. the sun, etc).

3. Countries like Iran are helping propagate the climate movement because at the core it means that western democracies will have to hurt their economies to reduce emissions. I don't see Iran, China, or Russia for that matter making any moves towards substantial reductions themselves, so it's fairly straight forward to understand that some countries are using climate change to hurt nations that they are ideologically opposed to while continuing to merrily raise emissions themselves. This, in my opinion, is a form of economic warfare.

China is now the largest polluter in the world, with coal plants taking off on almost a weekly basis. However, the vast majority of non-democratic nations continue to focus exclusively on western nations (i.e. the United States, Canada, and European countries) when laying the blame and pushing for economic changes based on climate change. Economic changes that of course don't hurt their own economies, yet will greatly hurt the economies of western nations.

These are just a few of the points I have been thinking about since the information was leaked that the upper echelons of the climate change movement have been willingly cooking the data to propagate their agenda. Don't get me wrong, I am all for responsible living when it comes to things like taking care of the environment, but to cripple economies and cause massive job losses based on cooked data is completely illogical. After all, we're already in a less than ideal economic reality.

The climate change movement has an agenda: hurt western economies under the guise of morality. Millions of well-intentioned people have taken up the cause for carbon reduction based on this sense of morality, even though the leaked data shows that the globe is cooling, and not heating up. These people can't and shouldn't be blamed - their intentions were good. However, the fact of the matter remains that we all need to get sensible about the situation and turn the scientific community's focus to finding out what is actually impacting the changes we see in our climate.

Carbon is most likely not the culprit. In fact, plants love C02 and recent studies have found that plankton (the backbone of the oceanic ecosystem) grow faster and larger when Co2 levels are increased. The worry was that C02 would destroy the base of the oceans food chain, but low and behold this just isn't the case. (source)

So what's causing the change? I have no clue! I would wager it's just the natural state of affairs. After all, I live in Canada and millions of years ago we used to be tropical, and now we're one of the coldest nations on the planet, so something has already happened before to cause major climate change and it wasn't people pumping CO2 into the atmosphere - so what was it? Lets focus on that question now instead of needlessly hurting our economies based on flawed and cooked science. The findings might show us a way we can prevent it, or they might show us that it's inevitable, but nonetheless it will be based on fact and not manipulated data.

New Chess Video: Grandmaster Chess Blunders #2 - Can You Spot the Mistake?

2009-12-05T14:17:00.001-08:00

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bc4 Nd5 7. N1f3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Re1 h6 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. a4 Ngf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Ra3 Kf8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Kg7 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Re4 Qc8 19. b4 Rd6 20. Rg3 Re6
21. Reg4 Re1+ 22. Kh2 Rxc1 *

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Update and New Book Review: The Genius and the Misery of Chess

2009-10-12T10:01:00.001-07:00

Hi all - just a quick update. I have been fighting off a nasty chess cold (and continuing to work throughout) going on a week and a half now. While talking has been a challenge, it has given me an opportunity to read some chess books. I have placed a new review on http://www.jrobichess.com in the review section for a book called "The Genius and the Misery of Chess" by Zhivko Kaikamjzov. The book was amazing!

I thought I knew a fair amount about the life stories of the most famous chess grandmasters, but I was in for a surprise! Check out the review section on the main site for more information and the full review.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Kasparov vs Karpov 2009 - Game 1

2009-09-22T21:18:00.000-07:00

Karpov (2644) - Kasparov (2812)
Valencia, 22.09.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 0–0 9.0–0 e6 10.Nbc3 Na6 11.h3 exd5 12.exd5 Nc4 13.b3 Nd6 14.Bf4 b6 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Rad1 Nc7 17.g4 Qd7 18.a4 f5 19.g5 Rad8 20.Bg3 f4 21.Nxf4 Nf5 22.Nb5 Nxb5 23.axb5 Nd4 24.Ne6 Black wins 0–1

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New Chess Video - King's Indian Attacks!

2009-09-20T19:25:00.000-07:00

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 c6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6
7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. h3 Bh5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Nd2 e5 15. d5 Qc7 16. d6 Qb8
17. Ne4 Bd8 18. Be3 Bb6 19. h4 h6 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. Bxh6 Nc5
22. Nxc5 Qxd6 23. Nd7 Qxh6 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Qxb6 Bf3 26. Qe3
Qh5 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Ra4 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Kh7 31. a3
Kg6 32. Rad1 Re6 33. Rd7 b5 34. Red1 Rc4 35. Rc7 e4 36. Rdd7
e3 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Rxf7 Rg4 39. Rxg7+ Kh5 40. Rh7+ Kg6
41. Rcg7+ Kf5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rhg7+ Kh5 44. Rf3 Re2+ 45. Kh3
Rxg5 46. g4+ Kh6 47. Rxg5 Kxg5 48. b3 Kg6 49. Kg3 Ra2 50. Kf4
Rxa3 51. b4 Kf7 52. Ke5+ Ke7 53. Rh3 Kd7 54. g5 Ra1 55. Rh7+
Ke8 56. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Sousse izt Rd: 3"]
[Site "Sousse izt Rd: 3"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4
13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Na5 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6
18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21. Qh5 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Nc3
23. Bf6 Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5 cxd3
28. Rh4 Ra7 29. Bg2 dxc2 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: King's Indian Attack Opening

2009-09-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

[Event "Chess Opening King's Indian Attack"]
[Site "www.jrobichess.com"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A08"]

1. e4 (1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O
(7... dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. e5)8. Re1 b5) (1. d3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3
Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nb3
Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Nh4)(1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5.
d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5) 1... c5 (1... e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O)(1... c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6
5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O) 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2
Be7 7. O-O O-O *

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Chess Grandmaster Nigel Short - Experiences in Chess

2009-08-19T20:24:00.000-07:00

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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Do you wanna date my Avatar?

2009-08-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

These guys created an original comedy sketch on YouTube called "Watch the Guild" and it's a parody of a group of online gamers interacting both in-game and in real life.

They are entering into season 3 now and the show got sponsored by Microsoft. Not too bad at all considering it all started off as a fun YouTube series!

Note: Press the full screen button on the lower right-hand side of player to get full screen.

Original "Watch the Guild" Season 1 - Episode 1

Watch the Guild YouTube Channel

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: US Chess Phenom - IM Ray Robson

2009-08-15T12:05:00.000-07:00

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge 2009"]
[Site "Scandic Hotel, Tromsø"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Vadim Malakhatko"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nf1 c5 15. g4 cxd4 16. g5 hxg5
17. Bxg5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rxd4 Qf6 20. Kb1 Qh6 21. c4
Rac8 22. Qd1 N5f6 23. Ne3 Nc5 24. Ne5 Nce4 25. Qf3 Qh7 26. Ka1
Rcd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. h6 Rd2 29. N3g4 Qf5 30. Nxf6+ Nxf6
31. Qxb7 Qh5 32. a3 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Ka2 Qh5 35. Qa8+
Kh7 36. hxg7 Kxg7 37. f4 Qf5 38. Qxa7 Nh5 39. Qd4 Qxf4
40. Qxf4 Nxf4 41. a4 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Gaming Addict Talks about Losing Family

2009-08-15T06:06:00.000-07:00

This is a very deep video. This man lost his family because of his hobby, and shares the experience and gives some very important advice. A person doesn't have to be married with children to get something out of this; anyone who has a strong passion for a hobby has relationships that are important, whether it's immediate family, or friends.

NOTE: This isn't anyone affiliated with the blog (or even chess as far as I know) but it's a powerful video nonetheless. The man who created the video has his YouTube channel located HERE.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Chess Tactics #6

2009-08-05T12:19:00.000-07:00

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Time Travel Possible?

2009-08-04T22:02:00.000-07:00

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Kasparov vs. Karpov 2009 - Clash of the Chess Immortals!

2009-07-24T21:38:00.000-07:00

These two chess greats are scheduled to clash once again over the 64 square battlefield in a 12 game match (4 rapid - 8 blitz) in Valencia September 21-24, 2009. This match will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first time these men squared off against each other in Moscow in 1984. Karpov won the last match in NY City by the score of 2.5 - 1.5.

You can safely bet that Kasparov will be looking for revenge for his 2002 performance.

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Book from Gary Kasparov - Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess Volume 3

2009-07-24T09:37:00.000-07:00

Garry Kasparov is, of course, one of the all time greatest chess players in history. Given that, any book he writes is bound to be good. I haven't read this one yet, but his new book is hot off the press (published just this month) so if you're interested here is the link to the publisher's main site. Maybe I will get a chance to review it at some point for http://www.jrobichess.com if time permits.

Garry Kasparov's New Book
Garry Kasparov on Wikipedia

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Happy Birthday to Judit Polgar - The Reigning Queen of Chess

2009-07-23T06:03:00.001-07:00

Judit Polgár (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history, and remains the world's number 1 women's chess player. In 1991, she achieved the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years and 4 months. She was, at that time, the youngest person to do so.

Judit has won many important chess games, including a victory over one of the all time chess greats Gary Kasparov:

Judit Polgar vs. Gary Kasparov - Russia vs. The Rest of the World (Moscow 2002)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.h3 Be7 12.Ne2 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bh7 16.g4 Be7 17.Kg2 h5 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Kf3 Bg6 20.Rd2 hxg4+ 21.hxg4 Rh3+ 22.Kg2 Rh7 23.Kg3 f6 24.Bf4 Bxf5 25.gxf5 fxe5 26.Re1 Bd6 27.Bxe5 Kd7 28. c4 c5 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Re6 Rah8 31.Rexd6+ Kc8 32.R2d5 Rh3+ 33.Kg2 Rh2+ 34.Kf3 R2h3+ 35.Ke4 b6 36.Rc6+ Kb8 37.Rd7 Rh2 38.Ke3 Rf8 39.Rcc7 Rxf5 40.Rb7+ Kc8 41.Rdc7+ Kd8 42.Rxg7 Kc8 1-0

Source: Wikipedia

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Underwater Chess?

2009-07-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

Yes, you read the title right - it's some underwater chess! According the video poster:

"Dutch chessmasters 'Hans Böhm' and 'Robin Swinkels' take up a chess match 4 meters below sealevel having stingrays and fish as their spectators!"

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

Judit Polgar on Bobby Fischer

2009-07-22T17:13:00.000-07:00

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Four Drawn Rook vs Rook+Pawn Endgames

2009-07-16T04:24:00.000-07:00

Check out Jeremy Silman's Complete Endgame Course. Also: I missed the fact that Black's got a win at one point if White's careless enough to oblige. My apologies! And: I say "recapture" when I meant to say "recapitulate".

New Chess Video: jrobi (1543) vs Yaughan (1602)

2009-07-14T13:00:00.000-07:00

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Round "?"]
[White "jrobi"]
[Black "Yaughan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1602"]
[ECO "C02"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Qxb3 6. axb3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Nbc3 Nf5 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Rfc8 16. Na4 h6 17. h4 b5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 b4 20. Rf4 a5 21. Rg4 Kh7 22. Rf4 Kg8 23. g4 Rf8 24. g5 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. Rxg4 g6 27. h5 gxh5 28. Rh4 Kg7 29. Rxh5 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Bd2 Rc8 33. Be3 Ra8 34. Ra1 Kg6 35. Rf1 Kg7 36. Kf2 Rh8 37. Kg3 Kg6 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. Kf4 Kg7 40. Kg3 Kg6 41. Kf4 Kg7 42. Kg3 a4 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Bxa4 45. Kh4 b3 46. Kg4 Kf8 47. Kh5 Ke7 48. Kh6 Ke8 49. Kg7 Ke7 50. g6 fxg6 51. Kxg6 Kd7 52. Kf7 Bc6 53. Kf8 Bb5 54. Bd4 Bc6 55. Kf7 Bb5 1/2-1/2

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Miss Universe Chess a Joke? - Update

2009-07-14T12:37:00.001-07:00

The "Miss Universe of Chess" website has now added Judit Polgar into the category listing for voting, but the poll itself hasn't been reset. Hopefully they will reset the vote now that the overall options have changed - seems to be the fair thing to do.

Miss Universe Chess Official Site
Miss Universe Chess Official Twitter Page
FIDE Top 100 Women Chess Players

Miss Universe Chess a Joke?

2009-07-14T09:06:00.000-07:00

While having morning coffee and analyzing a personal game I am posting on video today, I came across a message on Twitter announcing an online forum to vote for Miss Universe Chess. Obviously interested, I took a look at the link thinking I would see a lot of the best in women's chess. Curiously, in the slide show hosted on the site from which people vote from, there was a huge amount of Alexandra Kosteniuk pictures, and even the Twitter page created for the contest (as of the posting of this article) had a Kosteniuk icon. Interesting!

Notably absent from the contest was the world's highest rated women's chess player, Judit Polgar. Susan Polgar is also not listed, but she hasn't been active in competitive chess for awhile, focusing mostly on promoting chess to the next generation, so that might be the reason why. But no Judit? Here is a picture of Judit Polgar:

As to why the world's strongest women's chess player (who also happens to be quite beautiful) isn't on this list is completely beyond my understanding of how the world works. Somethings off in my opinion.

There are some interesting comments posted about the competition and these oddities on the Miss Universe Chess site.

For those interested, here's the FIDE list of the top 10 women chess players in the world as of July 2009:

Rank Name
1 Polgar, Judit
2 Koneru, Humpy
3 Hou, Yifan
4 Zhao, Xue
5 Muzychuk, Anna
6 Kosintseva, Tatiana
7 Dzagnidze, Nana
8 Stefanova, Antoaneta
9 Sebag, Marie
10 Cramling, Pia

I don't know who is hosting this competition, but there definitely seems to be a little bit of bias to the whole thing. Feel free to post your thoughts or go to the official site page and voice them there.

Miss Universe Chess Official Site
Miss Universe Chess Official Twitter Page
FIDE Top 100 Women Chess Players

jrobichess on Blip.FM

2009-07-13T20:25:00.001-07:00

It's no secret that I really enjoy music (pretty much of all kinds) so when I found out about Blip.FM I was all over it. Basically what the website lets you do is listen to your favorite songs, create a playlist, and share them with your friends who can just listen to them all from your personal page on Blip.FM. In other words, you basically can DJ whatever you want and have people share your music with you from wherever they are provided they have internet access. It also has integration into twitter which is nice.

If you check out my page there, you will notice a pretty big variety in musical taste - I don't concern myself with labels, I just go with what sounds good to me. If you sign up there (it's free of course) let me know so I can check out your tunes.

Chess Blog Challenge #1 - Annotate This!

2009-07-12T22:55:00.000-07:00

I think it's fun to share the games people send me. Annotating chess games (looking for mistakes, awesome play, etc) is very beneficial to overall chess improvement. If you have a game you would like posted on the chess blog for people to look at and possibly annotate, feel free to email them to me and I will post them here.

If you're up to helping the people that send these in, post your annotations in the comment section.

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=11923045"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "theultimatemilk"]
[Black "joenis"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[TimeControl "1/1209600"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "unterminated"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3
6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Qe2 d4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. e5 O-O
11. O-O Re8 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qf4 Bxf3
16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Qxf3 Ndxe5 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. Bb5 Ng4 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8
21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. g3 Nce5 23. Bd3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Qd5 25. c4 Qc6
26. Bxf5+ g6 27. Re7+ Kh8 28. Bxg4 Nxd2+ 29. Kh3 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qb5
31. Rcxc7 *

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Wow ...

2009-07-08T17:24:00.000-07:00

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: jrobi (1512) vs Bristols (1495)

2009-07-08T11:35:00.000-07:00

[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Round "?"]
[White "jrobi"]
[Black "Bristols"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1495"]
[ECO "C41"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Qf6 7. Qb3 b6 8.
Qb5+ c6 9. Qb3 Bc5 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Ne7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. b4
Rad8 15. a3 b5 16. Bb3 a6 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. c4 Nf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 exf4
21. cxb5 axb5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Rc8 24. Rfd1 Nb6 25. g3 Nxa4 26. Rxa4 g5 27.
Rb1 Rb8 28. Rc1 Rfc8 29. e5 f3 30. Re1 g4 31. b5 Rxb5 32. Rxg4+ Kf8 33. Rf4 Rb3
34. e6 Ke7 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Rxh7 Rcb8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. h4 Rg8
40. Kh2 c5 41. Kh3 c4 42. g4 Rf8 43. h5 Rf4 44. h6 Rf8 45. Re3 Rf6 46. g5 Rf8
47. h7 Rh8 48. g6 c3 49. Rxc3 Kxe6 50. Rxf3 Ke5 51. Rf7 Ke6 52. Ra7 Kf6 53.
Ra6+ Kg5 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. f4 Ke4 1-0

jrobichess makes chess videos and has a chess blog along with a personal chess site at http://www.jrobichess.com.

New Chess Video: Grandmaster Chess Tactics #6: Can you spot the line?

2009-07-01T20:35:00.000-07:00

[Event "12, Bad Lauterberg"]
[Site "12, Bad Lauterberg"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Istvan Csom"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6
7. b3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Rfd1 Ne8
12. Bb2 Nd7 13. e4 Nc5 14. Qe3 Qb8 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. h3 Rc8
17. g4 h6 18. f4 Nh7 19. Qf2 Ra7 20. Rd2 Ba8 21. Re1 Bf6
22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Rdd1 Nd7 26. Rd3 Ne5
27. Rh3 Re8 28. Nce2 Rc7 29. a4 Qd8 30. Qg3 Ng6 31. Qh2 f6
32. Rd1 Rg7 33. Nf3 Bxe4 34. Rxd6 Qc7 35. Ba3 Be3+ 36. Kf1 Bc5
37. Bxc5 Qxc5 38. Rd4 Bxf3 39. Rxf3 Ne5 40. Rh3 Nxg4 41. Qd6
Qf5+ 42. Rf3 Qb1+ 43. Rd1 Qe4 44. Rg3 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nxg2
46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 47. Ng3 Qa8 48. Qc7+ Kh8 49. Rd7 Nf8 50. Nf5
1-0

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Bobby Fischer vs. Boris Spassky Documentary

2009-06-28T05:25:00.000-07:00

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A plea for help from Chaos ...

2009-06-25T15:09:00.000-07:00

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New Video: Chess Challenge #1 - Play the Grandmaster!

2009-06-20T07:11:00.000-07:00

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Looking for Contributers!

2009-06-16T17:44:00.000-07:00

If you are passionate about chess and would like to share your thoughts and ideas here on the blog, send me an email to jrobichess@gmail.com ! You will get setup with the ability to post on the main page, and with the tools blogspot provides posting images and things of that nature is a snap!

So if you like to discuss or share tactical puzzles, openings, middle games, end-games or just chess news, thoughts, and opinions, send an email to me at jrobichess@gmail.com and join the contributer team!

Back to the 80's? =)

2009-06-12T15:07:00.001-07:00

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Composite Material Concerns in Large Airliners - Air France Crash Connection?

2009-06-11T15:16:00.000-07:00

Given the recent Airbus crash in the Atlantic Ocean, a lot of questions are being raised as to what could have brought it down. Issues with the Airbus rudders are raised in this video, posted back in 2007. Boeing plans on releasing the "Dreamliner" soon which has the highest percentage of composite materials in history for such a large aircraft.

While no one knows what happened yet in the Airbus crash (hopefully the black boxes will be recovered) there are very serious questions as to the reliability of high percentages of composite materials in large commercial airliners. Divers recovered a huge part of the rudder, which has caused some to speculate that it came off in the air. Generally, if a plane impacts intact, the materials are literally "crushed" due to the force, but with the rudder being in relatively good condition, it has caused some to speculate that it came down by itself. Food for thought for sure.

Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

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More Goodies on the Fishing Pole Chess Trap in the Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence Line

2009-06-09T20:00:00.001-07:00

The YouTube channel that is hosting the video made by Brian Wall is managed by someone else, but the videos themselves are definitely unique and well done and Mr. Wall talks about how a 1500 rated chess player defeated a Grandmaster in a Chess Simul exhibition using the trapping line:

Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 1
Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 2

Brian Wall also has his own web page that you can visit HERE. I believe the site is still under construction.

Chess Traps #5: Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence Trap (Fishing Pole)

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Susan Polgar's "Chess Rules of Thumb"

2009-06-08T15:40:00.000-07:00

These are the rules of thumb to be applied throughout the entire game.

After every move by your opponent, ask yourself these questions:
1. Can I capture any of my opponent's pieces to gain material?
2. What does my opponent want to do?
a) Am I in check?
b) Does my opponent want to capture any of my pieces?
c) Is my opponent threatening a tactical maneuver (i.e., fork, pin, etc.)?
• Simplify the position by trading pieces when you are ahead in material.
• Avoid doubling your pawns (placing two pawns on the same file).
• Always keep your pawns connected.
• Occupy open file(s) with your rook(s).
• Do not trade a bishop for a knight unless the position is closed (with many pawns and no open lines), or unless you gain some kind of advantage from the exchange.
• Avoid staying in pins.
• Keep your pieces on protected squares as much as possible.

In the Opening
Here are some things to look for in the beginning of the game.
• Control the CENTER (start out by putting at least one center pawn in the center).
• Develop your pieces so that they can attack the center as much as possible.
• Put your king in safety quickly by CASTLING.
• Don't move the same piece twice (unless necessary; i.e., moving away from an attack or recapturing, etc.).
• Don't move your queen out early (usually only after both knights and bishops are developed and the king is safe).
• Connect your rooks by moving out all pieces between them.
In the Middlegame
Below are some of things to look for after you have developed all your pieces.
• Look for targets or weaknesses in your opponent's position.
• Make plans based on the targets and your opponent's position.
• When you have an attack going on the opponent's king, avoid trading queens.
• Keep your king safe, usually behind two or three pawns and near the corner.
• Gain a space advantage.

In the endgame
Here are some things to look for after several pieces (usually including the queens) have been exchanged.
• Try to bring your king toward the center and in play. In the endgame, contrary to the earlier parts of the game, the king should be an active participant, at times even in the attack.
• Try to create passed pawns.
• If you have a passed pawn, advance it. Try to promote your passed pawn to a Queen.
• If your opponent has a passed pawn, make sure you can stop it before it reaches the promotion square (or at least make a counter plan).

Source: Susan Polgar's Chess Blog

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