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Chess Instruction and Tournament Directing. US Chess Federation, Local Tournament Director. US Chess Federation, Level II (District) Chess Coach. Chess Instruction for Beginners. I will teach the rules, tactics and strategies of chess to players ages 7 to 77, individually or in groups of two to 12. Schools where I’ve taught chess:. German International School of Chicago. Lincoln Elementary School, Evanston. Willard Elementary School, Evanston. University of Chicago Lab School, Chicago. Freeport, Ill.,.

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Chicago Chess Blog: 8/24/14 - 8/31/14

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Friday, August 29, 2014. A trap in the Quaade Gambit. What on earth is the Quaade Gambit, you ask? It's a line of the King's Gambit that begins 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3! Deviating from the usual Kieseritzky prescription of 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5. The line is named for a 19th-century Dutch sea captain (not to be confused with Captain Evans, a Welshman). The natural response is 4.g4 5.Ne5 Qh4 , when White responds with the surprising 6.g3! Links to this post. The Week in Chess.

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Chicago Chess Blog: 2/1/15 - 2/8/15

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Still another Englund Gambit trap. I have previously written several posts about traps in the Englund Gambit. Or, to be charitable, 1.d4 e5? There are two "official" refutations of the main line of the gambit: after 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, one begins with 4.Bf4 (or 4.Bg5) Qb4 5.Bd2 Qxc3 6.Nc3! The other with 4.Qd5. As I've previously noted. 7Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qc1#. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess.

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Chicago Chess Blog: Rosen holds Robson to draw!

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Sunday, July 11, 2010. Rosen holds Robson to draw! In the first round of the 2010 U.S. Junior Invitational Championship, NM Eric Rosen of Illinois, the lowest-rated player, held the highest-rated player, GM Ray Robson - rated 404 points higher! To a draw. Or maybe that should be "Robson held Rosen to a draw"? More information and games from the tournaments are available on the USCF website. Here is Eric's game:. Labels: 2010 U.S. Junior Invitational. That was my goof, not Bills...

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Chicago Chess Blog: 12/14/14 - 12/21/14

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Over four years ago, I published a game where I administered checkmate by capturing en passant. Here I deliver another very rare form of checkmate: mate by castling. This appears to be comparable in rarity to mate by en passant. The only other examples of it that I've been able to find are P. Morphy-A. Morphy, New Orleans 1850. And Kvicala-NN, Prague 1875. The famous game Ed. Lasker-Thomas, London 1912. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Chicago Chess Blog: Another trap in the Englund Gambit

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Another trap in the Englund Gambit. In the weak but trappy Englund Gambit, after 1.d4 e5? 2dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, White's two best moves are 4.Bf4! In either case, however, White must know what he/she is doing. As the game below shows, combining the two ideas can be disastrous. On White's fifth move, correct was 5.Nc3! Bb7 6Bg5, forcing Black to make his pawn sac permanent with 6.f6 7.exf6 Nxf6. Instead, 5.Bf4? Lost material to 5.Qb4! Correction - Komod...

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Chicago Chess Blog: Still another Englund Gambit trap

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Still another Englund Gambit trap. I have previously written several posts about traps in the Englund Gambit. Or, to be charitable, 1.d4 e5? There are two "official" refutations of the main line of the gambit: after 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, one begins with 4.Bf4 (or 4.Bg5) Qb4 5.Bd2 Qxc3 6.Nc3! The other with 4.Qd5. As I've previously noted. 7Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qc1#. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess. Mesgen Am...

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Chicago Chess Blog: 12/28/14 - 1/4/15

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Saturday, January 3, 2015. A trap in Larsen's Opening. The following game illustrates what happens if White tries to grab a pawn in Larsen's Opening with 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Bxc6? Staying in the middlegame, was even better than allowing White to go into a lost endgame. Note also that 10.Qxh1! As played, was much better the tempting 10.Bg4? And now (a) 11.Qg6 12.Bxh8! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ICA Youth Chess Resources. The Week in Chess. Chess Scholars, Inc.

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Chicago Chess Blog: Studies

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Notes on chess in Chicago. Chess is a beautiful game! Are one of the best way to learn to appreciate the beauty of logical thinking. What is a study? Permit me to swipe from Wikipedia. Is a composed chess position — that is, one that has been made up rather than one from an actual game — presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find a way for one side (usually White) to win or draw, as stipulated, against any moves the other side plays. White to play and win. The Week in Chess.