AUGUST 2014

Chess Quotes: Endings

"The best way to learn endings,

as well as openings,

is from the games of the masters."

Jose Capablanca

Cartoonbank.com

The New York Times: 

I'm not finding too many interesting stories about chess.  This is a short blog article that you might like.  It is called, "Chess as a Contact Sport".  Read all about it!

WTHarvey.com

Whites mates in two

WHITE to move next.

Do you know the (correct) next move?

Click here to submit your answer.

The answer to this chess puzzle will be in the next chess blog.

Good luck!

MAY 2014

ChessQuotes.com: Losing

Some people think that

if their opponent plays a beautiful game,

it’s OK to lose. I don’t.

You have to be merciless.

Magnus Carlsen

Current World Chess Champion

The New Yorker Chess Cartoons

New York Times, Chess:

I like to read about kids who become chess grandmasters at an early age. The numbers seem to be increasing - everyday!  So read all about it ...
At 11, New Master Breaks Record Older Than She Is

Chess puzzle: WTharvey.com

Viktorija Cmilyte vs Wenjun Ju Beijing, 12/17/2013

Black mates in two

BLACK to move next.

Do you know the (correct) next move?

Click here to submit your answer.

The answer to this chess puzzle will be in next month's chess blog.

Good luck!

April solution:

Rf3

APRIL 2014

Chess Quotes: Rooks

Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready

 to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences.

Alexei Suetin

(1926 - 2001)

A Winning Personality:

There wasn't a chess article that really called out to me. So I did some Internet surfing and found something else. I hope that you enjoy it! Read all about ... Chessmaster Judit Polgar. 

Chess Cartoon

Chess Puzzle: Robert E. Byrne

Byrne vs Wislow, New York, 1986

White's move

March solution: Qb3! ... Nh5! ... Rh7#

Do you know the (correct) next move? Click here to submit your answer. The answer to this chess puzzle will be in next month's chess blog. Good luck!

REMINDER: Prizes will no longer be awarded for the chess puzzle. They will now be awarded for RHCL Chess Club attendance. You must sign-in on the Attendance roster and attend a Monday and/or Friday chess club meeting to be entered for the monthly drawing. The more chess club meetings you attend, the more entries you will have toward winning the monthly prize. The entries for the previous month's attendance will be drawn on the first Friday of the next month. Example: April's attendance roster entries will be drawn on the first Friday in May.

MARCH 2014

I apologize for not posting last month.

May it never happen again.

And I have dubbed February 2014 ...

The Chess Blog's Lost Month

"So let it be written, so let it be done."

ChessQuotes.com: Strategy

"The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing;

the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing."

Savielly Tartakower

(1887 - 1956)

Chess Cartoon: The Cagle Post - FARES GARABET

The Guardian: Leading Players Target World Cup Qualifying Spots in Armenia  

Read all about it! Grandmasters are scheming to get a qualifying seat for the 2016 World Cup. And the age limit for seniors, which used to be 60, was recently reduced to 50. Hey, maybe I could compete for the senior European title. Yeah, right! :o)  :o)  :o)

Chess puzzle: G von Moellwitz

Checkmate in 3 moves

White's move

January solution: B x g7+

Do you know the (correct) next 3 moves? Click here to submit your answer. The answer to this chess puzzle will be in next month's chess blog. Good luck! Of course, if you get really stumped, read this month's chess article (see above).

NOTE: Prizes will no longer be awarded for the chess puzzle. They will now be awarded for RHCL Chess Club attendance. You must sign-in on the Attendance roster and attend a Monday and/or Friday chess club meeting to be entered for the drawing. The more chess club meetings you attend, the more entries you will have toward winning the monthly prize. The entries for the previous month's attendance will be drawn on the first Friday of the next month. Example: March's attendance roster entries will be drawn on the first Friday in April.

January 2014

ChessQuotes.com - Losing

"Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The ART is in avoiding catastrophic losses in key battles."

Garry Kasparov 

born 13 Apr 1963

Chess Cartoon

How can I play chess against you
if you keep on taking my pieces away?

Chess Joke

"So I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov - Problem was, we had a checkered tablecloth and it took him two hours to pass the salt!" 

New York Times, Chess: 

When I was around 7 years old, I began to play chess with my father. I don't know (after reading this article) I have to wonder. If I had known about chess tournaments, would I have been more interested in this wonderful game? These students began playing chess really young, too! Read all about it! Still a Senior in High School, and a Five-Time Champion.

Garry Kasparov, Russian Chessplayer

Kasparov vs Zakharov, Moscow, 1981

Do you know the next (correct) move? Click here to submit your answer. Library patrons who submit the correct answer to this chess puzzle will be entered in a February 7, 2014 drawing. Good luck!

December solution: h5+

December 2013

ChessQuotes.com - Pawns

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune."

Francois-Andre Danican Philidor (1726 - 1795)

Chess with Humor

Second Game: "Another Brick in the Wall"

New York Times, Chess:

Magnus Carlsen, a 22 year old Norwegian, is only the second player from the West to become the world chess champion since World War II ... and the first since Bobby Fischer. Read all about it! Norwegian, 22, Takes World Chess Title.

WTharvey.com: 101 Great Chess Upsets of 2012

Nana Dzagnidze vs Gulnar Mammadova, Gaziantep, 3/2/2012

Black Mates in 2

Do you know the next (correct) move? Click here to submit your answer. Library patrons who submit the correct answer to this chess puzzle will be entered in a January 3, 2014 drawing. Good luck!

November solution: Be6+

November 2013

World Chess Championship

7 - 28 November, 2013

Chess Quotes.com: Humour

"Nowadays tournaments are for nurseries. Look at those kiddies."

(pointing to Fischer, Spassky, and Larsen in 1966)

Miguel Najdorf (1910 - 1997)

Chess Cartoon from JoyReactor

Personal note: Knight's movements look somewhat peevish. (See July's cartoon)

New York Times, Chess:

Maybe you knew this little bit of information, but I didn't. The reigning world champion and the world's top-ranked chess player sit down at a chess board on November 9, 2013 for the world championship title.  Read all about it!  Looking to Norwegian, 22, to Revive Image of Chess. 

WTharvey.com: 101 Great Chess Upsets of 2012

Vladimir Fedoseev vs Tomi Nyback, 1/8/2012

White Mates in 2

Do you know the next (correct) move? Click here to submit your answer. Library patrons who submit the correct answer to this chess puzzle will be entered in a November 29 drawing. Good luck!

October solution: Bh3+