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08/13/2021

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08/08/2021

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11/21/2020

This page is shutting down. Very sorry. Still active on my YouTube channel.

07/26/2020

Players who deserve to be better known
Entry # 2 Karel Opočenský


Karel Opočenský in 1969
Karel Opočenský (7 February 1892 – 16 November 1975, Prague) was a Czech chess master. International Master, Gold medal winner at the chess Olympiad, Czech national champion, World Championship Arbiter, “noted theotician”, etc. That much anyone can find on Wikipedia. However, my interest comes as a result of research into two of my favorite openings; The Benko Gambit and the Najdorf Sicilian. Here I find Opocensky was a path finder, early adaptor, explorer, dare I say…visionary??!? Check out these two very modern looking games played long before they were widely adapted.

Eliskases,Erich Gottlieb - Opocensky,Karel [A57]
Prague (1), 1937

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 b5 6.cxb5 Bg7 7.Bd3 0–0 8.Nge2 a6 9.0–0 axb5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.Ng3 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 Nbd7 13.Bd2 h5 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.b3 Qd7 16.Nc3 h4 17.Nge2 h3 18.Ng3 hxg2 19.Kxg2 Qc8 20.a4 Nbd7 21.Rab1 e6 22.Bf4 exd5 23.exd5 Re8 24.Rfd1 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Qd3 Nh5 27.Qf3 Qd7 28.Re1 Rae8 29.Re4 Nxg3 30.hxg3 Qb7 31.Rxe5 Rxe5 32.Nb5 Qd7 33.Qd3 Re8 34.b4 Ra8 35.bxc5 dxc5 36.Qc4 Bf8 37.Rd1 Qb7 38.Kg1 Qa6 39.d6 Qc6 40.Qd5 Qxd5 41.Rxd5 c4 42.Rd4 Rd8 43.Rxc4 Bxd6 44.a5 Bf8 45.a6 1–0

Foltys,Jan - Opocensky,Karel [B91]
Duras 60 Memorial Prague (2), 06.12.1942
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.0–0 0–0 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Kh2 Nc5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rfe1 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.c4 Bc6 16.f3 Rac8 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.b4 b6 19.Ne2 Bb7 20.Nc3 Nd7 21.f4 b5 22.e5 bxc4 23.exd6 exd6 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 c3 26.Qd3 d5 27.Qxa6 d4 28.Bg1 d3 29.Qxd3 Ne5 30.Qxd8+ Rxd8 31.fxe5 Bxe5 32.Re3 Rd2 33.Kh1 Rxa2 34.b5 Qd6 35.Rf1 c2 36.b6 Qd2 0–1

05/12/2020

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03/27/2020

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Chess Strategy Workbook teaches you to be observant and take your time to discover the clues in chess positions, introducing many of the strategies used by chess masters in a way that is fun and easy to understand.Learn how to use the different types of chess advantages (king safety, material, pi...

03/18/2020

Attacking 101: Volume #005 by Joel Johnson

03/18/2020

Exactly what is a "Sealer Sweeper" and why should I care?

03/11/2020

Boredom is the enemy! If you are so busy and fulfilled that you never get bored, bravo to you good sir or ma'am! But most people (especially youngsters!) can get into bad situations or unhealthy habits due to (in large measure) to boredom. How many times have you grabbed a bag of chips, turned on the b**b tube, grabbed a smoke (or worse) just in order to have something to do? What if you had a positive thing that was also fun? Chess can provide that! It's one of the things that Psychologist Wm. Glasser would have called a "Positive Addiction". Is chess the only thing like that? Of course not! But it's the one that I am an authority on and can help introduce to you! Give me a shout and let's set something up!

02/27/2020

Characteristics of an effective Chess Training Program

If you are reading this, I assume you are (or seek to support) a person involved in Rated Tournament Play who desires to maximize their potential and results.
The effective training program for competitive chess players has much in common with any sporting program’s ideas, so many of those concepts apply here. If there is a single type of sports program that best translates to chess play it would be the combat sports. The ideas and methods found in Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, and MMA especially form a valuable analogous comparison.
The effective program will provide players, their coaches, and supporters (Family, Friends) with empirically based training ideas. This program should allow it's participants access to the latest developments, ideas, theories, and practices in chess training. The best proof of improvement is the Chess rating system. Those people entering competitive play and their trainers/supporters MUST understand this rating system and how it reflects a person’s mastery of Chess.
Training in this program should show that these resources are being converted into rating point gains and better chess-play for the student. In short, any effective Chess Training program or coach should have as their goal helping their students reach their full potential as a rated chess competitor and use rated play as the way to measure progress.