January 2018 Chess Puzzle Answer Key
Learn the answers to the Facebook and Twitter chess puzzles from January!
Learn the answers to the Facebook and Twitter chess puzzles from January!
Grandmaster Josh Friedel looks at the flexible pawn structure seen in Peter Svidler-Hou Yifan from Wijk aan Zee 2018. It started as a Carlsbad pawn structure but changed.
2018.01.18
Peter Svidler vs Yifan Hou, Tata Steel (2018): D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1908535
On Saturday, January 20th, the Saint Louis Chess Club held its first scholastic tournament of 2018. Following the excitement of the new year, many students joined in to play in their first ever chess tournament, resulting in a total of 193 players that gathered at Adams Elementary in Tower Grove to battle for chess supremacy.
Grandmaster Josh Friedel shows his strategically-complex game against GM Fabien Libiszewski of France at the 2017 Washington International. The moral of his story: if you don't know what to move, just don't make your position worse!
2018.01.16
Joshua E Friedel vs. Fabien Libiszewski, 2017: E62 King's Indian, fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/washington-international-2...
National Master Jim McLaughlin challenges you with positions from Siegbert Tarrasch's 1935 book. The themes include perpetual check (a forced repetition to desperately clinch a draw) and rook control of the seventh rank.
2018.01.16
Grandmaster Denes Boros shows hallmark games from the career of Hungarian living legend Pal Benko. Learn how Benko himself plays the Benko Opening and the Benko Gambit.
Preparing to teach chess classes in schools can be daunting, so here are three ideas that helped me.
Grandmaster Denes Boros analyzes rook endgames where pawns are locked in a rigid structure. Explore themes such as attacking with the king and passed pawns.
Grandmaster Denes Boros shows how to play as White against the Steinitz Defense Deferred, using the games of four legendary world champions. The deferred Steinitz is where Black plays ...d6 in the Ruy Lopez.
National Master Jim McLaughlin shows puzzles and positions from Siegbert Tarrasch that mainly deal with back-rank checkmates and attacks. Capitalize on the opponent when they blunder!
2018.01.09
Joseph Henry Blackburne vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Hamburg (1885)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1029082
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Berthold Lasker, Berlin (1882)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233425