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‘A Famous Old Line’

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Sean Coffey

This month marks 60 years since the tournament at Venice 1953, and the game Paoli-Schmid, in a then-critical variation of the Winawer. Schmid uncorked a startling innovation, forcing White to sacrifice an exchange, reaching the diagrammed position. Black, to move, … Continue reading →

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Winawer Praxis

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Sean Coffey

This month’s issue of The New Winawer Report, now posted on the tnwr page, considers two games from the past few months, each featuring lines covered in previous issues. The first, Rimkus-Rekhtman, WS/M/428 ICCF corr 2013, is in a sacrificial … Continue reading →

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Williams-Collins, Cork Masters 2013

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The Quality Chess blog has a post today (“Bored to Death?”) covering Simon Williams’ win against Sam Collins at the Cork Masters this year. The starting point for the post is the diagrammed position, rather a simple-looking one, with Sam, … Continue reading →

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An Argentine variation

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The latest issue (#8) of The New Winawer Report has been posted (along with the games). This one considers a provocative sideline, in which Black adopts an alternative to the usual setup, via 10. … dxc3 and 11. … b6, … Continue reading →

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Lothar Schmid 1928-2013

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Sean Coffey

“Lothar Schmid, Chess Referee” ran his recent obituary in the New York Times, referring to his distinction of serving as arbiter in Fischer-Spassky, Karpov-Korchni 1978, and Karpov-Kasparov 1986, while the Daily Telegraph led with his extraordinary collection of chess books, … Continue reading →

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From My Six Memorable Games

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The sixth issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This issue considers the late Robert Byrne’s idea of 12. h3 and 13. g4. This is still a dangerous idea and it seems surprisingly under-utilised, … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 5

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The fifth issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This issue continues with the much-maligned, but much-better-than-its-reputation, 13. Be3. Black has a few viable options, but one of the main lines reaches the diagram … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 4

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The fourth issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This one continues with the main line of the poisoned pawn variation. A game from this year’s Gibraltar Masters, Janev-Quillan, featured 13. Be3. This was … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 3

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The third issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This one moves on to the main line of the poisoned pawn variation. In the main line with 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 2

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The second issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This one continues with the 10. Kd1 line in the Winawer poisoned pawn, which is rare but features some very interesting chess. Modern practice has … Continue reading →

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