Beat the Masters 31
January 1989, Position E White to play
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Immersion
When you realise that you've got a lot of free time coming up and nothing specific to do with it ... you might as well throw yourself into chess, right?
BtM 30A: Benko Benko Benko
June 1989, Position C White to play Grivas - Vogt, Thessaloniki Olympiad 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov 6
"Being passionate about - or, perhaps better put, a slave to, the achievement of an external result that you cannot control creates a volatile and fragile sense of self-worth." - The Passion Paradox
BtM 29A: Opening study
July 1988, Position J Black to play Pekarek - Mozny, Prague 1987 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
BtM 28A: All over again
April 1989, Position F White to play Wilder - W. Schmidt, Naestved 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
Beat the Masters 28
April 1989, Position F White to play Contributions to the comments box are welcome. Masters’ feedback will be published tomorrow.
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov 5: Progress?
My Yusupov bus has entirely ground to a halt this week. After the last post ( KMKY 4 ) My holiday ended at midday on Friday. By 8pm on Monday I’d clocked up 44 hours at work. Not much space left for serious chessing. And not much energy left for it when I had the day off on Tuesday. This is one of the reasons why it’s so hard to improve your chess as an adult. Consistency is the key - do little every day - but it’s hard to be regular in your habbits when you have work/family/ insert-whatever-your-grownup-stuff-is-here getting in the way. The break at least allowed me to reflect on the three-digit improvement in my blitz rating that coincided with me making a start on the Yusupov Challenge.
BtM 27A: Into the valley of chess
July 1988, Position C White to play Rohde - Whitehead US Championship 1987 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
BtM 26A: T.I.N.A
July 1988, Position B White to play Tischbierek - Gauglitz, Halle 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov 4: On trying to improve
@saychess1 At the beginning of August SayChess asked twitter this deceptively simple question. It looks straightforward enough, but the more I thought it the more I found it impossible to answer.
Beat the Masters 25A: All the right notes
July 1988, Position E White to play Gobet - Wirthensohn, Bern 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
BtM 24A: The 46th Memorable Game
January 1989, Position H White to play Westphal - Hresc, Porz 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
BtM 23A: Blindspots
September 1988, Position B White to play Wedburg - Hug, Lugano 1988 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
BtM 22A: Beyond material
April 1988, Position B White to play Vaganyan - Kouatly, Marseille 1987 Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.