GENUINE DRAW WITH RYBKA

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A BEGGING LETTER

The following report is in response to a begging email I received earlier in the week. It relates to the recent E2E4 tournament in Dublin.

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THE "JOYCE"OF SPRING

At Easter in Dublin, Martin Kelly(Belfast South) followed up his 4/6 in the Gonzaga Under-1800s with 5/6 in the e2e4 Under-1750 Major.
He was unbeaten in the 9 round event.After a first round travelling bye, Kelly was full of the "joyce"of spring after a difficult draw with
Stephen Joyce.After a win and draw in the next two rounds,he was able to "waltz"past Cathal Walsh in Round Five in the game below:

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In Round Six on Board Two,joint leader Ronan Murphy was "groanin' " after losing to Kelly in a swashbuckling,sacrificial game, not for the fainthearted.

The final round saw Kelly on Board One face last year's winner,Bulgarian Atanis Kouthev, nicknamed "Attack"or "Attila the Hun",who was a half point clear and needed only a draw to win. 

Kelly remembered losing on Board Two in the last round at Gonzaga but knew a win this time would get him a first prize of 400 Euros. Instead,he chickened out with a Grandmaster draw to finish second.

What would you have done in the position below? 

Answers on a postcard to……………………….ROOKIE. 

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

A GAME FROM THE RECENT NIGEL SHORT SIMUL

Here is William Storey`s game against Nigel Short. William is a member of the Lagan chess club.  The game was published on their website.

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

NAJDORF NEWS

Danny King has a youtube channel focussing on the Najdorf defence.  Lots of good instruction for free. Looks like he is bringing out a DVD on the subject which I will be looking forward to.

Here is the first lecture in the series.

2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

THE CENTER COUNTER

Andrew Martin examines a game featuring the Center Counter.

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

A GAME FOR E4 PLAYERS

Here is game 5 from the World Championship analysed by Andrew Martin.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Here is a former World Championship game with a little puzzle thrown in at the end.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW FEATURING THE GPA

At club level you cannot hide from this. The Grand Prix Attack will come your way sometime if you play c5 against e4.


I dread facing this, it is not my idea of fun. This is a good examination of the GPA by Andrew Martin.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

MICHAEL STEAN FROM 1980

Just discovered there are Michael Stean games on youtube.

Part 1

 

Part 2.

 


Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

THE MODERN DEFENCE AN ANDREW MARTIN TUTORIAL

Here is an interesting examination of the Modern Defence. Andrew Martin also mentions a chess newsletter called SCORE as well.

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And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO I am sure someone will find this very useful.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

TRIBUTE TO RECENTLY DECEASED CHESS TRAINER BY ANDREW MARTIN

Here is Andrew Martin`s tribute to a well known chess trainer. The white player makes it look easy to play the game!

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

PRECISE PLAY BY ANDREW MARTIN

Another interesting lecture.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

SICILIAN NAJDORF BY ANDREW MARTIN

This is one of  the latest in a series of Andrew Martin`s video tutorials. They are all worth watching if you have the time.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

THE TANTRUM ATTACK

A controversy has occurred at one of this week`s games which could have far reaching consequences.

In most countries this particular opening is called the f4 Sicilian or the Grand Prix Attack. Here in N.Ireland it is now known as the Tantrum Attack.  


If the white aggression breaks down he simply finds the novelty of throwing a tantrum and claiming spectators have interfered with play, like wot Kenneth Wolsteholme did in the famous 1966 World Cup final!


Here are most of the moves of the controversial game. The remaining moves were not being recorded as the players were both in the last five minutes. lol lol lol lol

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

TWO KNIGHTS DEFENCE

A couple of years ago I watched Alexandra Kosteniuk give a lecture on this game. She may have actually played the game earlier in the day as a matter of fact.  


At one stage in the lecture she said, "Why did I play this opening? I will never ever play this again!"


It must have been a very nerve wrecking experience! lol Rybka analysis gives it a training question at move 28 for white?


Here is the game below.

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

FURTHER VIDEO CLIPS FROM WEEKEND TOURNAMENT

Here is a video clip of the final first round games

ANDREW MARTIN PRESENTS A FEMALE INNOVATION

Andrew Martin presents an interesting video on the Petroff defence.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LAST NIGHT`S GAME

Here is last night`s game against David. I could not record all the moves as I was in my last five minutes. 

Just last week I  had been looking at Sam Collins DVD  "An e4 Repitoire for White." Particularly the section on the Italian game. 


That is why I played this line.

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

XTREME CHESS

This is on the Chessbase site.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.