Chess News And Views

Chessbase Magazine 203 a review…

Oct 3, 2021Davide NastasioChessbase DVD, Chessbase Magazinechess, Chessbase, Chessbase Magazine, Nepo, Nepomniatchtchi Ian

Listening FM Giannatos saying it’s important to read books with game collections, it made me think that today, thanks to technology, the chess improvement of an average player like me changed a lot. We can have a game collection with many annotated games every 2 months! How? Just getting the latest issue of Chessbase Magazine. A wealth of games coming from different tournaments, with different time controls, teaching us the latest ideas in terms of opening theory, as well as strategic maneuvers, or very important endgames one should know in order to convert a material advantage into a win.

Learn from GM Michal Krasenkow

Sep 28, 2021Davide NastasioChess Biography, Chess Interview, Games Collectionchess improvement, Learning Chess, MIchal Krasenkow, rubinstein, Sveshnikov, Thinkers Publishing

Thanks to Thinkers Publishing (https://thinkerspublishing.com/) I had the chance to interview some of their authors, before the COVID plague hit the world. This interview presents GM Krasenkow who was born in Moscow in 1963 and became GM in 1989. Today such “slowness” in becoming GM would be considered a bad sign, or lack of “talent”

GM Ipatov and the road to Chess Mastery

Sep 19, 2021Davide NastasioChess InterviewAdrian Mikhalchishin, chess improvement, Chessbase, Efstratios Grivas, Endgames, Ipatov Alexander, Openings, Romain Edouard, Thinkers Publishing

A long time ago, before COVID hit the world, I had the chance to talk to GM Alexander Ipatov and ask him how he became the strong player he is today. In this interview we can discover more on the genesis of a top grandmaster. How many hours a day he was studying when he

A modern guide to checkmating patterns – Vladimir Barsky New in Chess 2020

Sep 9, 2021Davide NastasioCheckmatesBarsky chess, Checkmates, chess book, Chess review, Endgames, New in Chess

Often it is said one should learn chess first by learning the endgames. Unfortunately those who repeat such phrase like parrots don’t really understand there is another phase of the game which should be taught first, and which is as well as important: the checkmates! Learning checkmates should be fundamental, because it will introduce the

Remembering Vijay Pandit

Aug 9, 2021Nagesh Havanur1 CommentChess Eulogy, obituaryChess Eulogy, Chess Historian, Chessbibliophile, Indian Chess History, Nagesh Havanur, Vijay Pandit

by Nagesh Havanur I met Vijay Pandit at the end of 1970 or so. At that time I lived and worked in Mumbai. When I learnt about his passion for chess history I wanted to visit him as I was already an avid collector of chess books and magazines. I phoned him and he gave

Vijay Pandit –An Eulogy

Aug 9, 2021Manuel AaronChess Eulogy, obituarychess, Chess Historian, Eulogy, Manuel Aaron, Vijay Pandit

by Manuel Aaron Recently Vijay Pandit, the Indian chess historian passed away. Covid-19 claimed yet another precious life. Apart from numerous articles on chess history, Pandit authored quite a few books. They include Ahmedabad 1955, Western Chess in British India and the Indian Chess History (co-authored with Manuel Aaron). -Ed. It’s with great sorrow that

Timman’s Triumphs – My 100 best games

Jul 30, 2021Davide NastasioChess Biography, Games CollectionChess Biography, Chess Games collection, chess history, Karpov, Kasparov, Middlegame, New in Chess, Timman, Timman's Triumphs

One of the best of the west, Timman belongs to that category of players who reached the final match for the world championship, but weren’t able to win it. Yet he won endless top tournaments ahead of the reigning world champions.

Training Match with Lorenzo!

Jul 15, 2021Davide NastasioChess Match, Chess tournamentschess engine, chess match, chess.com bot, Chessmaster, rapid play

To get ready for my first tournament OTB, I thought of playing some rapid training matches. Under USCF rules for playing a match the difference between the two players cannot be over 400 points. A rapid match would have as longest time control: G25 d3 (game in 25 minutes with delay 3 seconds) anything above

Parnell for GCA President!

Jul 14, 2021Davide Nastasio1 CommentGeorgia Chesschess, Election, Georgia Chess, Georgia Chess Association, Parnell Watkins

Mr. Parnell Watkins contacted me about a month ago, to inform me he was running for the position of Georgia Chess Association president. Since by then I just started my new chess website, I proposed him an interview to better inform the chess players in Georgia of his program and things which could be done

Attack! The subtle art of winning brilliantly. Neil McDonald

Jun 30, 2021Davide Nastasio2 CommentsMiddlegamechess attack, Everyman Chess, McDonald Neil

I would like to share something funny which happened to me after finishing the review of this book. After few weeks I was reading this book, I finally finished the review and I generally wait 1-2 days before publishing to be sure I didn’t make big mistakes, or in case I want to add something.