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Comment on Beating the Orangutan by James

James — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:24:10 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Chovoss. I got the line taking b4 from the exact book you mention. Sometimes certain variations just suit people’s style of play I think and d6 didn’t really suit mine.

I was a little careless in fairness playing d5 and giving a way a pawn. I think really that’s all that did it, after that it was a pretty straightforward win for him because I didn’t have any compensation.

Do you happen to have a blog yourself?

Comment on Beating the Orangutan by chovoss

chovoss — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:26:11 +0000

2…d6 is not a mistake. I often play 1…d6 and then 2..e5 and get a good position regularly. The idea is to play moves like f5, Nf6, Be7. This type of defense is examined in “An explosive chess opening repertoire for black” by Yrola and Tella. I used to take the pawn on b4 but it seems easy for white to get a good position so I don’t play that way anymore.

Comment on Review: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning by Rob D

Rob D — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:14:10 +0000

Thanks for the review James, here’s an interesting article about someone really putting the ‘deliberate practice’ theory to the test: http://www.tampabay.com/features/can-a-complete-novice-become-a-golf-pro-with-10000-hours-of-practice/1159357

Comment on Review: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning by Dan

Dan — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:17:40 +0000

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Comment on Top 10 Chessplayers of all time by Lancaster_Bomber

Lancaster_Bomber — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:10:37 +0000

Hi James,

Enjoyed the top 10 article. Also pleased the Nimzowitch Zugswang and the “other” Byrne – Fischer game made the site. Big fan of that game, especially the subtlety around Nxg2 and d4.

Hope all is well mate and you’re back playing chess soon!

Andy

Comment on Setting up JBoss 5 and Mysql Community Server by Thanuz

Thanuz — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:12:31 +0000

Good Post,
This helps me a lot

Comment on Top 10 Chessplayers of all time by James Murphy

James Murphy — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:21:30 +0000

Thanks Brian,

Your comments are much appreciated.

Sure, Anand, Kramnik and Steinitz are all exceptional candidates who could have made the cut. Unfortunately I can only fit 10 players in. As well, my choices were made on influence as well as chess playing abilities and undoubtably the likes of Nimzovitch had a HUGE impact on the progression of chess theory and theoretical debate.

More comments always welcome. Thanks for stopping by…!

Comment on Top 10 Chessplayers of all time by Brian Karen

Brian Karen — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:21:38 +0000

Emanuel Lasker should be on the list, his record was much better than Nimzovich and nearly everyone else. Nimzovich might have oontributed more in terms of teaching chess but this is a list of the best chess players not teachers. Other strong candidates for this list include Anand, Kramnik, Steinitz.

Thanks for positng, these lists are always fun.