Perpetual Chess Linkfest #92, August 23, 2024
Pestilential
News
Frederic Friedel of Chessbase writes a nice short tribute to the legendary 95-year-old Guardian columnist, Leonard Barden (Chessbase News) Barden’s latest column (touching on the upcoming Niemann-Carlsen match) is here.
As someone who has been working on an Olympiad preview podcast, I can tell you that there is not yet much written about the upcoming Olympiad. In this article, Mrdodgy previews the dangerous Dutch team, headed by GM Anish Giri (Chessable Blog)
Firouzja and So leads the Sinquefield Cup, and FM Dennis Monokroussos taught me a new word (pestilential) “The pestilential Giuoco Piano will be surely be back, but in round 4 of the Sinquefield Cup the players gave us all a gift as 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (3…Bc5) didn’t appear on a single board.” (The Chess Mind)
Reviews
Nick Visel reviews GM Alex Fishbein’s Fast-Track Edition of My System. “Overall, it probably can’t be all things to all people, but My System FastTrack Edition is by far the best way to read My System, if your desire is purely for chess improvement” (Nick Plays Chess)
Speaking of the Woodpecker Method , FM Nate Solon share a few more thoughts on its efficacy as a training tool. “I suspect the real value of the Woodpecker Method is that it tricks you into doing tactics consistently over a period of time.” (Zwischenzug)
Chess Improvement
Charlize van Zyl of Forward Chess provides a glimpse at the highly anticipated Woodpecker Method 2, by GM Axel Smith (Forward Chess Blog)
GM Alex Colovic on how he has learned to prioritize king safety more in his play. There are mysterious ways in chess and the general rule of these mysterious ways is that weaknesses come back to haunt you more often than not. (GM Alex Colovic’s Blog)
What are some things you're looking forward to at the Olympiad Ben? I'm looking forward to the trio of Erigaisi, Gukesh and Pragg!
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