💢 John L. Watson
💢 Chess International Master And Author
♦️ John Leonard Watson is a chess International Master and author.
♦️ Watson was born in (1951) Milwaukee and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He was educated at Brownell-Talbot, Harvard, and the University of California, San Diego, where he took his degree in engineering. He has won many chess tournaments including the first US National High School Chess Championship and the American Open.
Watson is best known as a chess theorist and author, and has written more than thirty books on many aspects of chess. His 1999 book Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy won the British Chess Federation's Book of the year award as well as the United States Chess Federation Book of the Year. The successor volume Chess Strategy in Action was the Chesscafe Book of the Year. These two books explore and theorize how radically chess has changed since the early 20th century, and how old and supposedly 'time-tested' rules for the conduct of play have been replaced by broader and revolutionary practice over-the-board. These books have been translated into several languages. In a lighter vein, Watson wrote the Chessman comic book series, illustrated by Chris Hendrickson and Svein Myreng. Chessman Comics are now out-of-print collectors' items. Watson has a regular book review column at The Week in Chess, the publication of the London Chess Centre (available online). He has a weekly Internet radio show 'Chess Talk with John Watson' on Chess.FM, the radio arm of the Internet Chess Club (ICC).
♦️ Watson is also much in demand as a chess coach; his students have included Tal Shaked, the 1997 World Junior Champion, Senior Master Patrick Hummel, Abby Marshall, and also other US scholastic champions.
♦️ A memorable game by John Watson👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ John L Watson vs Alexey Dreev
▪️ Moscow (Russia) (1985), It, rd 34
▪️ Vienna Game: Mieses Variation (C26)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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💢 Chess International Master And Author
♦️ John Leonard Watson is a chess International Master and author.
♦️ Watson was born in (1951) Milwaukee and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He was educated at Brownell-Talbot, Harvard, and the University of California, San Diego, where he took his degree in engineering. He has won many chess tournaments including the first US National High School Chess Championship and the American Open.
Watson is best known as a chess theorist and author, and has written more than thirty books on many aspects of chess. His 1999 book Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy won the British Chess Federation's Book of the year award as well as the United States Chess Federation Book of the Year. The successor volume Chess Strategy in Action was the Chesscafe Book of the Year. These two books explore and theorize how radically chess has changed since the early 20th century, and how old and supposedly 'time-tested' rules for the conduct of play have been replaced by broader and revolutionary practice over-the-board. These books have been translated into several languages. In a lighter vein, Watson wrote the Chessman comic book series, illustrated by Chris Hendrickson and Svein Myreng. Chessman Comics are now out-of-print collectors' items. Watson has a regular book review column at The Week in Chess, the publication of the London Chess Centre (available online). He has a weekly Internet radio show 'Chess Talk with John Watson' on Chess.FM, the radio arm of the Internet Chess Club (ICC).
♦️ Watson is also much in demand as a chess coach; his students have included Tal Shaked, the 1997 World Junior Champion, Senior Master Patrick Hummel, Abby Marshall, and also other US scholastic champions.
♦️ A memorable game by John Watson👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ John L Watson vs Alexey Dreev
▪️ Moscow (Russia) (1985), It, rd 34
▪️ Vienna Game: Mieses Variation (C26)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 17...N×d5?!
A dubious sacrifice.
Black could have played something like Qd6, Rc8 or Bg4.
18.Q×d5 Bg4 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Qb3 B×d1 21.R×d1 +/-
A dubious sacrifice.
Black could have played something like Qd6, Rc8 or Bg4.
18.Q×d5 Bg4 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Qb3 B×d1 21.R×d1 +/-
📘 17...f5?
17...Nd4 or simply 17...Bf5 are more logical.
18.Ne×c5 d×c5 19.B×c5 Ned6 20.e×d6 +-
17...Nd4 or simply 17...Bf5 are more logical.
18.Ne×c5 d×c5 19.B×c5 Ned6 20.e×d6 +-
20...g5?
26-year-old Russian grandmaster Nikita Matinian made a mistake which has been exploited by Shahin.
21.Rd6! R×d6 22.e×d6 Q×d6 23.f×g5 Bg7 24.Q×e6+ Q×e6 25.B×e6+ Kh8 26.Nh4 +-
26-year-old Russian grandmaster Nikita Matinian made a mistake which has been exploited by Shahin.
21.Rd6! R×d6 22.e×d6 Q×d6 23.f×g5 Bg7 24.Q×e6+ Q×e6 25.B×e6+ Kh8 26.Nh4 +-
📘 38.d6??
Mersad Khodashenas' blunder in an equal position (38.Rf7+ Kg4 39.K×g6 Re2 40.f5=).
He is a 20-year-old Iranian international master.
38...Rd2 39.Rf7+ Kg4 40.Rf6 h2 41.R×g6+ Kf3 42.f5 h1=Q 43.Kg7 Qa1+ 0-1
Mersad Khodashenas' blunder in an equal position (38.Rf7+ Kg4 39.K×g6 Re2 40.f5=).
He is a 20-year-old Iranian international master.
38...Rd2 39.Rf7+ Kg4 40.Rf6 h2 41.R×g6+ Kf3 42.f5 h1=Q 43.Kg7 Qa1+ 0-1
📕 20...g5!?
Simplified yes, but black can launch a 'majority attack' - advancing his king-side pawns to create space and expose weaknesses. Black is better precisely because it is much more problematic to launch the equivalent on the queenside. In fact, such endings arise with relative frequency in the Sicilian and are hence of considerable practical importance.
Simplified yes, but black can launch a 'majority attack' - advancing his king-side pawns to create space and expose weaknesses. Black is better precisely because it is much more problematic to launch the equivalent on the queenside. In fact, such endings arise with relative frequency in the Sicilian and are hence of considerable practical importance.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 291
anonymous poll
B: c6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
C: B×c3 – 3
👍👍👍 23%
A: Re8 – 2
👍👍 15%
👥 13 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
B: c6 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 62%
C: B×c3 – 3
👍👍👍 23%
A: Re8 – 2
👍👍 15%
👥 13 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 292
A: Rc4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: Rc7 – 3
👍👍 21%
B: f5 – 2
👍👍 14%
👥 14 people voted so far.
A: Rc4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 64%
C: Rc7 – 3
👍👍 21%
B: f5 – 2
👍👍 14%
👥 14 people voted so far.
At the drawing of lots for the traditional Wijk aan Zee tournament, 14th January 1980. Jan Timman, Viktor Korchnoi & Hans Böhm.
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Amsterdam IBM tournament, July 1980. A handshake before play in the 9th-round encounter between Jan Timman and World Champion Anatoly Karpov.
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