AugustChess Life
Columns
12 LOOKS AT BOOKS Teaching Chess in the Schools By C.K. Damrosch
18 CANDIDATES MATCHES
Chess 1, Poker 0 By GM Ian Rogers
At the Kazan Candidates Matches, “Ol’ Man” Gelfand impresses and Kamsky narrowly misses.
24 INTERNATIONAL CHESS Chess without Money: Stepping away from North America’s
“Big Tournament” Culture By Jonathan HIlton
What would chess look like in a world where money is not part of the game?
40 CHESS CLUBS
Metropolitan Chess: The Club of the Year By IM Jack Peters
A club in Los Angeles quickly earns national recognition through its innovative strategies.
48 SCHOLASTICS
An Encouraging Purr By Andrea Rosen
The mother of the 2011 National High School champion discusses raising a champion.
On The Cover
Perhaps no area of chess has changed more dramatically due to the rise of technology than has correspondence chess. Our cover artist Jon Cannell pays tribute to this, showing the evolution from postal to correspondence chess from postcards to laptops.
4 Chess Life — August 2011
uschess.org 14 CHESS TO ENJOY
Blunders Happen By GM Andy Soltis
16 SOLITAIRE CHESS
The Losing Way By Bruce Pandolfini
52 BACK TO BASICS
Optimism Triumphant By GM Lev Alburt
54 ENDGAME LAB
The 2011 Melody Amber Tournament By GM Pal Benko
Departments 3
PREVIEW
6 COUNTERPLAY 8 FIRST MOVES 11 USCF AFFAIRS 58 TOURNAMENT LIFE 78 CLASSIFIEDS 79 SOLUTIONS
COVER STORY
28 | A Tale Of Two Knights, Golden By FM Alex Dunne
Recapping the 2003 and 2004 Golden Knights tournaments
32 | Brave New World: Human Intuition and Computer-assisted Chess
By Dr. Howard Sandler and the
Chessgames.com World Team
How a gang of amateurs bested some of the strongest players on earth.
36 | Stephen Ham, ICGM By FM Alex Dunne
Our latest player to earn FIDE’s top-title discusses the state of correspondence chess.
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