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Best of the Week #6

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:09:23 UTC

It's time for another edition of the Best of the Week!

The forums have been buuuusy. Traffic has been high of late, which is definitely inspiring. Hats off to all of you who continue to make ChessVideos.TV the wonderful community it is. Anyways, on to the content...

Perhaps the most exciting discussion thread of the past week is Calm's coverage of a First Saturday Tournament in which he's participating. This is an IM-norm event. Calm has been doing quite respectably, making all of us at CV proud (and a little jealous!). The tournament is ongoing, so make sure to check out the thread and provide encouragement.

Meanwhile, I started a discussion about what I believe are ugly chess book covers. Some people disagreed, but I think we got a good discussion going. Let me know what you think.

Our last minute contribution to this round-up is evan7284's thread on funny chess moments. I've seen some crazy goings on at tournaments, so I know this thread has a lot of potential. Join in.

In the video forums we've had a variety of excellent lessons. Dennis' newest video is on viewer questions. If you like following a player over the course of a tournament, check out sfarmer29's series on the AZ Senior Championships. Start with his coverage of rounds 1 and 2.

Kamus has an ongoing series analyzing classic games of the past. Check out his videos on Andersson - Basman, 1974 and Gallagher - Johansen, 1984. High level analysis + good production quality = great ChessVideos.TV content! Similarly, ClausJensen's analysis of classic Bent Larsen games continues with his coverage of Larsen - Tal from their 1969 match.

Hitchiker produced a good round-up video on combinations at the EU team championships. Finally, I'd like to welcome new video producer Jrjrjr4 to the fold. Check out one of his live commentaries.

Well, that does it for this week. Once again, let me know what you think.

Viewer Games, Episode 10

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:36:22 UTC

This week Dennis brings you another edition of his popular series on viewer games. If you want the chance to have your game featured in Dennis' series, post it here.

Best of the Week #5

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:56:02 UTC

It's time to kick back, crack a canned beverage, and enjoy the ChessVideos.TV Best of the Week thread!

Perhaps the best discussion was in "A Novice Asks Difficult Questions". Many members chimed in with thoughtful comments on chess improvement and learning. Perhaps my favorite post came from FM Zibbit, who provided excellent advice for beginning players, explaining that "you are thinking too much, it's like as if you just learned basketball, you should be learning to dribble and shoot lay-ups, instead you are thinking about crossover dribbles and 360 dunks. Learn to dribble and shoot and later you will understand the other things better!"

The training journals forum is thriving, with a new journal from jackt and great updates from Kamus and Hitchhiker. jackt is a strong player who has been posting extensive comments on his training regimen, goals, and progress. Let him know what you think! Meanwhile, Kamus posted a bizarre game featuring the Mousetrap Gambit. Hitchhiker provided a tournament recap and very extensive analysis of a 1.e4 e5 game he recently played.

The video forums have been bustling. Dennis Monokroussos continued his popular series analyzing member games (if you want Dennis' thoughts on one of your efforts, check the thread in Training Videos From the Masters). In Master Hangout, curtains has decided to start providing a soundtrack for his live commentaries, much to the joy of his fans!

sfarmer29 has provided a bunch of great videos, including coverage of recent USCL games. Check out his coverage of Nakamura-Ramirez. You can also see his special Halloween treat on the Goring Gambit.

In a similar vein, kamus provided analysis of Keene-Miles, 1982 alongside audio commentary from Miles himself. Fascinating!

We also had an entertaining opening video from gentlewhisper. Our resident tournament director puts a lot of effort into these videos, so let him know what you think about his discussion of the exchange Grunfeld.

While we haven't had to much action in the Endgame Lessons forum, I'd like to highlight a slightly older video by JWhis. His analysis of a Rook + Pawn vs. Bishop is instructive and the beginning of what I hope is increased posting in the endgames forum. Hats off to you, JWhis!

Finally, I'd like to give some love to a series of live commentaries from Fuzion. Late Night Blitz #6 generated a thoughtful post from sfarmer29.

Comments on this post or ideas for next week? Post 'em here.

Viewer Games, Episode 9

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:18:15 UTC

In this week's lesson, Dennis Monokroussos brings you the ninth installment of his viewer games series. Make sure to check out the video! If you'd like the chance to have Dennis examine one of your games, post here.