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Check is in the Mail: Everything Old is New Again

Hello chess friends! This month’s column was inspired by a reader! Matthew Brodhead sent in his game against John Cissik, and analyzing his game gave me the idea for this month’s column. GM Savielly Tartakower (whom I love to quote!) once said that any opening is good enough to play if its reputation is bad enough. What he meant was that once a line gets a reputation as a loser, it becomes fodder for those who are willing to work to find improvements and use them to gain points in competitio...
Mason City United States Ciudad De La Habana New York Dave Buhan Kenny Drombosky

Correspondence Chess Changes January 1, 2024

January 1, 2024, will usher in two significant changes to the Golden Knights and Electronic Knights tournaments. The entry fee for both tournaments will be increased to $35 per section. Since the inception of the Electronic Knights in 2004, the entry fee has remained at $25. The last increase to the Golden Knights entry fee was in 2002 from $20 to $25.
Michael Buss Victor Palciauskas Walter Muir Golden Knights Electronic Knights

Check is in the Mail: Examining the Elements, Pt. 2

Hello chess friends! This month’s column is the second in a series about the elements of chess analysis, using the email and correspondence games played by US Chess members as examples. The first column, looking at king safety, motivated a number of you to share your games, which is why last month’s column was something of a continuation of the first part of the series. This month we introduce the next element: time. Strap in folks, it’s another long one!  
United States James Letellier Taimanov Sicilian Christof Sielecki Thomas Chromczak Charles Schaeperkoetter

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Check is in the Mail: Once More Unto the Breach!

With a nod to the Bard, we will once again look at games that involve attacks against the king. In response to last month’s column, I was sent our first game, with notes, by the winner. Patrick Walsh, also known as Konchog, describes himself as, “a deaf-blind chess player whose first tournament was the 1972 Texas Open – the tournament where Ken Smith introduced the Smith-Morra Gambit, and the tournament that also produced one of the finest endgames ever played, a masterpiece by Botvinnik a...
Fort Lee New Jersey United States New York City Of United Kingdom

Check Is In The Mail: Shopping For A Sicilian

Shopping For a Sicilian As I mentioned in a prior column, I tend to respond symmetrically as Black except against 1.e4. I have several approaches I use against 1.e4 from time to time (the French, the Caro-Kann, and even the Scandinavian), but I have always enjoyed the counter-attacking nature of the Sicilian Defense. The problem I face is in which line to choose.
United States Laurent Morelle Benjamin Hoback David Willis Kenneth Farrar Edward Krickel

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