Archive for December 20th, 2009

When Magnus Carlsen convincingly outplayed that well known openings connoisseur
Peter Leko in the very first round of the tournament in Nanjing, the world of
chess pricked up its ears, because the Norwegian had done so with a Scotch, an
opening which in modern times has been associated above all with the name of
Garry Kasparov, who is now known to be Carlsen’s trainer. This game spurred Igor
Stohl on to take an extremely close look at the variation employed. Here is the
complete article, one of a total of 12 on the
DVD of
CBM 133.
Stohl: Scotch with 10.f4

‘Goal-oriented oppositionally paired dualities’ are certainly enjoyed
by our readers, whether they realize it or not. In plain English, the term means
‘games’, but not all authors seem capable of writing plainly. A
selection of pretentious and trite passages about our beloved duality is offered
by the Editor of Chess
Notes in an article which is guaranteed to have your head spinning well before Christmas.

‘Goal-oriented oppositionally paired dualities’ are certainly enjoyed
by our readers, whether they realize it or not. In plain English, the term means
‘games’, but not all authors seem capable of writing plainly. A
selection of pretentious and trite passages about our beloved duality is offered
by the Editor of Chess
Notes in an article which is guaranteed to have your head spinning well before Christmas.