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Interviews
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Fascinating interviews
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Interview with GM Boris Alterman - by Harvey Mandell
GM Boris Alterman has been a prominent participant in the now defunct Kasparovchess.com and now is a leading member of the Internet Chess Club where he comments on grandmaster games, plays blitz against all comers and is available for private lessons. He is the grandmaster member of the trio which developed the program for the leading chess computer program recently engaged in the famous match against former world champion Garry kasparov. GM Alterman now lives in Rishon L'Tzion, Israel, where he is a chess professional.
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Interview with Sofi Polgar - by Harvey Mandell
The Polgar sisters are the chess world's parallel to the tennis world's Venus and Serena and their father. Schooled at home in languages and chess by their father, Laszlo, the Polgar sisters, Sophia (Sofi), Judit (Judith) and Zsuzsa (Susan) reached world class stature at very early ages. Judit is a GM and among the top 20 players in the world. Susan has been woman's world champion and GM and Sofi is now WGM and IM. Susan and Sofi no longer play in tournaments regularly but are engaged in teaching. The sisters are scattered, Judit in their native Hungary, Susan in Queens, New York and Sofi in Rishon L'Zion, Israel.
In addition to being wife and mother, Sofi is a fixture on kasparovchess.com, teaching, commenting on grandmaster games, and taking on all comers in blitz, chatting in the chat box all the while with her devoted followers.
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Strategy
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Some short tips on chess strategy
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How to win a won game
by WGM IM Sophia Polgar
There are several stages of a won game. Getting a small advantage out of or after the opening; then increasing a small advantage to a big plus; and finally winning a won position. I (Sophia Polgar) don’t know which is the hardest part of the three. If I had won all my games with big advantage… Building up a winning position usually takes a lot of time but spoiling it can be a matter of a single move. There are many things that can go wrong, among them the traps that the opponent sets for us. Another reason simply is running out of energy and losing concentration by the end of a long game and making mistakes from tiredness. A few tips for increasing an advantage and winning a won game:
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Touch Move Rules
Players, except in blitz games, should play with "touch move" rules. It's good discipline, and teaches one to sit on one's hands before making a move. In tournament play, these rules are absolute.
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