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*** (If you are {still} searching for chess material, you can also check out the link at the top of the page. This site was voted to be: (the) "Best General Chess Web Site" for 2004, by The Chess Journalists of America!! [The CJA site.] Click HERE to see the meeting times for the Pensacola Chess Club. We would like to hold as many tournaments as possible, however, we are in need of a meeting site ... that would not be overly expensive. Use this link to see the information on any tournament ... or if you would like to download any of the flyers for these events. A.J.'s - Site Problem
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********************************************************* The 2013 Tata Steel (Wijk aan Zee) TournamentGM Magnus Carlsen was a run-away freight train, destroying the opposition! After he defeated Nakamura in the pentultimate round, he had already won the tournament with a 1.5 point lead, with a full round to spare!!! (Ridiculous! Unbelievable!) His play was also superb, some of his games almost defy description. (Some high points for me? His win over L'Ami, when he turned an opposite-colored Bishop ending - with a Rook also on the board - into a near mating net! Or his win over Karjakin, where he seemed to grind Sergey down to dust in a game that went almost 100 moves! Or his win against Nakamura, where he crushed poor Nak like an insignificant insect. I could go on ... ... ... but - by now - you should get the idea.)
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February 26th, 2003: After nearly 8 years of INTENSELY hard work, I have finally done it. All the games in MY list of the "Ten Best" are finally, thoroughly and DEEPLY annotated. All the games have a "JS re-play" page. Most have a very thorough and deep analysis of all the options, to include an opening repertoire. (I continue to refine and add to these pages on a regular basis. Nov. 20th, 2007.) |
Dozens of people have asked me to keep a list of what is new or what has changed.
That would be too difficult to do.
---> But now you can click
HERE
to see one of my latest creations.
(This will change every time I post a new page, or greatly
up-date an old one.)
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Click HERE to see the page with my latest annotated games.
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Bobby Fischer passes away at 64 years of age ... from an unspecified illness. (My page on this news item.)
I have always thought that H.N. Pillsbury ... was a great player, and perhaps belonged in the list of "The 25 Best Players" of all time. However, I usually don't find too many people to agree with me on this topic. Here's a blog that discusses this {briefly} in passing.
Click HERE to see the famous game, Lasker - Napier; Cambridge Springs, 1904.
In my quest to fix (and repair) broken links, you should be able to reach all the games on the page that is dedicated to all the best chess games of Garry Kasparov. (Click HERE.)
Tuesday / September 8th, 2009: A new page ... that will contain lightly annotated miniatures.
Thursday; September 10th, 2009: I have a new page for listing my (free) downloads. Check it out!!
Friday;
May 21st, 2010: My analysis of game # 12 of the World
Championship Match between GM V. Anand and GM V. Topalov.
(Click HERE.)
This is a very detailed and thorough analysis, there are also many diagrams
as well.
(You MUST check this out, there are many valuable
links here!!!)
Thursday; February 9th, 2012: Just a couple of days ago, the featured POTD (on the CG website) was this game. It took me a litle while, but I managed to complete a fairly decent analysis of this contest. ( HERE - is my analysis. )
Saturday; February 11th, 2012: Today, I finished a game that I had been working on for YEARS!!! [Click HERE to see this game.]
Sunday; April 29th, 2012: I added a new chess problem to my page on chess problems and chess puzzles. (Click here ... to go to that page.)
May, 2012: As soon as this game was played, I knew that I had to annotate it. Now - after nearly three weeks of hard work - it is finally ready. I have made a full analysis of game eight of the 2012 Anand-Gelfand World Championship Match, there are dozens of links and about 20 diagrams. (Click HERE.)
Monday; June 18th, 2012: Back in February, the CG website featured an interesting game as the "P.O.T.D." (Problem of The Day.) I started on doing an analysis on this contest almost right away, but many problems - including several computer crashes - prevented me from finishing my self-appointed task in a timely manner. Even though I temporarily might have forgotten about this clash, eventually I was to return to finish the job. After many months of work - and also many interruptions - I have finally completed my work, I have both a web page AND a video now on this epic short game of chess. (Click HERE.)
Wednesday; June 27th, 2012: I have done a nice job of annotation of game seven of the 2012 World Championship between Anand and Gelfand. This page reflects over a month of hard work, I started on this game the same day that it was played. (Click HERE.)
Wednesday; July 25th, 2012: I just updated my web page on the Steinitz-Chigorin (1892) game, I also added a (new) chess video as well.
Wednesday; September 19th, 2012: I present for you a game that I played on-line. It was only a three minute game, however, more than one person requested that I annotate it. There is a careful analysis (with diagrams) a re-play page, and a YT video. (Click HERE.)
Wednesday;
September 26th, 2012: Today, the game - which yields the POTD -
for today was between Viktor Kupreichik and Vitaly Tseshkovsky.
I have already completed the web page and the YT video for this game
... (Click
HERE.)
Sunday; October 14th, 2012: The POTD for yesterday was based on the game, Forster-Huebner; SUI-chT, 1994. I liked the game so much that I decided to turn it into a web page. It's a pretty decent analysis, there are three diagrams, a link to a replay page ... and even (of course!) ... a YT video.
Monday; November 12th, 2012: A fairly solid analysis of a one-minute game that I played on-line. (Click (Click here.)
Friday; November 30th, 2012: Fuderer clobbers Donner in a cute little game of chess, (Click HERE.)
Saturday; January 5th, 2013: I have covered the topic of cheating ... on my web pages, many, many times. (If you are a regular reader, than you would know this. I even had one website closed, because the cheaters on ICC and the Playchess server objected to my naming their handles.) Many years ago (1991?) - at a World Open, no less - I witnessed one of the first attempts to cheat by one "John Neumann." (He had an ally, someone who had a very strong program <telephone link?> in the hotel room, and they communicated via a radio keypad.) We had a French GM cheat a while back - at the FIDE Olympiads - and he was stripped of his title. Rybka 4 was stripped of its title when it became obvious that the first version of this program was simply a clone/copy of a strong "freeware" program. Now, once more, the specter of cheating has, once again, raised its ugly head. (Click HERE.) [More on this story.]
Monday;
February 4th, 2013: A
new case of cheating ... it is almost too funny, it's a politician who
is (also) under investigation for corruption!
(As an aside, there is another
case of cheating where I actually know someone who was involved. This
person sent me a game and asked that I check it - and I did. Although I
dismissed it - I felt sure that USCF would have taken the proper precautions
to prevent such an event - it now appears that I was sadly and grievously
mistaken. I think that all members must now demand that USCF STOP allowing
ANY electronic device to record a chess game ... period.) (GM
Serper tackles this topic.)
Friday;
April 9th, 2013: The POTD ... a few days back, (WED;
April 3rd) ... was very interesting. I decided that I wanted to make
a web page on it, it covers the theory of the Schliemann Gambit in the Ruy
Lopez. This is also the culmination of a couple of years worth of work. (I
had started another game on the Schliemann Gambit ... but never finished it.
What I did - with this web page - was to incorporate all of my analysis that
I had done previously on this opening.)
It is pretty good, so
check it out.
(Especially if you are a fan of this opening.)
Tuesday; May 7th, 2013: An old page ... but now made new. "How?" you ask? Well, I took an older page ... and then I gave it a complete facelift. I also checked the analysis with a modern engine, however, I found no major changes were required. (No real errors.) Then I added a new video and now its all done!!! And - if you are, (like me); a big fan of Boris Spassky, then you will not want to miss this one. Check it out!
Next?
(November, 2010) Garry Kasparov has his own site now ... click here to explore it.
(December, 2010) In 2004, I wrote an article on cheating ... it caused a real uproar, although I bent over backwards in an attempt to be fair. One user actually had one of my "Angel-Fire" websites erased ... in an attempt to block this information out. However, thanks to web archives, this information is now available again. (Click here to see my original article ... although it does NOT contain my original list of cheaters.)
(April, 2011) The best - and one of the most active chess club's in the whole country - has to be "The Saint Louis Chess Club." (They have also hosted many FIDE-rated events ... and the last two U.S. Championship tournaments.) Its an excellent site, you MUST check it out!
(May, 2011, updated January, 2012.) The U.S. Chess Federation's "Hall of Fame" has a new website. (Also here.)
Sunday; March 21st, 2004: After hearing (from one doctor) that he did not think my wife, (JULIE); would survive more than a year, (after her initial diagnosis) ... because of the type of cancer that she had; Praise the LORD God - she is doing fine; and absolutely no sign of the disease. (And thank his son, Jesus Christ! Rejoice!) (Please click HERE to read the full story!)
Wednesday; May 03, 2006: My wife just completes a long cycle of daily radiation therapy and also chemo-therapy to treat a re-occurrence of her cancer. (I continue to believe in God's miracle.)
Sunday; January 13th, 2008: My precious wife lost her battle with cancer ... and went to heaven to be with the Lord. Jesus - please help me to carry on.
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1.) Cambridge
Springs, 1904 - A site that looks like it was prepared by a professional. This is a
site that is completely dedicated to
perhaps
the strongest tournament that was ever played on American soil! It is also a
site that deserves to be better known than it actually is. A fun site
to kick around for
any chess player or lover of chess history. (This is NOT my site, but the site
of my friend, Steve Etzel of Wisconsin.)
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2.) SB's
Chess Page - Without question, one of the finest {private}
chess sites on the
'net. While occasionally
one of the links will not work, and
there are a few (mostly) minor errors,
the sheer amount of content here is of special note. Wow!
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3.) Tim Krabbe's
Chess
site. A chess author ... one of the first (big) chess web
sites.
(Whole books
have been written with the content contained within here!)
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4.) Bill Wall's excellent chess site.
A site that is filled with great content. Visit
it. I don't think
you will regret the time you took to do this.
(A great place to
explore, and there are
many great downloads as well. There is a lot of content here.)
(It's here!! Bill Wall's favorite game
of chess ... annotated by yours truly! This is the link
- right here.)
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5.) Dan Thomasson's excellent web site, "The
World Chess Academy." I have contributed
to this site, Dan would
love to have other masters -
and also qualified, nationally
known chess writers - contribute as well. (Contact
him.) My column.
(June,
2010: This website has been discontinued, but you can access the old files here.)
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6.) THE
website for ratings and
chess!! (This is the
site of Jeff Sonas, a very respected chess statistician.) The
size and also
the scope of this site
is simply scary, and I don't
think I have said this about
any
other website ... even my own!!! (I mean this in the highest form; as an honest
and
a very,
deeply sincere compliment.) I have been exploring this
site the last
couple
of weeks ... since the big re-do ... and it continues to amaze me. [more]
(July, 2011:
This website is currently gone, but previous
versions can be accessed at this
location. July 7th, 2011: Jeff sent me an e-mail, his site
will be back up very shortly.) Thursday / July 14th, 2011: Chess
Metrics is back!
# 7.) Everyone needs an occasional look at this, the MECCA website. (A chess encyclopedia.)
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8.) The new site
for the weekly publication of "The Week In Chess."
(You can download the archived files, weekly, to get all of the latest
games
and to
keep your database up-to-date. Plus - there is news, live games, and other items
of interest as well.) - November, 2012.
# 9.) Next?
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Send me your favorite chess site ... and maybe I will post it here.
Click HERE to go to my < humans vs. computers > chess web site.
Wednesday; August 25th, 2004: I received a very impassioned e-mail from a big fan. His e-mail basically said - "Hey, you have written about practically every subject under the sun. BUT!! ... You have completely ignored the area of computer chess, especially the games of HUMAN(s) versus COMPUTER(s). Why is this?"
My response was: "Oh, really? Did you know that I have an entire WEB SITE ... devoted to that subject?"
Check
out my "ROOK-and-PAWN"
Endgame School.
It's pretty good!
And after several YEARS of work, the R+P
section is finally finished. (Other sections - like the one for Q+P or N+P endings - are still
uncompleted.)
The section (now a page) on E-bay has moved, click HERE for all the details.
I NEED YOUR HELP!!! Click here for more details.
Sponsor wanted! (Donations accepted.)
NOTE: All original writings and thoughts on these pages, [MY ENTIRE WEBSITE!] AND all original graphics are copyrighted (c) to A.J. Goldsby I. They may not be copied, or reproduced in ANY form, (electronic, printed, or otherwise); ... without my express, written permission!!
Copyright © A.J. Goldsby, 1995 - 2011 & 2012. (ALL rights reserved.)
Just
so you will know, I have had literally hundreds, if not thousands, of e-mails
and other communications concerning my web site and my reviews at Amazon.com.
( Some days I have had well over 100 e-mails! {Of
course I get a certain amount of junk-mail too.} )
I have had
dozens of suggestions to improve my web site. (Many of the new pages
I have added have been by, "popular request.") I have tried to
listen to ALL of these opinions with a fairly open mind. So? Stay
tuned! I will be adding new pages and constantly trying to improve
and expand the old ones!
---> And THANKS!!! to everyone who has taken the time to write!
NOTE: Just about all my web pages are subjected to being updated, improved, changed, what have you. I really don't think any page is ever truly finished. I am learning though not to make any one page too big. (No one wants to wait that long while it is loading!)
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This is the world's best and largest {private} chess web site.
Nov, 2008: Please note ... there are many pages on this website that many search engines do not find. When I first started, I knew nothing about the "rules" of web design, nor did I limit my hierarchy/structure to the standard limit of three tiers. Therefore, there are many pages that you will find here that may not be found by using any standard search engine. Happy hunting! BTW, I have hundreds of public pages, but also over 1,500 private chess pages. (You have to be a paying student to see these!)
For example, my page(s) on the "Lucena Position," (explore the links on my "Training Page") ... started out as private web pages. However, it soon became obvious that everyone wanted (and needed) this type of instruction. So - by popular demand - these pages are now public. (permanently)
MANY people have written me asking that I put out a weekly or monthly magazine via e-mail. I would report to you on new pages on my web-site, things I had seen in chess, chess news topics, etc. I could also let you know when I write a new book review, so you could read it and then contact me to tell me what you think of it. While this is an excellent idea, I can barely keep up with my present work-load. BUT ... it may eventually come true sometime in the future. In the meantime, please send me an e-mail and just let me know your address. Just say, "Contact me when ever you do good stuff!" And I will. :)
[Did Mark Crowther start this way?]
Another problem I have experienced (a lot in the past) is that Yahoo has repeatedly "dumped" my site, i.e., they have removed my site (temporarily!) for taking too many hits! The ONLY way this problem will disappear is if I PAY to get the "unlimited data transfer" option! (Which I now have done.)
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If you have really enjoyed this website and would like to send a contribution/donation, my address is:
A.J. Goldsby I; P.O. Box 11718 / Pensacola, FL 32524 (U.S. Dollars only please.)
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*** September 11th, 2001 ---> Always remember! *** (My prayers will continue to go out to those families that were affected by this horrible and senseless tragedy of 9-11. I pray that you joyfully prosper in a way you never thought possible. Because only by doing so, can we show the nasty, grungy little terrorists of this world that they only make us stronger!!) God Bless America!! (Click HERE to see the ChessBase report and a commemorative picture gallery.) *************************************************************************************************************
Prayers and condolences to the families (and friends) of
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(April 24, 2001. I decided to address this issue, as I got OVER 30 e-mails today on the same subject!!)
Many people have written me and asked why I would repeat text, or make it so large as for one sentence to fill the entire screen. Most people seem to think I do this on purpose! The answer is, of course, that working on web pages and [html] code has turned me into a gibbering idiot.
All kidding aside, one of the problems I have had with all my web pages is the problem of corrupted and/or 'exploding' web pages. I am still not 100% sure what is causing this problem. (I went on to describe this problem in great detail ...)

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Welcome to my Web
site!
Hi, I am LIFE-Master
A.J. Goldsby I.
This
is my WEB PAGE.
:)
(How do you like it so far?)
(I first wrote the comment below {& above} back in the 1990's.)
Please be patient with me. This web-page stuff .........................
A short biography, (done); a chess resume (Explaining why should you listen to me.), (done); my list of the ten best chess books ever written, (done); (I have not [yet] written a chess book yet, so this is not some sort of self-promotional ad.); a personal study program from me guaranteed to make you a better player, (done); one of my annotated games (or more), (done); and my choice of the greatest player who ever lived. (done); Does this sound interesting to you? Also I want you to know what Internet sites I play chess on, (done); and where to play chess if you come to Pensacola, FL. (done).
Some of the categories I plan to bring you next? Short Bio's of some of today's top players, many more annotated games, more book reviews, and more chess ... chess ... chess.
*** Stay tuned. More good stuff is definitely coming! ***
What are the best chess books ever written? Who were the best chess players who ever lived? What were the best chess tournaments ever held? What are the best chess games ever played? What are the best, short games of chess ever played? What were the best and the most amazing chess moves ever played? When I created this website, this was just one of the areas I definitely wanted to cover. Click HERE to go to my "nerve center," where you can find links to all of these pages. (I also wanted to have my own chess course for beginners. This took nearly two years of development, then another year before I was able to complete this project. See my "Training" page for the appropriate link. I have received hundreds of e-mails thanking me for this.)
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Please read one of my many reviews!
(After very careful perusal of Amazon's "Top 1000 Reviewers" list, I find I may be the ONLY person who has reviewed nothing but chess books!! The approximately 100-125 reviews [more or less] that I have written to date on ONLY chess books compares very favorably to the now well OVER 7500, [That's a lot more than seven-thousand folks.] (!!); reviews written by the #1 Reviewer. (H. Klausner) In addition the #1 reviewer has reviewed dozens of different types of books in possibly hundreds of different categories. If you would like to see the list of 'Amazon.com's,' "Top 1000 Reviewers," then click here.
So I may be Amazon.com's #1 Reviewer of (just) chess books.
(If you have a chess book you would like me to review, drop me a line.
See
my e-mail address, above.)
(Did you know they have over 2,500 chess books?) [Listed.]
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Note: March 09, 2004. I have now written a few reviews of movies, non-fiction books, and other things. But what I wrote above was true at the time that I wrote it. I still concentrate almost entirely on reviewing chess books and chess software for Amazon. (I review video games for a software company. I have signed a strict license agreement with them. I cannot post any of those reviews here.)
I have written dozens of articles that have been nominated for awards by various organizations.
I have been nominated many times for the articles that I have written --- in various categories --- to, "The Chess Journalists' of America." [C.J.A.] I have won (more than) once and received several "Honorable Mentions" from the country's most prestigious organization that judges chess writers.
(Click HERE to go to my "Resume Page." Here you will see a list of some the articles I have written and some of the awards I have won.)
A Chess King.
(A cool little piece of modified clip-art.)
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I used a "clip-art" image to reproduce this.
I manipulated it [size] using several "art" programs; ( Like MS Paint, MS Image Composer, and even the image editor inside CompuServe's browser software. [To change the contrast and brightness of the image.] ) Then I went back to MS Paint & Image Composer and just filled in the "empty spaces" with color. I also touched the crown up a little. Pretty nifty, huh? Its a "Chess King." No complaints, either. After all, this IS a website about chess!

Actually, I put this in here mainly for me.
(I figured I deserved something for finally getting my website up and running.)
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Initially, (1994?); I had a friend that used to actually make the web pages for me, but only after I had written what I wanted to say - or I had completed the {chess} analysis. My very first chess web site was on another server, but that company was affiliated with the "Excite Group," and they went out of business a few years back. (Circa 1999.) This was (and is) the very first web site that I built entirely on my own. So I am extremely proud of it. (This site was completely overhauled in July of 2004. I re-did ALL of the major/main web pages.)
("Angels playing chess.")

(Remember these little guys? This was the very first artwork, or "star-dot GIF" file that I used on my website. I can't remember exactly where I got it, but I am sure I downloaded it off the Internet somewhere.)

Any time you see the animated medallion, (above ); you will know this is, "An A.J.'s Top Ten Pick." So it does not matter what page you are on, this indicates that this is one of my "Top Ten" picks in that category. It could be "Cool Sites," or "The Best Players," or even, "The Best Books."
Rest assured if you see this award, it was not given out lightly. It was based on my 30-plus years of chess related experience.
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So keep a sharp eye out!
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Over a million hits on this web page. (My old counter.) This counter uses a completely different system than the one below. It only counts unique visitors every (new) 12 (or 24) hour period. This is why it varies somewhat from the main GC counter, which counts every single hit. (A couple of e-mails have addressed this problem, and I always want your questions to be answered.) |
How does a counter work? Find out by clicking here. (Or here.)
(This link will take you to "Marshall Brain's website,"
that is called, "How Stuff Works."
This is an excellent web-site
to get information on just about ANY topic. The second link
takes you to the "Lumosity" website.)
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