Chess Quote Of The Day

	When I was thirteen I became entranced with Alekhine's games. Strangely enough, this had no influence on my style and I ended up playing in a materialistic positional vein.
	--- Silman

Chess Puzzle

White to play
O De la Riva Aguado vs Ermenkov

22. ?
See game for solution.

	The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains.
	--- Rudolf Spielmann

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Game Of The Day

Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4  4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5  b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8# 1-0

3.Bg4 A ▼ This is a weak move already.--Fischer

9.Bg5 A ▼ Black is in what's like a zugzwang position here. He can't develop the [Queen's] knight because the pawn is hanging, the bishop is blocked because of the Queen.--Fischer

Quote Of The Day

	Far from all the obvious moves that go without saying are correct.
	--- Bronstein

Chess Opening #2

Steinitz Defence

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Steinitz Defence

The Steinitz Defence (also called the Old Steinitz Defence) (ECO C62), 3...d6, is solid but passive and cramped. Although the favorite of the first world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, and often played by world champions and expert defensive players Emanuel Lasker, José Capablanca, and occasionally by Vasily Smyslov, it largely fell into disuse after World War I, as its inherent passivity spurred a search for more active means of defending the Spanish. White can force Black to concede the strongpoint at e5 (see Tarrasch Trap), a significant but not fatal concession.

The deferred variant of this defence (3...a6 4.Ba4 d6) offers Black a freer position and is more popular.