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I have been deluged with chess books this past week, and so I will try to do a few of them justice. Three books from Everyman Chess take up the show this week and I will incorporate games which touch on interesting points made in each of the books. Thus in Game One we pick up Parligras-Jobova of 2004 vintage.
Parligras,Mircea (2549) - Jobava,Baadur (2616)
[B07] EU-ch 5th Antalya (2), 16.05.2004
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 6.0-0-0 c6 7.Kb1 b5 8.f3
Nbd7 9.e5?!
It's a sharp Pirc where 9.e5?! looks very optimistic. This comes from The Pirc in Black and White by James Vigus.
Game Two is a Caro Advance, where the obscure 4.c4!? is designed to cause confusion. We will look at what WGM Jovanka Houska has to say in her Play the Caro-Kann.
Erdogdu,M (2401) - Ozturk,K (2150) [C02]
President's Cup Rapid Ankara TUR (11), 29.04.2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c4!?
Then Game Three which features the unusual 7.Qh5!?, which is discussed in detail by John Watson in his excellent Dangerous Weapons – The French.
Sulskis,Sarunas (2525) - Ly,Moulthun (2307) [C14]
Gibraltar Masters Gibraltar (5), 23.01.2007
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qh5!?
So all in all it promises to be a show I would want to listen to myself!
Richard Reti 1928
It's White to play and win.
A famous and very instructive study. Try your hand at the puzzle and then send me the answers to andrew@andrewmartinchessacademy.com by 20:00 hrs GMT / 20:00 hrs CEST on May 2nd please.
W. Shinkman
It's White to play and selfmate in four moves
Solution: An amusing finish coming up. 1.Ke1 Kc1 2.Nd3+ Kb1 3.Kd2 f2 4.Qd1+ Bc1 mate.
The unexpected double-check at the end is extremely aesthetic.
Please note the show starts at 21:00 GMT / 22:00h CEST this week.
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