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יום שבת, 16 ביולי 2011

Chess resources on the internet: Part 1 - Newspapers columns

הקולומבוס דיספטצ'ר, עיתון אמריקאי. שמו של בעל הטור: שלבי לימן. יהודי. טור איכותי. יש לו פינת המתחיל. וגם משחק השבוע.

הנה דוגמא לטור מחודש יולי, 2011.


The Columbus Dispatcher


On Chess: Game wading into waves of change

Saturday, July 16, 2011 03:05 AM

Basic Chess Features

Like so much in contemporary life, chess - like an onrushing river - is characterized by constant change.

Bobby Fischer had the equivalent of a dozen or more doctorates in chess. He studied and assimilated - like no one else before him - what seemed at the time to be a massive classical chess heritage.

Grandmasters today have access to a minimum database of more than 4 million games, far eclipsing the chess legacy that Fischer inherited - and that database is increasing at an accelerating rate.

Setting up the pieces, playing through a game or games and reviewing relevant positions are painfully time-consuming. Fortunately, chess software and the computer screen speed the process miraculously.

Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-rated player, has indicated that he rarely uses a 3-D chess set. His basic equipment is a computer and programs that display and analyze critical positions.

He and others can achieve in minutes results that are as good or better than grandmasters in the pre-electronic era could manage in days or weeks.

It can be argued that computers weaken the capacity for original analysis and insight. But they can also supplement creativity and playing ability.

Clearly, something new is afoot in the game. The chess mind is evolving.

Shelby Lyman is a Basic Chess Features columnist.


Beginner's corner

Hint & explanation:

The power of the pawns.

Solution to Beginner's corner:

1. Qd2! (wins a rook to start). If 2. Rxd2, cxd2 - and Black will get a new queen.

How the masters play

Below is a win by Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen against Yang Wen from the Asian Individual Tournament in Mashhad, Iran.


NGUYEN WEN
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6
5. f4 0-0
6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be2 e5
8. fxe5 dxe5
9. d5 a5
10. Be3 Na6
11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Nd7
13. h4 f5
14. h5 Bf6
15. hxg6 hxg6
16. exf5 gxf5
17. Bh5 Kg7
18. Qf3 Bg5
19. Bg6 Bxe3
20. Rh7ch Kg8
21. Qh5 Qf6
22. Rxd7

Black resigns

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