Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 15, 2012

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Fulpius)
1. Qe6

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

2012 TOC and Memorial have been rated by the CFC

See the crosstables

2012 TOC

2012 Memorial

Congratulations to the following who achieved new peak ratings:

Ken Einarsson 1829
Jhun Gilbang  1757
Gautam Sharma  1461
Joshua Huston-Earle 1456


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Cecil's Saturday Puzzle - December 1, 2012

from the Winnipeg Free Press
White to mate in 2 (Kofman)

Friday, November 30, 2012

Chess books for sale

Your blogger is selling some good used books.
If you are interested in any, please email me  - chessmanitoba  at gmail dot com.

Dynamic Chess, Coles    $ 5
Chess College 1: Strategy, Grivas    $ 9

Chess College 3: Technique, Grivas    $ 9
C.O.O.L. Chess, Motwani           $ 8

Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces, Stohl    $ 13
Kings of chess; chess champions of the twentieth century: Lasker, Capablanca, Alkehine, Euwe, and Botvinnik,
William Winter $ 5

Bobby Fischer rediscovered, Soltis  - $ 10

World Champion at the Third Attempt, Sanakoev $ 9

The English Attack, Sammalvuo, $ 9
Nunn's Chess Openings, John Nunn, Joe Gallagher, John Emms, Graham Burgess - $ 12
The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book volume 1, Romero $ 12

Understanding Your Chess, Rizzitano - $ 9

Improve Your Attacking Chess, Simon Williams, $ 12
The Nimzo-Indian: 4 e3, Carsten Hansen, $ 9
The Complete Najdorf 6 Bg5, Nunn - $ 7 
The Slav - Burgess, $ 8
The Taimanov Sicilian, Burgess, $ 9   

Sicilian Taimanov, Plaskett $8 
The Slav - Sadler, $8 
The Sicilian with...Qb6, Ilic $ 7
 Secrets of Opening Surprises Vol. 1 - New in Chess - $ 9
Secrets of Opening Surprises Vol. 3 - New in Chess - $ 9
Secrets of Opening Surprises Vol. 5 - New in Chess - $ 9
Secrets of Opening Surprises Vol. 10 - New in Chess - $ 9
Scandinavian Defence – the Dynamic 3…Qd6, Melts $ 7
Secrets of Spectacular Chess (1st edition),Levitt and Friedgood - $ 8

Link to pdf List and descriptions below 

Chess books