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IM BryanSmithon Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:00am.
Hikaru Nakamura was a chess prodigy, like Magnus Carlsen and some others such as Paul Morphy and Jose Capablanca. He became a national master of the United States at only ten years old! That was a record at the time. He also broke Bobby Fischer's ... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:00am.
Hi!
Last week we saw the beginning of the game between Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov. So far, nothing special has happened. In fact, it looks like Kasparov might even be in a little bit of trouble. But with such a great player as he is, you... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Jan 3, 2011 12:00am.
Who is the best chess player ever? What is the best game ever played? These are hard questions to answer, and nobody really knows the truth, because it is a matter of opinion. But for many people the answers to those questions are 1. Gar... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:00am.
Magnus Carlsen is the number one player in the world right now. Many people believe he will become the best chess player ever.
He was a "child prodigy". This means that he was incredibly good at chess even when he was just a kid. He became a gra... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:00am.
We left off last week after the opening of the game Lasker-Bauer. The chess philosopher Emanuel Lasker played "Bird's Opening" and prepared an attack on Black's kingside.
Lasker realized that to win by an attack he would have to remove the defen... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:00am.
The second world champion, Emanuel Lasker, is known as the most philosophical of great chess players. In fact, he was such a philosophical chess player, that he stayed world champion for 27 years!
Lasker wasn't an expert on opening theory, and h... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Dec 6, 2010 12:00am.
In Part 1 we learned about the sixth world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, who could play chess like a robot. In fact, when he was very old and had retired from playing in tournaments, he was one of the first people to work on designing a c... Read more »
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IM BryanSmithon Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:00am.
Mikhail Botvinnik, the sixth champion of the world, wasn't made out of metal and wires like a robot. But he sure could play like one!
When he played, he did not try for tricks or to confuse his opponent. He always tried to find the best move. As... Read more »