26 Feb – First Thematic Tournament of 2010
Friday, Feb 26, 2010, come and say “Happy BIrthday” to Dayton’s own Chess Queen, Sharon Driver. Then play, in her honor, “The Queen’s Gambit Declined, Manhattan Variation” (1. d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Bb4 with White to move) Thematic Tournament. Expect to enjoy playing both the black and white side of this opening – G/25, td/5.
C.H.A.T. #2
BRAND NEW CHESS BOOK There is a brand new book out on former world champion Emanuel Lasker with the simple title Emanuel Lasker, edited by Forster, Hansen, and Negele (2009). This book is clearly a labor of love and with over 1,000 pages, 700 games, and 1600 diagrams it is a chess player’s book. Other areas of interest covered are his childhood and family, and along with work as both a mathematician and as a philosopher. I don’t have this book and I want one for Christmas or my birthday (early January). Many more details on the book and a number of photos from within may be found at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5946. PROBLEM CHESS BOOK I have a confession to make, I hate ‘problem books’ … composed problems that is. Why? Because they almost never have any bearing on the problems or positions I am likely to ever face on the chess board. That has changed as a result of Canadian GM Kevin Spraggett’s posting of a number of problems by the brother Platov from their famous book appropriately titled The Platov … Continue reading
Report on the 51st Gem City Open
Players came from 8 different states. Primarily from Ohio, but seven other states were represented as well: Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, West Virginia, Virginia, and New York. Continue reading
C.H.A.T. #1
The purpose of this regular column is to share items big and small about chess found around the web on chess that catch my interest and that I believe in turn will be of interest to you and others. Continue reading
