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This Week's World Chess Column: Learning From Studies
Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8:55PM
This week's column is here, and the subject is learning from endgame studies. In fact there are many benefits that accrue from trying to solve studies, but the one I highlight is perhaps the least appreciated - the possibility of picking up themes from them to use in our own over-the-board practice. You'll find a spectacular example in the column, and although I don't know if Bent Larsen was aware of Leopold Mitrofanov's most famous study, he certainly might have been, and if he did it probably helped. But see for yourself, and see what you think.
tagged AGON, Bent Larsen, Mark Taimanov, endgame studies
Reader Comments (2)
The Chess Mind provides a useful RSS feed. Are there any RSS feeds for content at worldchess.com?
[DM: If there is I don't see it either, but I have nothing to do with their website aside from sending them a column once a week.]
Thanks for you legacy content covering Bent, Dennis! If you still find his games and style interesting, please do find more comradery around him, in the chess.com Bent Larsen group. We would love to have your strong abilities and enthusiasm in the group as we battle in the Fan Club League. We have 144 members and are growing. We are in the top quarter of the fan group leagues. If you care to join I will approve and introduce you. Cheers-
clarsen
[DM: That's nice of you to offer, and I wasn't even aware of such groups, so that's a further fringe benefit. Is there a general chess history group? That's something I might check out at some point, particularly if/as the weeks of coronavirus isolation stretch into months and seasons. Btw, is your last name a coincidence?]