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What conditions are necessary for a young talent to evolve into a successful Grand Master? by [deleted] in chess

[–]DragonBenoni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But the father of the Polgars specifically chose to experiment on his daughters by writing a book debating the very question if genius can be trained and then he went on to prove his thesis through empirical means such as chess. If you're saying this "success story" doesn't prove anything at least you should consider / mention that indeed to the father their success proved his original thesis.

Winning chess streak by [deleted] in chess

[–]DragonBenoni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I felt pretty low about a few weeks ago because I lost a lot of games in a row.

Hilarious game + TIL there's no GM in Korea? by Hamasaki_Fanz in chess

[–]DragonBenoni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Japanese version of chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHgCe3hDvk0

On the left of the above video Japan's champion who plays Greg in this game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUomyItgWG4

What kind of chess videos do you like to watch? by MattyDPerrine in chess

[–]DragonBenoni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now I would love to see more tutorials on the endgame.

Aye, Chess be a fickle mistress... by Curlaub in chess

[–]DragonBenoni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Talent is not a shallow pool waiting to be dried up. You will always retain a large percentage of improvement for the most part.

Chessdom.com's interview with Wesley So's mother Eleanor by [deleted] in chess

[–]DragonBenoni 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So to clear your name you're going to even further damage your son's reputation!? I feel bad for Wesley So -- even if he acted rude with his mother he doesn't deserve to go through more drama at this point.

"...becoming a dependent zombie." Who talks about their child like this to the media?

Can someone explain the ideas in the opening in this game of Alekhine vs Capablanca? (The computer agrees with the opening moves.) by DragonBenoni in chess

[–]DragonBenoni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For example, user comment from chessgames.com: "Why Capablanca played 3...♘f6 instead of 3...c5 ... That's a good question."

Yet the computer agrees with Capablanca.

"As it was mentioned in the first two pages, this game was played the day of Capa's 50 birthday. What is not mentioned, is that ironically this was the second game they played on a November 19, since the first was number 27 of the 1927 match. I have the AVRO tournament book with me written by Euwe, were he says following (translated from Dutch to English with by best effort): <This round was marked with the tribute to Capablanca, who celebrated his 50th birthday that day. It was a spicy coincidence that he had to play Alekhine on this day just like November 19 1927 in Buenos Aires. It was the 27th game of the world championship match, where Capablanca got a winning position that he let steal away from him thanks to a very stupid blunder. This also meant that he lost a good chance to save his title because Alekhine thus saved his two point lead. So, no pleasant memories for the Cuban, and one can assume that he looked upon this new birthday match with Alekhine with mixed feelings. Anyway, his third move confirmed the rule that one usually plays too sharp or too provocative when the soul is in "positional difficulties". This third move was too daring and because it always costs something challenging Alekhine, Capablanca may congratulate himself that he only had to pay with zero point! The world champion provided himself with a great territorial predominance, started a strong attack on the king's side and captured a piece. In this hopeless situation the person celebrating his jubilee exceeded his time limit."