Nigel's Radio Revs
May 18th 2008: Last week Nigel Davies showed us how effective aggression
can be at club level. Looking at typical responses to gambits and other tricky
lines he explained how these tend to dominate opening selection and give a
psychological edge to players willing to chance their arm.
In this week's show, Nigel looks at the other side of the coin and
gives guidance about how one should try to neutralise tricky opening lines
and gambits. A special feature is guidance about which openings to play in
order to avoid potential pitfalls.
Nigel
Davies' Radio Revs is aimed directly at helping players improve. In this weekly
show Nigel examines various aspects of chess relevant to the club player, showing
a variety of plans that can be used in your own games whilst relating them to
the opening. He also deal with practical issues like psychology and just finding
time for chess.
Radio Revs is truly interactive; besides asking questions online you can send
Nigel questions and games via his web site and discuss previous shows there
too. Archived shows are also available making Radio Revs a complete course of
chess instruction.
About Nigel Davies
An International Grandmaster and former British Junior and British Open Quickplay
Champion, Nigel has won some 15 International Tournaments during his 35 year
career. Nigel has enjoyed considerable success as a coach, working with several
young players breaking through and gaining the GM title. But he regards his
main achievement as having helped many club players get better, long after they'd
given up hope of doing so!
Nigel Davies promises: "I will be drawing on my experience to address
issues which affect club players. My views tend to be a bit different, which
is why they may come as revelations to the audience (thus the name of the show,
'Nigel's Radio Revs'). It is worthwhile noting that people can send me questions
by using the address on the contact page at my TigerChess
web site."
Starting time: Sunday, 11 p.m. UK time, midnight CEST, 6 p.m.
New York or 08:00 a.m. Sidney. You can find the exact time at most common locations
in this time
conversion table or work it out for your specific location here.
The entrance fee for the lecture is ten Ducats.