The Chess Mind

There's the ChessBase show tonight, of course, but I've also got two newly released videos on ChessVideos.tv. The first is the 17th-place winner in the USCL Game of the Year countdown (video here), featuring the interesting attacking game Bonin-Molner.

The second is something completely different, a fun look at some weird, fascinating backwaters in the Italian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4). You won't learn much of mainstream theoretical value, but I hope you'll be entertained, enthused, and feeling wonder about the fascinating possibilities present in even the simplest and best-known positions. That video is here.

In this post I mentioned that the U.S. Chess League had released the identity of the 18th place game in their Game of the Year countdown for the 2007 season. The game was Mikhailuk-Schroer, and I've presented the game for ChessVideos.tv. It's an entertaining and initially mysterious game, as White seems to be in control until Black suddenly sacrifices the exchange for a whirlwind attack the finishes quite nicely. I think you'll enjoy the presentation, which you can watch for free and without any special software - it's just a click away.

Each week, as the U.S. Chess League powers-that-be reveal another finisher on their countdown to the game of the year for their 2007 season, I offer a presentation of that game on the ChessVideos.tv website. This week, I present the 19th place game, Friedel-Milman, and you can watch that game here. (It's free and no special software is required.)

Take a break from Wijk aan Zee and enjoy!

As mentioned in the last post, the U.S. Chess League is doing a countdown of their 20 game of the year candidates. Starting with #20, they'll release a new game each week, culminating with the big winner. Game #20 was Bonin-Shmelov, and I've done a video presentation of that game on ChessVideos.tv, which you can find here. (Every week, I'll present that week's game right after it's released.)

These shows are free and require no special software: just click and watch. And don't forget my other videos, if you haven't seen them: they can be found in this room. (The most recent one is part 3 of Tate-Monokroussos, from the Indiana State Championships last fall.)

My 2007 game with IM Emory Tate was an exciting and eventful see-saw battle, as those of you who have seen part 1 and part 2 can attest. Now our trilogy comes to an end with the newly posted part 3; tune in and see how it all concludes!