[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Warm-up Puzzle!"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
{This week I'm going to investigate some chess openings themed around
Halloween! But first of all, a warm-up puzzle: how would you play as Black
after} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 {? For the solution, see the next[Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "11.31"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Purnama, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]
{Apologies for the delay in getting this post up! Some articles for other
chess websites plus the heat put me out of commission for a bit, but I'm alive[Event "Hastings Cand Gr-A"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1895.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Owen, John"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "Illingworth, Max"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1895.08.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
{Today I'll be focusing on the games of one historic player: Hungarian GM[Event "66th ch-RUS 2013"] [Site "Nizhny Novgorod RUS"] [Date "2013.10.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "Shomoev, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2579"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2013.10.05"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.10.07"]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finding Your Own Weapons"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
{This week's blog post will be on the subject of finding dangerous ideas in
the opening. Certainly playing the main lines is a good approach, as you know
the moves have been played many times before by strong players, but you can be[Event "12th Izmir Open"]
[Site "Izmir TUR"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Fier, A."]
[Black "Rozum, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.09.03"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
{For this last instalment of 'Master Miniatures' I'll show five games.} 1. d4[Event "ACP Cup 2013"] [Site "Riga LAT"] [Date "2013.09.13"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Jakovenko, D."] [Black "Svidler, P."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2013.09.13"] [EventType "rapid"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.09.16"]
[Event "2nd Washington Int"]
[Site "Rockville USA"]
[Date "2013.08.10"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Smirin, I."]
[Black "Sarkar, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.08.06"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
{This week I'll be continuing my series on 'Master Miniatures', looking at[Event "FIDE World Cup 2013"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.28"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, M."] [Black "Kramnik, V."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2013.09.03"]
[Event "Gausdal Classics GM"] [Site "Gausdal"] [Date "2001.04.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"] [Black "Miezis, Normunds"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "2512"] [BlackElo "2596"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2001.04.15"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "6"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
