http://chessdigest.gilachess.com Those who say they understand chess, understand nothing - Robert Hubner. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:38:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en William Arthur Ward This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=123 After writing the entry about the above topic, i tried to recall anything that somehow can familiarize ourselves with the idea. I'm the one who believes that if one idea is known by heart, the mind will easily, without concious, recognizes and utilizes it during play. Flipping to my notes ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=119 We are always think at certain position it is forced to capture when the truth is the opposite. When i was a kid, i made mistake almost like the below example several times before i learnt my lesson (the proof that i was no prodigy of course, haha!):         Black to move         Let's say ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=115 I. 2 Malaysians have participated in 4th Singapore Masters Open International Tournament 2007 which was organised by Singapore Chess Federation from 16th to 22nd December 2007. The two players are Mas Hafizulhelmi and Lim Yee Weng. Below is the result for both players: Download Download all the games of both players. Mas Hafizulhelmi (2372) Score ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=110 Today, I read Susan's entry: "The real deal or a hoax?" which inform us about new Fischer's book "My memorable 61 games" being sold at eBay. They are limited edition and people need to bid for the copy. This entry reminds me of my original copy of Fischer's My 60 Memorable ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=106 This is a simple mating pattern where Bishop and Queen create a battery and launch the mating attack. Every beginner will easily find this kind of mating pattern.                 During National Closed 2007 in Penang, in the first round with black pieces, i happened to reach at this position against a young ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=103 3 Malaysians have participated in Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship organized by Delhi Chess Association from 3 Dec to 10 Dec 2007. Below is the respective result of the players: IM Mas Hafizulhelmi (2372) Score 6.5/10 , Rank 40/282 (starting rank: 44), Rating Performance: 2353                 Lim Kian Hwa (2062) Score 4.5/10, Rank 190/282 (starting rank: ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=95 World Chess Network is a great chess server. Many of its subscriber think that the merging WCN with Chess Live and using Dasher interface is a downgrade service. To some extent, i agree with that. But life must go on, and i dont want to argue on that point. What ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=89 Wiki of Chess Tactic defines an in-between move or Zwischenzug as "one that is made unexpectedly in the midst of a sequence of moves. But not just any series of moves, one in which the player falling for the Zwischenzug feels the sequence is forced, while his opponent demonstrates to ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=84               Photo from malaysianchess.blogspot.com         This is the top 5 ranking Under 18 8, screen captured from the official site: Download all Yeoh's Games in the Tournament In round 10, Yeoh played against the eventual champion and lost. Below is the game with a light note: Konstantin Savenkov - Yeoh Li Tian World Youth ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=78 Let's look at the position again:         White to move and win         We tend to jump straight into tactics because, yeah, of course we love tactics and what a feeling if we can finish a game with swashbbuckling tactics! So we try 1.b7+ Kb8 2. Bxa7+ Kc7 3. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 or 1.b7+ Kb8 ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=73 Majalah Catur - actually, i'm not really aware of the magazine's existence. But thanks to a friend of mine who sold a box of chess books and old magazines to me, i'm able to enjoy the articles. And what make it more unique is that it has been written in ... http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=63