[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meran Semi-Slav"]
[Black "Starting Moves"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{This week's blog post is on the Meran Semi-Slav, which arises after the moves
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {. The basic idea
of White's setup is to play e4, exchanging the Black d5-pawn and giving White[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Meran Semi-Slav"]
[Black "Starting Moves"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{This week's blog post is on the Meran Semi-Slav, which arises after the moves
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {. The basic idea
of White's setup is to play e4, exchanging the Black d5-pawn and giving White[Event "Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014"] [Site "Shamkir AZE"] [Date "2014.04.23"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Carlsen, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2881"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2014.04.20"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2014.04.28"]
[Event "41st Olympiad Open 2014"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2014.08.03"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Illingworth, Max"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2439"] [BlackElo "2672"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2014.08.02"] [Source "Max Illingworth"] [SourceDate "2008.10.04"] [WhiteTeam "Australia"] [BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.07"]
{In a recent column I offered some suggestions on how to meet the Berlin Wall,[Event "TCh-TUR Super League 2014"] [Site "Kocaeli TUR"] [Date "2014.08.21"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ding Liren"] [Black "Mamedyarov, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.08.18"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2014.08.25"] [WhiteTeam "T.S. Alyans Satranc Spor Kulubu"]
[Event "Politiken Cup 2014"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hansen, Max"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/2R2pbp/6p1/1Q1p4/1p1Pp3/4P1P1/PP1N2BP/2R3K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
{In today's blog post I will be covering the Politiken Cup, specifically of[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
{For this week's blog post I will investigate some of the critical moments[Event "Poughskeepie"]
[Site "Poughskeepie"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
{For today's blog post I'll look at the role of sleep in chess. Everyone knows
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.07.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "JETS Camp Puzzles"]
[Black "Puzzle 1"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/5ppB/5q2/8/8/8/2Q5/4K2R w K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{For this blog post I'll go through some of the more interesting positions I
covered at the recent Junior Elite Training Squad (JETS) Camp in Adelaide.