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Instructive game 11:- W.Spoelman–C.Vandewalle

Example of the The Max Lange Gambit form the book Dangerous Weapons - 1 e4 e5 by G.M. John Emms

[Event "Hengelo"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "W.Spoelman"] [Black "C.Vandewalle"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [Annotator "John Emms"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [Source "Everyman Chess"] [SourceDate "2010.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 $1 { Being able to play this pawn break is the main idea behind the gambit. Black now has to deal with the threat to e5, and capturing on f4 is of course impossible.} Nc6 $2 {At first sight it looks sensible enough to retreat the knight to defend e5, especially since after 8 fxe5 Nxe5 Black gains a tempo by attacking the c4-bishop. Indeed, some strong players have tried this move. But there is a fatal flaw...} 8. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd5+ {DANGEROUS WEAPON: White regains the piece and reaches an overwhelming position. Black has no time to organize a proper defence around his unsafe king.} Kf8 ({After} 10... Ke8 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 {White should simply take the pawn with} 12. Qxc7 {. In the game K.Czerniecki-D.Shapiro, Chicago 1989, Black restored material parity by grabbing on e4, but after} Nxe4 13. Nc3 Qc5+ 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb5 Ne6 16. Bf4 d5 17. Rae1 {he wasn't able to survive.}) 11. Qxe5 d6 12. Qg3 { White's plan is simple: Bg5, Nc3-d5 and possibly also Rae1 with e4-e5. It's not much of a surprise that Black can do little to stop this.} ({According to my database, the strongest player to fall for this trap in a tournament game is the 2600+ rated Alexej Aleksandrov. In his game White opted for the equally good} 12. Qd4 {, and following} Be6 13. Bg5 c5 14. Qe3 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 (18. Ne4 $1) 18... Bf7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rae1+ Kf8 21. Rxf6 {White gained a winning advantage in G.Jacob-A.Aleksandrov, Senden 1999, although the Belarussian GM did manage to salvage a draw against his much lower-rated opponent.}) 12... Qe7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg5 Ke8 ({Or} 14... Kf7 15. Rae1 Rhe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 {, and Ne4 is up next.}) 15. Rae1 Rf8 16. Nd5 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 {is just as good.}) 16... Qd8 17. e5 {And this is simply crushing!} dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc8 19. Rxe6+ $1 Kd7 20. Re7+ Kd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 1-0

Tactics puzzles 14:-White to play and win

I had this position in one of my online games ,
White just played g3
Black to play and win

 

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FIDE Online Arena

Great news from Fide

Now FIDE makes the virtual real with an online arena that allows players to compete in top class tournaments with official FIDE ratings.

I am proud to announce today's launch of the limited test version of FIDE online arena, FIDE's official Internet playing platform developed in co-operation with CNC. In October 2013, after the Executive Board meeting in

Tallinn, Estonia, the fully operational version of FIDE online arena will be in service and available all over the world.

FIDE firmly believes that online chess offers enormous opportunities for millions of chess lovers who are unable to regularly participate in over-the-board events for a variety of reasons: professional and family commitments, problems reaching tournaments and other difficulties, etc.

Now FIDE makes the virtual real with an online arena that allows players to compete in top class tournaments with official FIDE ratings. The attractiveness and ease of online chess will also draw millions of new players - in particular the young. FIDE online arena will be an important step in achieving my goal of '1 billion chess players' throughout the world.

As you know, there are many chess playing platforms. However, FIDE online arena has a unique feature that completely sets it apart: a highly sophisticated chess anti-cheating system, AceGuard. Until now, it has been impossible to award official ratings for online chess because of the difficulty in preventing cheating. Now AceGuard will be an invaluable tool in Fide's fight against cheaters and we would like to praise the PremiumChess company for developing this revolutionary technology and to congratulate CNC for bringing this service to FIDE.

When the full version of FIDE online arena starts in October, every move of every game played by full arena members will be monitored and extensively analyzed by the anti-cheating system and a special team of experts, creating a fair playing venue for all. While it is not possible to prevent some players from cheating, this constant highly detailed monitoring guarantees that they can be successfully identified and appropriate action taken. Every

member's playing history is evaluated with a Fairness Index rating, allowing you to see quickly if an opponent is reliable or not.

In addition, FIDE online arena offers a complete chess experience online: challenge games and tournaments, master challenge matches and simuls, free master lessons and lectures, full statistical analysis, broadcasts of major FIDE events, chat, game files, multi-lingual interface and much more - all from the comfort of your home or anywhere elsewhere you happen to be.

So now you can enjoy all the features that FIDE online arena has to offer and very soon play in official FIDE events night or day, seven days a week.

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Dear chessfriends,

Welcome to the limited service test version of FIDE online arena. The test version of the arena is for guest members only. Becoming a permanent guest member of FIDE online arena couldn't be easier and it is completely free. Just fill in and send the guest membership application form below.  

From October the site will be fully operational, and guest members can update to full membership whenever they wish. Full members of FIDE online arena will enjoy a host of benefits including participation in official online events, tournaments and challenge games with FIDE online ratings, constant advanced anti-cheating protection, special tournaments, master challenges and simuls, game and performance statistics, teaching and training, game files, multi-language interface, events broadcasting and much much more. 

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Programming a Computer for Playing Chess

Programming a Computer for Playing Chess - by Claude Shannon... Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory"
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