DuCK or grouse…
1. Develop your pieces towards the centre
2. Get at least a pawn stake in the centre
3. Castle King’s-side
DCK = Develop, Centre, King
If you don’t duck, you will get punched!
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The first Hastings tournament in 1895 was the strongest tournament up to that time. Every top player was invited and they all turned up: World Champion Lasker, ex-champion Steinitz, Steinitz’ challengers Chigorin and Gunsberg, Lasker’s future challengers Schlechter and Janowsky, the old British Champions Bird, Blackburne and Burn, and the new US Champion, Pillsbury, whom…
Thank you for filling in the opening questionnaires online, and I’m sorry we didn’t get time to look at your responses on Saturday. But here is what I might have said: Systems for White Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4)My main recommendation for a first opening system, leading to an open game with chances…
Elegant and subtle, Capablanca was the perfect endgame machine. His opponents were often in losing positions before they realised it. In other games no-one could decide if he should have won or not… but he did! There is a fine book by Irving Chernev which collected and annotated Capablanca’s endgames: here are the games to…
First, have a go at doing some calculation. Pick the best move in a couple of these positions that appeal. They are taken from Aagaard’s Inside the Chess Mind, so you can later compare your answers with some ‘official’ answers from a computer (Fritz 8) but also with the recorded thoughts of some other human…
Steinitz taught us: If you’re attacking: Don’t attack too soon Attack with a team Attack only if you have good reason=you have an advantage If you’re defending: Defend what you have to Don’t make weaknesses Let’s see what happens if you break the rules… Attacking done badly Too soon Too lonely No excuse Defending done…
