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The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters Larry Kaufman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games

30.Qe7!+- Qd8 31.Qxh7 Rf6 32.Bxd7+. They planned to If Krush misjudged the position and made a seemingly natural choice that offered the exchange of queens, Shahade could win a knight—a decisive material advantage— through four simple moves. Unfortunately, the position is too easy for the grandmaster to play, so his time trouble was not much of a problem. Browne has four minutes left; and I have thirty-seven to get to move forty. Theoretically, because almost all the openings manuals suggest that it is easier to gain an advantage with the opportunity to move first; practically, because all meta-analyses of chess games at the professional level demonstrate that White The Scottish grandmaster Jonathan Rowson, in his superb 2005 book Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently About Black and White (Gambit), admiringly declares Adorján's premise "one of the most important chess ideas of the last two decades. Nc7 The White Ns are alarming, but neither Black B ever gets any activity. Alittle after 7 p.m., two elegantly dressed young women, one wearing only black and the other all white, from their gloves and their dresses to their flapper wigs, emerged from a unisex rest room and took their places on opposite sides of a chessboard. To begin Having just turned sixty, I was glad to feel back on track to win the Grandmaster title this year by taking the World Senior Championship in Croatia, November 11-24, 2013. Any of the three main moves (4… dxc4, 4… e6 or 4… a6) are preferable. Novice Nook does not often address specific opening preparation, so I am going to help rectify that by presenting a game I played, with emphasis on the specific line's opening theory. For my first rated tournament after my accident, I chose to play in the Pasadena Chess Club Championship, February 22 to March 29. Dan Heisman's chess improvement column.