October 2018 – IM Silas Esben Lund

Handmade Chess Leather Bag

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Weekly Chess Letter #4

Black to move: find a plan.

White to move.

White to move: where to go with the rook?

Black to move.

White to move.

White to move: is there a defence?

These are the 6 critical moments I have selected for this week’s Chess Letter.

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Weekly Chess Letter #3

White to move: what would you play?

White to move.

Black to move.

White to move.

Black to move: is it possible to construct a fortress in the a8-corner?

Black to move: how to defend this position?

Here are 6 critical moments from this week’s Chess Letter.

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Weekly Chess Letter #2

White to move: evaluate 21.Nxd5

White to move.

Black to move.

White to move: find the winning plan.

White to move.

Black to move: exchange queens on d5?

The Weekly Chess Letter #2 is out. I have put together 6 of the critical moments from the game fragments.

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Opening Simulator: King’s Indian Defence

Black to move. Level 3.

The draft of my next book has been handed in to Quality Chess and will probably come out sometime during the spring or summer of 2019. The book is co-written with Danish IM Andreas Hagen.

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Weekly Chess Letter #1

White to move.

Black to move.

Black to move: choose between 23…Rc7 and 23…Nd5

Today, on Friday, October 5th, I am launching the Weekly Chess Letter.

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