Solitaire Chess: Simple Chess Print E-mail
By Bruce Pandolfini   
October 1, 2007
Some of the best chess lessons are those that center on ridiculously winning games, where simplification and maintaining control highlight superior performance. Most good players tend to win by mundanely direct methods.


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Polgar's Pick: Caissa’s Gentleman Print E-mail
By GM Susan Polgar with FM Paul Truong   
October 1, 2007
GM Boris Gulko gives a lesson in accumulating advantages, building up an overwhelming position in this game from the Cali Continental Championships in Cali, Colombia this past July.


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Steroid Chess Print E-mail
By IM Danny Kopec, Ph.D.   
September 20, 2007
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How Computers, Tournaments & Etiquette Have Changed the Royal Game

No, this article is not about the issue of drug testing in chess. A whole generation of our readers has come of age not realizing what chess was like just a short era ago—and not realizing what has been lost.


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Akobian, Ivanov Tie For First In Cali Print E-mail
By GM Eugene Perelshteyn   
September 20, 2007
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The American contingent in Cali turns in an impressive performance as Varuzhan Akobian and Alexander Ivanov tie for first, Gulko is 6-13th, and Sergey Kudrin, Dmitry Gurevich, and Jaan Ehlvest finish 14-22nd.


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Chess as a Mirror of a Father’s Flaws Print E-mail
By Jon Jacobs   
September 20, 2007
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King’s Gambit ties a personal memoir to an examination of top-level chess—with a dose of “espionage” thrown in for good measure.


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