My Chess Blog

"Some people have one great dream in life which they fail to fulfil. Others have no dream at all and fail to fulfil even that...." - Fernando Pessoa Like in life, where simple things.....and simple thoughts and simple deeds are the most profound and most difficult to entertain, do...... so in Chess ! .....simple moves are the most difficult to visualise, understand and.....play! Surgeon Atul Gawande writes thus, in his famous book "Complications": " We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimes plain old guessing. The gap between what we know and what we aim for persists. And this gap complicates everything we do ." .....and what can we say of Chess....and the assumptio

At times, the seeds for a fine game is sown long before the game has begun....or just commenced! And it involves both the parties! Modern day Chess, has undergone a "change" as they say.....an inevitable change...where the endeavour is to take one's opponent far away from his database....into wilderness.... But....at times, this ends up losing the track for the player who indulged in this kidnap! Meanwhile, the game of chess remains the same....beyond this phase called "opening"....and travels on the well laid track provided by our past masters...which they discovered through their well intended experiments and love for the game. So, the aim of a player is to reach this stage unscathed....in the process of circumventing opponent's preparation and landmines....and get a position which is playable...! Dronavalli Harika - Michael Adams, IOM, 2016 The latest fad...."Giuoco Piano".... .....the move 3.Bb5 meets with the 'nig