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I must coness I love movies. Bill

and I use to go to the local movietheater at night as kids and watch theBlob, the Ting, the Fly, etc and thenrun home aerwards beore thecreatures got us (or the police orbeing out aer curew.) I love justabout any kind o movie (except

horror movies or some reason). IN HIS ISSUE we havean article on movies and chess.

I happen to see a great chess movie this month calledQueen to Play a French movie with English subtitles.

Te lm stars Sandrine Bonnaire as a Frenchchambermaid on the island o Corsica. She develops an

interest in chess. She has been cleaning the house o anAmerican doctor (played by Kevin Kline in his rstFrench-speaking role), and he begins helping her practiceand improve. She must deal with her growing ascinationwith the game and its confict with her husband andteenaged daughter.

Te lm had a national release in France on August 5,2009 and was released in the United States on April 1,2011.

I usually dont do lm reviews but what a great movie.Tere is even one scene when Bonnaire and Kline arecalling out chess moves to each other without a board(okay Bill what opening is it)

Also Bill has written an excellent article on Chess in theFuture. Who would o thought that we would be playingchess with people across the world via computers andsmart phones. Check it out and see what the uture mightpossibly hold or the age old game o chess.

Check out our picture pages on chess themed desserts sowhile you are watching a movie on V and making a moveon your iphone you can take a bite o delicious chocolatecheese chess cake. Enjoy!

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Table of Contents

Editorial~ My Move

ARICLE~ How to Start a Local Chess Club

ARICLE~ Chess and the Movies

FEAURE~Chess News around the World

ARICLE~ Rare and Unusual Openings

ARICLE~ Chess in the Future

ARICLE~ Comic Books and Chess

FEAURE~Sweet Chess Delights

ARICLE~Chess Themed Restaurants

BOOK REVIEW~ Invisable Chess Movesby Yochanan Afek and Emmanuel Neiman

IN REROSPEC~ Bisguier NakamuraAnnotated Game

COMMENTARY~ Ask Bill

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hess clubs used to orm the oundations

o organized chess. here used to bethousands o chess clubs in the 20th cen-tury, beore the Internet. It was the chess

club that the master developed his skill and theaverage chess player improved his game. he chessclub has the potential to hold rated and unratedchess tournaments and matches, and various othertypes o completion.

As a past Secretary, reasurer, and President otwo state chess associations (North Carolina andOhio) and the President o chess clubs in NorthCarolina, Dayton, Ohio, Palo Alto, Caliornia, San

Antonio, exas, Melbourne, Florida, and a dozenmilitary bases, I have been involved in creatingand running many local chess clubs over the past40 years. Here are a ew helpul hints in starting alocal chess club.

Starting a local chessclub usually originatedamong a ew riendswho play chess at work,school, or in the homes.he riends decide toorganize their chess ac-tivities and start a club. I have ound chess playersat work by playing at lunchtime with a chess clock.Chess players will lock to watch and also play blitzchess. I have also played in local tournaments andound local players that were interested in a club,or a school that had several chess players, but noclub.

I the group o players want to get as many newplayers as possible to join the new chess club, it isusually necessary to hold a preliminary meeting todiscuss and adopt resolutions covering the details

that will be included in the clubs Constitution. A-

ter the initial meeting, another meeting should beheld to adopt the clubs Constitution, elect o icers(usually a minimum o President, Vice-President,Secretary, and reasurer), and the completion oany other business.

Arrangements should be made to hold the pre-liminary meeting at a suitable time and place. Itcan be held in a private home, but it may be betterto hold it at a Community Center, or library, orperhaps a restaurant or ca, especially i they aregoing to eat there. I have had small chess clubswhere the members met at someones house, then

rotated to other members. I have ound rooms notused in community centers, libraries, and book-stores to hold chess meetings.

You have to decide i membership is restrictedor not and i there are anydues. A college club mayrestrict the members tostudents and aculty. Acompany may restrict themembers to employeesonly. Many chess clubshave no restrictions at all,

or allow guest membership.You have to decide where the club will meet, and

how oten. Inquiries should be made to determinethe availability and rental o a meeting place, un-less you can ind a library or community center orbook store or restaurant or school that would giveyou a meeting place or chess. Usually a club meetsonce a week, but you may try or several times aweek as not everyone is available on certain days orweekends.

You have to decide what amount will be charged

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Starting a local chess club usually origi-nates among a few friends who play chess

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or annual dues. You need to anticipated an-nual expenses, including rent, buying chess setsand boards, chess clocks, score sheets, tourna-ment prizes, stationary, postage, purchase o chessbooks, advertising, cost o a chess magazine i sodesired, etc. A club needs income to prosper andgrow. Some clubs charge over $100 a year, whileothers charge as little as $10 a year ($20 withmagazine subscription).

Special, low dues should be proposed or juniormembers. Young players must be encouraged tojoin the club. You may also want to think aboutlower dues to women. A chess club with women isalways more successul than an all-male chess club.

Resolutions should be written that cover thename and purpose o the club, the membershipqualiications, the meeting place, the days andtimes o meetings, and the membership dues. Ithe resolutions are successul in passing, then aConstitution should be drated and arrangements

made to nominate the permanent oicers o thenew club. here should be lots o examples ochess constitutions online at various chess clubsaround the world.

Word-o-mouth advertising may be suicientto bring together enough players to start a smallclub, but paid advertising and publicity in the localnewspaper may help. Many newspapers will print(paper or online) such an item in their society orneighborhood news columns. I there is a chesscolumn in a local paper (very rare now), the edi-tor o the chess column should

be given all the details o thechess club. Also check onlinechess sites on the Internet. Manyonline chess sites, such as www.chess.com, allow you to advertisea chess club or tournament. Youmay also want to make up ly-ers o some kind and post themaround town in libraries, schools,community centers, etc.

You may want to call the local V and radio sta-tions and ind out how to get them to do a public

service notice on a chess event or club meeting.Ive been able to get ree radio time when announc-ing a chess tournament or a meeting o a chessclub.

I the names and addresses o chess players inthe vicinity are known, or can be obtained, a letteror email should be sent to each player, inviting himor her to attend the chess club. he USCF mayhave a list o names and addresses o members inyour vicinity or sale.

I you are holding a preliminary meeting, the

meeting should be conducted on a semi-ormalbasis. You may want to observe the basic rules oparliamentary procedure, which can be ound inRoberts Rules o Order or similar book, or ound

online.A resolution should be oered, giving the name

and purpose o the chess club. For example:Resolved, that an organization to be known as

the XXX Chess Club shall be ormed, and that thepurposes o the organization shall be to enable itsmembers to play chess, to conduct tournamentsand matches, and to provide instruction, entertain-ment, and social lie in chess or its members.

A resolution should be seconded, and the chair-man may ask i the group is ready to vote. Ques-

tions may be answered, and any

suggested amendments are votedon. When all discussion is over,the chairman will ask the meet-ing to vote on the resolution (asamended, i any changes have beenadopted). I the majority votes inthe airmative, the resolution ispassed and another resolution maybe oered. A committee may be

appointed to drat a Constitution to be voted on inthe next meeting.

Ater all the business and i nothing else comesup, a motion is made to adjourn to meet at a cer-tain time and place. I seconded and adopted, themeeting adjourns.

I you do not wish to have so much ormality,create a chess club and a program o activities tostimulate the interest o the members and makethem want to attend the sessions. Something newand dierent may be planned or each meeting, orspecial events may be scheduled once a month.

Most important are the competitive activities othe chess club. Every member must be given every
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opportunity to play in various kinds o chess tourna-ments, matches, and other contests.

One activity is to have a chess club ladder contest.A players position on the ladder indicates his rank.Te strongest player is at the top o the ladder. He isthe number one player. Players move up and downas they win or lose against other players on the lad-der. A contestant can challenge a player o higherrank to ght or his position on the ladder. I haveseen peg boards made with the members listed inorder o strength. Some are vertical and others arein the orm o a pyramid.

A more modern method o conducting a laddercompetition uses rating points to rank a player. Rat-ings can be established rom players who are mem-bers o the US Chess Federation and have a USCFrating, or FIDE rating. Some online sites have arating system, but they may be inated than normalover-the-board ratings rom rated tournaments. Al-ways ask any potential new member and all existing

members i they have a rating (USCF, FIDE, Corre-spondence, blitz, online site, etc).Developing a team spirit is one o the best ways

to hold a chess club together. A member who getson a team represents his club. He now plays or theclub, not just himsel. I there are other chess clubsaround, then get involved or organize inter-clubmatches. Matches can also be arranged betweenteams composed o members o the club itsel.

ournament play is usually the major reason orclub membership. Practically every chess club holdsan annual tournament or the club championship,

and perhaps a trophy or plaque to the winner. Youcan also have gambit tournaments, 5-minute chesstournaments, random chess tournaments, 30-30tournaments (30 moves in 30 minutes), junior tour-naments, odds tournaments, etc.

Special events, such as a simultaneous exhibi-tion by a grandmaster (i available), or just a strongplayer, is always a good idea. I you do get a visit-ing master, it might be a good idea to invite the localmedia or the publicity. op players usually charge$20 - $40 a board. In the past, I have had ormer USchampion GM Walter Browne, GM Viktor Korch-

noi, GM Larry Christiansen, GM Eduard Gueld,GM Eugenio orre, and International Master JohnDonaldson all give simuls at one o my chess clubs.I also had GM George Koltanowski do his amousknights tour. And I have done 50-board simulsmysel.

I you get a club going, take pictures o membersat club meetings and tournaments, and put them ona bulletin board and on the Internet.

Finally, nd volunteers that will help you withclub activities. Dont try to do all o it yoursel.

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Tere seems to be more chesssets or chess reerences in moviesnowadays. Not all o it is good.And chess is always good or themovie mistakes and bloopers, withimpossible positions, the chess-board set up wrong, a chess clocknot used correctly or the buttonbanged, or just bad historical reer-

ences to chess.Perhaps the rst time chess ap-

peared in the movies was in 1903

in a movie called A Chess Dispute.It was made by R. W. Paul and hisPauls Animatograph Works o Eng-land. wo men are playing a chessgame in a restaurant when oneman makes a move while the otherman is distracted. Te distractedplayer looks back at the board anddisputes the chess move. Te two

get into an argument, throw drinksat each other, get into a ght, thenboth all below the cameras view.

You next see their hats, shoes, andsome clothing being tossed in theair into camera view. Finally, themanager o the restaurant entersand lis these two disheveled play-ers into view.

Since then, probably over athousand movies, television showsand commercials have eatured

some sort o chess theme or reer-ence.

Rather than a chess scene orsome sort o chess reerence, thereare some movies that had a chessplot. One o the rst movies with achess plot was Chess Fever, releasedin 1926 and directed by VsevolodPudovkin. It is the most importantchess lm o the silent era. It wasmade in Moscow in 1925, during

the great Moscow International.Te main character is played byVladimir Fogel. He is supposed toget married, but he is too addictedto chess to get married. His anc(the directors wie, actress AnnaZemtzova) believes that chess is notgood or a domestic lie and wantshim to give up chess. He meets upwith her and tries to beg or or-A Chess Dispute-1903


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giveness. But while bending down,asking or orgiveness, he sees acheckerboard cloth and begins toplay chess again. She runs out andruns into the real lie world chesschampion, Jose Capabalanca. Hejust happens to be playing in theMoscow International. She tellshim how chess has made her hatethe world. Capablanca says, Iunderstand how you eel. I cannotstand the thought o chess when Iam with a lovely lady. He takes herto the chess tournament and theyboth enter the building o the tour-nament. Te movie shows scenes

rom the tournament and playerslike orre, Reti, Marshall, Yates,artakower, Stahlberg, Spielmanand Grueneld. Te lady discoversthat chess isnt so bad aer all.

Another early movie with achess plot was Te Bishop MurderCase, released in 1930 and basedon the novel by S.S. Van Dine. Techaracter, Philco Vance (Basil Rath-bone) is a chess-playing detective

and he takes on a mur-der case in which themurderer (only knownas Te Bishop) useschess as clues. Chessbishops are le at thecrime scenes. In onescene, Vance examines

a chess position andsays the bishop wasone move away romcheckmate. One othe characters, JohnPardee (Charles Qua-

termaine) is a wealthy chess player,inventor o the Pardee Gambit, andmember o the Manhattan ChessClub (his character is rom Isaac

Rice and the Rice Gambit).Another early movie with chessclues includes Above Suspicion,released in 1943. Tis stars FredMacMurry and Joan Craword asRichard and Francis Myles who getclues in nding someone with chesspieces.

More modern detective mov-ies with a chess plot include NightMoves (1975) and Knight Moves

(1992).

One o the best movies with achess allegory is Te Seventh Seal,released in 1957. Te movie wasdirected by Ingmar Bergman. MaxVon Sydow plays Antonius Block,a disillusioned knight returninghome rom the Crusades in the14th century. He runs into Death(Bengt Ekerot) and the knight chal-

lenges Death in a game o chess tobargain or his lie. As long as thechess game continues, the knightcan live. It also gives some time toother olks to escape as ar as pos-sible rom Death. One small detail:the board is set up wrong, with thedark square to the right instead othe light square to the right.

Now i you want to see a moviewith God playing the Devil inchess, then go see Bedazzled,released in 2000. Tere is a scenewhere the Devil (Elizabeth Hur-ley) plays chess against God (EricDearborn).

Perhaps the most amous chessmovie is Searching or BobbyFischer, released on August 11,

1993. Tis was really more aboutjunior chess and Josh Waitzkin,than Bobby Fischer, who has nowbeen ound and living in Iceland.Details o Josh and the movie .

Another chess movie with achess plot is Te Luzhin Deence,released in April, 2000. Te movieis based on the novel Te Deenseby Vladimir Nabokov. John uturroplays Alexander Ivanovich Sas-cha Luzhin, the eccentric Russianmaster. Temovie ea-tures chessexhibitions,a blindoldexhibition,and giantchess setson the lawn

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o the Italian resort. In the end,Luzhin commits suicide by jumpingout a window. In real lie, this hap-pened to Kurt von Bardeleben, whojumped out o his window o hisboarding house in 1924 in Berlin atthe age o 62. Grandmaster Jona-than Speelman was the technicaladvisor or the le, but the creditshave him as John Speelman.

Some movies with big nameshave the mov-ie stars play-ing or study-ing a gameo chess. InCasablanca,released in

1943, Hum-phrey Bo-gart (a real

chess expert)is studying a chess position. He isplaying chess in Knock On Anydoor, released in 1949.

In 3 Godathers, released in1948, John Wayne (a weak chessplayer in real lie), is shown play-ing chess against the sheri. John

Wayne is also playing chess inMcLintock!, released in 1963.

One movie, about a movie star,has a chess scene.Te movie Ray,released in 2004,has a scene whereRay Charles (JamieFoxx) is playingchess in the hospi-

tal with the doctorwhile recoveringrom his drug ad-diction. It is basedon Ray Charlesstrue story wholearned chess in1965 in a hospital tohelp him with his heroin addiction.

In some movies, its not good towin the chess game. Te 3 Worlds

o Gulliver, released in 1960,showed a chess scene where Gulliv-er beat the giant king in a game ochess. Not a good idea.

Some movies eature the ac-tors playing computer chess. Tiswould include 21 grams, releasedin 2003, in which Sean Penn plays

Chessmaster while in a hospital bedand Assassins, released in 1995, inwhich Sylvester Stallone plays com-puter chess while waiting or email.Perhaps the most amous is 2001: ASpace Odyssey,released in 1968.Te movie ea-tures the HAL9000 computer

playing chesswith one o theastronauts andannouncing amate in two. Itwas actually amate in threeand the com-puters descriptive notation waswrong. Te computer should havesaid Queen to Bishop Six instead o

Queen to Bishop Tree. Te nalposition was based on a real game,Roesch vs. Willi Schlage in Ham-

burg, 1910.Another movie

eaturing a computerthat plays chess wasAround the World Un-der the Sea, released in1965, produced by Ivanors. Tere is a chessscene with Hank Stahl(Keenan Wynn) playinga computer as Dr. DougStandish (Lloyd Bridges)looks on.

Another movie withcomputer chess is Te

Bone Collector, released in 1999.Denzel Washington plays computerchess. Tere is also the movie Te

Ting, released in 1982, where R.J.MacReady (Kurt Russell) plays achess computer called Chess Wiz-ard. In the Lonely Guy, released in1984, a chess player is playing withone o the Chess Challengers com-puters that moves it own pieces. InPet Shop, released in 1994, a boyplays a chess computer. In Copycat,released in 1995, there is a chesscomputer that beats Dr. HelenHudson (Sigourney Weaver).

A chess playingrobot and advancedchess board analysisby a computer can beound in Bicenten-nial Man, released in

1999.One o the more

interesting variantso chess was ound inAbandon, released in2002. Tere is a chessscene where they

play blitz chess with the chess clockBetween moves, the other playermust take a shot o vodka.

Some chess movies have mis-

takes that include scenes where thechess pieces are there, then theydisappear in another camera shot,then they appear again. An exampleo this is ound in Ace Ventura:When Nature Calls, released in1995. Near the end o the movie,Chancellor Vincent Cadby (SimonCallow) is studying a chess posi-tion. Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey)

moves a piece and you hear pieceshitting the oor. Te camera anglesshow pieces, then disappearingpieces, then pieces again, and noneon the oor.

One o the weirdest opponentshad to be ound in Te AddamsFamily, released in 1991. GomezAddams (Raul Julia) played chessagainst Ting (the disembodiedhand).

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One o the rst movie cartoonswith chess was Chess Nuts, releasedin 1932. It eatures Betty Boop andmoving chess pieces in a cartoon byMax and David Fleisher.

Several animation moviesinclude chess. Aladdin, released in1992 has a chess scene in which theGenie (voice o

Robin Williams)loses a game tothe magic car-pet. Te Genietells the carpet tomove. Te carpetonly has a king, abishop, and twopawns. Te carpetpicks up the kingand moves it all the way across the

board, which is illegal. Te Geniethen says, Tat was a good move.I cant believe this. Im losing to arug!

Another animation with a chessscene is Anastasia, released in1997. Tere is a chess scene whereDimitri (voice o John Cusak) andVladimir (voice o Kelsey Gram-mer) play chess.

In 1996, George o the Junglewas released. It has the gorilla (thevoice o John Cleese) playing chess.

In 1997, the animation by Pixar,

Geris Game, was released. Tisshort animation has the aging cod-ger named Geri playing a daylonggame o chess in the park againsthimsel. Somehow, he begins losingto his livelier opponent. He akesa heart attack to cheat and win thegame o chess, then nds new uses

or his dentures.Tere have been several docu-

mentaries on chess. Perhaps themost well known is Chess Kids,released in 1996 by lm producerand writer Lynn Hamrick. It was adocumentary on the World YouthChess Championship or play-ers under 14, held in Wisconsin

in 1990. International

Master Jack Peters calledthe lm the most realis-tic portrayal o tourna-ment chess he had seen.Players that participatedincluded Judit Polgar andJosh Waitzkin. Tere wasno interview with Juditbecause her ather wantedto be paid or an inter-

view, but you do see her in the lm.

Players rom 7 to14 rom 44 coun-tries played in thisevent. Te docu-mentary appearedon over 125 publictelevision stationsand won severalawards.

Another chess documentary,American Gambit, was released in1989. It was about a chess simulwith Garry Kasparov against U.S.youngsters.

One o the sexiest and unni-est chess scenes occurred in AustinPowers II: Te Spy Who ShaggedMe, released in 1999. It has a sexychess scene between Austin Powers(Mike Myers) playing chess againstRussian model Ivana Humpalot

(Kristen Johnston). Te board wasset up wrong, but who noticed?

Another amous sexy chessscene was in Te Tomas CrownAair, released in 1968. Its a greatscene between Steve McQueen andFaye Dunaway. Te game does leadto mate.

We have Proessor HumbertHumbert (James Mason) play-ing Charlotte (Shelley Winters) inLolita, released in 1962. Tey playchess while Lolita (Sue Lyon) givesa good night (or was that goodknight) kiss to Hubert.

For science ction ans, chesswas eatured in Blade Runner,released in 1982. Te chess gamebetween yrell (Joe urkel) and J.F.

Sebastian (William Sanderson) was

based on the Anderssen-Kieseritz-

ky, London 1851. Te chessboardson Sebastian and yrells boards arenot set up the same as each other.Tis same position rom the sameAnderssen-Kieseritsky game alsoappeared in Te Avengers, releasedin 1998. Te board was set upwrong (black square to the rightinstead o white square).

Independence Day, released in

Te Addams Family - 1991 Te Spy Who Shagged Me- 1999

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1996 has a chess theme with a chessgame being played in a park in NewYork at the beginning o the movie.

Another movie that takes achess position rom a real game isFrom Russia With Love, released in1963. Tis James Bond lm uses aposition rom Spassky-Bronstein,28th USSR Championship, Len-

ingrad 1960. Te movie playersare the Russian player Kronsteen(Vladek Sheybal) and the Canadianplayer McAdams (Peter Mad-den). Te mistake in the movie isthat they orgot to add two criticalcenter pawns (d4 and c5) to theposition, and the game could havedrawn. Te movie is based on thenovel by Ian Fleming. AnotherJames Bond novel, Moonraker,

contains reerences to Paul Morphy,but that was not in the movie.

For a chess scene o man againstan animal, check out Back to theFuture II, released in 1990. Tere isa scene with Marty McFly (MichaelJ. Fox) making a chess move againstCopernicus the dog. Or there isMerry Andrew, released in 1958. Ithas Andrew Larabee (Danny Kaye)playing chess against a chimpanzee.In Sinbad and the Eye o a iger,

released in 1997, PrincessFarah (Jane Seymore) isplaying chess against ababoon. In Lucky Luke,released in 1991, LuckyLuke (errence Hill) playschess against his horse.

Bad Company, re-

leased in 2002, has achess hustler. Chris Rockplays Jake Hayes, a blackchess hustler in a NewYork City park. He playsblitz chess or moneywhile talking on the cellphone, doing business.In one scene, he says checkmate.But it is not checkmate. Te player

le his king under attack, and Jaketook the king with another piece,and just said checkmate. Te chessclocks are always set wrong. I heis playing 10-minute chess or $20,then the clocks should be set at5:50 or ten minutes beore the agalls. In the movie, one scene showsthe chess clock set 10 minutes aerthe hour, and another scene with anew opponent, the clocks are set 20

minutes aer the hour. During thechess scenes, the chess pieces movearound dramatically in dierentcamera shots.

Most chess sets ound in themovies are the standard board andperhaps Staunton designed piecesor gothic pieces. One movie with apocket chess set and peg chess setis Te Big Sleep, released in 1978.Tere are chess scenes where PhilipMarlowe (Robert Mitchum) pulls

out a pocket chess set toanalyze a position. Temovie is based on the novelby Raymond Chandler, achess player.

For horror movies, oneo the best is Te Black Cat,released in 1934. It eaturesHjalmar Poelzig (Boris Kar-

lo) playing chess with Dr. VitusWerdegast (Bela Lugosi). Karlo

checkmates Lugosi in an impossibleposition. Te outcome o the gamedetermined i one o the guests,Joan Alison (Julie Bishop), wouldbe sacriced as part o the BlackMass ritual.

Comedies with chess scenesinclude Blazing Saddles, AnimalCrackers and Monkey Businesswith the Marx Brothers.

For wizardry and chess, there

is Harry Potter and the SorcerersStone, released in 2001. Te chil-dren must win a chess game to con-tinue their quest against the giantstone pieces. Te chess position wascomposed by Jeremy Silman or themovie. Checkmate was announced,but there was no checkmate.

My movie list of all movies I have foundwith chess is at

http://www.geocities.com/Silicon-Valley/Lab/7378/movies.htm

Boris Karlof and Bela Lugosi in Te Black Ca

Sinbad & the Eye o the iger- 19917

From Russia with Love - 1963

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The biggest mistake in the movies, is the boardbeing set up wrong (light square to the right,dark square to the le of the player) There is a50-50 chance they get it right.

Some movies that have the board set up wronginclude:

S The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), Ausn Pow-

ers II (1999),

S The Avengers (1998),S Black and White (1999),

S Checkmate (2003),

S Dirty Prey Things (2002),

S Golden Boy (1939),

S Jusce (1999),

S Life As a House (2001),

S Pennies From Heaven (1936),

S Sha (2000),

S The Seventh Seal (1957),

S The Ghost Ship (1943),

S Magnifcent Doll (1946),

S Patrie (1946),

S The Lady From Shanghai (1948), Merry Andrew

(1958),

S Whats New, Pussycat (1965),

S Time Aer Time (1979),

S The History of the World Part I (1981), Chain-

dance (1990),

S Dead Beat (1994),S The Takeover (1995),

S Jusce (1999),

S Sha (2000),

S The Actors (2003),

S Time Aer Time (1979),

S Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat (1944),

S The Shawshank Redempon (1994), Checkmat-

ing (2004).

Goofy Titles forChess Movies

A Knight in Capablanca; About Lothar Schmid; Altered Mates; Analyze Tis Position; Antwone Bobby Fischer; Arooknophobia; Austin Powers: Te Spy Who Mated Me; Bad Day At Black Rook; Bedtime or Pawnzo; Te Best Little Chesshouse in exas; Black Rook Down;

Te Chess Collector; Chess Gangs o New York; Conan the Chessplayer; Crouching artakover, Hidden Dragon Varia-

tion; Dial M or Mating; Escape rom okyo (Te Bobby Fischer Story);

Finding Elo; Knight o the Living Pawn; Free Bobby;

Future Schach;

Get Nigel Shorty; Gone in 60 Seconds - Bullet Chess; Hard Days Knight; Te Hitchhikers Guide to Chess ournaments;

Invasion o the Pawn Snatchers; Te Joy o Sacs; Kasparov the Friendly Ghost; Te League o Extraordinary GMs; Lord o the Kings: Te wo Castles;

Mad Max Euwe; Maid in the Manhattan Chess Club; Mate Me I You Can; Maters o the Lost Art; Much JAdoube About Nothing; On Golden Pawn; Romancing the Stonewall; Sleepless Knights in Seattle; Walking al; Youve Got Mate.

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Ben Aeck Claude Akins Alan Alda Woody Allen Lew Ayers Lauren Bacall Antonio Banderas

John and LionelBarrymore

Polly Bergen Ingmar Bergman Sarah Bernhardt Humphrey Bogart Shirley Booth Charles Boyer Marlin Brando Mel Brooks Nigel Bruce Richard Burton Gary Busey James Caan

Sid Caesar Nicholas Cage Charlie Chaplin Cher Rosemary

Clooney Lee J. Cobb Charles Coburn Chuck Connors Bill Cosby Joan Crawford Tom Cruise Macualay Culkin Timothy Dalton

Ma Damon Ted Danson Bobby Darin James Darren Henry Darrow Olivia de Haviliand Sandra Dee

Danny DeVito Dusn Diamond Marlen Dietrich Tony Dow Hugh Downs Erik Estrada Douglas Fairbanks

Junior and Senior Peter Falk Mike Farrell Mia Farrow Fritz Feld Jose Ferrer Laurence

Fishburne Errol Flynn Henry and Peter

Fonda Michael J. Fox Jamie Foxx Zsa Zsa Gabor Ava Gardner Judy Garland Lorne Greene Sydney

Greenstreet Barbara Hale Woody Harrelson

Rex Harrison Katharine Hepburn Charlton Heston Alfred Hitchcock Dusn Homan Bob Hope Anthony Hopkins

Dennis Hopper Rock Hudson Timothy Huon Kate Jackson Sam Jae David Janssen Don Johnson Al Jolson Boris Karlo Ben Kingsley Don Knos Michael Landon Angela Lansbury Jude Law

Heath Ledger Harold Lloyd Peter Lorre Myrna Loy Bela Lugosi Joe Mantegna Dean Marn Steve Marn Chico and Harpo

Marx James Mason Jerry Mathers Walter Mahau Patrick McGoohan

Ray Milland Carmen Miranda Yves Montand Rick Moranis Barry Morse Liam Neeson Sam Neill

Paul Newman David Niven Chuck Norris Kim Novak Carroll OConnor Donald OConnor Al Pacino Gregory Peck George Peppard Walter Pidgeon George Plimpton Max Pomeranc Dennis Quaid Anthony Quinn

Tony Randall Basil Rathbone Keanu Reeves Carl Reiner Tim Robbins Julia Roberts Chris Rock Cesar Romero Kurt Russell Susan Sarandon Ricky Schroder Arnold

Schwzenegger George C. Sco

Steven Seagal Tom Selleck Peter Sellers Gary Shandling Omar Sharif Brooke Shields Will Smith

Wesley Snipes Kevin Spacey David Spade Sylvester Stallone Jimmy Stewart Margaret Sullivan Donald and Kiefer

Sutherland Rod Taylo Shirley Temple Philip Michael

Thomas Spencer Tracy Lana Turner

John Turturro Rudolph Valenno Rudy Vallee Ray Walston Burt Ward John Wayne Patrick Wayne Orson Welles Mae West James Whitmore Richard Widmark Guy Williams William Windom Shelley Winters

A list of movie stars that play or played chess include:

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Bangkok

Nigel short won the 12th Bangkok Chess ClubOpen in April, scoring 8 out o 9.hampionshipwith the score o 8/11. He won the Chinese

Championship in 2009 and 2011 and he isonly 19 years old.

British Columbia

Hikaru Nakamura won the Grand PacicOpen in Victoria, British Columbia with aperect 6 out o 6. Te event was held in mid-April.

Bulgaria

Dmitry Jakovenko oRussia won the EuropeanChampionship, scoring 8.5out o 11.

Dallas

Ray Robson won the UDallas Grandmaster Invita-tional, held March 10-16.

France Pentala Harikrishna won the 2012 Capelle-la-Grande tournament in France.

Germany

Te Baden-Baden Chess Club won theBundesliga title as best chess club in Germany.Tey have won 7 times in a row. Teir teamconsisted o world champion Visshy Anand,

as well as Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot, anda ew other grandmasters who play or theteam but do not live in Germany. In March,Daniel Fridman won the German Champion-ship, held March 2-10, 2012.

Minneapolis

8th graders rom Brooklyn, NY middle school(Intermediate School 318) won the National

High School Championship in April.

Moscow

GM Ivan Popov won the Moscow Champion-

ship, scoring 8 out o 9.

Philadelphia

GM Mangesh Panchanathan won the Phila-delphia Open, scoring 7 out o 9. Te eventwas held 4-8 April, 2012.

Reykjavik

Fabiano Caruana won theReykjavik Open, scoring 7.5 out

o 9.

Slovenia Russia won the European Se-niors championship. Te com-petition attracted 46 Europeanteams rom March 26 to April 52012. Te team was led by GMEvgeni Vasiukov.

Sochi Te omsk won the 2012 Russian eamChampionship in April, led by GM SergeyKarjakin and GM Ruslan Ponomariov.

Turkey

Valentina Gunina o Russia won the EuropeanWomens Championship.

Virginia Te exas ech SPICE Knight Raiders wontheir 2nd consecutive Final Four o CollegeChess. U Dallas and UMBC tied or 2nd-3rd. NYU took 4th.

Warsaw

Mateusz Bartel won the Polish championshipin February.

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1.a3is known as

Anderssens Opening,named aerAdol Anderssen (1818-1879). Anderssen played it

three times against Paul Morphy in their 1858 match,with one win, one draw, and one loss. Anderssenwanted to avoid well-known openings which his op-ponent had studied extensively. It can transpose intoother openings. Variations include 1.a3 a5 2.b4, thePolish Gambit and 1.a3 e5 2.h3 d5, the Creep CrawlyFormation.

1.a4 has been called the Ware Opening or the Mead-ow Hay (as Ware called it). Preston Ware (1821-1890)o Boston experimented with this opening in tourna-ments and matches in Europe and the USA. Variationsinclude 1.a4 e5 2.h4(Crab Variaon), 1.a4 b5(Wing Gambit), 1.a4 a5 (the Symmetric Variaon).

1.b3 is not too rare any more. It is called LarsensOpening or the Nimzo-Larsen Aack. Danish Grand-master Bent Larsen (1935-2010) was inspired by AronNimzowitsch (1886-1935), who played 1.N3, then2.b3. Larsen played it many times in the 1960s andearly 1970s with success. Bobby Fischer played it vetimes, winning all 5 times against grandmaster.

1.b4 is the Polish Opening, also called the Orangutan(Orang Utan) or Sokolsky Opening. Te Soviet player

Alexei Sokolsky (1908-1969) did much opening re-search on this opening and wrote a pamphlet on it in1963. In 1924, Saveilly artakower (1887-1956) playedthis opening and called it the Orangutan. He said hegot the idea o this opening aer visiting a zoo andconsulting with an orangutan on what move to play orhis next round game.

1.c3 is the Saragossa Opening or Hempels Open-ing. It has been played since the 18th century. Tename Saragossa Opening is derived rom the SaragossaChess Club in Spain where it became popular around1919. Jose Juncosa y Molina (1887-1972), a member

o the Saragossa Chess Club, published analysis o theopening in Revista de Club Argentino in 1920. It wasplayed as early as 1883 by Louis Paulsen (1833-1891).

1.d3 is known as the Mieses Opening. It was playedby Samuel Boden (1826-1882) in the 1850s. It isnamed aer German-British grandmaster JacquesMieses (1865-1954). He played this opening move intwo games during a match against Richard eichmann(1868-1925) in 1910. In Spain, it is called the ValenciaOpening.

1.d4 e5 is known as the Englund Gambit or the

Charlick Gambit. Henry Charlick (1845-1916) intro-duced the move 1.d4 e5 dxe5 d6 in the early 1890s with

the object o preventing White rom playing a closedgame. Te Swedish player Fritz Englund (1871-1933)sponsored a thematic tournament with this opening in1932 to see i the opening was sound. Te opening wasprobably invented by Karlis Betins, also known as KarlBehting, (1867-1943). He published his analysis in aGerman magazine in 1930.

1.d4 f5 2.e4 is known as the Staunton Gambit inthe Dutch Defense. Howard Staunton (1810-1874)rst played it in 1846 against Bernhard Horwitz inLondon.

1.d4 g5 is known as the Borg Gambit. It gets itsname rom reversing the Grob (1.g4 d5) name, or Grobreversed.

1.e3 is known as Van t Kruijs Opening. It is namedaer the Amsterdam player Maarten van t Kruijs(1813-1885), pronounced vant-cries. Te openingis good or transpositional possibilities. Van t Kruisplayed this opening against Adol Anderssen in 1851.

1.e4 a5 is known as Wares Defense or the CornStalk. It is another invention o Preston Ware. Ware

played it in 11 recorded tournament games rom 1880to 1882.

1.e4 a6 is known as the St. Georges Defense or theBirmingham Defense or the Baker Defense. Te rstknown chess game with this opening was a simulta-neous game between J. Baker and Wilhelm Steinitzin 1868. In 1980, ony Miles beat world championAnatoly Karpov with this opening in Sweden. It wasnamed the Birmingham Deense aer Miles home-town.

1.e4 b6 is known as Owens Defense. It is named a-ter John Owen (1827-1901) who deeated Paul Morphywith this opening in 1858.

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 is known as the Smith-Morra Variaon of the Sicilian Defense. Pierre Morra(1900-1969) rst analyzed the opening, with urtheranalysis rom Ken Smith (1930-1999).

1.e4 e5 2.a3 is known as Mengarinis Opening. It isnamed aer Ariel Mengarini (1919-1998) who advo-cated a3, but usually aer 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 N6 3.a3.

1.e4 e5 2.Bg5 is known as the Portuguese OpeningIt was rst played by Karl Schlechter in 1904.


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1.e4 e5 2.Bd3 is known as the Tortoise Opening asit is a slow opening or White. Te White Bishop ismisplaced.

1.e4 e5 2.c3 is known as the Macleod Aack or theLopez Opening. It is named aer Nicholas MacLeod(1870-1965) who played it in several games at the 6thAmerican Chess Congress in 1889 (although he didlose 31 games in that event).

1.e4 e5 2.c4 is known as the Whale Opening. Avariation, 1.e4 e5 2.c4 d5, is called the BavarianGambit.

1.e4 e5 2.d3is known as the Indian Opening, ClamVariaon, or Leonardis Variaon.

1.e4 e5 2.f3 is known as the Kings head Opening.

1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 is the Alapin Opening. It is namedaer Semion Alapin (1856-1923) who began playing itin 1892.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 is the Damiano Defense. It is

named aer Pedro Damiano (1480-1544), who did notplay it himsel, but noted that it was weak. Black has toworry about 3.Nxe5 xe5 4.Qh5+.

1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 is known as the Napoleons Opening.White is hoping or 2Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5?? 4.Qx7 mate.White brings his queen out too early. Te opening isnamed aer Napoleon Bonaparte, who supposedlyplayed it.

1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 is known as the Danvers Openingor the Parham Opening. Danvers was a state hospitalwhere Dr. Elmer Southard worked, and played this

opening. Te opening is also named aer BernardParham (born in 1946), an American chess masterwho still plays this opening in master play.

1.e4 f5 is known as the Fred Defense or Duras Gam-bit. It appears too weak to play or Black as he loseshis pawn. Oldrich Duras (1882-1957) played it threetimes in an exhibition match with grandmaster OssipBernstein (1882-1962).

1.e4 f6 is called the Barnes Defense. It is namedaer the English chess master Tomas Wilson Barnes(1825-1874). Barnes deeated Paul Morphy with thisdeense in 1858.

1.e4 g5 is known as Basmans Defense, the MachoGrob, or the Reversed Grob. Michael Basman (born1946) is an International Master that plays severalirregular openings. He has been playing this deenseagainst grandmasters since 1979.

1.e4 h5 is the Pickering Defense or the GoldsmithDefense. Tis deense is a weak response to 1.e4.

1.e4 h6 is known as the Carr Defense. It is namedaer George Carr (1837-1914), who played it and lostto Paul Morphy in 1858.

1.e4 Na6 is called the LemmingDefense. It is considered a weak response to 1.e4.

1.e4 Nh6 is called the Adams Defense or the WildBull Defense. Black develops his knight to a weaksquare. Te variation 1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 f6is called the Hippopotamus Defense. Perhaps it isnamed aer American master Weaver Adams (1901-1963). It may also have been named aer ed Dunst

(1907-1985) whos nickname was Wild Bull.1.f3 is the Barnes Opening, named aer Tomas Wil-son Barnes. Aer 1.d3 e5 2.Kf2 has been a nonsen-sical move called the Wandering King Opening, theHammerschlag, or the Pork Chop Opening. Whitemust watch out or 1.3 e5 2.g4?? Qh4 mate.

1.f4 e5 is Froms Gambit of the Birds Opening. Itis named aer the Dutch player Martin From (1828-1895).

1.g4 is the Grob, named aer Swiss InternationalMaster Henri Grob (1904-1974). He analyzed it exten-

sively and played hundred o correspondence gameswith it in the 1960s. Grob called it the Spike Open-ing. It has also been called Ahlhausens Opening, aerCarl Ahlausen (1835-1892), one o the earlier playerso 1.g4. Other names attached to this opening includethe Genoa, the San Pier DArena, Frics Openings, andthe Kolibri Opening.

1.h3 is the Clemenz Opening. It is named aer theEstonian player Hermann Clemenz (1846-1908). Itmay have rst been played by Louis Pauslsen in a gamewith Henry Blackburne in 1880.

1.h4 is the Desprez Opening. It is named aer theFrench player Marcel Desprez. It is also known as theKadas Opening (Hungarian player), An-Borg Open-ing, and the Samurai Opening.

1.Na3 is Durkins Aack, named aer New Jerseyplayer Robert Durkin (born in 1923). It is sometimescalled the Sodium Aack, as Na is the chemical sym-bol or the element sodium (Na rom the Latin: na-trium).

1.Nc3 is the Dunst Opening. Tis opening also hasmore names than any other opening. It is also knownas the Heinrichsen Opening, Balc Opening, vanGeets Opening, Sleipner Openings, Kotrcs Opening,Mestrovic Opening, Romanian Opening, QueensKnight Aack, Queens Knight Opening, MillardsOpening, Knight on the Le, and der Linksspringer.ed dunst (1907-1985) did much analysis and played itin tournaments.

1.Nh3 is the Amar or Paris Opening. It has also beencalled the Drunken Knight Opening or the AmmoniaOpening. Te Parisian amateur Charles Amar playedit in the 1930s. Te variation 1.Nh3 e5 2.3 d53.N2 is called the Krazy Kat.


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What will chess be like in 10,

20, 50, or 100 years? One hundred

years ago, no one knew about

computers, the Internet, world-

wide travel, space travel (chess has

been there), digital chess clocks,

ebooks, databases, YouTube, or

iPads. Chess has been inuenced

by technology.

There will always be chess-

playing humans. The notion that

chess might be played out by some

mechanical or articial device goes

back several hundred years. Chess

still has 25 x 10^115 possible

chess positions. For all practicalpurposes, there are an innite

number of possibilities in chess.

In a few years, there will be

very little printed chess books

and magazines. Everything will

be digitized and found online

or in a 15 terabyte removable

hard drive. In 100 years or less,

every chess book and magazine

that has ever been published will

have been scanned and availableto anyone on a device or through

the wireless Cloud (everything

will be wireless). You will have

the equivalent of a million chess

books and magazines at your

disposal running

on your 4 THz

microprocessor

that operates

on voice/brain

commands.

There will be

translators that will

translate any chess

book or magazine

in numerous

languages and any

format you wish.

Even your online

chess friends from

around the world will understandyou with a universal communicator

attached to your chess set.

Chess will be taught in all the

schools throughout the world. It

is a game whose rules are easy

enough to learn, but as a game, it

is difcult to master. There will

be online help to teach children or

anyone else how to play. There

will be over a billion chess players

on the planet that you will have thepotential to interact with.

100 million-game chess

databases will be common,

searchable in seconds. Every

important chess game will have

been analyzed by dozens of

chess engines rated over 3000.

Endgames of 9 pieces or less will

be solved.

Chess may still be in its original

format, or variants such as random

chess or random opening chess will

be playable. Chess will be played

on digital boards that will record

all the moves and give you a print

out or sent to your iPlayed Chess

Pad, complete with analysis. Chess

programs, like other apps, will be

embedded in your watch and on

your folding smart chesspad that

ts in your pocket, but can expandwith a monitor that shows a chess

board 15 by 15. You wont need

a battery or electricity as it gets

charged by light like a solar panel

on your holographic touch screen

computer.

Tournaments will be played

online at little or no cost to you.

Any winnings will be transferred

automatically to your PlayPal

account with digital money. Youwill be matched up with players of

your own strength and anti-cheat

computer chess engines will make

sure someone isnt using a chess

engine if prohibited.

Holographic chess

should be available and

perhaps moves made

through thought rather

than physically moving

them. Games will still

be timed, with perhaps

delayed times so as not

to lose on time, and all

the moves will be time

stamped so you can see

where the most time was

spent in the game.

Chess super

grandmasters, rated above

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2800, will be the stars of the game.

Most will be very young, under

30, with a few under 20. You will

be able to follow your favorite

grandmaster with live feeds from

any tournament.Chess engines will exist in all

kinds of formats. You will have

some programmed to play exactly

like players in the past, such as

Morphy or Capablanca or Tal or

Fischer or Kasparov or Carlsen or

Anand, or anyone you wish. There

will also be chess engines that play

the same strength as you do. You

will be able to program its strength

or other congurable variables suchas more tactics or more positional

or any opening variation or

simulate any player based on their

past games.

Chess pads will be found

everywhere such as hospitals,

dentist ofces, barbershops, or

anywhere that you go. You will

be able to play chess with anyone

or any engine rather than be stuck

doing nothing in waiting rooms or

recuperating from an illness. There

will be wireless internet accesspoints embedded in everyday

objects, so you will always have

access to the chess cloud to play

chess online.

Cars may have a head-up

display of a chessboard so that you

can play chess while driving and

the moves are voice activated.

There will be millions of chess

players hooked up on the Internet.

You will be able to have a chance

to play a grandmaster online or afamous person or movie celebrity

if they wish to have a game.

Grandmasters will play 50 or 100

people at once online, and you

may be one of his opponents. A

celebrity may get online and play

only one game, but you added

your name to the queue, and when

he or she is available, you will be

notied online or by cell phone or

iPlayed chess pad for a game.For chess historians, everything

will be online and referenced.

Every newspaper chess column

or article will be scanned and

available. Articial intelligence

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give a probability of how likely

something occurred in the past.Did Alekhine really throw his

king in a tournament? Did Hitler

ever play chess or show up at a

tournament? Could Karpov have

beaten Fischer in the 1970s?

Historical ratings will be

available for any chess player or

from any tournament or match.

Every known crosstable will be

available. Programs will be ableto show the ups and downs of any

chess player throughout his career.

Every known photo, video, and

score sheet will be available for

every chess player.

You will be able to create your

own strong engine and have it

compete if you wish. There will

be thousands of chess engines,

and you will be able to custom

make your own chess engine. Youcan have it play your favorite

openings, or play like Tal and look

for combinations and sacrices,

or enter your own games and it

will play your own style. You

can use your own creation in

freestyle chess tournaments, where

computers, or any other form of

assistance, are allowed and even

encouraged.

You will have chess apps onyour cellphone or chess pad

that will let you know who

plays chess in your area,

or where the closest chess

tournament is, or what

tournament is available

online, etc.

Chess will be played

in space or deep under

water as you cruise intospace or take a deep dive in the

ocean. And if you dont want

to make the trip yourself, you

can play chess with an astronaut

or aquanaut whenever they are

interested in a game.

Chess will get faster and

faster. There will be bullet chess

tournaments, where a game is

played in one minute. The game

will be recorded for anyone to see

as players move their pieces online

or against each other on a digital

board at very fast speeds. There

will be no mouse. You will just

point from one square to another

or activate the moves by voice, or

maybe, thought. The pieces will

move and can be controlled by

your eyes.

Opening theory will be pretty

deep, but if you come up witha theoretical novelty that has

never been played before

in the 100-million game

database, you will be given

credit for inventing it, if the

new move is sound enough.

It will then be analyzed by

strong chess engines to see if it

is playable.

Chess will also be added to

your contact lens, so that you canget a chess display anytime

you wish.


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Chess has found its way on many covers of comicbooks (now graphic novels) and in their stories.

In January 1940, Wonderworld Comics No. 9,published by Fox Publications, introduces a

villain called Karno the Chessman. He is also featured inthe next issue of Wonderworld Comics, No. 10, in a storycalled The Return of Karno.

In May 1940, Black Book Detective Magazine featured acover of two men playing chess with guns in front of them.One player is stabbed in the hand.

In February 1941, Action Comics, published by DC Comics,ran a story called Human Chessmen, written by GardnerFox.

In March 1941, Captain America Comics No. 1, publishedby Timely Comics (later Marvel), had a story calledCaptain America and the Chess-Board of Death. Thestory was written by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. A villainnamed Rathcone has carved wooden chess guresof people who must be killed before he launches themightiest blitzkrieg the world have ever seen. Two of thosegures are Captain America (Steve Rogers) and his friendBucky.

More Fun Comics, No. 76, was published by DC in February1942. Green Arrow is knocking out a few tough guys on a

chess board with a few chess pieces scattered about as Dr.Fate looks on.

In February 1942, The Blue Beetle No. 11, by FoxPublications, featured a story called King of the ChessKillers. All who oppose the Chess Master, Dr. Wrath, die.

Batman, No, 23 was published by DC in June-July 1944.Batman is playing the Joker asRobin looks on. The chess piecesare the Joker in the corner withBatman and Robin chess piecesabout to mate. The cover art wasdone by Bob Kane.

In November 1944, DynamicComics No. 12, published by

Dynamic Publications, showssome tycoon (Harry Chesler)playing chess with a police ofcer.The cover art work was done byGus Ricca.

In February 1945, Popular Comics No. 108, by Dell, hada story called, I chess jumped over to play a game ofcheckers with Smokey. Chief Cash U. Nutt plays chesswith Smokey Stover.

In 1945, Adventures of Alice No. 2, published by the CivilService and Pentagon Publications, shows Alice, throughthe magic looking glass, on a chess board withother characters.

In January 1946, Shadow Comics, Vol 5, No. 10,

published by Street & Smith, is entitled TheShadow meets the Crime Master. The covershows the Shadow stopping the Crime Masterplaying chess and knocking over the chess pieces.The story was written by Walter Gibson, andartwork by Charles Coll.

In October 1946, Shadow Comics, Vol 6, No.7, shows Nick Carter, world famous detective,interrupting a chess game played by some villain.

In December 1946, Shadow Comics, Vol 6, No. 9,has a story called Chess Master.

In January 1947, Target Comics, vol 7, No. 11, by NoveltyPress, featured a story called, Giant Mouse Bowers is so

taken up with his beloved chessboard

In July-August 1947, Boy Commandos No. 22, publishedby DC, shows a chess board on its cover with chesspieces as treasure, with a spotlight on the people andtreasure by Crazy Quilt.

In the summer of 1947, International Comics No. 2,published by EC Comics, had astory called The Chessman,written by Gardner Fox. Thechessmen are King, Bishop, and

Rook. Rook summons King to theThames River where a body hasbeen recovered. Bishop removesa clue from the victims hand thathelps solve the murder.

In September 1947, Action Comics,No. 112, by DC, shows Supermanas a chess piece knocking overMr Mxyztplk as a chess piece ona black and red chess board. Thefeature story, by John Sikela, iscalled The Cross-Country ChessCrimes. Mxyztplk returns and is causing troublein Metroplis. Superman convinces him to take up chess.Mxyztplk then kidnaps two chess champions and builds

a gameboard using castles and statues as pieces.Superman comes by and returns the stolen landmarks.He then challenges Mxyztplk to a chess game. They go tothe Sahara Desert where superman creates giant piecesincluding a surprise pieces called a Klptzyxm (Mxyztplkspelled backwards). When Mxyztplk speaks the name ofthe piece, he is sent back to his own dimension.

In October 1947, All-American Comics No. 90, byDC Comics, features a story called The HauntedChessboard, featuring Dr. Mid-Nite (Charles McNider).

In the March 1948, Land of the Lost Comics No. 9,published by EC Comics, shows a chess board and abattle in front of a castle, featuring knights and kings andother pieces battling it out. The story is called The Battle

of the Chessmen.In December 1948, Phantom Lady No. 21, published byFox, had a story called, Case of the Criminal Chessmen.The Chessman (Algemon Blackwood) is the villain.

In December 1948, Sub-Mariner Comics No. 29, producedby Timely Publications (later Atlas Comcis and Marvel),features a chess game on the cover, with some evil personsaying, Its your move sub-mariner. The story is calledThe Deadly Game of Captain Black.

In April 1950, Detective Comics No. 158, by DC, shows achess board and knight with a gun, rigged by Dr. Doom,

trying to shoot Batman and Robin at theirHall of Trophies.

In 1950, Betty and Veronica No. 2,

published by Archie Publications, showsBetty and Veronica playing chess withArchie, Jughead, and Reggie as chesspieces. Veronica says, Boys and cute, wemust confess, but theyre just like a gameof chess. Betty says, The way we makeem jump just proves that its us girls whomake the moves.

In the Winter of 1951, Eerie AdventuresNo. 1, published by Ziff-Davis, features theGrim Reaper playing chess with a lady in

chains.

In February 1952, Star Spangled Comics No. 125, by DC,had a story called Murder On the Chessboard, written by


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David Vern and featuring Robin.

In June 1952, Action Comics No. 177, by DC, featured a story calledA great invention! Now for a nice game of chess. ProfessorEureka builds a new robot, but then dismantles it after the robotbeats him in chess. The story was written by Henry Boltinoff.

In September-October 1952, Wonder Woman No. 55, by DC, hada story called The Chessmen of Doom! The Chequerians playchess with entire planets as chess pieces.

In October 1952, The Beyond No. 16, shows the grim reaper playingon a chess board with humans as pieces. The grim reaper says, Abrush of my hand and three more peopleare eliminated from the chessboard ofhumanity. Now, who will be next?

In March 1953, House of Mystery No. 12,by DC Comics, had a story called TheDevils Chessboard, by Leonard Starr.

In May 1953, Our Army at War No.10, by DC Comics, had a story calledChessmen of War, written by HalKantor.

In August 1953, Strange Adventures No.35, by DC, shows Captain Comet, whobecomes a human pawn, playing chesson the cosmic chessboard. The storyis called the Cosmic Chessboard, written by John Broome anddrawn by Murphy Anderson.

In September 1953, Ripleys Believe it or Not Magazine No. 1,published by Harvey, featured a story called, History Was ChangedIn a Chess Game.

In November-December 1953. The Haunt of Fear No. 22, publishedby EC Comics, had a story called Chess-Mate,written byAlbert Feldstein and drawn by George Evans. Townspeople tryto convince an eccentric local genius to take part in a chesstournament that will put the town on the map. A genius chessplayer nally shoots himself after the townspeople hold a paradeand he is expected to remove his top had to salute the ag. Thetop hat hides a Siamese twin head that accounted for his superiorabilities at chess.

In July-August 1954, Haunted Thrills No. 16, published by AjaxCompany, shows the grim reaper playing chess with a lady, saying,Check-mate! You really didnt expect to win from me, did you?Even with your cheating, I am destined to winevery time!

In March 1955, Uncanny Tales No. 30, published by Atlas (latermarvel), shows two people playing chess with strange chesspieces. The story is called Too Human. Famous chess wizardBlanik just cant seem to win. So he invents a set of thinkingchess pieces, which are so human they can think for themselves.Unfortunately, at the end of the game, his king cant kill theopposing queenhe has become too human.

In October 1955, Bafing Mysteries No. 26, published by AceComics, shows chess pieces checkmating a human. The kingchess piece says, Theres no further place to move! You are

checkmated!In December 1955, a story appeared inAdventure Comics No. 219, by DC, called theHuman Chess Game, featuring Green Arrowand Speedy (Red Arrow). The artwork wasdone by George Papp.

In June 1956, Batman No. 100, by DC, waspublished as the 100th batman issue. Thiscommemorative issue showed the coverof Batman playing chess with the Jokerfrom an earlier issue.

In March 1957, Strange SuspenseStories No. 36, by Charlton Comics,

shows chess pieces cornering a human on a chess board andbeing pushed over the edge. The cover was done by MauriceWhitman.

In July 1957, Felix the Cat No. 85, publishedby Harvey Comics, shows Felix the Catriding a knight chess piece, calling it themysterious white knight.

In August 1957, Spunky the Smiling SpookNo. 1, by Ajax-Farrell, shows the ghostplaying chess with an upside down bat.

In 1957, Century Comics No. 10, had a storycalled Lefty and prison visitor play chess,featuring Casey the Cop.

In March 1958, Man in Black No. 4,published by Harvey, shows the man in blackplaying chess with humans, calling it Pawns in the hands of Fate.The cover was done by Bob Powell.

In March 1958, Wilbur Comics No. 77, by Archie Publications,features a story called, Mrs. Lewis left her chess playinghusband. Laurie Lake and Linda discuss a woman who left herchess-playing husband.

In August 1958, House of Mystery No. 77,by DC, shows a giant playing chess withhumans. The cover tagline is I was trappedon the chessboard of giants! The coverwas done by Bob Brown. The story centersaround an expedition that is shipwreckedon an island inhabited by giants. The giantsforce the crew to act as chess pieces in agame for their freedom.

In September 1958, Mad Magazine No. 41,published by EC, featured a story called TheChess Game, written by Don Martin. Fatalresults can come from cheating at chess.

In August 1960, Archie No. 112, has Archie playing chess withhimself on the cover.

In November 1960, Justice League ofAmerica No. 1, by DC, shows Flashplaying chess with an evil villaincalled Despero, with chess piecesin the shape of the Justice League(Aquaman, Batman, Green Latern,Martian Manhunter, Superman,Wonder Woman, and Flash). Theboard is set up wrong (the darksquare is to the right instead of thelight square). The story is calledWorld of No Return. Desperooffers the Flash a chance to savehis friends by planning a version ofchess. Each chess piece representsa different JLA member. If theymove on a free square, that member

is set free and Despero will leave Earth and give up his conquest.However, if the pieces were to land on a disaster square, theFlash would have to leave Despero alone. Flash eventually losesbecause Despero tampered the board, while each JLA memberwas transported to a different world. They eventually escape andreunite to track down and stop Despero, who was stopped by anenergy absorption machine built by Jasonar, an honorary memberof the JLA.

In May 1961, Four Color No, 1175, published by Dell Comics,features MGMs Mouse Musketeers playing chess on top of twochess knights.

In October 1962, Checkmate No. 1 was published by Gold Key. InDecember 1962, Checkmate No. 2 was published by Gold Key. Thecover says, On a Hollywood movie set, Checkmate investigates


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a series of near-fatal accidents that arent in the script! Thecover has a picture of Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, andDoug McClure with a silhouette of a knight. The two issues werepublished at the end of the TV series run with the same name.

In November 1962, Strange Tales No. 102, published by Marvel,introduces the villain called The Wizard (Bentley Wittman). He is achess champion who becomes a criminal mastermind.

In January 1963, Unusual Tales No. 37,published by Charlton, shows the handof fate over humans on a chess board.

In April 1965, Blue Beetle No. 5, byCharlton, shows Blue Beetle (DanGarrett) on a chessboard challenging theRed Knight (Lew Coll) and trying to saveRegina White. The feature story is TheCapture of the White Queen. The storywas written by Joe Gill.

In November 1965, Dennis the MennisNo. 181, published by Hallden-Fawcett,had a story called The Chess Mess.Dennis plays his father Henry Mitchell ina game of chess.

In June 1966, Archie Giant Series Magazine No. 139, features astory called Chess Chatter. Archie plays chess by phone.

In May 1967, Stupendous Series No. 10, by Fleetway, had a covercalled The Chessman and a man battling chess pieces. The covertagline says The Spider faces a fantastic King of crime!

In April 1968, Strange Tales No. 167, published by Marvel, showsDr. Doom and the Prime Mover playing chess.

In May 1968, The Friendly Ghost Casper No. 117, published byHarvey, shows Casper playing chess as allthe chess pieces run away.

In October 1969, Avengers No. 69, by Marvel,introduced The Grandmaster.

In December 1970, Twilight Zone No. 35, byGold Key, shows a chess scene with thetagline Its a special game of chess death

to the loser. The story is called To theDeath.

In April 1973, Richie Rich Diamonds No. 5, byHarvey, shows Richie Rich playing chess withan expensive chess set with jewels.

In August 1972, Eerie No. 41, by WarrenPublishing, has a story called Chesswhere chess pieces come tolLife in a battleagainst Dax the Warrior. The story waswritten by Esteban Maroto.

In February 1973, House of Mystery No. 211, by DC, featured astory called, Across from me is a guy who claims to be the chesschamp of the world

In May 1973, Laugh Comics No. 266, published by Close-Up,features Archie playing chess on stage with a demoboard in the background. The board is set up wrong(black to the left).

In August 1973, Bugs Bunny No. 151, publishedby Gold Key, has a story called Chess Chump,featuring Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, and Jo-Jo,the friendly Gorilla.

In October-November 1973, Wonder WomanNo. 208, by DC, shows Wonder Woman ona chessboard. The cover story says, TheChessmen of Death!

In November 1973, Prez No. 2, has, on itscover, The nal chess match Russia vs.

USA. Winner take all! The villain seems to be Robby Fishheadsaying Your Move. The cover is entitled, Theyre Here! In theWhite House! The Deadly chess Men!

In December 1973, Weird Mystery Tales No. 9, by DC, had a storycalled Checkmate! They theyve played chess to a draw for manyyears, the vicious Squire Kents rage knows no bounds when hehis beaten by his friend Deacon Fitzugh.

In December 1973, The Witching Hour No. 37, by DC, has a storycalled The Devils Chessboard, written by George Kashdan (norelation to Isaac Kashdan).

In May 1974, Ghostly Haunts No. 138, published by CharltonComics, had a story called the Devils Chessman, written byNick Cuti. Al Kline makes a deal with Satan and nds that his newpieces have trapped Klines soul.

In January 1975, Giant-Size Defenders No. 3, published by Marvel,shows the Hulk, Fantastic-4, and Flash battling on a chessboard.The title is When the Grandmaster plays the prize is Earth.

In November 1975, Dark Shadows No. 34, by Gold Key, shows achessboard and pieces being stabbed.

In December 1975, Weird War Tales No. 43, by DC, shows army menghting on a chess board.

In 1975, International Master John Watson wrote The IncredibleAdventures of Chessman as a comic book, published by The Chess

House.In the Spring of 1976, Arcade No. 5, published by Print Mint,featured a story on the Great Ajeeb, the chess playing automaton.The story was written by Kim Deitch.

In August 1976, Marvel Spotlight No. 29, by Marvel, shows Ironmanbattling chess pieces. The bad guy says, You are but a pawn in

Conquer Lords master play! Ironman replies,And a pawn is doomed to die!

In July 1977, the cover of Unknown Soldier No.206, by DC, shows a battle on a chessboard withthe words, Your struggle is hopeless, unknownsoldieryoure just a pawn in the hands of theBlack Knight.

In December 1977, Detective Comics No. 474, byDC, has a giant chess in the Batcave. Batmanand Robin are standing on a giant chessboard.

In January 1978, Master of Kung Fu No. 60, byMarvel, shows a battle on a chessboard, with thetitle, doom game.

In 1978, Battlestar Galactia comics featured astory called Chess-Players of Space.

In February 1979, The Pink Panther No. 61, byGold Key, had a story called The Cheating Chess Player. TheInspector cheats at chess.

In December 1979, Archies Joke Book No. 263, by Archie ComicsGroup, the cover shows Archie losing chess to a kid.

In May 1980, Justice League of American No. 178, by DC, shows achess game played by an evil villain and the Manhunter from Mars,with trapped JLA members as chess pieces. The story is calledThe Chess-Master of Mars.

In May 1980, Star Wars No. 35, by Marvel, has Darth Vader playingchess against the star warriors. The feature story is called DarkLords Gambit.

In January 1981, Savage Action No. 3, by Marvel, had a story calledThe Chesmaster.

In September 1981, The Mighty Thor, by Marvel, featured Thor onits cover in battle on a chess board. One of the stories is calledThe Godwar Gambit.

In February 1982, Brave and the Bold No. 183, by DC, showsBatman being cornered on a chessboard by villain chess pieces.


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The villains are called the Chessmen (Rook, Knight, Bishop, andPawn). The story was written by Denny ONeill.

In July 1982, Star Rider and the Peace Machine No. 1, by StarRider Productions, has a story called, TheChess Game of Death, written by Ric Estrada.

In October 1982, Iron Man No. 163, by Marvel,shows Iron Man (Tony Stark) ghting on achess board. The title tagline says, TheChallenge of the Chessmen. The story iscalled Knights Errand.

In November 1982, Iron Man No. 164, byMarvel, shows Iron Man in a ght with achess bishop. The cover says, Bewarethe Bishop! He may look like a man of theclothbut hes really a deadly chessman.

In April 1983, Epic Illustrated No. 17,published by Marvel, had a story calledThe Chess Game, by Pepe Moreno.

In January 1988, Millinnium No. 1, publishedby DC Comics, introduced The Grandmaster.

In November 1990, Simpsons Comics shows Mr. Burns playingchess with Simpsons pieces on the cover.

In 1992, Cold Equator (Le Froid Equateur) by Enki Bilal introduced

chess boxing. In 2003, chess boxing became a real sport directlyinspired by how it appeared in this graphic novel.

In June 1993, Alpha Flight No. 121, by Marvel, feature a villaingroup called The Chess Set. They include the Brass Bishop, theDark Tower, the Killer Queen, and King Coal, and the Over-Knight.The story is called The Return of the Brass Bishop.

In August 1994, Shanda the Panda No. 5, by Antactic Press, has astory called, Chesspieces.

In Janaury 1997, Star Wars: Tale of the Jedi No. 4, has a story calledPawns of the Sith Lord. Naga Sadow plays a deadly game of

chess and the Daragon siblings are his pawns.

In November 1997, Humongous Man No. 2 , by Harrison andStepp, was published with a story called Chess and theCrooked Hat. It also featured a story called The Politics ofChess.

In September 1999, Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated No. 8, byQuantum Cat, featured a story called The Chess Game, writtenby Joe Pruitt.

In 2002, Captain Britain, by Marvel, featured a story called Merlinat his Chessboard.

In 2003, Smax No. 3, Death (Lionel) plays chess, who happens tobe terrible at chess. He plays against the wily peasants, but thepeasants always win.

In July 2005, Smoke No. 3, by IDW publishing, has a story calledThe Men on the Chessboard.

In August 2005, Rakan: The Lone Warrior No. 5, has a story calledChessMaster. Rakan has become a player in a deadly chessmatch. The chess pieces are living men.

In September 2008, Marvel Adventures Avengers No. 26 featuredthe Avengers challenging Galactus to a chess match. TheAvengers are the pieces. Thanks to a blunder by Hulk, the game isstalemated.

In April 2009, Seaguy, vol 2, Slaves of Mickey Eye, Seaguy playschess with The Gondolier (Death) in New Venice, and wins.The graphic novel is by Grant Morrison.


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Chess Cheesecakes,Brownies and Cupcakes

Chess Wedding CakesIf you love Chess and your ance loves you and maybeeven your ance loves chess too, what a beer way to ethe knot (or knight) than having a chess themed weddingor at least a chess wedding cake. Perhaps you met her on anonline chess site, blog or chat room. Maybe she beat youat a tournament (of course you let her win). Many caterersand bakeries can make a chess cake for just the occasion.

There are chess piece toppers, candles and ediblechocolate kings and queens, chess decor and more.

Dont forget the right mang posion. Many peopleget what is called a mated wedding cake where thequeen has the king in a checkmate posion. Whenshe ask you if you want a chess wedding... say I do!

Okay you have to keep your energy up to concentrate on your next move. Here are some ideas for some sweetgoodies to munch on while you think about geng out of that forked bishop posion. Beer yet, oer your opponenta sweet distracon while you ponder your next insidious trap.

Combinaon cheesecake and chocolate...Yum! Brownies andcupcake chess pieces...double yum. If I can eat a taken browniepiece, who cares if I win or not, as long as I get the most pieces!


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Delicious Dark and white ChocolateChess Pieces and Boards

Chess

Cookies

Chess Birthday Cakes

CHOCOLATE! Everybody loves CHOCOLATE! You can buythe molds if youre handy or simply order them onlineif youre wealthy... like a successful grandmaster.Warning however, this chess set will go quickly!

Here are a few photos of Chess Cakes from the internet. Some are homemade and others are by professional bakers.Either way, what beer way to celebrate your B-day than to slice up g1 + g2 + h1 + h2. And you could even use candlepieces if your turning 32 (just be careful when blowing out the candles that you down p over the king and resign).

Okay for those who are culinary challenged and nd that baking and decorang a cake is way beyondtheir skill set you can always purchase some chess piece cookie cuers online and delight your friends

in a wonderful game of edible speed chess. Go ahead; use your chess clock as an oven mer. And forthose who are altogether allergic to ovens, they can always just purchase some Chessmen cookies.


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In the 1940s Michael Romano(1890-1971), a Hol-lywood restaurateur and chess player, opened up Ro-manos restaurant on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Itwas amous or some o its chess-playing clientele such as

Humphrey Bogart. Sammy Reshevsky gave a 30 boardsimul there in the 1950s. Te restaurant closed in 1962.

Te Pan de Amerikanain Metro Manila (92 Ordonez St, Concepcion Dos,

Marikina City), Philippines is the rst and only chessthemed restaurant in the Philippines. It has been inbusiness since the 1950s when it was a bakery and is nowa sel service restaurant. All the tables have inlaid chess

boards and the restaurant can accommodate 100 diners.You can alsoborrow a seto chess piecesat the counterand play chesswhile you eat.In 2011, it builta two storychess museum

eaturing dier-ent chess pieces

rom around the

world. Te sets on display include the regular Stauntondesign, a Star Wars chess set, a Chinese chess set, etc. Tewalls are surrounded with chess paintings. Its chess pla-za, with its Roman amphitheater inspired stage, houseschess pieces that are 3 eet tall. It also has a giant chessclock or looks.

Te Chess n Checkers Pub and Restaurantin Allentown, Pennsylvania (1801 Airport Road) is achess (and checkers)

themed restaurant thatadvertises the bestgame in town. Tetables have chess boardsinlaid in the wood.Te restaurant boastslarge dining tables andswords, helmets, armorand goblets everywhere.Tere is a lie-sizedknight in armor stand-ing guard in the alcove.Tere is King Arthur

memorabilia scatteredthroughout the res-taurant. Te upstairs

ocuses on chess and thedownstairs ocuses oncheckers. You can orderKnights Naughty Nachos, Te Pawns Poppers, or the Si-cilian Dragons Crabby Spinach Dip. You can play chesswhile dining there.

Te Chess Restaurant in Budapest, Hungary (Dob Street63) is a chess-themedbistro with traditionalHungarian cusine as

well as Italian-Frenchbistro cuisine. Te in-terior eatures a largeWhite Queen and alarge Black Queen onone o its walls. It hasan inlaid chess tablewith large chess piecesas you walk in.

Te chess Beachfront Restaurant in Denpasar, Bali,Indonesia oers inormal ne dining. It has a black andwhite themed dcor with a giant chess board and piecesas its main ocal point. Te restaurant and bar has a gi-

ant set o chess pieces inside, where you can play chess.Checkmate Bar and Restaurant in South Kensington,London (129 Cromwell Rd) is a black and white chess-themed venue. Te foor is in a big checkerboard square

pattern and the baralways has a chessboard nearby onthe counter. Te

place oers a cui-sine o British andTai ood.

Te Pan de Amerikana in Metro Manila

Te Chess Restaurant in Budapest

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Book Review

by Yochanan Aek and Emmanuel Neimanpublished by New In Chess 2011. 240 pages.

Tis is an interesting chess book that tries to explainhow to discover blind spots in chess and why playersoverlook simple wins. Te thesis o the book is thatthere are certain moves that are more difcult thanothers to see, almost invisible. Tisinvisibility is demonstrated by the actthat these moves may go unnoticed

by both players, and remains unseenthroughout the game and even aersubsequent analysis. Te purpose othe book is to show the reader themechanisms that can make a moveinvisible.

Te authors make a big distinc-tion between an invisible moveand a blunder. A blunder is a bigmistake, like leaving the queenhanging in one move. Such majorblunders are requently decisive orthe result o the game. Invisiblemoves generally do not aect thenal result. Both players couldhave missed it.

Tere are our chapters, brokenup into objective invisibility andsubjective invisibility.

Chapter 1 deals with hard-to-see moves. Tey can bequiet moves and positions,intermediate moves, alignment

problems, and even orget-ting the rules. For a beginner, knight movesare harder to see than rook moves. Even grandmastersmiss a backward rook move more than a orward move,and it is harder or them to see a horizontal move that avertical move. Te more brutal a moves is (a check, acapture, a direct threat), the easier it is to see. A seri-ous player begins has analysis by checking all the orcedsequences rst, and the easiest to calculate. Te harder,invisible moves, are more difcult to nd, but becomeobvious once you see them.

Chapter 2 deals with geometrically invisible moves

such as the horizontal eect, changing wings, backwardmoves, backward knight moves, pins and sel-pins. Teauthors say that humans have a bias in avor o or-ward moves, and we overlook backward moves. We

think o orward moves as good and backwardmoves as bad. Tere-ore, backward and even

horizontal moves arerejected, perhaps even ona subconscious level. Teyare invisible to us, neverreaching consciousness.I such moves do suggestthemselves, we usuallydismiss them since they losea tempo.

Chapter 3 is called invis-ible moves or positionalreasons. It deals with pawnstructures, weakening o thekings deenses, unexpectedexchanges (that get me a lot),unusual position o a piece,and anti-developing moves.

Chapter 4 is called invis-ible moves or psychologicalreasons. Tere is a sectionon blunders in World ChessChampionship matches. It alsohas a section on orward moves

in deense and backward attack-ing moves.Te end o the book has a test

o positions (53 exercises) and index o players. Tebook has hundreds o diagrams as well as many uniqueexamples and instructive explanations o invisible movesand how to discover your blind spots in chess. For eachdiagram, the question is the same: What is the bestmove or White or Black? Assume that probably theplayer was not able to nd it in the a

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