June 11, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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Wednesday night was Gerrards Cross club night so Natasha and I were there for the latest leg in our Chess for Life tour. We started this time with a tribute to the great Viktor Kortchnoi who died earlier this week. Then it was Natasha’s turn to help people discover their “inner Keithdom” through the always…
June 9, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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Just a few days ago, I had a Facebook chat with the Dutch IM Stefan Kuipers about the ending Arkell-Emms that is covered in Chess for Life. I noticed the game originally due to the creative way that Keith transposed into a Rook and pawn ending with 4 vs 3 on the same side. …
June 1, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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On May 31st we made our next stop on the “Chess for Life” promotion tour – this time at the Ashtead Chess Club. We started off with an impromptu demonstration of Paul Morphy’s famous game against Count Isouard for the benefit of the juniors still present. We were both very impressed at how many of…
June 1, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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Although I love analysing attacks and crunching out reams of variations, it’s often just as useful to reflect quietly on the general course that a game has taken. The aim then is not to discover the whole truth about the position, but rather to get into the heads of the players and to understand the…
May 16, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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The latest stop on the “Chess for Life” promotion tour was the BPB Limburg Open in Maastricht on Saturday 14th May. It’s the second biggest tournament in Holland in terms of numbers of participants and the top section boasted 6 players above 2600. Between the 2nd and 3rd rounds, we talked about 3…