The Kibitzer
by Tim Harding

We have created compressed "zipped" files, compiled by year, containing all of Tim Harding's columns presented at ChessCafe.com. Click below to download them.

• August 2010 Can the Ponzi Fly Again?
• July 2010 Chess Books for Summer
• June 2010 Thoughts on the World Championship
• May 2010 The Ratings Game: Meet Mr. Fifty Percent
• April 2010 Vasily Smyslov, The Career of a World Champion
• March 2010 Playing the Morphy Number Game
• February 2010 Masters and Patzers in the Biographical Dictionaries
• January 2010 One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in 1910
• December 2009 Judging Bobby Fischer
• November 2009 Books for the Darker Evenings
• October 2009 John Littlewood, The Man Who Lived Tactics
• September 2009 The Databases are Reloaded
• August 2009 The Cincinnati Commercial Correspondence Tournament
• July 2009 Women and Chess: the Debate is Revived
• June 2009 Philidor in the Press: the Final Years
• May 2009 Philidor in the Newspapers
• April 2009 New Chess Books for Spring
• March 2009 Erik Larsson: A Lifetime in the Service of Correspondence Chess
• February 2009 The Career and Legacy of Bob Wade
• January 2009 Chess in the Year 1909
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Chess Books for Christmas
• November 2008 World Title Shenanigans
• October 2008 The "What If...?" Game; Some New Case Studies
• September 2008 New Investigations in the Two Knights Defence
• August 2008 Summer Books and a New Chess Library
• July 2008 Untruths and Mysteries about The Chess Player’s Chronicle
• June 2008 The Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit
• May 2008 Tolstoy and his Biographer
• April 2008 Informator’s First Hundred Volumes
• March 2008 Trials of a Touring Chess Master: Zukertort in Dublin, 1879
• February 2008 Bobby Fischer, R.I.P.
• January 2008 Chess in the Year 1908
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 How Many World Champions?
• November 2007 Books for Christmas
• October 2007 The Private World of the Chess Problem
• September 2007 The Family Life of Grandmaster Gunsberg
• August 2007 The Chess Career of King Canute - or not?
• July 2007 Has the Morra Gambit been Revived?
• June 2007 Some Thoughts on Books
• May 2007 The World's Greatest Chess Library
• April 2007 The Poisoned Pawn Lacked Venom
• March 2007 Snippets from Chess History
• February 2007 The Spanish Marshall Revisited
• January 2007 Chess in the Year 1907
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Chess Books for Christmas
• November 2006 Chess Book Heaven at the Royal Dutch Library
• October 2006 Early Games of Chess by Telephone
• September 2006 Another Blast from the Postal Past
• August 2006 The First Oxford-Cambridge University Match
• July 2006 The Poisoned Pawn is Still Looking Tasty
• June 2006 The Last Homecoming of Mars
• May 2006 Sir George Thomas: The Early Years
• April 2006 Evans Gambit Reloaded
• March 2006 The Giuoco Piano Revisited
• February 2006 In the Footsteps of Harold Murray
• January 2006 Chess in the Year 1906
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 The Two Knights Revisited: the d4 Lines
• November 2005 Open Games Revisited: The Two Knights
• October 2005 A Tale of Two Conferences
• September 2005 The House of the Setting Sun
• August 2005 The First Women's Championship: The Decisive Rounds
• July 2005 The First Women's International Tournament
• June 2005 Queens of Chess: Not Deadlier than the Male?
• May 2005 World Champions Play Correspondence Chess
• April 2005 The Pierce Brothers and the "English Mechanic"
• March 2005 Amos Burn Revisited
• February 2005 Chess Treasures at the British Library
• January 2005 The Chess World in the Year 1905
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 The Center Game takes Center Stage
• November 2004 The End of the Black and White Column
• October 2004 It's all Down in Black and White
• September 2004 The Changes I Have Seen
• August 2004 Berserkers & Logicians
• July 2004 Playing the "What If...?" Game
• June 2004 Some Theory of the Pierce Gambit
• May 2004 Introduction to the Pierce Gambit
• April 2004 Was there a “Golden Age” of Correspondence Chess?
• March 2004 Is There Such a Thing as “Chess Culture?”
• February 2004 Correspondence Chess at a Crossroads
• January 2004 One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in the Year 1904
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 How Much Longer Can Man Match the Computer?
• November 2003 The Evans Gambit (Part 2): Chigorin’s Experiences with the Evans Gambit
• October 2003 The Evans Gambit (Part 1): The Search for Truth in the Evans Gambit
• September 2003 Goodbye to the Friendly Orang-Utan
• August 2003 Who was Winawer?
• July 2003 Significant Games in the Sokolsky Opening
• June 2003 How Sokolsky Played the Sokolsky
• May 2003 A Little Tutorial on PGN
• April 2003 Once more unto the Urusov, dear friends, once more...
• March 2003 Interview with a (Chess-playing) Vampire
• February 2003 A Blast From The Postal Past
• January 2003 One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in 1903
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 Last Rites for the Allgaier Gambit?
• November 2002 Not Quite Winning with the Allgaier Gambit
• October 2002 Does Chess Have A Future?
• September 2002 Materialism in Chess
• August 2002 A Second Dram of the Scotch Gambit
• July 2002 A Glass of Scotch
• June 2002 A Golden Jubilee of British Chess
• May 2002 The Not-so-fine Art of Game Annotation
• April 2002 Is the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn Edible?
• March 2002 The Giuoco Piano on Trial: White Wins the Case!
• February 2002 The Giuoco Piano on Trial (Part 3): The Summing-Up
• January 2002 One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in 1902
• January-December 2001
• December 2001 I Have Seen the Future — and It Works!
• November 2001 Shakhmatny Bulletin: An Old Friend Revisited
• October 2001 The Giuoco Piano (Part 2): The Case for the Defence
• September 2001 Swansong of the Giuoco Piano (Part 1)
• August 2001 The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 2)
• July 2001 The London-Vienna Correspondence Match (Part 1)
• June 2001 Desert Island Chess Books
• May 2001 Two Knights Defence, Part 3: Berliner Variation Busted?
• April 2001 Two Knights Defence without Tears: Part 2
• March 2001 Two Knights Defence: See the Wood, Not the Trees!
• February 2001 FIDE, the World Championship and the Art of Boxing Promotion
• January 2001 One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in the Year 1901
• January-December 2000
• December 2000 A Portion of Sugar Tart
• November 2000 Playing the Budapest in Budapest
• October 2000 It's One Small Step for a Pawn
• September 2000 Remembering Cenek Kottnauer
• August 2000 A Pot-Pourri of d4 Openings
• July 2000 Forty Years A Kibitzer
• June 2000 A History of The City of London Chess Magazine (Part 2)
• May 2000 A History of The City of London Chess Magazine (Part 1)
• April 2000 À la Recherche des Échecs Perdus (or Remembrance of Chess Times Past)
• March 2000 Interesting Byways in the Classic Open Games
• February 2000 New Thoughts on Power Play in the Chess Opening
• January 2000 One Hundred Years Ago: Chess in the year 1900
• January-December 1999
• December 1999 Thoughts on the Millennium
• November 1999 The Cold Heaven of Rook Endings
• October 1999 A Royal March to Death or Glory
• September 1999 Is Khalifman the Real World Champion?
• August 1999 The Vampire Gambit: Can We Bury It Now?
• July 1999 Hennig-Schara Gambit Revisited
• June 1999 Have a Hack with the Hennig-Schara
• May 1999 Transpositions
• April 1999 The Openings at New York 1924 (Part II)
• March 1999 The Openings at New York 1924 (Part I)
• February 1999 Some Opening Topics Revisited
• January 1999 100 Years Ago: The Return of Lasker
• January-December 1998
• December 1998 Bring Back Free Castling!
• November 1998 "He could have been a contender..."
• October 1998 Is the Urusov Gambit Sound?
• September 1998 The Eternal Appeal Of The Urusov Gambit
• August 1998 What Exactly Is the Bishop's Opening?
• July 1998 Who was the strongest Irish player of all time?
• June 1998 Who Dunst It?
• May 1998 Has The Marshall Attack Been Refuted On The Internet?
• April 1998 Who Is the Real World Champion?
• March 1998 Putting Dracula Back in His Coffin
• February 1998 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave - or Has He?
• January 1998 One Hundred Years Ago: Head-to-Head in Vienna
• January-December 1997
• December 1997 How Stands the "Faj"?
• November 1997 Bobby Fischer, Twenty-five Years On
• October 1997 Chess Games Belong To The World
• September 1997 A Difficult Postal Game
• August 1997 We're Going On An Elephant Hunt
• July 1997 Winning by One Tempo: Clever or Not?
• June 1997 Anyone for the Franco-Benoni?
• May 1997 Chess Computers Aren't Really So Clever
• April 1997 The Kibitzer and the Even More Complete Najdorf
• March 1997 The Kibitzer Goes To War
• February 1997 Power Play in the Correspondence Chess Opening
• January 1997 The Kibitzer Turns the Clock Back
• June-December 1996
• December 1996 Kilkenny Open
• November 1996 The Lost Heroes of Chess
• October 1996 Two Knights Defence, the Amazing Counter-Attack
• September 1996 Time To Gamble On A Gambit
• August 1996 The Two Worlds of Correspondence Chess
• July 1996 Noteboom Or Abrahams: Whose Variation Is It Anyway?
• June 1996 Frankenstein and Dracula at the Chessboard

An Arbiter's Notebook
by Geurt Gijssen

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• August 2010 Do we need to change the Laws of Chess?
• July 2010 Something's Wrong with Buchholz
• June 2010 Define Same Positions
• May 2010 10.2 Again
• April 2010 What is a Valid Claim?
• March 2010 Taking Notes
• February 2010 When is a Legal Move Illegal?
• January 2010 I Claim I Touched a Piece
• January-December 2009 (In Italian)
• December 2009 The Tal Memorial and Blitz Chess
• November 2009 Time Scrambles
• October 2009 What is the result after a flag fall?
• September 2009 Fifty-move Rule Confusion
• August 2009 Declare to Resign
• July 2009 When is an Illegal Move Illegal?
• June 2009 Rob Hartoch, R.I.P.
• May 2009 Title and Rating Regulations
• April 2009 Article 6.6
• March 2009 FIDE Presidential Board Meeting
• February 2009 FIDE Forfeitures
• January 2009 Changes to the Laws of Chess
• January-December 2008
• January-December 2008 (In Italian)
• December 2008 In Memoriam Bob Wade
• November 2008 Bothered by Buchholz
• October 2008 Wil Haggenburg, R.I.P.
• September 2008 Stop the Clock!
• August 2008 Search and Seizure
• July 2008 When is a Move "Made"?
• June 2008 The Arbiter is My Opponent’s Mother
• May 2008 Revisions to the Laws of Chess
• April 2008 Draw Claims
• March 2008 Ratings!
• February 2008 Is the Arbiter Always Right?
• January 2008 Intervention
• January-December 2007
• January-December 2007 (In Italian)
• December 2007 Revising the Laws of Chess
• October 2007 Controversial Decisions
• September 2007 Strange Cases and 10.2
• August 2007 IA Willi Knebel (1936-2007)
• July 2007 Laws on the Internet
• June 2007 What are the Correct Laws of Chess?
• May 2007 Interpreting the Rules
• April 2007 Unobserved Illegal Moves
• March 2007 Is Fischer Random the Solution?
• February 2007 Disputed Rulings
• January 2007 Legacy
• January-December 2006
• January-December 2006 (In Italian)
• December 2006 MonRoi and Other Matters
• November 2006 Unusual Incidents
• October 2006 Elista 2006
• September 2006 MonRoi
• August 2006 Ringing Mobiles & 10.2 Never Die
• July 2006 The Turin Olympiad
• June 2006 Illegal Moves
• May 2006 The Fifty-move Rule
• April 2006 "Normal Means"
• March 2006 Recording Moves, Mobiles, and Article 10.2
• February 2006 Writing Moves in Advance
• January 2006 Rapid Rules in Dubai
• January-December 2005
• January-December 2005 (In Italian)
• December 2005 Istanbul
• November 2005 What Shall We Do with a Stinking Player? - Redux
• October 2005 New Rules
• September 2005 Dresden 2005
• August 2005 What Shall We Do with a Coughing Player?
• July 2005 Arbitrating Draws
• June 2005 10.2 is Back!
• May 2005 Team Spirit
• April 2005 Those Cheating Ways
• March 2005 The 2005 Aeroflot Festival
• February 2005 The New Rules Revisited
• January 2005 Breaking the Law
• January-December 2004
• January-December 2004 (In Italian)
• December 2004 Castling
• November 2004 The 75th FIDE Congress
• October 2004 Claims
• September 2004 Does Canada Exist?
• August 2004 Touching Pieces with a Pen
• July 2004 Swiss Master for Windows is Available!
• June 2004 Long Moves
• May 2004 Where was the Chief Arbiter?
• April 2004 Forbidden Pairings
• March 2004 The Aeroflot Festival, Clocks, Mobiles, and Much More
• February 2004 Did a Player Touch a Piece Deliberately?
• January 2004 Are Arbiters Almighty?
• January-December 2003
• January-December 2003 (In Italian)
• December 2003 My Cell Phone Vibrates!
• November 2003 Kallithea!
• October 2003 Salekhard!
• September 2003 Perpetual Check Doesn't Exist
• August 2003 Falling Flags!
• July 2003 I would like to propose a draw, but where is my opponent?
• June 2003 Hello St. Petersburg, Hello Paris…
• May 2003 More King Capturing
• April 2003 Challenged
• March 2003 From New York to Moscow
• February 2003 Can I Win after Overstepping the Time Limit?
• January 2003 Unusual Events or Are There Still Normal Games?
• January-December 2002
• January-December 2002 (In Italian)
• December 2002 Capricious Captains
• November 2002 The 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled
• October 2002 Playing with the Ratings
• September 2002 Rapids in Moscow
• August 2002 Bled Awaits
• July 2002 Caller Waiting
• June 2002 Losing a Game after Mating the Opponent
• May 2002 Capturing the King – Recording the Moves
• April 2002 Leave the King Alone!
• March 2002 10.2-10.2-10.2: It Never Stops
• February 2002 Capturing the King
• January 2002 How to Get a Title?
• January-December 2001
• January-December 2001 (In Italian)
• December 2001 From Moscow with Love
• November 2001 The King En Prise Redux
• October 2001 Promotion Problems
• September 2001 Do You Know the Time Limit?
• August 2001 And the Talks Go On
• July 2001 The Laws Are Enacted
• June 2001 Poll Position
• May 2001 Paradise
• April 2001 The Time Limits They Are a-Changin' - Again
• March 2001 Swiss Gambit
• February 2001 The New Laws
• January 2001 Falling Flags
• January-December 2000
• January-December 2000 (In Italian)
• December 2000 Istanbul
• November 2000 Rules, Rules, Rules
• October 2000 A Pressing Matter
• September 2000 Touché
• August 2000 Flying Rooks
• July 2000 Conflicting Captains
• June 2000 Silicon Silliness
• May 2000 What Shall We Do with a Stinking Player?
• April 2000 Standing Pat
• March 2000 Button It Up
• February 2000 What Shall We Do with a Sleeping Player?
• January 2000 Again, Article 10
• January-December 1999
• January-December 1999 (In Italian)
• December 1999 Report from Batumi
• November 1999 Touched Pieces
• October 1999 The Rules Committee
• September 1999 Las Vegas - Surprise, Surprise!!
• August 1999 Digital vs. Analog
• July 1999 J'adoube...
• June 1999 The Right Hand
• May 1999 All the King's Horses
• April 1999 Time Scrambles
• March 1999 New York 1924: The Arbiter's View
• February 1999 Simul Standards
• January 1999 Through the Eyes of a Spectator
• April-December 1998
• April-December 1998 (In Italian)
• December 1998 The Case of the Hidden Queen
• November 1998 More Events in Elista
• October 1998 Events in Elista
• September 1998 Readers' Questions
• August 1998 Does Anyone Know the Score?
• July 1998 More Rapid Rules
• June 1998 Rapid Rules
• May 1998 The Time Limits They Are a-Changin'...
• April 1998 The King En Prise!

Opening Lanes
by Gary Lane

We have created compressed "zipped" files, compiled by year, containing all of Gary Lane's columns presented at ChessCafe.com. Click below to download them.

• September 2010 The Other Guys
• August 2010 The Secret
• July 2010 Independence Day
• June 2010 Tunnel Vision
• May 2010 Where the Wild Things Are
• April 2010 New Edition
• March 2010 Forgot Me Not
• February 2010 Going Solo
• January 2010 Let's Learn French
• December 2009 Tea and Biscuits
• November 2009 Good Omen
• October 2009 Ben 10
• September 2009 Havana Gold
• August 2009 Left Behind
• July 2009 The English Riviera
• June 2009 Shock Value
• May 2009 Modern Times
• April 2009 Knowing
• March 2009 The Reminder
• February 2009 The Reader
• January 2009 Back to Basics
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Santa is Delayed
• November 2008 The Rough Guide to Vienna
• October 2008 Bliss
• September 2008 Enter the Dragon
• August 2008 Tales of the Unexpected
• July 2008 Dragon’s Dream
• June 2008 On the Road
• May 2008 State of Play
• April 2008 Chess Made Easy
• March 2008 The Good Old Days
• February 2008 The Gold Rush
• January 2008 Stardust
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 A Time of Changes
• November 2007 Almost a Celebrity
• October 2007 Rites of Passage
• September 2007 A Week is a Long Time in Chess
• August 2007 Journey in the Dark
• July 2007 Poirot Investigates
• June 2007 The Kindergarten Attack
• May 2007 The Long Goodbye
• April 2007 European Champion
• March 2007 A Simple Story
• February 2007 The French Revolution
• January 2007 Sparkling Cyanide
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Fashion and Style
• November 2006 Short Cut
• October 2006 Someone from the Past
• September 2006 Unfinished Tales
• August 2006 The Age of Innocence
• July 2006 Hide and Seek
• June 2006 The Book of Questions
• May 2006 Outsiders
• April 2006 A Good Day for the Donkey
• March 2006 Hard Times
• February 2006 Treasure Island
• January 2006 The Fixer
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 White Christmas
• November 2005 As Cold as Ice
• October 2005 Bamboozled
• September 2005 Undiscovered
• August 2005 The Longest Day
• July 2005 The History Man
• June 2005 Elephants Can Remember
• May 2005 The Office
• April 2005 Forget Me if You Can
• March 2005 Sideways
• February 2005 Ten Things I Hate About Chess
• January 2005 Bad Education
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 In Search of Santa
• November 2004 Gold Medals
• October 2004 We Are Family
• September 2004 School Disco
• August 2004 Scream
• July 2004 A Spanish Stroll
• June 2004 The Vanishing
• May 2004 Miami Vice
• April 2004 Playboy
• March 2004 Braveheart
• February 2004 The Great Escape
• January 2004 Funny Old World
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 A Flock of Seagulls
• November 2003 Talking French
• October 2003 The Greek Gift
• September 2003 The T-Factor
• August 2003 Identity
• July 2003 Step Back in Time
• June 2003 Beauty and the Beast
• May 2003 Fan Clubs
• April 2003 Chess Roulette
• March 2003 California Dreaming
• February 2003 How to Win on the Internet
• January 2003 New Year Innovations
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 A Christmas Gift
• November 2002 Scotch and Ice
• October 2002 A French Farce
• September 2002 Fischer Plays Again
• August 2002 Men in Black
• July 2002 An Apology!
• June 2002 The World Cup
• May 2002 Novelty on Move 19
• April 2002 A Beautiful Mind
• March 2002 The Facts of Life
• February 2002 Valentine’s Day
• January 2002 New Year Resolutions
• January-December 2001
• December 2001 Harry Potter
• November 2001 Do Not Think Like A Grandmaster
• October 2001 Early Retirement
• September 2001 Crisis in Vienna
• August 2001 Back to School
• July 2001 How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
• June 2001 Murder on the Orient Express
• May 2001 Beating the Queen’s Gambit
• April 2001 Crouching Tigran Hidden Dragon
• March 2001 Almost Famous
• February 2001 The Five Pawns Attack
• January 2001 The Invisible Man
• January-December 2000
• December 2000 The Grinch
• November 2000 A Knight to Remember
• October 2000 The Zoo
• September 2000 Great Expectations
• August 2000 Gone in 60 seconds
• July 2000 Home Analysis
• June 2000 Out of Africa
• May 2000 The Amazing Alekhine
• April 2000 Eyes Wide Shut
• March 2000 The Dashing Danish
• February 2000 French Connection
• January 2000 Fantasy
• January-December 1999
• December 1999 The Unknown Move
• November 1999 Meatloaf
• October 1999 The Omega Gambit
• September 1999 Global Chess
• August 1999 Who Is Afraid of Bô?
• July 1999 The English in Exile?
• June 1999 Grand Prix Crash
• May 1999 Mind Games
• April 1999 An Opening in Disguise
• March 1999 The Latest Fashion
• February 1999 The Test of Time
• January 1999 Flexible Fianchettoes

Checkpoint
by Carsten Hansen

We have created compressed "zipped" files, compiled by year, containing all of Carsten Hansen's columns presented at ChessCafe.com. Click below to download them. In addition we have created an alphabetical list of each title reviewed in Checkpoint including title, author, and column in which it was reviewed.

• September 2010 Surprise, Surprise!
• August 2010 Special Circumstances
• July 2010 New Ground
• June 2010 Happy Days for Queen's Pawn Enthusiasts
• May 2010 Summer Repertoire Updates
• April 2010 Who's Wojo
• March 2010 Mixed Nuts
• February 2010 Ten Short Years
• January 2010 Ambitious Projects
• December 2009 d-pawn Openings for Specialists
• November 2009 Smash the Sicilian, Please
• October 2009 Petrosian's Proverbs
• September 2009 The Scots don’t like the Spanish
• August 2009 Seconds Please
• July 2009 Four More Sicilians
• June 2009 Openings Well Explained
• May 2009 More Repertoires
• April 2009 Grandmaster Repertoires
• March 2009 Anti-Up
• February 2009 Flank Openings
• January 2009 Mixed Bag
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Modern Oldies
• November 2008 New in Chess
• October 2008 Unsportsmanlike Conduct
• September 2008 1 d4 Fireworks
• August 2008 An Opening Oxymoron
• July 2008 Big Ambitions
• June 2008 Dangerous Classical Weapons
• May 2008 Indians Galore
• April 2008 The Flank Side of Life
• March 2008 Two Sides of the Sicilian
• February 2008 This and That
• January 2008 Chess Explained
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 Ambitious Authors
• November 2007 Repertoire Reinforcements
• October 2007 Yearbooks and Serials
• September 2007 What's New in Chess
• August 2007 The Mastery of Chess Openings
• July 2007 Digital Round-up
• June 2007 The Semi-Open Games
• May 2007 Seven Sicilians
• April 2007 All Indians
• March 2007 Classic Choices
• February 2007 Queen's Gambit Fundamentals
• January 2007 Sicilian Psychosis
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Opening Surprises
• November 2006 DVD Dizziness
• October 2006 Opening Repertoire Bonanza
• September 2006 Shirov and Kasparov on DVD
• August 2006 Sicilians and the Dutch
• July 2006 Summer Reading
• June 2006 Hodgepodge
• May 2006 Serious Serials
• April 2006 Fearsome and Fun Openings
• March 2006 Highland Connection
• February 2006 The King's Indian Attack
• January 2006 New Ideas for the New Year
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 Quality Counts
• November 2005 Open Games
• October 2005 Naming Rights
• September 2005 Bishops Before Knights
• August 2005 Scandinavians and Repertoire Books
• July 2005 The Busiest Man in Chess
• June 2005 Going Digital
• May 2005 Daring Defenses
• April 2005 A Fistful of Sicilians
• March 2005 Old Friends
• February 2005 Kindermann Classics
• January 2005 The Return of the Indians
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 Sicilians and Scandinavians
• November 2004 Yearbooks and Encyclopaedias
• October 2004 Offbeat Ideas
• September 2004 Crazy about Fianchettos, Part Two
• August 2004 Crazy about Fianchettos, Part One
• July 2004 Spanish Torture
• June 2004 A Big Bunch of CDs
• May 2004 Main Lines and Daring Defenses
• April 2004 French Frenzy
• March 2004 Queen's Pawn Openings
• February 2004 Anand Uncovered
• January 2004 One, Two, Three, Four and Five Stars
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 Batsford Blasts Back
• November 2003 Nimzowitsch's Openings
• October 2003 Annoying Chess Openings
• September 2003 Let’s Go to the Videotape!
• August 2003 Queen's Pawn Galore
• July 2003 A Guide to Freedom
• June 2003 More on Opening Repertoires
• May 2003 A Complete Kramnik
• April 2003 If They Want to Play The Dutch…
• March 2003 Tame Sicilians
• February 2003 These Are A Few of My Favorite Things…
• January 2003 Play Like a World Champion
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 The Old KID in Town
• November 2002 The Key Move Is g2-g4!
• October 2002 French Horrors
• September 2002 Good Opening Moves
• August 2002 Chess Training - The ChessBase Way
• July 2002 The Bird’s Day in the Sun
• June 2002 Old Friends
• May 2002 Feelings Grow Fonder
• April 2002 Repertoire Books
• March 2002 Knock-Out Openings!
• February 2002 Number 25
• January 2002 Dragon Slayers Wanted
• January-December 2001
• December 2001 Classical Lines
• November 2001 Dead or Alive?
• October 2001 1 e4, 1 d4 or 1 c4?
• September 2001 19th Century Today
• August 2001 In or Out of the Books?
• July 2001 1 P-K4 and Then What?
• June 2001 Ultimate What?
• May 2001 Some of This And Some of That
• April 2001 Son of Sorrow
• March 2001 Ladies and Gentlemen: May I Present The Best
• February 2001 The Masters Choice
• January 2001 Greetings from Sicily
• January-December 2000
• December 2000 Best by Test?
• November 2000  More Morra
• October 2000 A Brilliance and a Bomb from Belgrade
• September 2000 Electrifying?
• August 2000 Tales from the Crypt
• July 2000
• June 2000
• May 2000
• April 2000
• March 2000
• February 2000
• January 2000
• June-December 1999
• December 1999
• November 1999
• October 1999
• September 1999
• August 1999
• July 1999
• June 1999

The Q & A Way
by Bruce Pandolfini

We have created compressed "zipped" files, compiled by year, containing all of Bruce Pandolfini's columns presented at ChessCafe.com. Click below to download them.

• August 2010 Self-Analysis of Games
• July 2010 The Dragon Wagon
• June 2010 Rock and Roll High School
• May 2010 Bored Games
• April 2010 Malice Through the Rooking Pass
• March 2010 Books or Software?
• February 2010 Stop and Face the Monster
• January 2010 This and That
• December 2009 Standing on the Feet of the Past
• November 2009 The Art of It
• October 2009 The In-laws of Competition
• September 2009 Structure and More Structure
• August 2009 Compute This
• July 2009 Teaching the Teacher
• June 2009 Notable Notes
• May 2009 What if "Endgame" Were "End Game"?
• April 2009 Capping and Topping Capa
• March 2009 It’s All in the Translation
• February 2009 Struggling with Mastery
• January 2009 Teaching Odds and Ends
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Basic Fairness
• November 2008 Think of the Whole
• October 2008 Sitting in on Lessons
• September 2008 Beware of Regimens
• August 2008 A Cure for the Common Bold
• July 2008 Point for Point
• June 2008 Go with the Flow
• May 2008 Look But You Better Not Touch
• April 2008 Understand What You’re Playing
• March 2008 Analysis and All That
• February 2008 Teach the Children Well
• January 2008 If You Don't Know What to Do, Don't Do It
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 Opening, Middlegame, Endgame
• November 2007 All and Everything
• October 2007 Let the Games Begin
• September 2007 Play it Again, Al
• August 2007 It's Never Too Late
• July 2007 Losing Doesn't Matter?
• June 2007 Raging Rating Rants
• May 2007 First: Find Out Who you Are
• April 2007 Opening Book Overload
• March 2007 That Special Book
• February 2007 Think Before you Think
• January 2007 It all Gets Back to Tactics
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Restricting Opponents
• November 2006 Principle Distinctions
• October 2006 Teach Thinking
• September 2006 Head Work
• August 2006 For the Love of Chess
• July 2006 Some Things Don't Need Analysis
• June 2006 It's Hard to be Good
• May 2006 Know Thy Chess Self
• April 2006 There's Strength in Numbers
• March 2006 We All Make Mistakes
• February 2006 Keep it Simple
• January 2006 Fun is Where it's At
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 Let Them Be Kids
• November 2005 The IM Quest
• October 2005 You Must Remember This
• September 2005 It's Only a Movie
• August 2005 Knowing What's Right
• July 2005 We All Need Routines
• June 2005 No Rule is Absolute (Except This)
• May 2005 We'll Get to That
• April 2005 How High is Up?
• March 2005 Piece Be With You
• February 2005 Chess Puppetry
• January 2005 How Big is Big
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 Tactics Is A Good Strategy
• November 2004 The Play's the Thing
• October 2004 Botvinnik Smartvinnik
• September 2004 Numb in Number
• August 2004 Test the Best
• July 2004 In General Be Specific
• June 2004 There's Gold in the Golden Mean
• May 2004 Teach the Children Well
• April 2004 Sometimes You Just Have to Try
• March 2004 Before the Ideal the Gods Have Placed the Real
• February 2004 We All Need Goals – Reasonable Ones
• January 2004 Rating the Ratings
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 The Caro Can Can
• November 2003 You Already Have a Coach - You!
• October 2003 Some Highs Are New Lows
• September 2003 Sometimes Those Who Can Need To Be Checked By Those Who Can’t
• August 2003 It's Not All In The Cards
• July 2003 It’s Not In That Book  - Chico Marx
• June 2003 Stopped By One of Three
• May 2003 Cornered in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Corner
• April 2003 There’s No One Wrong Way
• March 2003 It’s Not So Much What, But How
• February 2003 Do It by the Book - Theirs
• January 2003 Exclam This!
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 A Draw Is Not So Terribly English
• November 2002 No Opening Is Worth It
• October 2002 The Postman Always Zings Twice
• September 2002 Whose Term Is It?
• August 2002 Choose Your Weapons Wisely
• July 2002 It's Only a Movie
• June 2002 The Read Not Taken
• May 2002 The Grandmaster as Gipper
• April 2002 The Queen in a Sum-Zero Universe
• March 2002 Winning Coaches Get Fired Too
• February 2002 It's A Material World
• January 2002 Don't Hurry or Worry
• January-December 2001
• December 2001 A Question Of Age
• November 2001 Play Studiously and Study Playfully
• October 2001 There Is Nothing to Fear
• September 2001 The Play's the Thing
• August 2001 Thirty Something
• July 2001 Memory Schmemory
• June 2001 Too Practical Is Not Practical
• May 2001 Play to Please
• April 2001 Two Much or Two Little
• March 2001 Touch Move
• February 2001 Ratings: It's What's Happening
• January 2001 It’s Not What, It’s How
• January-December 2000
• December 2000 Either Or
• November 2000 It's Got To Be Fun
• October 2000 Perfect, All Too Perfect
• September 2000 Young At Any Age
• August 2000 It's Simple ToSymbol
• July 2000 Compute This
• June 2000 Larry or Larry D?
• May 2000 Write or Wrong
• April 2000 This and That
• March 2000 Surprise, No Prize
• February 2000 Relatively Speaking
• January 2000 Books, Books and More Books
• July-December 1999
• December 1999 Are You A Number Or A Letter?
• November 1999 We All Have To Start Somewhere
• October 1999 No One's That Old
• September 1999 Do This, Don't Do That
• August 1999 Computers, Bughouse and Beyond
• July 1999 Answer the Question and Question the Answer

The Instructor
by Mark Dvoretsky

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• August 2010 Pay Attention to your Opponent's Resources, Part Two
• July 2010 Pay Attention to your Opponent's Resources, Part One
• June 2010 Practicing Positional Sacrifices
• May 2010 Destroying the Material Balance
• April 2010 Determine the Best Defense
• March 2010 There's Always a Defense!
• February 2010 All that Glitters is not Gold
• January 2010 Emotions and Playing Strength
• December 2009 "Tasty" Tactics
• November 2009 The Logic of a Grandmaster
• October 2009 Enlarging Your Strategic Arsenal
• September 2009 The Superfluous Piece
• August 2009 Enriching Your Strategic Arsenal
• July 2009 A Lesson in Positional Play
• June 2009 Solid Endgame Knowledge
• May 2009 The Worst-Piece Principle, Part Two
• April 2009 The Worst-Piece Principle, Part One
• March 2009 A Battle of Equals
• February 2009 Wing Attack with an Open Center, Part Two
• January 2009 Wing Attack with an Open Center, Part One
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Extra Pawn on the Side
• November 2008 When to Trade
• October 2008 Two Misfortunes
• September 2008 Critical Moments, Part Three
• August 2008 Critical Moments, Part Two
• July 2008 Critical Moments, Part One
• June 2008 Rook and Bishop vs. Rook
• May 2008 When Technique Fails
• April 2008 Swimming in Theory
• March 2008 Unjustified Greed
• February 2008 Greed is Good
• January 2008 Polemic Thinking, Part Two
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 Polemic Thinking, Part One
• November 2007 A Lotta Wotawa, Part Two
• October 2007 A Lotta Wotawa, Part One
• September 2007 Studies for Practical Players
• August 2007 Chess Botany - "Variational Debris," Part Two
• July 2007 Chess Botany - "Variational Debris," Part One
• June 2007 Chess Botany - The "Shrub"
• May 2007 Chess Botany - The "Trunk"
• April 2007 Intermediate Moves in the Endgame
• March 2007 Control Work
• February 2007 A Trainer's First Steps
• January 2007 New Surprises in Calculating Variations
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 The Power of Subtle, Quiet Moves
• November 2006 Chaos on Board
• October 2006 Simagin's Exchange Sacrifices
• September 2006 To Take a Pawn or Attack?
• August 2006 An Ideal Game
• July 2006 Study Composing Tourney
• June 2006 Patient Defense
• May 2006 Surprises in Calculating Variations
• April 2006 An Invitation to Analysis
• March 2006 Grandmaster Technique, Part Four
• February 2006 Grandmaster Technique, Part Three
• January 2006 Grandmaster Technique, Part Two
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 Grandmaster Technique, Part One
• November 2005 Saving Combinations, Part Two
• October 2005 Saving Combinations, Part One
• September 2005 Barcza Rampant
• August 2005 Sending the Rook to the Opposite Wing
• July 2005 Reverberating "Quiet" Moves
• June 2005 Castling on Opposite Sides
• May 2005 A Game with Questions
• April 2005 Combinative Discoveries
• March 2005 The Test of Objectivity
• February 2005 A Battle of Opposites
• January 2005 Paradox
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 The Advance of the Rook Pawns
• November 2004 Going Deep Into Analysis
• October 2004 Working on your Mistakes
• September 2004 The Effects of Replaying
• August 2004 Bavarian Impressions
• July 2004 The Two Weaknesses Principle
• June 2004 Going for the Throat
• May 2004 Lessons from Lilienthal
• April 2004 Lilienthal's Strategic Victories, Part Two
• March 2004 Lilienthal's Strategic Victories, Part One
• February 2004 Ripples in the Water, Part Two: "Comparison" While Calculating Variations
• January 2004 Ripples in the Water, Part One: Playing the Symmetrical Position
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 Theoretical Discoveries, Part Two
• November 2003 Theoretical Discoveries, Part One
• October 2003 An Historical Serial, Part Two
• September 2003 An Historical Serial, Part One
• August 2003 Classical Immersion
• July 2003 Studies for Grandmasters
• June 2003 Pay Attention to Details
• May 2003 Standard and Non-Standard Combinations
• April 2003 Mate on the Back Rank
• March 2003 Attack Training
• February 2003 Active Rooks
• January 2003 Supreme Technique
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 Opening Catastrophes
• November 2002 Endgame Training: Expert Use of the Rooks
• October 2002 The Usefulness of the "Bad"Bishop
• September 2002 Some Reti Studies
• August 2002 An “Easy” Win
• July 2002 Lawless Pawns
• June 2002 Non-Standard Combinations
• May 2002 In Search of Chess Truth
• April 2002 Active Defense
• March 2002 Should He Have Sacrificed?
• February 2002 The Positional Exchange Sacrifice
• January 2002 Training with Grandmasters
• January-December 2001
• December 2001 Anthony Miles’ Endgame Technique
• November 2001 The True Meaning of “Quality”
• October 2001 A Chessplayer and How He Grows
• September 2001 Tragicomedies in Pawn Endgames
• August 2001 Discoveries in Rook Endgames
• July 2001 Discoveries in Minor-piece Endgames
• June 2001 A Battle of Equals
• May 2001 Passivity in the Opening
• April 2001 Blockading Passed Pawns
• March 2001 The Value of “Elementary” Endgame Knowledge
• February 2001 Averbakh
• January 2001 Irrational Complications
• October-December 2000
• December 2000 Dvoretsky on Berliner
• November 2000 Battle of the Heavy Pieces
• October 2000 Candidate Moves

Endgame Corner
by Karsten Müller

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• August 2010 Learning from the Classics
• July 2010 Pawn Endgame Exercises
• June 2010 Rook + Knight vs. Rook + Knight
• May 2010 The Dangerous Corner
• April 2010 A Perplexing Riddle
• March 2010 The Clumsy Knight
• February 2010 The Eternal Duel of Bishop vs. Knight
• January 2010 The Fischer Endgame
• December 2009 The Domination Game
• November 2009 The Last Exchange
• October 2009 Small Advantages in Bishop Endings
• September 2009 The Old Riddle of Botvinnik vs. Smyslov
• August 2009 The Difficulty is the Difficulty
• July 2009 Race of the Passed Pawns
• June 2009 Good Knight, Bad Bishop
• May 2009 Same-colored Bishops
• April 2009 Position is Everything
• March 2009 The Underestimated Knight
• February 2009 The Famous Rook Endgame with 4 vs. 3 Pawns
• January 2009 Central Pawns
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Russell’s Resources
• November 2008 An Old Riddle Revisited
• October 2008 The Riddle of Botvinnik vs. Bronstein
• September 2008 Open the Gates
• August 2008 Rook vs. Bishop with Three Pawns Each on One Wing
• July 2008 Shirov's Queens
• June 2008 Shirov's Rooks
• May 2008 Fischer's Major Pieces
• April 2008 The Fischer Endgame
• March 2008 Rook Endgame Exercises, Part Two
• February 2008 Rook Endgame Exercises, Part One
• January 2008 Minor Pieces Fight
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 Clash of the Computer Titans
• November 2007 Not all Rook Endgames are Drawn
• October 2007 The Activity of the Rook
• September 2007 The Passed Pawn is the Lord of the Endgame
• August 2007 The Rook Belongs Behind the Passed Pawn
• July 2007 Calculation Training
• June 2007 Endgame Principles
• May 2007 The Right Exchange Revisited
• April 2007 Mysterious Rook Endgames
• March 2007 Chinese Chess
• February 2007 The Right Exchange
• January 2007 On Fortresses and Domination
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Niggling Doubts
• November 2006 Minor Piece vs. Pawns
• October 2006 The Art of Defense
• September 2006 Deceptive Simplicity
• August 2006 Dautov's Doubts Revisited
• July 2006 Kamsky's Comeback
• June 2006 Queen vs. Two Rooks: Part Two
• May 2006 Queen vs. Two Rooks: Part One
• April 2006 Davies vs. Danish Dynamite
• March 2006 The Strongest Piece is the Rook: Part 3
• February 2006 The Strongest Piece is the Rook: Part 2
• January 2006 Bodychecks, Switchbacks and more
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 The Strength of Connected Passed Pawns
• November 2005 Long Marches with the King
• October 2005 Marin Solves an Old Riddle
• September 2005 The Strongest Piece is the Rook: Part 1
• August 2005 A Knightmare
• July 2005 Storming the Barricades
• June 2005 The Power of the Bishop Pair
• May 2005 Freeze!
• April 2005 Capablanca's Theorem: Part 2
• March 2005 Capablanca's Theorem: Part 1
• February 2005 The Aim of the Game
• January 2005 Deceptive Simplicity
• January-September 2004
• September 2004 Bishops and Overgrown Pawns
• August 2004 The Bear in the Hole
• July 2004 Counterplay Counts
• June 2004 The Silicon Oracle Speaks
• May 2004 A Theoretically Important Endgame
• April 2004 A Fascinating Fight
• March 2004 The Mystical Sister Squares: Part 2
• February 2004 The Mystical Sister Squares: Part 1
• January 2004 Readers Write
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 The Damned Pawn: Part 2
• November 2003 The Damned Pawn: Part 1
• October 2003 The Mighty Knight
• September 2003 Shirov's Surprises: Part 2
• August 2003 Shirov's Surprises: Part 1
• July 2003 Polzin's Pawns and More
• June 2003 Dautov's Doubts
• May 2003 Queen and Rook's Pawn vs. Queen: Part 2
• April 2003 Queen and Rook's Pawn vs. Queen: Part 1
• March 2003 Bees of Opps Revisited
• February 2003 Bishop vs. Knight Revisited: Part 2
• January 2003 Bishop vs. Knight Revisited: Part 1
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 Checking Distances, Shelters and More
• November 2002 The Riddle of Morphy vs. Bird Revisted
• October 2002 Winning Zones
• September 2002 Bishops at Work: Part 3
• August 2002 Bishops at Work: Part 2
• July 2002 Bishops at Work: Part 1
• June 2002 Rooks Revisited
• May 2002 Readers Write
• April 2002 Ponomariov's Technique: Part 2
• March 2002 Ponomariov's Technique: Part 1
• February 2002 Bishop vs. Pawns: Part 2
• January 2002 Bishop vs. Pawns: Part 1
• January-December 2001
• December 2001 The Bishop Pair: Part 2
• November 2001 The Bishop Pair: Part 1
• October 2001 Opposition, Triangulation and More
• September 2001 Rook + Knight vs. Rook + Bishop
• August 2001 Recent Rook Endings
• July 2001 Rook vs. Bishop
• June 2001 Bishop vs. Knight: Part
• May 2001 Bishop vs. Knight: Part 1
• April 2001 Activate the King
• March 2001 Bees of Opps and Rooks
• February 2001 Bees of Opps
• January 2001 All Rook Endings Are Drawn

Novice Nook
by Dan Heisman

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• August 2010 Intermediate Time Controls Hinder Improvement
• July 2010 Not All Bads are Equal
• June 2010 The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
• May 2010 When Adults Learn Basic Material
• April 2010 Hand-Waving is Worse than Hope Chess
• March 2010 Luck in the Sport of Chess
• February 2010 Tactical Sets and Goals
• January 2010 What's in a Name?
• December 2009 Spend Time on the Move Chosen
• November 2009 The Most Common and Important Use of Tactics
• October 2009 Openings vs. Opening Systems
• September 2009 The Three Show Stoppers
• August 2009 Principles of Analytical Efficiency
• July 2009 More Pawns in the Center are Good
• June 2009 The Mind Reading Fish
• May 2009 The Best Novice Nook Ideas
• April 2009 The Endgame Bind
• March 2009 The Improvement Feedback Loop
• February 2009 Accidental and Purposeful Errors
• January 2009 The Five Ways to Make a Piece Safe
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Chess is Decisions
• November 2008 The Fun of Pros and Cons
• October 2008 The Room Full of Grandmasters
• September 2008 The Safety Table
• August 2008 Strong Principles vs. Important Principles
• July 2008 Anders' Game
• June 2008 Bootstrapping Analysis Skills
• May 2008 Similar Positions, Different Evaluations
• April 2008 The Fundamental Theorem of Safety and Activity
• March 2008 The Three Types of Reasonable Threats
• February 2008 Acquiescing
• January 2008 The Inadequately Guarded Piece
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 Critical and Principal Variations
• November 2007 The Margin for Error
• October 2007 Getting the Edge
• September 2007 Don't Allow the Floobly!
• August 2007 How to Use MCO-14
• July 2007 Trading When Ahead or Behind
• June 2007 Beginner Misconceptions
• May 2007 Novice Nook Quiz
• April 2007 The Two Types of Counting Problems
• March 2007 Criticality Quiz
• February 2007 Slowing Down
• January 2007 Trading Pawns When Ahead
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Chess Principles and Common Sense
• November 2006 The Most Common OTB Mistakes
• October 2006 Breaking Down Barriers
• September 2006 The Four Homeworks
• August 2006 Making Chess Simple
• July 2006 Odds and Ends
• June 2006 Is it Safe?
• May 2006 The Principle of Symmetry
• April 2006 Activity is the Real Goal
• March 2006 The Most Common Opening Inaccuracies
• February 2006 The Two Move Triggers
• January 2006 Breaking a Slump
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 Initial and Final Candidate Moves
• November 2005 The Most Important Strategic Decisions
• October 2005 The Principle of Tactical Dominance
• September 2005 When is a King Safe?
• August 2005 Quiescence Errors
• July 2005 The Theory of Chess Improvement
• June 2005 Opening Principles
• May 2005 Time Management Tales
• April 2005 Evaluation Quiz
• March 2005 Reviewing Chess Games
• February 2005 Every Good Chessplayer...
• January 2005 A Guide to P-R3
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 The Big Five
• November 2004 Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur
• October 2004 Improving Analysis Skills
• September 2004 A Defense Primer
• August 2004 Chess, Learning, and Fun
• July 2004 Enhancing your First Tournament Experience
• June 2004 Examples of Chess Logic
• May 2004 The Case for Time Management
• April 2004 A Planning Primer
• March 2004 Is There a Win?
• February 2004 Learning Opening Lines & Ideas
• January 2004 The Goal Each Move
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 The Most Important Tactic
• November 2003 Traits of a Good Chessplayer
• October 2003 Excerpt: Looking for Trouble
• September 2003 Chess Exercises
• August 2003 Novice Nook’s Chess Lists
• July 2003 A Fistful of Lessons
• June 2003 Learning from Dr. de Groot
• May 2003 A Tactics Quiz
• April 2003 Evaluation Criteria
• March 2003 King and Pawn vs. King
• February 2003 Using the Computer to Improve
• January 2003 Revisiting the Seeds of Tactical Destruction
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 The 10 Biggest Roadblocks to Improvement
• November 2002 K&P&? vs. K
• October 2002 Finding a Good Instructor
• September 2002 A Positional Primer
• August 2002 An Improvement Plan
• July 2002 It’s Not Really Winning a Tempo!
• June 2002 Break Moves: Opening Lines to Increase Mobility
• May 2002 The Road to Carnegie Hall
• April 2002 A Counting Primer
• March 2002 A Generic Thought Process
• February 2002 When You're Winning, It's a Whole Different Game
• January 2002 Analysis and Evaluation
• February-December 2001
• December 2001 Techniques
• November 2001 Real Chess, Time Management, and Care: Putting it All Together
• October 2001 The Six Common Chess States
• September 2001 The Underrated Removal of the Guard
• August 2001 The Most Common Opening Tactics
• July 2001 Chess Books and Prerequisites
• June 2001 The Seeds of Tactical Destruction
• May 2001 A Different Approach to Studying Tactics
• April 2001 Going to Sleep in the Endgame
• March 2001 Understanding Improvement and Elements of Chess Strength
• February 2001 Helping You Through the Jungle

Inside Chess
by Yasser Seirawan

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• August 2010 Speelman-Seirawan, St. John 1988, Game Five
• July 2010 Seirawan-Speelman, St. John 1988, Game Four
• June 2010 Speelman-Seirawan, St. John 1988, Game Three
• May 2010 Seirawan-Speelman, St. John 1988, Game Two
• April 2010 Speelman-Seirawan, St. John 1988, Game One
• March 2010 Inside Interview by GM Larry Evans
• February 2010 In Search of the Elusive TN
• January 2010 The Schacknytt Festival in Malmö
• December 2009 1987 United States Championship, Part Three
• November 2009 1987 United States Championship, Part Two
• October 2009 1987 United States Championship, Part One
• September 2009 Alburt-Seirawan, U.S. Championship 1990
• August 2009 Piket-Shirov, Aruba 1995
• July 2009 Anand-Kamsky, Las Palmas 1995
• June 2009 Shirov-Topalov, Madrid 1997
• May 2009 Beliavsky-Tiviakov, Linares 1995
• April 2009 Karpov-Kamsky, FIDE-Wch Elista 1996
• March 2009 Fedorowicz-Gulko, U.S. Championship 1987
• February 2009 Portisch-Timman, Candidates 1989
• January 2009 Andersson-Hübner, Ter Apel 1997
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Benjamin-Kaidanov, US-ch sf 1995
• November 2008 Ivanchuk-Topalov, Linares 1995
• October 2008 Christiansen-Seirawan, U.S. Championship 1997
• September 2008 Gelfand-Kasparov, Linares (5) 1992
• August 2008 Kasparov-Karpov, Seville (24) 1987
• July 2008 Karpov-Kasparov, Seville (23) 1987
• June 2008 Seirawan-Christiansen, U.S. Championship 1997
• May 2008 Seirawan-Hjartarson, Barcelona 1989
• April 2008 De la Riva Aguado-Morozevich, Pamplona 1999
• March 2008 Nunn-Seirawan, Wijk aan Zee 1992
• February 2008 DeFirmian-Shabalov, Denver 1998
• January 2008 Sadler-Forster, Lucerne 1997
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 Portisch-Timman, Candidates Match 1989
• November 2007 Yusupov-Karpov, Candidates Semifinal 1989
• October 2007 Morovic-Seirawan, Novi Sad 1990
• September 2007 Ivanchuk-Seirawan, Novi Sad 1990
• August 2007 Short-Topalov, Linares 1995
• July 2007 Kasparov-Karpov, Linares 1992
• June 2007 Damljanovic-Seirawan, Belgrade 1991
• May 2007 Christiansen-Gurevich, World Open 1989
• April 2007 Fedorowicz-Seirawan, U.S. Championship 1998
• March 2007 Timman-Nikolic, Dutch Championship 1997
• February 2007 Van der Wiel-Ehlvest, Rotterdam 1989
• January 2007 Topalov-Kasparov, Las Palmas 1996
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Seirawan-Yusupov, Rotterdam 1989
• November 2006 Anand-Karpov, Lausanne 1998
• October 2006 Seirawan-Ftacnik, Thessaloniki Olympiad 1998
• September 2006 Anand-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1998
• August 2006 Topalov-Kasparov, Yerevan 1996
• July 2006 Seirawan-Lein, World Open 1998
• June 2006 Sokolov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1996
• May 2006 Christiansen-Alburt, Jacksonville 1990
• April 2006 Dreev-Shirov, Wijk aan Zee 1996
• March 2006 Van der Wiel-Ehlvest, Rotterdam 1989
• February 2006 Gelfand-Dreev, Tilburg 1993
• January 2006 Kasparov-Sokolov, Sarajevo 1999
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 Anand-Ivanchuk, Dortmund 1997
• November 2005 Short-Speelman, London qf 1988
• October 2005 Karpov-Timman, Jarkata 1993
• September 2005 Topalov-Seirawan, Biel 1993
• August 2005 Short-Gelfand, Brussels cm 1991
• July 2005 Kasparov-Anand, PCA World Championship 1995
• June 2005 Anand-Sokolov, Brussels 1992
• May 2005 Beliavsky-Karpov, Brussels 1998
• April 2005 Kortchnoi-Timman, Brussels 1998
• March 2005 Karpov-Anand, Linares 1991
• February 2005 Yermolinsky-de Firmian, Parsippany 1996
• January 2005 Seirawan-Shabalov, Key West 1994
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 Shirov-Khalifman, Amsterdam 1995
• November 2004 Karpov-Anand, Brussels 1991
• October 2004 Seirawan-Kasparov, Skelleftea 1989
• September 2004 Fischer-Spassky, Sveti Stefan 1992
• August 2004 Fischer-Spassky, Sveti Stefan 1992
• July 2004 Gurevich-Kamsky, Los Angeles 1991
• June 2004 Timman-Karpov, Hoogeveen 1999
• May 2004 Two from Lugano 1989
• April 2004 Timman-Nikolic, Dutch Championship Playoff 1997
• March 2004 Kasparov-Short, Amsterdam 1994
• February 2004 Karpov-Gelfand, SanghiNagar 1995
• January 2004 Seirawan-Gurevich, Biel 1993
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 Browne-Seirawan, 1987 American Open
• November 2003 Karpov-Anand, Wijk Aaan Zee 1998
• October 2003 Karpov-Kasparov, Linares 1993
• September 2003 Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
• August 2003 Adams-Seirawan, Bermuda 2000
• July 2003 Kasparov-Nikolic, Linares 1997
• June 2003 Shabalov-Seirawan, 1998 U.S. Men's Championship
• May 2003 Seirawan-Dzindzichashvili 1999
• April 2003 Kasparov-Kramnik Linares 1997
• March 2003 Kramnik-Topalov, Monte Carlo 1998
• February 2003 Svidler-Kasparov, Tilburg 1997
• January 2003 Anand-Ivanchuk, Dortmund 1997
• January-December 2002
• December 2002 Timman-Piket, Wijk aan Zee 2000
• November 2002 Morozevich-Aleksandrov, Shenyang 2000
• October 2002 Piket-Van Wely Amsterdam 1994
• September 2002 1997 Rematch: Kasparov versus Deep Blue
• August 2002Kasparov-Kraceck, Yerevan 1996
• July 2002 1997 Rematch Kasparov versus Deep Blue
• June 2002 Vladimir Kramnik-Garry Kasparov Novgorod 1997
• May 2002 1997 Rematch, Kasparov versus Deep Blue
• April 2002 Shirov-Polgar, Madrid 1997
• March 2002 2002 U.S. Championships, Part 2: Yasser Annotates
• February 2002 2002 U.S. Championships: An Insider’s Perspective
• January 2002 1997 Rematch: Kasparov versus Deep Blue
• September-December 2001
• December 2001 1997 Rematch: Kasparov versus Deep Blue
• November 2001 Wijk aan Zee 2000, Corus
• October 2001 Japfa Classic, Bali 2000
• September 2001 1997 Rematch: Kasparov versus Deep Blue

Informant @ ChessCafe.com

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• August 2010 Small Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings by Sasa Velickovic
• July 2010 Studies from Chess Informant 107 by Zdenko Krnic
• June 2010 Modern Chess Theory: Grünfeld Defense by Zdenko Krnic
• May 2010 The Most Important Novelty of Informant 106 by Sasa Velickovic
• April 2010 The Ten Best Games of Chess Informant 106 by Sasa Velickovic
• March 2010 The Best of Chess Informant: Magnus Carlsen by Zdenko Krnic
• February 2010 The Greatest Tournaments 2001-2009, Part Two by Zdenko Krnic
• January 2010 The Greatest Tournaments 2001-2009, Part One by Zdenko Krnic
• December 2009 The Most Important Novelty of Informant 105 by Zdenko Krnic
• November 2009 The Ten Best Games of Chess Informant 105 by Zdenko Krnic
• October 2009 Small Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, 3rd Edition by Zdenko Krnic
• September 2009 The Most Important Novelty of Chess Informant 104 by Sasa Velickovic
• August 2009 The Ten Best Games of Chess Informant 104 by Sasa Velickovic
• July 2009 Top TNT 3 by Zdenko Krnic
• June 2009 The Most Important Novelty of Chess Informant 103 by Milan Bjelajac
• May 2009 The Ten Best Games of Chess Informant 103 by Zdenko Krnic
• April 2009 Sicilian Defense: Lasker/Sveshnikov Variation B33 by Milan Bjelajac
• March 2009 Caro-Kann B12 by Sasa Velickovic
• February 2009 Top TNT 2 by Zdenko Krnic
• January 2009 The Ten Best Games of Volume 102 by Zdenko Krnic
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 The Most Important Novelty of Chess Informant 102 by Milan Bjelajac
• November 2008 Top TNT by Zdenko Krnic
• October 2008 The Most Important Novelty of Chess Informant 101 by Zdenko Krnic
• September 2008 The Ten Best Games of Volume 101 by Milan Bjelajac
• August 2008 ECO E, 4th Edition, Part Two by Zdenko Krnic
• July 2008 ECO E, 4th Edition, Part One by Zdenko Krnic
• June 2008 The 1,000 Best of the Best, Part Three by Zdenko Krnic
• May 2008 The Most Important Novelty of Chess Informant 100 by Zdenko Krnic
• April 2008 The 1,000 Best of the Best, Part Two by Zdenko Krnic
• March 2008 The 1,000 Best of the Best, Part One by Zdenko Krnic
• February 2008 The Ten Best Games of Volume 100 by Zdenko Krnic
• January 2008 The Best of Chess Informant – Viswanathan Anand by Zdenko Krnic
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 The First Hundred Informants by Aleksandar Matanovic
• November 2007 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 99 by Zdenko Krnic
• October 2007 The Ten Best Games of Volume 99 by Sasa Velickovic
• September 2007 The Pearl in the Endings, Part Two by Zdenko Krnic
• August 2007 A Brilliant Attack by Milan Bjelajac
• July 2007 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 98 by Sasa Velickovic
• June 2007 The Pearl in the Endings, Part One by Zdenko Krnic
• May 2007 The Best of Chess Informant – Viswanathan Anand by Zdenko Krnic
• April 2007 The Best of the Best by Zdenko Krnic
• March 2007 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 97 by Milan Bjelajac
• February 2007 Kramnik – Topalov, Elista 2006 by Zdenko Krnic
• January 2007 The Best of Chess Informant – Anatoly Karpov by Zdenko Krnic
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 The Fighter: Topalov by Zdenko Krnic
• November 2006 Who will Win? by Zdenko Krnic
• October 2006 World Champion Kramnik Annotates by Zdenko Krnic
• September 2006 Ponomariov Recommended – Karjakin Applied by Milan Bjelajac
• August 2006 What a Victory! by Milan Bjelajac
• July 2006 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 95 by Sasa Velickovic
• June 2006 Alexey Shirov Annotates by Zdenko Krnic
• May 2006 Chess Informant and the Olympiads by Zdenko Krnic
• April 2006 The Best Game and the Most Important Novelty of Volume 94 by Sasa Velickovic
• March 2006 The Best of Chess Informant – Garry Kasparov by Zdenko Krnic
• February 2006 The Birth of a Novelty by Ivan Markovic
• January 2006 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 93 by Milan Bjelajac
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 The Ten Best Games of Volume 93 by Zdenko Krnic
• November 2005 The Year of Veselin Topalov by Zdenko Krnic
• October 2005 Viktor Bologan Annotates by Zdenko Krnic
• September 2005 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 92 by Milan Bjelajac
• August 2005 The Ten Best Games of Volume 92 by Zdenko Krnic
• July 2005 Highlights from the Anthology of Chess Combinations by Zdenko Krnic
• June 2005 Veselin Topalov: Bulgaria's Newset Sports Star by Zdenko Krnic
• May 2005 9.Nbd2!? in the C02 French Defense by Milan Bjelajac
• April 2005 The Ten Best Games of Volume 91 by Ivan Markovic
• March 2005 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 91 by Ivan Markovic
• February 2005 Peter Leko Annotates by Zdenko Krnic
• January 2005 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 90 by Tomislav Paunovic
• January-December 2004
• December 2004 The Ten Best Games of Volume 90 by Ivan Markovic
• November 2004 Andrey Volokitin and Lenier Dominguez Annotate by Ivan Markovic
• October 2004 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• September 2004 Michael Adams Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• August 2004 The Ten Best Games of Volume 89 by Ivan Markovic
• July 2004 The Ten Most Important Novelties of Volume 88 by Tomislav Paunovic
• June 2004 Sacrificing in Sarjevo by Ivan Markovic
• May 2004 B12: Caro-Kann Defense, The Advance Variation by Sasa Velickovic
• April 2004 A Preview of the Anthology of Chess Combinations, 3rd Edition by Ivan Markovic
• March 2004 The Ten Best Games and Ten Most Important Novelties of Volume 88 by Sasa Velickovic
• February 2004 ECO D, 4th Edition by Ivan Markovic
• January 2004 B 12: Caro-Kann Defence, The Advance Variation by Sasa Velickovic
• January-December 2003
• December 2003 The Ten Best Games of Volume 87 by Ivan Markovic
• November 2003 The Ten Most Important Novelties of Volume 87 by Srdjan Cvetkovic
• October 2003 Viswanathan Anand & Viorel Bologan Annotate by Ivan Markovic
• September 2003 Evgeny Bareev Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• August 2003 The Best Ten Games of Volume 86 by Ivan Markovic
• July 2003 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 86 by Milan Bjelajac
• June 2003 A Peek into Chess Informant #87: Viktor Korchnoi Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• May 2003 The Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack (B 78) 10... Rb8!? by Ivan Markovic
• April 2003 The Best Game of Volume 85 by Ivan Markovic
• March 2003 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 85 by Milan Bjelajac
• February 2003 Viswanathan Anand Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• January 2003 Viktor Bologan Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• May-December 2002
• December 2002The Best Game of Volume 84 by Ivan Markovic
• November 2002 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 84 by Sasa Velickovic
• October 2002 Michael Adams Annotates by Ivan Markovic
• September 2002 Loek van Wely Annotates by Zdenko Krnic
• August 2002 The Ten Best Games by Aleksandar Matanovic
• July 2002 The Most Important Novelty of Volume 83 by Sasa Velickovic
• June 2002 Viswanathan Anand Annotates: Anand-Karpov, Prague 2002 by Ivan Markovic
• May 2002 Michael Adams Annotates: Adams - Ponomariov Linares 2002 by Zdenko Krnic

Scholastic Chess
by Steve Goldberg

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• August 2010 Sam the Man
• July 2010 Conrad Holt
• June 2010 Tanuj Vasudeva and Fred Goldhirsch
• May 2010 Alisa, David, and Rochelle
• April 2010 A Conversation with Ben Finegold, Part Two
• March 2010 A Conversation with Ben Finegold, Part One
• February 2010 A Conversation with Eliot Weiss
• January 2010 Grade Nationals, Pan-Am, and World Youth
• December 2009 All-Girl U.S. Chess School, Part Two
• November 2009 All-Girl U.S. Chess School, Part One
• October 2009 Alisa Melekhina
• September 2009 Two New National Masters
• August 2009 2009 U.S. Junior Championship
• July 2009 Elliott Liu and the U.S. Championship
• June 2009 David Adelberg
• May 2009 SuperNationals IV
• April 2009 Kayden Troff
• March 2009 Tournament Preparation
• February 2009 Understanding the Philidor Position
• January 2009 2008 Grade Nationals and Pan Am Intercollegiate
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 2008 World Youth Championships
• November 2008 The Future of Scholastic Chess, Part Two
• October 2008 The Future of Scholastic Chess, Part One
• September 2008 2008 Denker and World Juniors
• August 2008 Summer Junior Championships
• July 2008 Understanding the Lucena Position
• June 2008 Josh and Ray in May
• May 2008 2008 Spring Championships
• April 2008 Iceland & Indiana
• March 2008 2008 U.S. Amateur Team Championships
• February 2008 2007 Year-End Tournaments, Part Two
• January 2008 2007 Year-End Tournaments, Part One
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 World Youth Championships
• November 2007 World Junior and North America Youth Championships
• October 2007 The Right Move
• September 2007 WFM Abby Marshall
• August 2007 2007 Junior Championships and 2007 Women's Championship
• July 2007 A Conversation with Josh Waitzkin
• June 2007 2007 Spring Championships, Part Two
• May 2007 2007 Spring Championships, Part One
• April 2007 The Kings of New York
• March 2007 Chess: Texas Style
• February 2007 Year-End Tournaments 2006, Part Two
• January 2007 Year-End Tournaments 2006, Part One
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Tatev and Alisa Continued
• November 2006 World Junior Girls and World Youth Championships
• October 2006 Teen Titans
• September 2006 Polgar, Denker, and Pan Am Youth
• August 2006 2006 Junior Championships
• July 2006 Chimi
• June 2006 2006 Spring Scholastic Championships, Part Two
• May 2006 2006 Spring Scholastic Championships, Part One
• April 2006 Summer Chess Camps 2006
• March 2006 Inside the U.S. Chess School
• February 2006 2005 National K-12 Tournament
• January 2006 Knights of the South Bronx
• January-December 2005
• December 2005 St. Louis "Young"sters
• November 2005 Annotated Scholastic Games
• October 2005O, Canada!: Part Two
• September 2005 Polgar Invitational, Denker Tournament, and U.S. Chess
• August 2005 O, Canada!: Part One
• July 2005 Powerful Polgars and Chess in the Sculpture Barn
• June 2005 Does Crime Pay?
• May 2005 SuperNationals III
• April 2005 Chess Camps 2005
• March 2005 Scholastic Chess Thrives in Pittsburgh
• February 2005 Queens of Chess
• January 2005 Inside the National K-12
• November-December 2004
• December 2004 Heraklio, Hershey, and Toronto
• November 2004 An Inquisitive Mind

Over the Horizons
by Stefan Bücker

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• August 2010 The Paulsen Attack
• July 2010 Not the Aleppo Gambit
• June 2010 Main Lines Never Lead to a Significant Advantage
• May 2010 Minor Systems to Last a Lifetime
• April 2010 Nimzowitsch and the Dutch Defense
• March 2010 The Hippopotamus, a Universal Defense
• February 2010 Rook with a View, for Two Knights
• January 2010 Back to the Ice Age: Myers' Defense
• December 2009 Just a Game
• November 2009 Pachman's Verdict
• October 2009 Asymmetry and More Chaos
• September 2009 Repairing the Englund Gambit
• August 2009 Leningrad Fashions
• July 2009 Lower Life in the Latvian Gambit, Part Three
• June 2009 Lower Life in the Latvian Gambit, Part Two
• May 2009 Lower Life in the Latvian Gambit, Part One
• April 2009 Paralyzing the Sicilians
• March 2009 How to Detect a Novelty
• February 2009 An Academic Question
• January 2009 Overlooked by the Classics
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Olympic Experiments
• November 2008 Marxism and Shocking Chess Discoveries
• September 2008 The Chinese Dragon Refuted?
• August 2008 Kieseritzky Gambit: The Discussion Continues
• July 2008 Kieseritzky Gambit: A Patient Novelty
• June 2008 Fashionable or Ailing?
• May 2008 The North Sea Defense
• April 2008 Poisoned Pawn for Tarriers
• March 2008 Switching Colors, Part Two
• February 2008 Switching Colors, Part One
• January 2008 Readers' Reactions
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 The French Attack: Pirc or Philidor?, Part Three
• November 2007 The French Attack: Pirc or Philidor?, Part Two
• October 2007 The French Attack: Pirc or Philidor?, Part One
• September 2007 Grob's Attack: Not for Beginners
• August 2007 Ahead of his Time: Ladislaus Baron Döry
• July 2007 Seven Ways to Refute the Traxler
• June 2007 The Comeback of the ...e5 Sicilians
• May 2007 Don't Name the Gambit after Me
• April 2007 Building a Fortress
• March 2007 High-Flying Maneuvers
• February 2007 The Cheeky Mokele Mbembe
• January 2007 The Roulade Game
• January-December 2006
• December 2006 Velvet Revolution in the French Defense
• November 2006 The Second Ice Age
• October 2006 The Magic of Move Orders
• September 2006 Symmetry and Chaos: Balogh's Defense
• August 2006 Repairing the Steiner Variation
• July 2006 Only a Storm in a Teacup?
• June 2006 A Knight on the Edge: Part Two
• May 2006 A Knight on the Edge: Part One
• April 2006 Something Old, Something New
• March 2006 Visiting Planet Englund
• February 2006 A Queen on Wheels
• January 2006 The Impoliteness of Ice Age Openings
• September-December 2005
• December 2005 The Mousetrap Gambit
• November 2005 Vulture's Wing Play: Part Three
• October 2005 Vulture's Wing Play: Part Two
• September 2005 Vulture's Wing Play: Part One

Chess Mazes
by Bruce Alberston

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• Maze #252 A King Maze
• Maze #251 A Pawn Maze
• Maze #201-250 Fifty Further Chess Mazes
• Maze #151-200 Fifty More Chess Mazes
• Maze #101-150 Another Fifty Chess Mazes
• Maze #51-100 The Next Fifty Chess Mazes
• Maze #01-50 The First Fifty Chess Mazes

ChessOK Cafe
by Dadi Jonsson

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• August 2010 New Features in Aquarium 4.0.6
• July 2010 Starting a New IDeA Project
• June 2010 Using the Rybka 4 Aquarium Opening Book
• May 2010 The New Rybka 4 Aquarium Opening Book
• April 2010 Getting More Out of IDeA in Aquarium 2010
• March 2010 New Features in Aquarium 2010
• February 2010 Correspondence Chess with Aquarium 2010
• January 2010 Networked Computers with Aquarium 2010
• December 2009 Aquarium's Hidden Treasures, Part Two
• November 2009 Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA) With Rybka Aquarium 2010
• October 2009 Aquarium's Hidden Treasures, Part One
• September 2009 iBook Examples
• August 2009 Handicap Play in Rybka Aquarium
• July 2009 Introduction to Writing Aquarium iBooks
• June 2009 Peshk@ Training Courses
• May 2009 Analysis Presets in Rybka Aquarium
• May 2009 Analysis Presets in Rybka Aquarium
• April 2009 Peshk@: For Training and Improvement
• March 2009 Rybka Aquarium's New Opening Book
• February 2009 Interactive Chess Books in Rybka Aquarium
• January 2009 Large-scale Analysis with Rybka Aquarium
• January-December 2008
• December 2008 Find Blunders with Rybka Aquarium
• November 2008 Game Analysis with Rybka Aquarium
• October 2008 Creating Tree Configurations
• September 2008 Introduction to Tree Configurations
• August 2008 Rybka Aquarium FAQ
• July 2008 Infinite Analysis with Rybka Aquarium
• June 2008 Interactive Deep Analysis with Rybka Aquarium
• May 2008 Interview with the Developers of Rybka 3
• April 2008 Interview with the Developers of Rybka Aquarium
• March 2008 Play Chess on your Mobile
• February 2008 Refuting Fischer
• January 2008 Rybka vs. Benjamin: Match at Draw Odds
• January-December 2007
• December 2007 CQL Queries in Chess Assistant
• November 2007 Chess for Networks, Part Two
• October 2007 Chess for Networks, Part One
• September 2007 Advanced Chess School
• August 2007 Dinosaur Chess
• July 2007 Rybka Triumphant
• June 2007 Annotating Games with Chess Assistant 9
• May 2007 Game Analysis with Chess Assistant 9, Part Two
• April 2007 Game Analysis with Chess Assistant 9, Part One
• March 2007 Infinite Analysis with Chess Assistant 9, Part Two
• February 2007 Infinite Analysis with Chess Assistant 9, Part One
• January 2007 Opening Studies with Rybka & Chess Openings 2006, Part Two
• October-December 2006
• December 2006 Opening Studies with Rybka & Chess Openings 2006, Part One
• November 2006 Tactics Training with CT-ART, Part Two
• October 2006 Tactics Training with CT-ART, Part One

Past Pieces
by Olimpiu G. Urcan

• August 2010 Frank P. Beynon: Chess Player, Soldier, Hero
• July 2010 Sketches and Engravings, Part Two
• June 2010 E. M. Edwards: Forgotten Prodigy
• May 2010 Kostić's Long Weekend in Singapore
• April 2010 Max Wolfson: Unwitting Pioneer
• March 2010 Sketches and Engravings, Part One
• February 2010 An Immortalizing Single Shot
• January 2010 Historical Flavor
• December 2009 Interview with Lissa Waite
• November 2009 "Suspicious Character": Vladimir Sournin (1875-1942)
• October 2009 Schottländer in America
• September 2009 Interview with Eliot Hearst
• August 2009 A Man Chess Made
• July 2009 A Peaceful Victory: Manhattan Chess Club vs. Berlin Chess Society, Cable Match, 1905

The Openings Explained
by Abby Marshall

• September 2010 Sicilian Kan Variation [B43]
• August 2010 The Alekhine Four Pawns [B03]
• July 2010 The Scotch Four Knights [C47]
• June 2010 The King's Indian with 5.Nge2 [E70]
• May 2010 The Lowenthal Sicilian for White [B32]
• April 2010 The Scotch Four Knights [C47]
• March 2010 The Two Knights [C55]
• February 2010 The Two Knights [C58]
• January 2010 The Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack [B13]
• December 2009 The Two Knights Defense, Kaidanz Variation [C55]
• November 2009 The Sicilian Dragon, Levenfish Attack [B71]
• October 2009 The Tarrasch Defense [D34]

Middlegame Motifs
by Nigel Davies

• August 2010 White's Pawn Storm in the QGD Exchange
• July 2010 The Greek Bishop Sacrifice
• June 2010 The Power of Passed Pawns
• May 2010 The Weak Doubled Pawn
• April 2010 The Bad Stonewall Bishop
• March 2010 The Backward d-Pawn in the Sicilian
• February 2010 The Double Bishop Sacrifice
• January 2010 Countering the Minority Attack
• December 2009 Attacking a Second Weakness
• November 2009 f5 in the f4 Sicilian
• October 2009 The Minority Attack

ChessBase Cafe
by Lance Martin

• August 2010 Being Alexei Shirov
• July 2010 Private Notes
• July 2010 A Magazine that Really Talks Chess!
• June 2010 You Can Squeeze the Slav into a Winning Structure
• June 2010 A Short Exchange and an O'Kelly
• May 2010 You Kan have Two Knights with a 1.d4 Repertoire
• May 2010 All Openings are Created Equal, But They Don't Stay That Way
• April 2010 Not All Fritz Trainers Were Created Equal
• March 2010 The Magicians
• February 2010 The World of the Repertoire
• January 2010 Edging out the Spring Chickens
• December 2009 Playing the Board and the Man
• November 2009 To Explain or Not to Explain
• October 2009 Openings for 1.e4 Players

Step by Step
by Mark Donlan

• Tactics Agopov-Sersch, Gausdal 2000
• Mate LaFlamme-Moore, Manchester 1996
• Tactics Dieperink-Klootwijk, Vlissingen 2000
• Mate Turnbull-Hart, Framingham 1989
• Tactics Blum-Carrasco, Paris 2000
• Mate Casillas-Hayward, Jaffrey 1981
• Tactics Stoumpos-Klimis, Aegean Open 2000
• Mate Maczuski-Kolisch, Paris 1864
• Tactics Pechisker-Haukenfrers, Vancouver 2000
• Mate Kobernat-Wojtkiewicz, Sioux Falls 2005
• Tactics Goldenberg-Grandmougin, Cannes 2000
• Mate Kortchnoi-Karpov, Baguio 1978
• Tactics Gheorghiu-Elstner, Open Crans Montana 2000
• Mate Tarrasch-Schroeder, Nuremberg 1892
• Tactics Vesciunas-Matvejenko, Vilnius 2000
• Mate Shabalov-Krush, San Diego 2004
• Tactics Barber-Hebden, Bunratty 2000
• Mate Shirov-Krisjansson, Izmur 2004
• Tactics Borisek-Engels, Nova Gorica 2000
• Mate Schneider-Browne, San Diego 2004
• Tactics Matjushin-Matjushin, Kharkov 2000
• Mate Bronstein-Geller, Moscow 1961

CC Chronicles
by Bo Bredenhof

• August 2010 The Most Common Opening Line
• July 2010 Comments on Comments
• June 2010 Chess Software
• May 2010 Tournament Preparation
• April 2010 Where and How to Play CC
• March 2010 Play Tournament Chess at Home

Hoisting the Hippopotamus
Lev Alburt & Al Lawrence

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 Let's Take a Look
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View From Down Under
by Chris Depasquale

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The Wanderer
Mike Franett

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 A Chess Odyssey
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Perspectives
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A Guided Tour of Chess
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  Queen One
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 From the Sidelines
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ChessBase Cafe
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The Gambit Cartel
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The Miles Report
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Misha Interviews...
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New Stories about Old Chess Players
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The Chess Coach
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