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Category Archives: The Sicilian Defence
4NCL Division 3 2011-12: e2e4.org.uk 2 – 3Cs 2
Last weekend saw the first two rounds of the new 4NCL season. I was again playing for e2e4.org.uk. In round 1, I was on board 6 for the second team against 3Cs 2. We heavily outgraded our opponents and managed … Continue reading
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Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2011-12: Mansson – Britton
As mentioned in my previous post, last night featured the first two rounds of the Quickplay Knockout. There I wrote about my first round match with Julie Denning. Here I turn my attention to round two, where my match was … Continue reading
Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2011-12: Mansson – Denning
As part of the ongoing effort to get club competition games played promptly, last night was devoted to playing the first couple of rounds in the Quickplay Knockout and associated Plate competition.
Go Slow at the Champion’s Simul
We had a new person doing the honours at the “Champion’s Simul”, a recent addition to the Horsham Chess Club calendar. Held the week following the AGM, it sees the previous season’s club champion take on all comers from the … Continue reading
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Blast from the Past: University Team Games
When I started attending Durham University in 1992, I joined the Chess Club straight away, and played for the First Team for all of my three years there. The university entered a couple of teams in the local league, where … Continue reading
Blast from the Past: Islington Tournaments
The first non-junior individual tournament I entered was the annual event at Islington in 1990. I returned there a couple more times, in 1992 and 1995. Playing in such adult events was an important part of my development as a … Continue reading
Blast from the Past: Junior Tournaments
As mentioned in my previous post (and the first in this series) most of the opponents I faced when playing for my school were weak players. As a result, I didn’t learn a great deal from these games, as not … Continue reading
Why 2 Nf3 and 3 d4 is White’s Main Line against the Sicilian
When I started playing chess seriously and studying the opening, the books I consulted were generally good at showing what were (or had been) the main lines of play. However, in a number of instances, they didn’t give any explanation … Continue reading
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1 Nf3 repertoire: The Maroczy Bind
The basic position of the Maroczy Bind arises after 1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 g6 3 e4 Nc6 4 d4 cxd4 5 Nxd4, although there are other move orders that reach both this and later positions within the system. In … Continue reading
Horsham Club Championship 2010-11: Stimpson – Mansson
It doesn’t now like I shall be able to complete all my club championship games, although I did manage to play another just after the Quickplay Knockout Final last night.
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Lars Schandorff Grandmaster Repertoire 7: The Caro-Kann
Alexander Delchev, Evgenij Agrest Safest Grunfeld
Lubomir Ftacnik Grandmaster Repertoire: Sicilian Defence
Jacob Aagaard, Grandmaster John Shaw Experts on the Anti-Sicilian
Jonathan Hilton, Dean Ippolito Wojo's Weapons, Volume 2: Winning with White
Boris Avrukh Grunfeld Defence: v. 1 (Grandmaster Repertoire)
Boris Avrukh Grunfeld Defence: v. 2 (Grandmaster Repertoire Grandmaster Repertoire)