If you have any questions please feel free to call me - let's saddle up and go have some fun this Saturday!
- Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
DIRECTIONS TO ALTADENA MIDDLE SCHOOL from St. JOHN BOSCO
If you have any questions please feel free to call me - let's saddle up and go have some fun this Saturday!
- Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
UPDATED TWISTER FLIER * NEW VENUE *
************SPECIAL NOTICE************
PLEASE NOTE - The venue has changed FROM AKIMAL A-Al MIDDLE SCHOOL on 2720 E. LIBERTY LANE TO ALTADENA MIDDLE SCHOOL at 14620 S Desert Foothills Pkwy1, Phoenix, AZ 85048-4607 (Kyrene Altadena Middle School)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
TODAY'S LESSON - Weak Diagonals and the power of the annoying Queen Check!
First let us take a look at a game that is over in two moves! And all because of a weak diagonal and the POWER OF THE ANNOYING QUEEN CHECK!
Now for a three mover...
Annoying Queen checks can not only be used to deliver checkmate but they can more often be used to win unprotected pieces. L.P.D.O. = Lose Pieces Drop Off! As in the following example:
These were three of the many puzzles that we worked through today during our chess lesson. And now these three examples are here for all of our players to use as a review about the POWER OF THE ANNOYING QUEEN CHECK!
Enjoy - Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
Now for a three mover...
Annoying Queen checks can not only be used to deliver checkmate but they can more often be used to win unprotected pieces. L.P.D.O. = Lose Pieces Drop Off! As in the following example:
These were three of the many puzzles that we worked through today during our chess lesson. And now these three examples are here for all of our players to use as a review about the POWER OF THE ANNOYING QUEEN CHECK!
Enjoy - Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
THE NEXT TWO ASCF EVENTS...
...are qualifiers for "THE GOVERNOR'S CUP" at the end of this April. Here are the fliers for those of you who have yet to see them. If you have any questions about these chess tournaments please feel free to either call or email me. There will only be four qualifiers for the Governor's Cup this year and these are the first two.
Chess Coach Sean.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I PLAY CHESS...
One of the reasons why I play chess is because of the competitive outlet that it offers me. When you win you feel great. That's the truth - of course we all want to win when we play.
We don't always win though - in fact no one does. But when we don't win we have to accept the lessons offered to us - the ones that can help us to understand why we lost the game. That way in the future we can win more games - or at least play really interesting games that were well worth the time and effort that we invested in them. That is the truth folks - no sugar coating here.
Today - like most days - I played some warm up blitz games online early in the morning. Today was a good day in that I got to give the lessons and not receive them! Of course as a strong player I still have to be critical of my play and so I went over the opening phase of this game by using the MODERN CHESS OPENINGS (MCO) 15th Edition as my reference. Why - just to see what other people have done in this opening before. I made a mistake and was lucky to not lose the game - so hopefully in the future I will not make the same errors. It was interesting and now I will share the fruits of my "chess labors" with you. - Enjoy!
To play through the game just click on the "play" button and go through the moves of the game. To play through the sub-variations just click on them with your cursor and then play through them. This will allow you to watch the moves on the board while reading my commentary. For most students I would just recommend that they play through the game and enjoy that as a mini chess movie.
We don't always win though - in fact no one does. But when we don't win we have to accept the lessons offered to us - the ones that can help us to understand why we lost the game. That way in the future we can win more games - or at least play really interesting games that were well worth the time and effort that we invested in them. That is the truth folks - no sugar coating here.
Today - like most days - I played some warm up blitz games online early in the morning. Today was a good day in that I got to give the lessons and not receive them! Of course as a strong player I still have to be critical of my play and so I went over the opening phase of this game by using the MODERN CHESS OPENINGS (MCO) 15th Edition as my reference. Why - just to see what other people have done in this opening before. I made a mistake and was lucky to not lose the game - so hopefully in the future I will not make the same errors. It was interesting and now I will share the fruits of my "chess labors" with you. - Enjoy!
To play through the game just click on the "play" button and go through the moves of the game. To play through the sub-variations just click on them with your cursor and then play through them. This will allow you to watch the moves on the board while reading my commentary. For most students I would just recommend that they play through the game and enjoy that as a mini chess movie.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Get ready for our week seven meeting...
...which will be held at the same bat channel at the same bat time!
See you in the library for the next exciting installment of CHESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
See you in the library for the next exciting installment of CHESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Chess Coach Sean Tobin.
ENDGAME STUDY FOR THE BULLDOGS!
Fragment of an Endgame study by Afansiev
WHITE TO PLAY & WIN
TWO MOVE CHECKMATE!
Feel free to email me your answers - Coach Sean.
TWO MOVE CHECKMATE!
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