GM Alex Colovic shares some sage advice for how to approach a game where you are higher rated player. “You are the stronger player. So calm down. In a normal game when nothing unexpected happens, you’re expected to win. What you should be striving for therefore is a normal game.” (GM Alex Colovic’s Blog)
Why do so many players get stuck at the 1500-1800 level? Sam Asaka has some ideas. (Road to Infinity)
How should one incorporate the engine into a game review routine? (On the Road to Chess Master)
Kevin Lincoln wrote about Ben Mezrich’s book and the future of chess cheating. “One confrontation between Niemann and another American grandmaster in a parking lot, the details of which Mezrich admits are hypothetical, is so stilted and confusing that it risks knocking the entire narrative off its axis.” (Bloomberg News)
A chess documentary “Grandmasters” premiered at the Tribeca film festival, and as far as I can tell, it is NOT about the Niemann-Carlsen scandal. Rejoice! (Tarjei Svensen for Chess.com)
In Leonard Barden’s latest he writes about Roman Shogdzhiev, an 11-year old Russian kid who recently got his first GM norm, and is receiving 7 lessons from GMs per week. (The Guardian)
IM Junta Ikeda reviews GM Igor Zaitsev’s classic Attacking the Strongpoint. “It’s probably the most Proustian chess book I’ve read.” (Infinite Chess)
Nick Visel gives a thumbs up to IM Herman Grooten’s Chess Strategy for Club Players (Nick Plays Chess)
That’s all for this week- catch you next time- Ben
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