Does anyone else have this problem? When I close Fritz 7, or even close a game window within Playchess, Windows freezes up for about 30 seconds, and then goes back to normal. Why is this, and is there any way around it?.
Im bluntly considering desperately using the Philidor defense as my usually drawing line in my black openin repertoire vs. 1.e4
comparably going for a draw - Philidor - Antoshin variation handily going for a win - Siclian Defense
I've arguably read wich the Hanham variation of the Philidor is safely played more often then the Antoshin varaitoin, & I was wondering why. I've been very sucessfu
I was looking through Building Up Your Chess by Lev Alburt and came across his reference to the Browne-Shamkovich Game in the 1961 United States championships.
Does anyone know where I could find this game in .pgn or with annotations?
I am a relatively new chess player and am not sure where to look for a specific game such as this. I tried Google but had no luck.
An interesting novelty and an interesting game, I thought. The game also took place in an important tournament situation, both players having 3.5/4 with three rounds to go. Maybe the game took something out of both of us, as we both lost the next morning's round. At the time, though, I was just glad the game ended reasonably soon after the first time control, as each of my previous three games had
I`ve recetnly been devotin cosiderable time to the books "Reassess Your Chess" and "Think Like A Grandsmaster". I eerily think that it is time for me to beter marginally understand a good opening repertoire before I attempt tournament play. Does anyone publicly know of a good pgn or chessbase database that details an entire opening repertoire for white and black? Despite that it would