Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 19:50:45 01/11/04
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On January 11, 2004 at 17:08:56, George Sobala wrote:
>On January 11, 2004 at 15:33:09, Bob Durrett wrote:
>
>
>>
>>[Event "Karlsbad"]
>>[Site "Karlsbad"]
>>[Date "1923.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "153 Alekhine, Alexander"]
>>[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "D55"]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "r1b3k1/pp1nq2p/8/3p2p1/3pP3/2QB4/PP1N2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 19"]
>>[PlyCount "7"]
>>[EventDate "1923.04.??"]
>>[Source "ChessBase"]
>>
>>19. Qc7 $1 {Alekhine: "Immediately paralysing all the opponent's pieces;
>>Black's position becomes hopeless"} (19. Qxd4 $2 Qc5) 19... Kg7 20. Rf5 $1 dxe4
>>21. Nxe4 Qb4 (21... h6 22. h3 {Gufeld: "to be followed by Kg1-h2 and Ne4-d6"})
>>22. Rxg5+ {Black resigned} 1-0
>>
>>Alekhine's comment after White's 19th move is typical. He was concerned about a
>>positional issue and not at all concerned about the sacrificed pawn.
>>
>>
>>[D] r1b3k1/pp1nq2p/8/3p2p1/3pP3/2QB4/PP1N2PP/5RK1 w
>>
>>Bob D.
>
>If it is of any interest, all the engines I've tried have chosen Qc7 within 1-2
>seconds of analysis, often less!
>
>Bob - any good chess engine will pay attention to multiple positional features
>when making its evaluation of a position. But ultimately the only "correct
>assessment" of a position is how it plays out. No matter how ugly it looks, if
>there is a winning line, that is enough.
>
>Features such as pawn structure, "good" v "bad" bishops, doubled pawns etc etc
>are only shorthand tricks for guessing the true value of a position without
>bothering to calculate things out. Indeed, they are often merely shorthand
>tricks for guessing whether, all other things being equal, the ending will be
>won or lost.
>
>Along these lines, read Watson's "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy" next. A
>brilliant book. Highly recommended.
Thanks, George.
I did start reading that book awhile back but didn't finish it because of one
reason or another which I cannot recall. I do have it on my list to STUDY soon,
perhaps after several others by higher rated players:
Alburt & Palatnik Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player
AuIt The Genesis of Power Chess: Effective Winning Techniques for Strategy and
Tactics
Barden How Good is Your Chess? Rate your skill and improve your strategy by
participating in 35 master games
Beliavsky Winning Endgame Strategy
Botvinnik Michail Botvinnik: Master of Strategy Botvinnik's Best Games 1947-1970
(4th Ed.)
Chernev The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of
Chess Strategy
Dunnington 101 Winning Chess Strategies
Dvoretsky Strategic Play: School of Chess Excellence 3
Eingorn Decision-Making at the Chessboard
Euwe Strategy and Tactics in Chess
Gufeld & Kalienchenko Chess Strategy
Jansa Dynamics of chess strategy
Lasker Modern Chess Strategy
Leininger Middlegame Strategy with the Carlsbad Pawn Structure
Lisitsyn & Cafferty Second Book of Chess Strategy
Mednis Advanced Endgame Strategies
Pachman Modern Chess Strategy
Pandolfini Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess Strategy
Pickett Enterprizing Strategy in the King's Indian Defense
Romero Creative Chess Strategy
Schiller Strategy for Advanced Players
Seirawan & Silman Winning Chess Strategies
Shereshevsky Endgame Strategy
Silman The Complete Book of Chess Strategy Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z
Suba Dynamic Chess Strategy
Unger Strategical Themes
van Reek Basic Strategy in the Endgame
van Reek Hypermodern Strategy
Waitzkin Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves
Walker Attacking the King: Fighting Strategy and Tactics for Checkmate
Watson Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances Since Nimzowitsch
Bob D.
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