Perpetual Chess Linkfest #27, March 3, 2023
Hi again everyone. We have another fresh batch of links coming your way. Book reviews, tournament reports, chess news, puzzles, we've got it all! I don't have a witty intro for you this week, so I will just do a quick PSA that with so many good chess blogs cropping up on the Substack Network (where this one is also hosted), I thought I might note that the Substack App for Iphone/Ipad is quite helpful for sorting it all. Also- if you haven’t done so already, subscribing to the Linkfest helps one manage the information overload and make sure that no good stuff is missed.
On to the links, have a good weekend everyone! - Ben
Chess Improvement Posts
“It is hard to focus in games if you lack focus in practice sessions.” - 7 Reasons You Are Not Improving at Chess (GM Noel Studer’s Blog)
If you thought Emergency Room Physician Dr. Nicholas Vasquez was Saving a Lot of Lives at Work, wait Until you Check Out His New Chess Improvement Blog! (Nick’s Chess Blog: This is What 5 Years of Improvement Looks Like)
IM K. Ghazarian on How He Got his First GM Norm- “A player becomes strong when scanning for tactics is automated in his thinking process, but in order to do this you need to practice.” (Chess.com Blog)
Martin Justesen’s Next Book will be on His Journey from 0 to 2000 Blitz as an Adult. (The Say Chess Blog)
JJ Lang with some fun Endgame Puzzles for Intermediate Players (Chess Life Online)
FM Nate Solon on the Highs and Lows of 1) Beating Hikaru in Titled Tuesday 2) then being Subject to Cheating Screens while the Tournament was Ongoing (Zwischenzug Blog)
Book Reviews
John Upham reviews an Updated Version of Reinfeld’s Classic The Immortal Games of Capablanca (British Chess News)
GM Jesse Kraai does a quick Video Review of the Award-Winning Book Think Like a Super GM (Chess Dojo YouTube)
Top Chess News
China will Host the Women’s Candidates Finals and the Women’s World Championship This Year (ChessBase News)
ICYMI, Levon Aronian won the WR Masters (JJ Lang for Chess Life Online)
Lula Roberts breaks down the top Results in the Cannes Open (won by IM Sayatan Das) and Reflects on her Own Chess “One thing I hadn't realized until I got there, however, was that it meant I'd also be playing on the stage alongside the grandmasters. Kind of daunting! I hope my messy middlegames and amateurish blunders at least proved amusing for them when they peered over from their theoretical battles. I have to admit it was nice to wander around and look at the top-level chess midway through my games.” (Chess.com News)
The End of an Era: Magnus Carlsen is set to Play His Last Classical Games As World Champion (Tarjei Svenson for Chess24)
Chess.com Had A Record One Billion Games Played on its Site in February! (Leon Watson for Chess.com)
NM Anthony Levin with the Latest on the Pro Chess League (Chess.com News)