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| Date | Speaker | Game/Topic | Comments | Links |
| November 13, 2003 | Mike Burba | Night vs. Advanced Pawn & King Endings | A series of knight endings from the excellent book Secrets of Practical Chess by Nunn. | Endgame #: N-1 N-2 N-3 N-4 N-5 N-6 N-7 N-8 N-9 N-10 |
| October 30, 2003 | Mike Odell | More Chess Advice From A Life Patzer |
Good advice from a very strong A-player. | HTML Format |
| May 29, 2003 | Mike Burba | Pawn Endings - Part III | More exercises from Chapter 1 of the excellent book Secrets of Pawn Endings by Mueller & Lamprecht. | Endgame #: P-9 P-10 P-11 P-12 P-13 P-14 P-15 P-16 |
| May 8, 2003 | Mike Burba | Pawn Endings - Part II | Exercises from Chapter 1 of the excellent book Secrets of Pawn Endings by Mueller & Lamprecht. | Endgame #: P-1 P-2 P-3 P-4 P-5 P-6 P-7 P-8 |
| April 24, 2003 | Mike Burba | Pawn Endings - Part I | An introduction to K+P vs. K based on the great article written on the subject by NM Dan Heisman and published at The Chess Cafe. Check out the links and download the article! Studying the article will help you with parts II & III. |
The Chess Cafe Dan Heisman's Novice Nook K+P vs. P |
| April 17, 2003 | Mike Burba | Burba - "namsos" ICC Blitz 2003 1-0 Sicilian Defense |
An example of the Closed Sicilian, which is a good practical choice for club players opening with 1 e4. | Game w/ Replay Board
Notes w/ Replay Board |
| April 3, 2003 | Alonzo Ross | Tactics - Smothered Mates |
Examples of the spectacular smothered mating pattern from the book Chess Training for Budding Champions by Jesper Hall. | Tactical Exercise #: TE-1 TE-2 TE-3 TE-4 TE-5 |
| March 27, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part VII |
Rook vs. three advanced pawns: Studies by Salvio and Berger | Endgame #: R-29 R-30 R-31 R-32 R-33 R-34 |
| March 20, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part VI |
Rook vs. two or three pawns | Endgame #: R-24 R-25 R-26 R-27 R-28 |
| March 13, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part V |
Rook on eighth & pawn on seventh vs. rook. | Endgame #: R-16 R-17 R-18 R-19 R-20 R-21 R-22 R-23 |
| March 6, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part IV |
Rook vs. pawn continued. | Endgame #: R-12 R-13 R-14 R-15 |
| February 27, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part III |
Rook vs. pawn. | Endgame #: R-9 R-10 R-11 Alekhine-Boguljubow |
| February 20, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part II |
The Philidor Position and Near-Philidor Positions: techniques to achieve a draw. | Endgame #: R-6 R-7 R-8 |
| February 13, 2003 | Mike Burba | Rook Endings - Part I |
The Lucena Position: 'build a bridge' or 'lift the rook' to win. | Endgame #: R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5 |
| February 6, 2003 | Mike Burba | "Frasse" - "vogonprotestnik" ICC Blitz 2002 1-0 Nimzovich-Larsen Opening |
The opening suggests that White will play on the queenside and Black will attack on the kingside. Then suddenly White launches a clever St. George attack (rook-pawn advance vs. castle w/fianchetto) and wins. | Game w/ Replay Board
Notes w/ Replay Board |
| January 29, 2003 | Mike Burba | Underpromotion to Bishop or Rook - Part III | The famous endgame composition by S. Barbier (Example 10) and the extremely murky position from Sokolsky - Ravinsky (Example 11). |
Example 10
Example 11 |
| January 22, 2003 | Mike Burba | Underpromotion to Bishop or Rook - Part II | Continued. | Example 7
Example 8 Example 9 |
| January 9, 2003 | Mike Burba | Underpromotion to Bishop or Rook - Part I | Underpromotion to a knight is strange enough, but underpromotion to a bishop or rook is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. A rational decision to promote to a bishop or rook, rather than to a queen, involves the possibility of stalemate. Either you underpromote to stalemate yourself and draw, or you underpromote to avoid stalemating your opponent and win. All the examples shown are from Tim Krabbe's fascinating website. | Example 1
Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Example 5 Example 6 Tim Krabbe's Chess Curiosities |
| January 2, 2003 | Mike Burba | "laSelvaBeach" - Burba ICC Blitz 2002 0-1 Pirc Defense |
A rapid mating attack. | Game w/ Replay Board
Notes w/ Replay Board |