Perpetual Chess Linkfest #37, May 12, 2023
The week in chess saw tragic loss, lots of top players in action, and some insightful blog posts. Here are this week’s links:
R.I.P.
GM András Adorján author of the legendary book Black is OK, and sometime second to Garry Kasparov passed away. André Schulz provides a nice tribute. “András Adorján was highly educated. He was interested in literature and music, wrote poetry, composed and was involved in a rock opera commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.” (Chessbase News)
Chess Improvement
Martin Justesen looks at the data behind how deep a typical Lichess amateur games goes before reaching a position which has never been seen before (SayChess Blog)
GM Noel Studer provides a nice overview of the Dutch chess curriculum, The Chess Steps method “The Chess-Steps Method is not shiny, nor available digitally. But it is a proven and very well-structured method.” (Next Level Chess Blog)
We have another new chess improvement based Substack! Dan Bock has made impressive improvement progress in his 40s and details how here. (The Chess Improvement Lab)
More insights drawn from Dan via Dr. Nick Vasquez’s blog (Nick’s Substack)
Would you like to know more about what an amateur tournament in Japan is like? SheldonofOsaka shares a tournament report (Chess.com Blog)
FM Nate Solon shares a few lessons we can Apply from Nepo-Ding to our Own Games “Finally, put the shoe on the other foot and consider who you’d rather play against: someone who will always take a quick draw, or someone who fights to the bitter end. You want to be known as a fearless fighter, someone who’s really tough to play against.” (Zwischenzug Blog)
Pro Chess News
Congrats to GM Peter Svidler on winning Tepe Seigman. Peter Doggers breaks it Down (Chess.com News)
MVL Blog Alert!- The French Super GM provides an update on his recent tournaments and shares some thoughts on Nepo-Ding “Each player had their moments. We had also some really good games, with a pretty high level of calculation. I think at the end of the match they got a little caught up in the stakes, which is understandable because it was obviously a golden opportunity for both of them.” (MVL Blog)
GM Fabiano Caruana leads the SuperBet invitational. Here is the latest report from NM Vanessa West (Chess.com News)
Misc.
Douglas Griffin provides some newly translated annotations of a few games from the 1959 Candidates Tournament (Soviet Chess History Blog)
GM Robert Hess has Spoken out About His Concerns with the Propriety of “Hybrid” Tournaments (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)