Archive for October 7th, 2009

Stoyko – Grasso, Hamilton Quads 2009
White to play. What is the winning plan?

FM Steve Stoyko showed me a nice game he played at the Hamilton Quads back in August. Though it offers some ideas on how to play the Colle-Zukertort, the game is chiefly of interest as an example of when “bishops of opposite color endings” can be won. You can play it over below or download the PGN file.

Related Links

• The Colle in Black and White
• A Fascinating Colle Game
• Ippolito and Bartell Win NJ Championship
  Features a nice Stoyko win with the Zuke.

The 2009 KCC Events Calendar has been updated to include our upcoming lectures and Garden State Chess League matches.

I came across this LED Chess Set from Cool Stuff Express for $89.99 and another from Hi-Tec Art for $39.99. I should have recognized that such products were inevitable when I read about how to make your own LED chess set (using an inexpensive set made of glass), as well as a “simple version” of the same concept that supposedly takes only four hours to build. Pretty cool for playing chess in the dark, if you have either the money or the time.

The Kenilworth Chess Club will be hosting 3 lectures this fall, all of which are geared toward chess improvement.

• On October 15th, FM Steve Stoyko will present “Evaluating Chess Positions, An Introduction”.
• On October 29th, NM Scott Massey will show us “How To Improve At Chess”.
• On December 3rd, NM Yaacov Norowitz will speak about “Color Complexes”.

The lectures will begin at 8:15 or 8:30 p.m. and the admission price for each is $5.00 per person. Non-members are welcome.

When he is not watching his charge, chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen, on Playchess,
Garry Kasparov is talking to the media giants. CNN’s Becky Anderson discussed
chess, computers and Russian politics with him. "I started from a totally
lost position," says Kasparov on the last subject, "but the Russian
opposition still exists." Four and a half minute interview.

Mihail Marin’s opening articles are amongst the
most thorough that ChessBase Magazine has to offer. In CBM 128 the Romanian GM
investigated 3…d6 against the Giuoco Piano, a move which is aimed at
carrying out the fianchettto with …g6. In it he came to the conclusion, “that
3…d6 followed by …g6 is basically sound”. Now he has had occasion to employ
in praxis his own suggestion, where his opponent chose the most frequently adopted
plan with queenside castling. But you can see for yourself in
the annotated game Lupulescu-Marin or get the full contents of ChessBase Magazine 128 in the shop

It is one of the most famous games in chess history, one which used to be a
part of every player’s education back in the book era. It has even found its
way on to a postage stamp. In his Wednesday night Playchess
lecture Dennis Monokroussos takes another look at the heavyweight battle between
two all-time greats. Be there at 9 p.m. ET or 3 a.m. CEST.