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Dr.Dave's Further Adventures at East Devon

Submitted by DrDave on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 23:22

East Devon Congress, Open Section, 2007

Four games and no wins is so-so, but the blunder count was reassuringly
low, and I had a good attempt at winning a couple of games, including
the one against Helbig, who was the strongest player I faced. So,
progress of sorts.

{Wretchedly got a bye in the first round. Both players were careless of their
pawns in this game!}

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[Event "East Devon"]
[Site "Exeter"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Regis, D."]
[Black "Cordner, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "82"]

New starting formations (Tabi'at)

Submitted by DrDave on Mon, 20/09/2010 - 22:15

Spanish Torture? The Ruy Lopez

Submitted by DrDave on Tue, 31/08/2010 - 20:11

You know when you've been Benko'd

Submitted by DrDave on Mon, 30/08/2010 - 21:19

How to mate with Bishop and Knight

Submitted by DrDave on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 22:08

Double Bishop Endgames

Submitted by DrDave on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 21:33

Club Games - Andrew Pickering at work

Submitted by DrDave on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 20:48

Taylor, M (1605) - Pickering, A (2000) (1503) [A21] Exeter vs. Rainham

1. c4 e5 2. g3

[2. Nc3]

2... f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e3

  (This is a good formation, going for a central roller, but obviously you need to look out for weak squares)

4... Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 e4 7. f3

  (could have been saved up; Black isn't playing ...d5 yet)

7... exf3 8. Nxf3

  (White has a central pawn but must aim at e2-e4)

Steve Homer at work

Submitted by DrDave on Sat, 28/08/2010 - 20:46

Wood, DA (2200) - Homer, SJ (Surrey Open ) (2040) (7) [C04] praxis: positional sacrifice in club play, 1988

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. Bf4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Nc6 14. c4!? d4 15. Bd3

 

Meat and potatoes

Submitted by DrDave on Mon, 19/10/2009 - 21:16

On manoeuvres

Submitted by DrDave on Mon, 19/10/2009 - 21:12
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Chess Quotes

On advanced ideas:
"After giving a student the basic mating patterns and strategies you must begin giving them advanced concepts. At first these ideas will not make sense, many players will have a vague idea of what you are talking about but nothing more. Even a fragmented understanding of these concepts will prove useful though, and eventually they will improve as these lessons are assimilated by repetition and example."
— Jeremy SILMAN, The Amateur's Mind, 1995

 cf.:

"We begin with the hypothesis that any subject can be taught effectively in some intellectually honest form to any child at any stage of development. ... (The "spiral curriculum") ... Is it not possible ... to introduce them to some of the major ... ideas earlier, in a spirit perhaps less exact and more intuitive?"