International Master Dr. Ken Regan, above, will be one of the instructors
STRATEGIC CHESS WORKSHOPS
featuring IM Ken Regan and Expert player Douglas Dubose
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, March 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st, 2008
10am till 2pm Register/Check in no later than 9:45am
Main Place Mall, Upper Level, 390 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14202
Bring chess board, chess set, notebook, pencil and open mind.
Dr Kenneth W. Regan, International Master, and Douglas W. Dubose, Chess Expert, will conduct two day workshops over the holiday vacation.
This workshop is targeted towards those USCF ratings of 1400 and under players. Adults and Scholastics are welcomed.
Topics are:
Tuesday and Wednesday March 18 & 19th, 2008Dr Kenneth Regan, International Master will cover the following: Vision of the Chess Board, Pawn Structure and Basic Middle Game Concepts.
Thursday and Friday, March 20 and 21st, 2008Douglas W. Dubose, Chess Expert will cover the following:Double King Openings and Bishop Openings. What tactics, strategies and concepts behind these openings.
Also each session will have a thematic game vs opponents, rated if uscf players.
Advance entry fees before March 16th, 2008 are Adults $20 or $30 Cash at the door. Scholastic entry is $10 or $20 CASH only at the site.Checks made payable to ARCHANGEL 8 CHESS ACADEMY, KLCC CHESS WORKSHOPS, 60F GUILFORD LANE, BUFFALO, NY 14221.
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An example of what I mean by "Vision of the Board" from this week's play in the Morelia-Linares super-tournament: Set up this position from move 79 of Carlsen-Shirov, White to play.
ReplyDeleteWhite: King c8, Rook c5, Knight d8, pawn b7
Black: King f6, Rook b1, Bishop h2.
A basic fact here is that Rook+Knight vs Rook is generally drawn when the defender's King has room in the center. So winning Black's Bishop for the b-pawn is not enough.
Carlsen played 79.Rc6+. Of the five legal moves for Black's King, what is the one square you must not step on? Well, poor Shirov did, and resigned on the next move! The whole game is here.
This is great. If only I was still back in ub, I would have attended. Now at work, but will try and make to Dr.Regan's lectures.
ReplyDeleteYou make so many great points here that I read your article a couple of times. Your views are in accordance with my own for the most part. This is great content for your readers. chess sets
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