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The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess: Game 500
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Sep 22, 2022
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#4
Have you continued with this project?
I read the first part of this book in the 1970s using a library copy. About ten years ago I bought a copy and frequently go over some of the games. I’ve probably only been through 1/3 of the games, though. They are instructive.
I have the PGN of all games on my computer and my iPad.
Sep 23, 2022
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#5
Yes, I'm still plugging away at it. I did game 876 tonight. The only days I've missed have been when traveling out of town. The book highlights how critical it is to develop your pieces.
Sep 23, 2022
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#6
I went through a dozen games on my flight from Seattle to Columbus today. Posted this position on my blog’s FB page. White to move.
Sep 24, 2022
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#7
As you know, the position is from Game 112 in which White gave Knight odds. Notice Black never castles and his King is duly punished for it. Chernev introduced the game as follows: “You can recognize a Knight-odds player by his routine, mechanical moves, even when his house is in flames.”
Nov 30, 2022
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#8
I’m on game 414. I alternate between this book, the latest Informant, and a few others I’m working through, spending at least thirty minutes each morning on some light chess study.
Jan 4, 2023
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#9
d4nf6 wrote:
Five hundred days ago I started going through Irving Chernev’s The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess. I enter a game each day in a ChessBase database containing the games and Chernev’s annotations and introduction for each game. Today, I reached the half-way milestone of game 500. The common threads in the games are that lack of development and few defenders around your King lead to quick losses. Here in game 500 after Black’s eleventh move he has only one piece developed and scant defenders near his King. Chernev introduced the game as follows: “A pseudo-sacrifice of a Bishop sets Black back on his heels, and the rest is no strain on White. His Queen makes only one move, but the gesture is threatening enough to call for immediate resignation.”
Yesterday, I went through games 500-504. I showed number 500 to my students at an after school chess club. So far as I can tell, it appears in two books: Chernev's and the Polgar Brick (Chess in 5334 Positions), where it was derived from Chernev.
I'm curious about Chernev's source. Perhaps it was published in some obscure chess magazine.
Five hundred days ago I started going through Irving Chernev’s The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess. I enter a game each day in a ChessBase database containing the games and Chernev’s annotations and introduction for each game. Today, I reached the half-way milestone of game 500. The common threads in the games are that lack of development and few defenders around your King lead to quick losses. Here in game 500 after Black’s eleventh move he has only one piece developed and scant defenders near his King. Chernev introduced the game as follows: “A pseudo-sacrifice of a Bishop sets Black back on his heels, and the rest is no strain on White. His Queen makes only one move, but the gesture is threatening enough to call for immediate resignation.”