Comments for http://chesslessons.wordpress.com Discuss or ask questions about various chess lessons! Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on A Special Thank you.. by GladE8tr http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/a-special-thank-you/#comment-839 GladE8tr Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:05:50 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?page_id=24#comment-839 Hi Boris, thanks for your awesome videos here and on ICC. im a 50 yr old rekindling my passion for chess realising i need to learn properly - you are foundational in this aspect. keep up the good work. thanks again!! Hi Boris,
thanks for your awesome videos here and on ICC. im a 50 yr old rekindling my passion for chess realising i need to learn properly – you are foundational in this aspect. keep up the good work. thanks again!!

]]> Comment on Welcome to GM Boris Alterman by AlsekRiver (ICC) http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/about/#comment-819 AlsekRiver (ICC) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:00:46 +0000 #comment-819 I started playing chess about a year ago and have enjoyed viewing many of your very entertaining videos on the ICC again and again. Looking at what looks like a sound position disintegrate into a pile of rubble in a few moves can be extremely amusing. I have also found that the instructive power of the videos go way beyond just the Gambit opening itself. In the little time I have played I have noticed over and over that the ideas in these gambits appear in completely different openings and that many of the ideas can be extremely powerful positional ideas not just tatics. I started playing chess about a year ago and have enjoyed viewing many of your very entertaining videos on the ICC again and again. Looking at what looks like a sound position disintegrate into a pile of rubble in a few moves can be extremely amusing.

I have also found that the instructive power of the videos go way beyond just the Gambit opening itself. In the little time I have played I have noticed over and over that the ideas in these gambits appear in completely different openings and that many of the ideas can be extremely powerful positional ideas not just tatics.

]]> Comment on Contact page by ALBERTO PIERRE http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/contact-page/#comment-815 ALBERTO PIERRE Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:05:51 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?page_id=93#comment-815 GAMBIT GUIDE SERIES IS THE MOST TACTICAL ,SHARP AND POSITIONAL COMPELLING CHESS INFORMATION I'VE EVER SEEN AND I'M PLAYING CHESS FOR 38 YEARS.CONGRATULATIONS ON A TIMELESS PIECE OF WORK. '''''''''YOU MUST MAKE THESE GAMBIT GUIDE VIDEOS AVAILABLE FOR SALE ALL TOGETHER ON 1 OR 2 DVDS FOR '''''''''ICC HANDLE SARGENTSLATER THANK YOU. GAMBIT GUIDE SERIES IS THE MOST TACTICAL ,SHARP AND POSITIONAL COMPELLING CHESS INFORMATION I’VE EVER SEEN AND I’M PLAYING CHESS FOR 38 YEARS.CONGRATULATIONS ON A TIMELESS PIECE OF WORK. ””””’YOU MUST MAKE THESE GAMBIT GUIDE VIDEOS AVAILABLE FOR SALE ALL TOGETHER ON 1 OR 2 DVDS FOR ””””’ICC HANDLE SARGENTSLATER THANK YOU.

]]> Comment on Q&A by Aaron Webber http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/qa/#comment-811 Aaron Webber Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:27:24 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?page_id=92#comment-811 Dear Boris, Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed one of the games you presented on the Cochrane Gambit. It was the game Nalbandian - Perl which goes right through to an endgame. Brilliant - and very fun! Best wishes, Aaron. Dear Boris,

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed one of the games you presented on the Cochrane Gambit. It was the game Nalbandian – Perl which goes right through to an endgame. Brilliant – and very fun!

Best wishes,

Aaron.

]]> Comment on Contact page by Roy82 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/contact-page/#comment-810 Roy82 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:23:25 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?page_id=93#comment-810 Paulie make a collection from a a beautiful Puerto Rican girl who works in the office at the site. , Paulie make a collection from a a beautiful Puerto Rican girl who works in the office at the site. ,

]]> Comment on How To Annotate Your Own Games? by Kaushik Pai http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/how-to-annotate-your-own-games/#comment-772 Kaushik Pai Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:43:37 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-772 And I just wanted to add that after game, in My home analysis, I can analyze correctly as i can move pieces and visualize the complete board..which i'm unable to do so in a tournament game because of the above mentioned reason.. And I just wanted to add that after game, in My home analysis, I can analyze correctly as i can move pieces and visualize the complete board..which i’m unable to do so in a tournament game because of the above mentioned reason..

]]> Comment on How To Annotate Your Own Games? by Kaushik Pai http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/how-to-annotate-your-own-games/#comment-771 Kaushik Pai Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:16:08 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-771 When i start to analyze during my games, i can analyze until 3 or 4 moves deep, but then i cant keep track of the pieces and their position in analysis.. i lose track of them, this has affected my game a lot., and i'm beggining to think that i should know blindfold chess to analyze variations correctly (since chess is literally played blindfold even though you have a board in front, you have to analyze blindfoldly. I met many Chess Masters in this regard but their suggestion to solve problems etc has hardly improved my analysis and game. When i start to analyze during my games, i can analyze until 3 or 4 moves deep, but then i cant keep track of the pieces and their position in analysis.. i lose track of them, this has affected my game a lot., and i’m beggining to think that i should know blindfold chess to analyze variations correctly (since chess is literally played blindfold even though you have a board in front, you have to analyze blindfoldly. I met many Chess Masters in this regard but their suggestion to solve problems etc has hardly improved my analysis and game.

]]> Comment on Welcome to GM Boris Alterman by Aaron W. Webber http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/about/#comment-739 Aaron W. Webber Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:24:05 +0000 #comment-739 Hi GM Boris! I was trying to teach 'how to play fried-liver attack (in the Nb4 subline) to a friend this weekend, and we found a line which looks good for black, at least it is hard to refute I think: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. ed N x d5 6. N x f7+ K x f7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. a3 (my favourite move in the past, as you recommend as well in the ICC video) N x c2+ 10. Kd1 N x a1 11. N x d5 (also my favourite) Kd6 12. d4 and now 12...Be6!? some lines which Crafty suggests are: 13. d x e Kc6!? (N is pinned so no discovered check) 14. Qc3 B x N 15. B x B+ K x B ...or 13. Qe4 Kd7 14. Q x e5 Bd6 15. Nb6+ cb 16. Q x e6+ Kc7... in both lines the knight on d5 is removed so the black queen gets more squares and white is still a rook down. Do you think there is there a better way looking deeper for white to continue the attack successfully after 12....Be6!?. Many thanks from the UK for all the stimulating gambit videos!! Hi GM Boris!

I was trying to teach ‘how to play fried-liver attack (in the Nb4 subline) to a friend this weekend, and we found a line which looks good for black, at least it is hard to refute I think:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. ed N x d5 6. N x f7+ K x f7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. a3 (my favourite move in the past, as you recommend as well in the ICC video) N x c2+ 10. Kd1 N x a1 11. N x d5 (also my favourite) Kd6 12. d4 and now 12…Be6!?

some lines which Crafty suggests are:

13. d x e Kc6!? (N is pinned so no discovered check) 14. Qc3 B x N 15. B x B+ K x B …or

13. Qe4 Kd7 14. Q x e5 Bd6 15. Nb6+ cb 16. Q x e6+ Kc7…

in both lines the knight on d5 is removed so the black queen gets more squares and white is still a rook down. Do you think there is there a better way looking deeper for white to continue the attack successfully after 12….Be6!?.

Many thanks from the UK for all the stimulating gambit videos!!

]]> Comment on Q&A by random guy http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/qa/#comment-718 random guy Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:13:37 +0000 http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/?page_id=92#comment-718 why are there only questions and no answers? has the blog been transferred to somewhere else? why are there only questions and no answers? has the blog been transferred to somewhere else?

]]> Comment on Welcome to GM Boris Alterman by Shafkat Ali http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/about/#comment-713 Shafkat Ali Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:43:38 +0000 #comment-713 I had a question regarding the Traxler. If after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 6.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 8.Ke3 Qh4, white plays 9.Qf3, what should be Black's response ? I had a question regarding the Traxler.
If after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 6.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 8.Ke3 Qh4, white plays 9.Qf3, what should be Black’s response ?

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