Carlsen almost a second of Anand for the match Anand – TopalovI do not write too often about the most up-to-date chess news, but this one would be very interesting. According the Chessdom server Magnus Carlsen could be a second of Vishy Anand in the upcoming match Anand – Topalov. Although this news have been [...]
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Two chess books from The Prodigal Pawn
December 26th, 2009 
petrs Two chess books from The Prodigal PawnA few weeks ago my chess-blog-fellow The Prodigal Pawn announced a chess books giveaway for those who read his chess blog and are active there (it means leave comments there at least). As I am one of those cases, I kindly asked The Prodigal Pawn for Chess Endings: Essential [...]
Merry Christmas
December 24th, 2009 petrs Merry ChristmasThis post is not going to be about chess and it is highly predictable at this time. I would like to wish you MERRY CHRISTMAS! Enjoy beautiful holidays with your families and friends and relax!
Tags: Xmas blitz tournament
December 23rd, 2009 petrs Xmas blitz tournamentLast Sunday my chess club organized Xmas blitz tournament and I thought it was a good idea to close my chess year by attending this event. The time limit was 2×10 moves, 11 round. There were 52 players attending the tournament and my starting rank was 31. It was more or less funny [...]
Prejudice in favour of a bad idea
December 7th, 2009 petrs Prejudice in favour of a bad ideaBelow is my last game from the club tournament. I lost the game after blundering in the middlegame. But I don’t post it here because of it. I would like to share with you a moment which is known probably to each chess player. I call the moment “prejudice [...]
