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The Chess Angle

Long Island Chess Club

The Chess Angle is the official podcast of the renowned Long Island Chess Club in NY. We discuss chess, tournament play, and improvement at the amateur and club level. Featured guests include titled players and dedicated amateurs. New episodes drop on Sundays. Web: www.thechessangle.com. Twitter (X): www.twitter.com/TheChessAngle. Email: info@thechessangle.com. Thank you for listening and we hope you win your next game!

134 - Ep. 132 (S8 Finale): Chess Teaching, Part 2: Materials, Resources, & Essential Concepts
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  • 134 - Ep. 132 (S8 Finale): Chess Teaching, Part 2: Materials, Resources, & Essential Concepts

    This episode is our Season 8 Finale! Neal will be taking an extended end-of-year break and will return with Season 9 in January 2025. This week, we continue our discussion on chess teaching with a focus on materials, resources, and essential concepts for developing players.

    Referenced Resources and Materials:

    Chess.com Chessable Practical Chess Exercises The Amateur's Mind Winning Chess Tactics Winning Chess Strategies Jeff Coakley books (red and green) Pandolfini's Endgame Course Openings: Starting Out series by Everyman Chess

    Referenced Chess Concepts for Developing Players:

    General board vision and not hanging pieces Address gross blunders Basic mates with the heavy pieces (but arguably, don’t worry about mate with the Bishop and Knight) Basic mating patterns: back rank mate, Anastasia’s mate, Epaulette’s mate, Smothered mate, etc. Lots of mate-in-1 and mate-in-2 exercises  Stalemate Basic tactical themes (pins, forks, skewers, overloaded piece, etc.) 3-move combinations Basic opening principles Basic middlegame & positional ideas (minor pieces, pawn structure, space, initiative, King safety, files and squares). Things like “rooks belong on open files,” “Knights prefer closed positions,” “Queen and Knight is a lethal attacking combination” Basic endgame ideas (King and pawn vs. King, the opposition, square of the pawn, triangulation, outflanking, rooks behind passed pawns, passed pawn tactics, rook and pawn endings, opposite colored bishop endings, Queen vs. pawn on the 7th, etc.

    📧 If you have a question or topic idea for a future episode, e-mail us at info@thechessangle.com.

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    Sun, 03 Nov 2024 - 40min
  • 133 - Ep. 131: Thoughts on Chess Teaching, Part 1: Philosophy & Structure

    What are the qualities of a good chess coach? How can one become a chess teacher? How should lessons be organized and scheduled? This episode is Part One of Two about chess teaching from both the teacher and student point of view. This week we focus more on the former. We also cover the following topics:

    Annotating your own games Is there a "rating ceiling" no matter how hard one works to improve? Can you take notes during an OTB tournament game? How to find time to play OTB games as a busy adult

    Referenced:

    How to Reassess Your Chess, 4th Ed. (Amazon) Ep. #15: When It's Your Turn to Move Ep. #124: Are Amateur Players Qualified to Coach Chess?

    📧 If you have a question or topic idea for a future episode, e-mail us at info@thechessangle.com.

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    Sun, 27 Oct 2024 - 44min
  • 132 - Ep. 130: Online Chess Cheating

    This week, we share our thoughts about online chess cheating. We believe it is rampant, while the online servers seem to downplay the amount of cheating taking place. We hypothesize that cheaters are using specific methods in an attempt to avoid detection, and we created nicknames for these players. We discuss the following cheating personalities and more:

    Larry "Long Pause" Sal "Smooth Moves" Oliver "Obvious Recapture" Donald "Decoy Move" Peter "Perfect Attack" Orlando "Only When Needed" David "Deliberate Early Blunder"

    Referenced:

    Long Island Chess Club YouTube Channel (instructional videos for busy adult club players - still a work in progress...)

    📧 If you have a question or topic idea for a future episode, e-mail us at info@thechessangle.com.

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    Sun, 20 Oct 2024 - 33min
  • 131 - Ep. 129: Seven Attacking Tips for Club-Level Chess Players

    This week, Neal discusses attacking play for the amateur player. Arguably, club players should approach attacks differently than titled players. This episode is divided into three segments:

    Listener Mailbag (elderly advice, withdrawing from tourneys, improvement realities) Does US Chess appreciate its local tournament directors? (opinion piece) 7 attacking tips for the club player

    Referenced:

    The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Amazon) Chess for Tigers (Amazon)

    📧 If you have a question or topic idea for a future episode, e-mail us at info@thechessangle.com.

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    Sun, 13 Oct 2024 - 32min
  • 130 - Ep. 128: Boosting Your Chess Rating & Higher-Rated Opponents (Game Analysis #12)

    Beating or drawing higher-rated opponents stems from winning the psychological game, since attempting to outplay them based solely on chess skill usually fails. We also discuss the following:

    Stop doing THIS and your rating will increase Opening choices Queenside castling: many forget to follow up with THIS move Why the Queen's Indian Defense is so powerful at the club level The "correct" time to consider offering a draw Playing & directing in the same event

    Game Referenced: 2013 vs. Neal (G/90;d10)

    1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Bb7 4. a3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Be4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. O-O-O d5 13. Kb1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. f3 c5 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 h6 23. e4 Qe6 24. Nc1 c4 25. Ne2 Qe5 26. Qd6 Qb5 27. Nc3 Qg5 28. e5 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Ne8 30. Qd7 Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Nc7 32. Ne4 Ne6 33. Kb1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

    📧 If you have a question or topic idea for a future episode, e-mail us at info@thechessangle.com.

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    Sun, 06 Oct 2024 - 49min
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