our 2025 Chess Calendar can now be purchased from Bedre til Skak – a chess shop located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Chess, Puzzles and Other Games
our 2025 Chess Calendar can now be purchased from Bedre til Skak – a chess shop located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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My new book series about checkmates with names has been launched! The first 2 books have been published, the third one is on the way and will appear later in 2024.
Checkmate Quiz is a new way of presenting checkmates. Rather than just solving the checkmating puzzles, the correct name of the mate must be chosen from a list and match the position for extra points.
The Introduction in Checkmate Quiz 1 takes the reader on a tour de force through the history of naming checkmates and presents the most important 61 checkmates based on 5 main categories.
Get the books in our Etsy store.
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Our 2025 Chess Calendar contains positions from the 10th and 11th Chess Olympiads, played in Helsinki 1952 and Amsterdam 1954.
The Calendar is available for sale on ETSY. We sell it in the USA and to the rest of the world.
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I have created this blog page with 7 Exercises from one week of the Chess Calendar to show the 5 different levels. Playable solutions are available too. Continue reading “7 Exercises”
A new chess variant has seen the light of day!
Combo Chess is invented by IM Silas Esben Lund. It follows the rules of classical chess, but with the addition that 2 pieces can be merged on a square and their powers added up.
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I received the following game from an admirer of The Secret Life of Bad Bishops. Below is the position after move 20:
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My new online program Endgame Studies starts on Sunday.
As an appetizer, you can download the 8 puzzles for the class!
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I have started new online classes, you can find more information on these blog pages and in the PDF brochures:
Interesting Endgames – ONGOING, in cooperation with the Marshall Chess Club. I will most likely expand with 4 new classes beginning from Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 7-9pm (Eastern Time). Download the PDF brochure where you can find a detailed description of the 4 classes.
Complex Middlegames – UPCOMING. Starts on Monday, April 27 at 7-9pm (ET). Download the PDF brochure.
Endgame Studies – UPCOMING. Starts on Sunday, April 26 at 2-4pm (ET). This program is designed to also include people outside the US time zones. Download the PDF brochure.
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