http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2008-10-10T06:10+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1223618712.shtml ... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-10-10T06:10+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1223173772.shtml In tonight's issue of Chess Today, some games were included from a tournament in Argentina, and to my surprise Bent Larsen was included among the participants. Larsen, as many... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-10-05T02:10+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1221717783.shtml In my ChessBase show from six weeks ago, I presented a Smyslov-Karpov game in which both players missed a known tactical trick that gives White a large advantage.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-09-20T05:09+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1218612717.shtml The other day I was preparing a summary sheet on the French for one of my students, and while looking through Powerbook 2008 within ChessBase 10, I came across... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-08-13T07:08+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1218340385.shtml One of the odder games from the just-completed British Championship was G. Flear-Surtees, which began 1.d4 c6 2.c4 f6?!:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-08-10T03:08+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1216234208.shtml As mentioned here, GM Alexander Baburin tied for first in the Irish championship with Israeli GM Alon Greenfeld, but since he's an Irish citizen, he won the title. One of... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-07-16T18:07+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1211919265.shtml I just finished watching Rustam Kasimdzhanov's ChessBase DVD on the Anti-Moscow Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5), and it's... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-27T20:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210226860.shtml I was browsing IM Jovanka Houska's 2007 book Play the Caro-Kann, and while looking through the introductory section on the Panov/Botvinnik Attack I read something incredible. In a subsection called 7th... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-08T06:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1209784615.shtml I just finished watching a ChessBase DVD by Rustam Kasimdzhanov on the French - one of three - and I was pleasantly surprised. GM Kasimdzhanov, a former FIDE world champ,... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-05-03T03:05+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1207286936.shtml Holland may be a small country in terms of area, but in chess it's a mighty power with a great history. They're holding their national championship (photos and reports <a... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-04-04T05:04+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1206604299.shtml Inspired by my game with Yudasin, a reader who wishes to remain anonymous has sent a wonderful Botvinnik Semi-Slav where Black's queenside pawn mass - complete with three connected passed... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-27T07:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1205014448.shtml Here is an email from "Khayyam" (lightly edited):... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-08T22:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1201725489.shtml 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... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-01-30T20:01+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1197440751.shtml A month and a half ago I noted the game Thesing-Marin, which repeated a line of the Open Ruy generally condemned on the basis of the 8th game of the... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-12-12T06:12+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1197071777.shtml In this post of several months ago, I presented the spectacular game Ahn-Ruck.... Dennis Monokroussos 2007-12-07T23:12+00:00