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Want to Win Big? Play When You're Sick!

Want to Win Big? Play When You're Sick!

kamalakanta
| Sep 25, 2024

Hi, everyone! The following game is from the 1925 Moscow International Tournament. It is found in page 214 of the following book: I highly recommend this book. It is rich in content. Will definitely help any of us to improve our game. As ...

Chess is Art- This Position is Proof!

Chess is Art- This Position is Proof!

kamalakanta
| Sep 6, 2024

Today, leafing through Isaac Linder's wonderful book on Wilhelm Steinitz I came across a profile about Alexander Petrov, ALEXANDER PETROV(born Feb-12-1794, died Apr-22-1867, 73 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: "Alexande...

Chess as Art- Beyond Words!

Chess as Art- Beyond Words!

kamalakanta
| Sep 4, 2024

Some positions in chess look like the ultimate chess fantasy....for example, the following final position (after ....Ng1#!) The position looks like a composition, not a practical game, yet it is one more example of Planinc's virtuosity in ...

You Want Water? Go to a Lake or a Deep Well

You Want Water? Go to a Lake or a Deep Well

kamalakanta
| Jul 26, 2024

Hello! I hope you are alright, that everyone is in good health and good spirits. Certain points about chess keep coming to me; certain points of wisdom or philosophical points about our game which have come to me over time. By time I mean 50 yea...

Tal and Rubinstein Deliver Again!

Tal and Rubinstein Deliver Again!

kamalakanta
| Jul 14, 2024

Hi, chess lovers.... Just found, by chance, another pattern in common between Rubinstein and Tal. It is uncanny how similar the particular maneuver is! The first game is from St. Petersburg, 1909, a tournament organized to honor the great Mi...

Tal and Rubinstein, Partners in Crime!

Tal and Rubinstein, Partners in Crime!

kamalakanta
| Jul 8, 2024

When you study the games of the Great Masters of the past, it becomes easier to understand what players are doing in the present. Two contradictory things are happening at the same time: The younger generation, deluded by the "intelligence" or "...

Chess Messages from the Multiverse

Chess Messages from the Multiverse

kamalakanta
| Jun 14, 2024

I am finding difficulty defining this post, and that is the main reason for the title. My first intention was to center the post around the Geller-Mikadze game, and its comparison to its predecessor, the Keres-Smyslov game. But then, as I was bu...

Vidit-Pragg....f5 Against the Ruy!

Vidit-Pragg....f5 Against the Ruy!

kamalakanta
| Apr 30, 2024

Dear chess lovers, in the recent FIDE Candidates' Tournament 2024, Praggnanandhaa played the ....f5 variation against Vidit's Ruy Lopez. In the chessgames.com database, the first instance of this opening being played is a correspondence game from ...

The Flow of Creative Ideas....

The Flow of Creative Ideas....

kamalakanta
| Apr 22, 2024

Sergey Voronkov has published a three-volume set of books titled "Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships". These books are masterpieces of chess literature and chess history. Each chapters has, before the actual games shown, stori...

Rivers Flow Into the Ocean

Rivers Flow Into the Ocean

kamalakanta
| Dec 18, 2023

Where do I start? So many thoughts to share on one simple theme....pushing the e-pawn! But of course, there is more to it than that. This article ties Keres and Euwe, Bronstein and Gukesh in one theme..... The funny thing is that I have been t...

Play Like a Girl!- Part 2

Play Like a Girl!- Part 2

kamalakanta
| Dec 9, 2023

In 1994, Alexei Shirov was ranked #2 in the world. Yet Judit Polgar beat him in 21 moves! Polgar placed 3rd in Amsterdam 1995, ahead of various world-class players: Here is the game against Shirov: On page 361 of the 2nd volume in her ...

Einstein on Consciousness

Einstein on Consciousness

kamalakanta
| Oct 19, 2023

Peace. I have been meaning to write a blog post, and while I am aware of the fact that all human activities should, in principle, continue during moments of conflict and strife, my heart hurts too much to dedicate my creative energy to a chess a...

A King's Indian Lesson from Bronstein

A King's Indian Lesson from Bronstein

kamalakanta
| Aug 14, 2023

Where to start? This game caught my attention; Ravinsky-Bronstein, Moscow Championship 1946. Now, one thing that Bronstein points out in his books is the fact that both the Moscow Championship and the Soviet Championships often featured t some ...

A Firefly Looking at the Moon

A Firefly Looking at the Moon

kamalakanta
| Aug 6, 2023

When I examine, in any detail, the games of the great Masters-Teachers whom I admire (Chigorin, Rubinstein, Capablanca, Alekhine, Bronstein, Nimzowitsch, Lasker, Tartakower, Keres, and now Romanovsky) I cannot help but feel like a firefly looking ...

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