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Class: G = General, D = 1400+, C=1600+, B = 1800+, A = 2000+

Class: G

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Openings, Tactics
Class	Topics	Title
G	Openings, Tactics	Lessons in Philidor's Defence - live action version

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Praxis
Class	Topics	Title
G	Praxis	Exeter Club Championship Rapidplay Tournament 2013-2014
G	Praxis	The Art of Analysis, Part 1
G	Praxis	The pieces at their best
G	Praxis	DGT XL clocks
G	Praxis	Club Championship 2014/15
G	Praxis	To take is a mistake - tension in the chess position
G	Praxis	Time trouble
G	Praxis	Lucky escapes
G	Praxis	How do Chess-Players Think?
G	Praxis	Lessons from Korchnoi
G	Praxis	A chess glossary
G	Praxis	Exeter Chess Club Simul 1995
G	Praxis	What makes a difference?
G	Praxis	Shakespeare Annotates
G	Praxis	Is there luck in chess?
G	Praxis	Two Open Games
G	Praxis	The Great BICS Internet Chess Match
G	Praxis	Clock control
G	Praxis	Assess Your Chess
G	Praxis	The Art of Analysis, Part 2
G	Praxis	Why do we lose?
G	Praxis	Club competitions
G	Praxis	Exeter Chess Club RAPIDPLAY Championship 2016-17
G	Praxis	Exeter Chess Club Championship 2016-17
G	Praxis	What's wrong with club players? An MOT for us all
G	Praxis	Random Chess Advice
G	Praxis	Club games
G	Praxis	Lessons from Kramnik
G	Praxis	Lessons from Carlsen
G	Praxis	Lessons from Anand
G	Praxis	Lessons from Judit Polgar
G	Praxis	Lessons from Steinitz
G	Praxis	Club Championship 2015/16

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: techie
Class	Topics	Title
G	techie	FEN2diag.pl: a Perl script to convert FEN chess positions to human-readable diagrams
G	techie	Test canvas AOK
G	techie	404 Not found
G	techie	403 Forbidden

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: misc
Class	Topics	Title
G	misc	Knight's Tour
G	misc	Exeter Club Championship & Rapidplay Tournament 2012-2013
G	misc	Going back in time
G	misc	How to play chess
G	misc	PDF versions of handouts
G	misc	Chess Notation
G	misc	Play through PGN collections
G	misc	Levels ratings and grades
G	misc	Semi-Random Baseline Chess
G	misc	Duck Chess
G	misc	Said the Elephant to the Bishop...
G	misc	Chess Coaching Summer 2011 (updated 23rd August)
G	misc	An ABC of chess
G	misc	Morphy vs Steinitz
G	misc	Lessons from Alekhin
G	misc	Lessons from Smyslov
G	misc	Lessons from Jan Timman
G	misc	Lessons from John Nunn
G	misc	The chess family tree
G	misc	Lessons from Euwe

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: ego, Openings
Class	Topics	Title
G	ego, Openings	Dr.Dave's Adventures at East Devon, 2013

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Endings
Class	Topics	Title
G	Endings	Two puzzles
G	Endings	Passed Pawn Pandemonium
G	Endings	Who would win in a fight between a lion and a bear? (endgame fortresses)

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Coaching
Class	Topics	Title
G	Coaching	Coaching Summer 2014
G	Coaching	Lessons from the lost No.1s
G	Coaching	Book review: Danger in chess - Avni
G	Coaching	Chess and Psychology
G	Coaching	Free chess coaching videos online
G	Coaching	Lessons from World Champions and others

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Tactics
Class	Topics	Title
G	Tactics	Tim's Tactics
G	Tactics	The Improving Annotator
G	Tactics	Visualization/Analysis in Chess
G	Tactics	Practical Tactics
G	Tactics	Erro ergo sum: analysis and error
G	Tactics	Shredder/Chess Tutor Daily Chess Puzzle (IFRAME)
G	Tactics	Blunder-proofing your game

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Openings
Class	Topics	Title
G	Openings	Opening Workshop 2015
G	Openings	Play the Opening like a Champion
G	Openings	A la carte
G	Openings	ECO Opening codes: list with variation names
G	Openings	Openings Workshop 2013
G	Openings	Opening workshop 2018 part 2
G	Openings	Opening workshop 2018

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Strategy
Class	Topics	Title
G	Strategy	Middlegame gym

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: blog
Class	Topics	Title
G	blog	Test Theme Page

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: local
Class	Topics	Title
G	local	Calendars

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: books
Class	Topics	Title
G	books	Book recommendations
G	books	CHRISTMAS BOOK REVIEW: last minute gifts for the unimproved player

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Coaching, Praxis
Class	Topics	Title
G	Coaching, Praxis	The Art of Analysis

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: style
Class	Topics	Title
G	style	Lessons from Karpov
G	style	Lessons from Boris Spassky

Class: D

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Tactics
Class	Topics	Title
D	Tactics	A course in chess tactics
D	Tactics	Essential checkmate patterns
D	Tactics	Upon the pin
D	Tactics	Lessons in Philidor's Defence
D	Tactics	Vukovic's mates
D	Tactics	Get your eye in -- basic practice in noticing attacks

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Endings
Class	Topics	Title
D	Endings	General advice on the endgame
D	Endings	MiddleGame Endings and Endgame Openings
D	Endings	Mate with Two Bishops
D	Endings	Outside passed Pawns
D	Endings	Rook Endings in Theory
D	Endings	Mate with the Two Bishops
D	Endings	Winning a drawn endgame
D	Endings	Exchanging into King Endings
D	Endings	Queen against Pawn

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Openings
Class	Topics	Title
D	Openings	Ten rules for the opening
D	Openings	Playing Black against King's-Pawn Openings (1.e4)
D	Openings	The Ulvestad Variation of the Two Knights' Defence
D	Openings	Nineteenth-Century Openings
D	Openings	No More Old Stodge!
D	Openings	The Italian Game for beginners
D	Openings	A first opening repertoire
D	Openings	Playing 1.d4 for juniors
D	Openings	Minor Openings
D	Openings	No more Old Stodge! (2)
D	Openings	Choosing an Opening Repertoire
D	Openings	Four Choices in the Opening
D	Openings	The French Defence for Beginners I: Key Ideas
D	Openings	Minor Opening Mistakes

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Strategy
Class	Topics	Title
D	Strategy	Rooks on ranks and files
D	Strategy	The Fianchetto: a user's guide
D	Strategy	Kings and Queens
D	Strategy	Knight outposts

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Praxis
Class	Topics	Title
D	Praxis	Lessons from Morphy
D	Praxis	General Middlegame Advice
D	Praxis	A disaster in the Stonewall
D	Praxis	Bruce Rowston at work
D	Praxis	Cool Tips

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Attack
Class	Topics	Title
D	Attack	Attacking the castled King

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Coaching
Class	Topics	Title
D	Coaching	Getting started with the Coaching stuff

Class: C

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Endings
Class	Topics	Title
C	Endings	Rook Endings in Practice
C	Endings	A Rook Ending: Capablanca-Janowsky
C	Endings	Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation: White wins

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Strategy
Class	Topics	Title
C	Strategy	Opposite-coloured Bishops in the endgame and the middle-game
C	Strategy	Weak pawns
C	Strategy	Schematic thinking
C	Strategy	Exchanging to Win
C	Strategy	Pawn formations

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Praxis
Class	Topics	Title
C	Praxis	Chess with Attitude
C	Praxis	Lessons from Mikhail Tal
C	Praxis	Safe and solid?
C	Praxis	Compensation for material?
C	Praxis	Chess style
C	Praxis	Lessons from Bobby Fischer

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Openings
Class	Topics	Title
C	Openings	The Colle System
C	Openings	Moller
C	Openings	The Caro-Kann
C	Openings	Gambits
C	Openings	The Swiss Defence
C	Openings	Systems against the English Opening: book resources
C	Openings	Playing White against odd Black defences after 1.e4 (2)
C	Openings	Playing Black against Queen's-Pawn Openings (1) Cambridge Springs
C	Openings	Playing White against odd Black defences after 1.e4 (1)
C	Openings	Tales of the Unexpected: dealing with Unorthodox Openings
C	Openings	The French Defence for Beginners II: Key Variations
C	Openings	Playing White against odd Black defences after 1.e4 (3)
C	Openings	Playing Black against Queen's-Pawn Openings (2): Semi-Slav and Exchange
C	Openings	The Solid Sicilian
C	Openings	Beating the Anti-Indians
C	Openings	The secret arts of castling
C	Openings	Playing Black against Queen's-Pawn Openings
C	Openings	Playing Black against Queen's-Pawn Openings (3): without c2-c4
C	Openings	Playing White against odd Black defences after 1.e4
C	Openings	Custer's Last Stand
C	Openings	The Petroff Defence for Beginners
C	Openings	The Dutch Stonewall
C	Openings	Benonis

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Attack
Class	Topics	Title
C	Attack	The Very Slow King's-side Attack

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Tactics
Class	Topics	Title
C	Tactics	Blunders at East Devon

Class: B

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Praxis
Class	Topics	Title
B	Praxis	Lessons from Larsen
B	Praxis	Contempt for Pawns
B	Praxis	Lessons from Rubinstein
B	Praxis	Club Games - Steve Webb at work
B	Praxis	Club Games - Mark Blackmore on a roll
B	Praxis	Lessons from Lasker
B	Praxis	Lessons from Capablanca
B	Praxis	Dr.Dave's Adventures at East Devon, 2000

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Endings
Class	Topics	Title
B	Endings	Two weaknesses
B	Endings	Studies and problems
B	Endings	Bishop Endgames
B	Endings	Basic Rook Endgames

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Strategy
Class	Topics	Title
B	Strategy	Weak squares
B	Strategy	Doubled c-Pawns
B	Strategy	Planning
B	Strategy	"To take is a mistake"
B	Strategy	Mysterious moves
B	Strategy	Bishops: good, bad and both.
B	Strategy	Pawn mobility
B	Strategy	The Queen's-side attack

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Openings
Class	Topics	Title
B	Openings	The Queen's Gambit Accepted/Isolated Queen's Pawn
B	Openings	The Bogoljubow Paradox
B	Openings	The Variations of the King's Gambit
B	Openings	The Sicilian Defence
B	Openings	The Ideas Behind the Modern Defence
B	Openings	The Modern Italian Game
B	Openings	Five Sicilians from club play
B	Openings	The Ideas behind the King's Gambit
B	Openings	Dr.Dave's Adventures with the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
B	Openings	The Hypermodern Approach
B	Openings	The French 'Little Centre'
B	Openings	The London System
B	Openings	The Ideas behind the English Opening
B	Openings	Slav or Semi?
B	Openings	SuperMac!

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Tactics
Class	Topics	Title
B	Tactics	Strategy and Tactics

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Attack
Class	Topics	Title
B	Attack	Capablanca - Master of the Attack
B	Attack	The Theory of Steinitz

Class: A

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Openings
Class	Topics	Title
A	Openings	Spanish Torture? The Ruy Lopez
A	Openings	Do New Ideas Stand Up in Practice? by GM Richard Reti
A	Openings	You know when you've been Benko'd
A	Openings	Taimanov's Legacy
A	Openings	The Deadly English
A	Openings	The Closed Sicilian

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Praxis
Class	Topics	Title
A	Praxis	Dr.Dave's Further Adventures at East Devon
A	Praxis	Dr.Dave's Adventures at East Devon, 2014
A	Praxis	Chunking in patterns of GM thought
A	Praxis	Dr.Dave's Adventures at East Devon 2016
A	Praxis	Meat and potatoes
A	Praxis	Lessons from Tartakower
A	Praxis	Lessons from Petrosian
A	Praxis	Club Games - Andrew Pickering at work
A	Praxis	Steve Homer at work

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Strategy
Class	Topics	Title
A	Strategy	Space and potential (mud, mud, glorious mud)
A	Strategy	New starting formations (Tabi'at)
A	Strategy	On manoeuvres
A	Strategy	Who's afraid of the Big Bad Minority attack?

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Endings
Class	Topics	Title
A	Endings	Double Bishop Endgames
A	Endings	How to mate with Bishop and Knight

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: books, Openings
Class	Topics	Title
A	books, Openings	Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik by Imre Konig

Index of pages by class and topicTopics: Tactics
Class	Topics	Title
A	Tactics	Preparation for Combinations

Quotes

"Chess is a contest between two men in which there is considerable ego-involvement. In some way it certainly touches upon the conflicts surrounding aggression, homosexuality, masturbation and narcissism which become particularly prominent in the anal-phallic phases of development. From the standpoint of id psychology, Jones' observations can therefore be confirmed, even enlarged upon. Genetically, chess is more often than not taught to the boy by his father, or a father-substitute, and thus becomes a means of working out the son-father rivalry."

So now you know... It's easy to be dismissive of this, but if you don't think there's anything in it, and are not easily offended, then I invite you to look at a few statements quoted in Dominic Lawson's The Inner Game. The most obvious caution against a psychodynamic interpretation of chess is that Short's anal rape fantasies here seem anything but "unconscious" or "repressed"!

Reuben FINE (the man who put the 'anal' into analysis)

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