Hi everyone!

How are you all?

Just wanted to let you know that this year I am going to be an autor
and a co-author of two (!!) books! "Fighting the Anti King's Indian"
will be out in August this year and "Dangerous weapons- the King;s
Indian" will be out in November!

There is some info on the 1st book on www.everymanchess.com website
already!

Best wishes,
Yelena

Chess success secrets gives you the very same hardcore tips and
strategies used by Grand Masters to win tournaments for decades!
Just imagine what it'll be like when you put these techniques to use
and start to win more games than ever before, with less effort than
ever before!  You'll be able to take on just about anyone...and win
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Who will you "test" your new found chess techniques on first?  A
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Maybe you'll head over to your local chess club and challenge one of
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Imagine the look of disbelief on his face after being beat so easily
by YOU!
Can you picture it?  I certainly can!  In fact, these strategies have
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Just think about how much time this information will save you in your
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you're going to become the next Kasparov over night, but I can tell
you that these strategies work.
http://chessmlq.blogspot.com/#

Dear friends,

I have written a book on the Gruenfeld Defence (Play the Gruenfeld) for
EverymanChess Publishing and it will be out in June in the US & EU in
July.

Please check out the ebook free samples and contents at
http://www.everymanchess.com/ !:-)

Best wishes,
Yelena

Hello everyone,
I found a great website http://www.chessrankings.com , You can keep a
track of all your games. Play online / offline, enter your scores here.
Register, start a new club and invite your friends !!!

Great fun.

Hello everyone!

Sorry for not updating you about books and other for so long!

First of all, I want to let you know that I was the best woman in
Mediterranean Men & Women Championship 2007 in Cannes! Here is the link
to some news http://wcc2004.fide.com/news.asp?id=1274 .

Secondly, I have finished working on the Gruenfeld book - Play the
Gruenfeld - for Everyman Chess. Here is a link to its website -
http://www.everymanchess.com/display.php?id=432

Best wishes to all of you!
Yelena

CHESMAYNE Chess Dictionary:-

                http://homepage.eircom.net/~reidr1/index.html


Believe it or not - it comes down to this…
Best `MEMORY' wins versus best `INTELLECT' wins.
It's YOUR choice?

2nd Accordians 1:1 a note from the editor:  Are you fed-up playing
traditional chess like a robot with brain-dead geeks?  These days the
competition has got so hot that if you haven't got your GM title by
your early teens - forget it.  Some of these kids start playing at 2,
3 and 4 years of age leaving late starters [6 to 11 years of age] at
a considerable disadvantage.  The best trained memories have an
unseen advantage [best memory wins].  It's like playing with a
handicap that is not visibly apparent at the start of a game - isn't
it?  The player who can memorize and recall Level-1 board positions
has a decided advantage even before a single move is made on the
board!  Even Judge Judy would raise an eyebrow!  Subtle but not very
obvious - and you are left wondering why you find yourself constantly
losing to Level-1 players - don't you?  `Random Chess' has tried to
address and solve this anomaly by changing the Initial Starting
Position [ISP] of the KI, QU, ROs, BSs and KTs.  Some have found this
helpful.  With the ISP randomized it is not possible to memorize
openings, gambits and defenses.  You have to think on your feet.  By
the way, 960 ISPs are possible using an orthodox chess set.  Please
see the section on blockers which gives examples of how to change the
board itself - new and quite exciting!  An orthodox chess set is used
but the squares on the board of various types are blocked-off during
play in order to alter the parameters of the ISP.

2nd Accordians 1:2 once you cop-on and get to figure this one out you
realize that you are actually being defrauded/cheated - a silent con
job that is never spoken or even mentioned by arbiters and the rule
makers [even they might not be aware of this problem and if they are
will usually keep silent].  The game is actually skewed!  Wake up!
Prove this fact to yourself: ask your opponent to play a game of
chess using Level-2 or 3 of traditional western chess [see examples
below] and you will find that you now have an even playing field once
again - a proper sporting chance of winning [best intellect wins].
You will find that their Level-1 rating does not transfer to Level-2
and 3!  Why?  Because their memory of Level-1 board positions is not
as useful or useless at other levels of play.  Do you see?  Of course
you do!  I just hope that this doesn't cause a riot in the chess
world - more than likely I think that a civil war is the only endgame
solution here [`memory' versus `intellect'], just choose your side in
this battle!  The last time a collapse of a chess system occurred [a
rare event indeed], was with Shatranj but this took a few hundred
years to play itself out and ended around the 1500s in Europe - and
took many more decades before it solidified into its present fixed
form - now identified as traditional western chess or `orthodox'
chess that is played on an 8 x 8 chequered board.  You will notice
that today 99.9% of people don't play or even remember the name of
the former game that was played from the 7th to the 15th centuries.
By the way, the other 0.1% are aficionados who do remember!  The
battle has faded into history and is now forgotten and buried or, so
it seems!  However, the skeletons are once again beginning to rattle -
  their graves are being reopened and the bodies are being exhumed.
One of the few things that we have in common with our ancient
ancestors is chess.  From the dawn of civilization most cultures have
played chess in one form or another.  The mummies of the Pharaoh's of
Egypt who played Senet around the pyramids some 3,200 years ago have
joined those who played Chatrang and Chaturanga in this never-ending
battle - the chess equivalent of "The Night Of The Living Dead"…….

2nd Accordians 1:3 what you need to realize is that your intelligence
is actually as good, if not better than your opponents - you just
aren't aware of this - and those in the know won't inform you - why
should they?   It's not in their interests to do so - is it?  Do you
find the wood-shifting boring, stale and repetitive?  You know there
is something wrong - at an intuitive level - something not quite
right - don't you?  You just can't put your finger on it exactly.  A
lot of people just give up playing chess because of the boredom
factor and the belief [false] that they won't make the grade or, are
somehow intellectually inferior than others.  Look - let's get real -
stop kidding yourself - stop burying your head in the sand - you know
in your heart-of-hearts that playing just one particular level of
chess is over - its time to get a divorce - it's time to move on.

2nd Accordians 1:4 the general view in the chess world is "why rock
the boat - we're happy - we're winning - we have the best trained
memories [on average it takes 10 years to become a GM] - so, as long
as they don't find out about this we'll keep winning and keep our
titles and prestige.  We have no intention of changing the game in
any way whatsoever - it's been around for fifty decades in its
present `fixed' format and it is our mission to keep it that way -
locked and `fixed' for at least another fifty.  We really have no
interest in educating young people or, come to think of it - anybody
else for that matter.  After all we don't want to lose our central
control, grip and power over the game - why should we - we own it in
its present format!  The bottom line is that if the ISP is changed we
lose our jobs [unemployment] and control of the wood-pushers who play
our accepted version of the game.  By having `central control' we
make and tinker with the rules, change them as we see fit, present
awards, medals and badges, act as a censor and receive a nice salary
for keeping it that way - can you blame us - if you were in a similar
position you might do the same.  You now see the reason why we can't
and won't change - to do so would end in our demise - we would go the
same route as Shatranj did in the past - forgotten - never again
played - a footnote in the history books.  From our point of view no
alteration in the ISP will be allowed or possible - now or at any
point in the future.  No further progress in `orthodox' chess is
the `rule' [we just don't tell you about this secret hidden agenda -
and never mention it publicly - a taboo area].  Defectors are
marginalized.  So, future generations will play our `accepted
version' from cradle to grave.  Our angle is that GMs will come and
go but we will remain the power behind the throne.  We rub talcum
powder into our hands so that they feel like velvet and when we greet
people are treated like royalty.  We always wear a shirt-n-tie and
look business-like and never let the mask slip".

2nd Accordians 1:5 the above scenario applies not just to Level-1,
but to other levels of play as well - east or west.  If other levels
of play [ISPs] were common then all the books currently published
would become obsolete overnight!  When a well known chess player was
asked what he thought about changing the ISP of traditional western
chess he said his "view could not be expressed in parliamentary
language" - and that just about sums up the current view on this
subject.  In an ideal world  a true GM would be able to play a few
different levels of chess ie, Western, Chinese, Shogi 7 x 7, 9 x 9
etc - and be able to win consistently to retain the GM title - a
global chess player - a `real' world champion.  Having two QUs on the
board at the same time will not be viewed as promoting bigamy - using
a new triangular chess set will not be seen as ignoring tradition -
multiple levels of play will be the norm - babies from 18 months to 4
years old will take to it like ducks to water - 5 to 11 year old kids
will automatically become more creative in their chess playing and
everyone might just be that little bit happier!  A local chess club
will create their own level of play - if you can beat them on their
own board you really [really] will be seen as a winner.  Looking back
you will then be able to say what the wolf dressed in sheep's
clothing said to `Little Red Riding Hood' - "I feel absolutely awful
about granny".

2nd Accordians 1:6 traditional chess viewed as a sailing vessel is
now beginning to show her age.  She's starting to creak at the seams
and her motto of being unsinkable is now seriously coming into
question.  Traditional chess has been hauled out many times and
patched-up as best as could be over the last couple of centuries.  As
was the case with the Titanic she is now heading for the final voyage
with a full compliment of passengers - and YOU may be one of them.
The SOS signal has been sent and other ships are standing nearby to
evacuate all on board.  Life rafts are plentiful and available for
all who choose so that nobody will be lost with the vessel.  The new
generation of passengers has the option of abandoning ship before the
fated end.  Some have already jumped ship and are now safe in the
comfort zone.  As she heads silently on her steady course in the
black of night a looming unseen apocalyptic disaster lies in wait…….

2nd Accordians 1:7 the fact of the matter with chess is that the game
belongs to nobody and everybody at the same time.  The patent and
copyright is in the public domain and belongs to every nation, tribe
and creed.  And so the cycle goes on - a slow downward spiral to its
eventual doom - a particular historical scenario not just known to
the game of chess but in other areas of life as well.  Its symptoms
are well documented: people who won't let go of power even when they
know the writing is on the wall - [or, at least on your computer
screen] they being the major beneficiaries in one form or another.
It is commonly known as a sinecure, monopoly or a vested interest in
a particular obsolete system which is handed down to the next
generation - the `next generation' being their friends, group, party,
elect, close family members or successors to a particular throne.

2nd Accordians 1:8 everything keeps turning into something else.
This is the trick of the universe in order to renew itself, and stay
the same.  This is a recurring theme in symbolism, not only in the
form of magical transformations, but also in all the different
symbols which contrast the ephemeral with the enduring.  Change to us
is `fear'.  Various pressures are directed against anyone who tries
to push against familiar limits.  Because they are pushing, new
boundaries open.  Butterfly: symbol of change/transformation - it
follows the wind yet arrives at the flower - its flight is
spontaneous and free and does not wear itself out fighting the forces
of nature.  Edmund Burke: "A state without the means of some change
is without the means of its conservation".  "Change is the law of
life and those who only look to the past or present are certain to
miss the future" - J.F. Kennedy.  "Growth may mean change and change
can be painful".  "Many have become GM's - no one has become the
master of Chess".  Cauldron: Symbol of change, renewal, initiation,
transformations - full of boiling and bubbling substances.  "The
quickest way to change the world is to be of service to others.  Show
that your love can make a difference in the lives of people and
thereby someone else's love can make a difference in your life.  By
each of us doing that and working together we change the world one
inner person at a time."  Dannion Brinkley - NDE experiencer.

2nd Accordians 1:9 after 500 years traditional chess is gone by its
sell-by date and is just about played-out now.  Why not try, test and
discover the power of Chesmayne for yourself?   Easily identify any
chess piece on any chess board at a glance - no more Chinese and
Japanese hieroglyphics to deal with.  A plainly readable English
format makes the process simple and easy for you.  A whole new world
is now within reach!  Stop playing just western chess exclusively and
wean yourself away from a single level of play [best memory wins]
that we all know is gone over the hill and found dead in the water.
Now multiple levels of play are easily available [best intellect
wins] and no major surgical operation or ice-pick lobotomy is
required!  We have re-engineered the complete game for you with two
completely new notations and syntax to describe the moves on the
board as they are being played.  All the gang and the most commonly
used chess pieces - KI QU RO BS KT PA GU CN KN AD MR GE KM VC - are
now triangles with an identifying monogram and number [the common
denominator] and useable on any board - east and west!  Just print,
play, experiment and enjoy.  With a little experience you can design
and create your very own chess board and pieces on a few sheets of A4
paper that will cost you a few pennies!  Your feedback is
appreciated - thanks.  The samples in this text are just given as
examples to get you started.  You may also find the Zillions
gaming `system' [a must-have software program] useful for testing any
new chess game that you will create in actual play.

2nd Accordians 1:10 when you are standing at the base of a volcano
and the ground is shakin' you know what's gonna happen - something is
about to blow - get on the train before it leaves the station.  If
the molten lava doesn't get you the avalanche of melting snow, ice, a
forest of trees that break like matchsticks and boulders the size of
cars  will cause a mudslide with the consistency of wet cement moving
in your direction at around two-hundred miles per hour.  If it hits,
you will be buried alive - proper interment will not be possible as
you will be 100 feet under setting cement - your body preserved for
thousands of years in a sea of mud.  And if that isn't enough the
brakes on the locomotive have failed - now you are also a passenger
on a roller coaster as well!  It's time to take serious action -
jumping off is not an option - your only hope is if the train can
outrun the wave of mud moving downhill in your direction at an
accelerating pace…….

Choice-01:-

Stick to tradition: continue playing western chess and nothing else -
stay as you are - just go back to sleep? Train your memory and win
more. Generally the advantage goes to the player who has played the
game the longest number of years. Rating drops if you don't continue
practicing. FIDE titles very important - rating is critical. Winning
is everything. Competitive - winners peak like comets and then
disappear into obscurity and are forgotten. There's always somebody
higher up the ladder than yourself.  Chess viewed as a way to gain
prestige, titles, acclaim, renown, fame, the hand of the fairest
damsel/knight and money from defeating opponents. You are only as
good as your last win - losers become obsolete, their names are
difficult to remember and fade from the chess scene. GM title the
ultimate accolade - mentions in textbooks and encyclopedias. Lots of
photographs taken - much hand-shaking and meetings with important
people for reasons unknown to both parties - just because.  You may
add your comment in the Chesmayne forum if you like?  Now is your
chance to speak or forever hold your silence.

Choice-02:-

Progress, evolve, play global chess: experiment with differing levels
of chess ie, Levels-1, 2 and 3 and try Chinese, Japanese, Burmese,
Thai, Cambodian etc. Better intellect will usually win. You will
become a more mature player. Less parochial view of chess. FIDE or
other titles unimportant - rating not viewed as critical. Chess
viewed as an `organon', an educational tool - even spiritual. Become
clever, creative and artistic: make your own game with your own set
of rules and award yourself a title ie, Knight Magnifico!
Appreciation of past masters ie, Weubens etc.  Less competitive - a
lot less!  Mastery of the game within reach - GM title awarded by
default - a natural process - in time!  The beginning or ending is
not critical - the journey is more important - the quest - the goal.
History & origin of chess not an issue any more - complete
understanding of the people, arbiters and organizations who play the
game and the inner workings of chess become known to you -
penetrating insight!  Jump in IQ, EQ and SQ the norm.  You may
comment in the Chesmayne forum if you like?  Now is your chance to
speak or forever hold your silence.

"Finally, I think the Chess industry doesn't want us to know about
other games. If, for example, Shogi becomes extremely popular in the
US, I think most of the people playing it will be people who were
already interested in chess. Which means the people who make chess
sets, publish chess books, and play professionally will be losing
out. It's already tough enough to make a living in chess as it is.
When people talk of changing the rules so that knowing book openings
isn't useful anymore, this is a threat to the livelihood of people
who are successful in chess because they've devoted years of their
lives to learning these same book openings [memorization - best
memory wins]. And I don't think it's a good assumption that world
class chess players will necessarily be world class Shogi players
(altho I would guess some of them would be).  The analogy that comes
to mind is Michael Jordan: he is the world's greatest basketball
player but he couldn't make it in minor league baseball".

Hello everyone!

Quiz continues! I hope you still have time to solve it between going to swim:-) Black is to play! Good luck! Please send your answers to yelena@... as usual!

XIIIIIIIIY
8-+r+-rk+0
7pl+-+p+p0
6-pn+p+p+0
5+-pqN-+-0
4-+-+-+-+0
3+-QP+-P-0
2PP-+PPLP0
1+R+-+RK-0
xabcdefghy

Black is to play

Hi to all,
           A link to the Chesmayne chess dictionaryis given below:-

http://homepage.eircom.net/~reidr1/index.html

Yours sincerely,

Chesmayne.

Dear all!

How is your summer going? I hope everything is great!

I post the next example of the Quiz series for you. White to play. Please send your answers to yelena@... as usual!

XIIIIIIIIY
8-+-+-r-k0
7pp+-+ppp0
6-+p+-+-N0
5+-+-q-+-0
4-+-+P+-+0
3+-+-+-+-0
2PPP+-PPP0
1+-+R+-K-0
xabcdefghy

Hello!

Here is quiz number 2:-) White to play. Please send your answers to yelena@... !

XIIIIIIIIY
8-+-+-rk+0
7p-+R+-+-0
6-qp+p+r+0
5+p+-+-lN0
4-+-+-+Q+0
3+P+-+-+-0
2-PP+-+-P0
1+-+-+R+K0
xabcdefghy

Very good! Will do!

see you there,
Yelena


--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "IM,FST
Jovan Petronic" <professionalchesstrainer@...> wrote:
>
> That's good news. Bring some copies to the 1st Division, I'll try
to get the kids from Kavala to buy your book. It's time they start
reading.
> Jovan Petronic.
> http://www.jovanpetronic.com
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Yelena Dembo
>   To: DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 10:01 AM
>   Subject: [DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook] New, 2nd book!
>
>
>   Dear all!
>
>   How are you? Hope everything is fine!
>
>   I have great news! My 2nd book is getting published! It should
be out
>   on Tuesday or Wednesday already! Its title is: "Conversation
with a
>   Professional Trainer - Methods of Positional Play"! The cost is
22
>   euro or US$ 26 including postage and packaging. There are 136
pages.
>   Already 25 people bought it and 380 people want to buy when its
out!!
>
>   Best wishes and have a nice weekend!!
>   Yelena
>   .
>

----- Original Message -----

From: Yelena Dembo

To: DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 10:01 AM

Subject: [DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook] New, 2nd book!

Dear all!

How are you? Hope everything is fine!

I have great news! My 2nd book is getting published! It should be out
on Tuesday or Wednesday already! Its title is: "Conversation with a
Professional Trainer - Methods of Positional Play"! The cost is 22
euro or US$ 26 including postage and packaging. There are 136 pages.
Already 25 people bought it and 380 people want to buy when its out!!

Best wishes and have a nice weekend!!
Yelena

.

Dear all!

How are you? Hope everything is fine!

I have great news! My 2nd book is getting published! It should be out
on Tuesday or Wednesday already! Its title is: "Conversation with a
Professional Trainer - Methods of Positional Play"! The cost is 22
euro or US$ 26 including postage and packaging. There are 136 pages.
Already 25 people bought it and 380 people want to buy when its out!!

Best wishes and have a nice weekend!!
Yelena

I like the title.
  still enjoy your first book.

Dear all!

I want to tell you my news so far! I have been working on the second
book for quite some time already and the work is slowly going to an
end! The title will most likely be "Conversation with a Professional
Trainer - Methods of Positional Play".

I will keep you updated on how the work is going!

Best wishes,
Yelena

Hello everyone!! My name is Paul Marcia.  I am a member of ICC, my
handle there is MrCreepers. I have been taking lessons from
Grandmaster Dembo for a month or 2 now and I wanted to share my
thoughts and experiences of this fine teacher. She has an uncanny
knack of seeing what is troubling me before I even mention the
problems I am having in learning this great game of all games!  She
is patient and kind and seems to me a Grandmaster human being as
well! Of course I hope in the fiture for more books by her as her
method and communication in terms of chess and its play is very
illuminating to me.  I am reminded of what Gibran wrote in his book
The Prophet " A good teacher leads you into your own threshold of
understanding rather than bringing you to theirs" I strive to
understand this great game as I believe it is 4th dimensional
thinking manifest in our 3rd dimension of life. Although I am a class
d player I feel my knowledge of chess play will get better and do
look forward to our lessons. My best wishes to all in the group here
and am hoping you will all support Grandmaster Dembo in her chess
career.  In my life I have met , played and chatted with many
Grandmasters; Fischer and Kasparov being among them. I feel I have
been very fortunate in meeting these people but I must place Yelena
at the top because of her character,love of the game and kindness
towards lower rated players.  This is very much a rarity these days!!

Hello everyone!

Sorry for not updating you but I was very busy with the European
championship and all the things I had to do when I came back!

So indeed I took the 6th place, won a good money prize and which is
even more important qualified for the World championship 2007!!

I will soon have all the nice games updated on my website! Including
the game Dworakowska-Dembo from the CT-Quiz! Also I will have a game
from the tie-break match against Stefanova. I won this game in 20
moves!

Best wishes,
Yelena

--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "emakchess"
<emakchess@...> wrote:
>
>
> 1. Atalik Ekaterina 2393 TUR 8.5, 2. Bosboom Lanchava Tea 2380 NED
8.0,
> 3. Mkrtchian Lilit 2453 ARM 7.5, 4. Gaponenko Inna 2430 UKR 7.5, 5.
> Stefanova Antoaneta 2502 BUL 7.5, 6. Dembo Yelena 2464 GRE 7.5, 7.
> Muzychuk Anna 2418 SLO 7.5, 8. Kadimova Ilaha 2310 AZE 7.5, 9.
Zhukova
> Natalia 2425 UKR 7.5, 10. Gvetadze Sopio 2361 GEO 7.5
>
> Nice  performance congratulations . I wish you one more medal  from
the
> next world chambionship. I saw live the game with Turova Irina
great
> dance for the K from d2-c4-e5-g4-f6-h5+-g7-f5+-d6-.But I guess this
was
> not your best game there ,someone told me for a test in chess today
from
> another win there.Do you have the position?
>

1. Atalik Ekaterina 2393 TUR 8.5, 2. Bosboom Lanchava Tea 2380 NED 8.0, 3. Mkrtchian Lilit 2453 ARM 7.5, 4. Gaponenko Inna 2430 UKR 7.5, 5. Stefanova Antoaneta 2502 BUL 7.5, 6. Dembo Yelena 2464 GRE 7.5, 7. Muzychuk Anna 2418 SLO 7.5, 8. Kadimova Ilaha 2310 AZE 7.5, 9. Zhukova Natalia 2425 UKR 7.5, 10. Gvetadze Sopio 2361 GEO 7.5

Nice  performance congratulations . I wish you one more medal  from the next world chambionship. I saw live the game with Turova Irina  great dance for the K from d2-c4-e5-g4-f6-h5+-g7-f5+-d6-.But I guess this was not your best game there ,someone told me for a test in chess today from another win there.Do you have the position?

Of course, it is necessary to explain the moves and positions by
words as every position is different and it is easier to understand
it with the rules!! It is always easier to understand when you know a
certain system or formulas or rules in this case!:)

--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "emakchess"
<emakchess@...> wrote:
>
> great games and good analysing. Dembo explaining the ideas.plans in
> words and not just by moves.Is  easy to remember  special rules
with so
> many examples with good sense of humour. And I prefer the name Dembo
> rules from a boring book with some basic rules in chess where
nobody can
> remember.
> --- In
DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "iccchinese"
> <iccchinese@> wrote:
> >
> > great chess book by IM Yelena Dembo
> >
> > --- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "Yelena
> > Dembo" dembo_yelena@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello Andreas!
> > >
> > > I am very glad you like the book! It is really possible to learn
> much
> > > from this book. I havent read or hear many things about which I
> write
> > > there.
> > > I wish you to enjoy the book later as well!
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > Yelena
> > >
> > > --- In
DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "emakchess"
> > > <emakchess@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I start reading today and after 12 hours still read it and
enjoy
> > > it. I
> > > > have some good chess books, but this is one of the best i ever
> > > > had.Maybe was for me the right book the right time.Also I
like the
> > > way
> > > > Dembo writes, its a gift like gifted moves.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

great games and good analysing. Dembo explaining the ideas.plans in
words and not just by moves.Is  easy to remember  special rules with so
many examples with good sense of humour. And I prefer the name Dembo
rules from a boring book with some basic rules in chess where nobody can
remember.
--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "iccchinese"
<iccchinese@...> wrote:
>
> great chess book by IM Yelena Dembo
>
> --- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "Yelena
> Dembo" dembo_yelena@ wrote:
> >
> > Hello Andreas!
> >
> > I am very glad you like the book! It is really possible to learn
much
> > from this book. I havent read or hear many things about which I
write
> > there.
> > I wish you to enjoy the book later as well!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Yelena
> >
> > --- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "emakchess"
> > <emakchess@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I start reading today and after 12 hours still read it and enjoy
> > it. I
> > > have some good chess books, but this is one of the best i ever
> > > had.Maybe was for me the right book the right time.Also I like the
> > way
> > > Dembo writes, its a gift like gifted moves.
> > >
> >
>

Dear chessfriends,

I have in correspondence chess an interesting position, I play with
black and ask you for your oppionion about it.

Here is the situation up to now:

Chopin - Ruppel
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6
gxf6 12.
Be2 *

I think, it is still a standard position, and at least 3 moves are
playable for black : 12. ... Qc7, Rb8, Qa5 and perhaps Bd7

My database has a lot of examples, but I am not realy convinced!

My suggestion is 12. ... Qc7

after 13. f5 Qc5 14. Qxc5 dc 15. Rhf1 or e5 white is of course at
least slightly better.

If I would play  12.  ... Qa5

there is an interesting option for white:

13. e5 fxe5 14.fxe5 d5 15. Sxd5! ed 16.e6 0-0 and now black must
always defend. (Rd3, or Qg4+) But I think it is a draw.

now I am thinking about 12. ... Rb8 and Bd7.

I would be glad, if you could give me some hints.

All the best and thanky you

Frank

great chess book by IM Yelena Dembo

--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "Yelena
Dembo" <dembo_yelena@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Andreas!
>
> I am very glad you like the book! It is really possible to learn much
> from this book. I havent read or hear many things about which I write
> there.
> I wish you to enjoy the book later as well!
>
> Best wishes,
> Yelena
>
> --- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "emakchess"
> <emakchess@> wrote:
> >
> > I start reading today and after 12 hours still read it and enjoy
> it. I
> > have some good chess books, but this is one of the best i ever
> > had.Maybe was for me the right book the right time.Also I like the
> way
> > Dembo writes, its a gift like gifted moves.
> >
>

Thank you for the message deep!

Of course, the set up you udes is not bad at all but it is less
active than Qe8 and e5 idea. You counter his ideas in the center but
he is able to play agressively on the queenside with a4-a5. Therefore
it is better to attack the K quickly!
The idea with Nfd7 is also very interesting, you avoid the exchange
of Q and still prepare the attack. So I believe you have two systems
now!

Best wishes,
Yelena

--- In
DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "deep_analyser"
<deep_analyser@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> [Event "EU-chT U18 Girls"]
> [Site "Balatonlelle"]
> [Date "2001.06.27"]
> [Round "5"]
> [White "Hryhorenko, Nataliya"]
> [Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A48"]
> [WhiteElo "2132"]
> [BlackElo "2341"]
> [PlyCount "98"]
> [EventDate "2001.06.22"]
> [Source "ChessBase"]
> [SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
>
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4
> Qe8 8. O-O
> e5 9. Bh2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. a4 Ne8 12. a5 a6 13. b4 f5 14. b5
axb5
> 15. Bxb5
> c6 16. Be2 e4 17. Ne1 g5 18. Qb1 Ndf6 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Nc4 f4 21.
Nb6
> Rb8 22.
> Nxc8 Rxc8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Qd7 25. Qd1 Rg8 26. Bg4 Nxg4 27.
Qxg4
> Qxg4 28.
> hxg4 Nf6 29. f3 Rge8 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. exf4 gxf4 32. fxe4 Nxc3 33.
Kg1
> Rxe4 34.
> Kh1 Nd5 35. Rb1 Re2 36. Ne1 Nc3 37. Rba1 Ne4 38. Nf3 Nf2+ 39. Kg1
> Nxg4 40. Ra7
> Rg8 41. Rc7 Nxh2 42. Kxh2 Rexg2+ 43. Kh1 R2g3 44. Nh2 f3 45. Rf7 f2
> 46. Rxf2
> Be3 47. Rff1 Bxd4 48. Rab1 c5 49. Nf3 Rh3+ 0-1
>
> I got the game.Thx very much Yelena :)
>
> it seems your opponent is a big fan of this setup as she has played
> so many games.
>
> I'm very impressed with ur idea of Qe8,e5...f5
> I was about to prepare this line
>
> [Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
> [Site "Tel Aviv"]
> [Date "1999.05.18"]
> [Round "8"]
> [White "Alterman, Boris"]
> [Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A48"]
> [WhiteElo "2616"]
> [BlackElo "2609"]
> [Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
> [PlyCount "68"]
> [EventDate "1999.05.11"]
> [Source "ChessBase"]
> [SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
>
>
> but was really not satisfied as I did'nt like the position.
> I mean I dould'nt understand the deep ideas :)
>
> your idea is more aggressive and I like it very much.
>
> I found another interesting game..
>
> [Event "UKR-ch"]
> [Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
> [Date "2001.09.15"]
> [Round "8"]
> [White "Nosenko, Alexander"]
> [Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A48"]
> [WhiteElo "2436"]
> [BlackElo "2462"]
> [PlyCount "170"]
> [EventDate "2001.09.08"]
> [Source "ChessBase"]
> [SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
>
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. O-
O
> Nc6 8. c3
> e5 9. Bh2 f5 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. a4 e4 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Nc2 Qe8 14. f3
> exf3 15.
> Bxf3 Bd7 16. a5 a6 17. c4 Bh6 18. Ra3 Qe7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4
> 21. Be2 Qh4
> 22. c5 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rf8 24. Qe1 Qf6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. b5 Na7 27.
> bxa6 Nb5 28.
> Ra1 bxa6 29. Qd2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Nc3 31. Re1 Nxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf1+ 33.
Bg1
> Bb5 34.
> Rf2 Qd3 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Qf2 Kg8 37. Bh2 d5 38. Bg3 Qf1+ 39. Qxf1
> Bxf1 40.
> Be1 Kf7 41. Kg1 Bc4 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Bb4 Bg7 44. g4 Bf6 45. Ne1 Kd7
> 46. Ng2 Kc6
> 47. h4 Kb5 48. Bd6 Bd8 49. g5 Bxa5 50. Nf4 Kc6 51. Ba3 Kd7 52. h5
> gxh5 53. Nxh5
> Ke6 54. Nf6 Kf7 55. Nxh7 Kg6 56. Nf6 Kxg5 57. Nd7 Kf5 58. Nc5 Bd2
59.
> Nb7 Ke6
> 60. Nc5+ Kf7 61. Nb7 Bb5 62. Nc5 Bc3 63. Kg3 a5 64. Kf4 Kf6 65.
Nxe4+
> dxe4 66.
> Kxe4 Bc4 67. d5 Kf7 68. Bc5 Bf6 69. Bd4 Bd8 70. Bc5 Bb5 71. Ba3 Bf6
> 72. Bc5 a4
> 73. Ba3 Bc4 74. Bc1 Ke7 75. Ba3+ Kd7 76. Bc1 Bg7 77. Ba3 Bc3 78.
Bc1
> Bf1 79.
> Ba3 Bf6 80. Kf3 Be7 81. Bb2 a3 82. Bc3 Bc4 83. e4 Bg5 84. Kf2 Bc1
85.
> Ke1 Bb3
> 0-1
>
>
> OK time for some laughs :)
>
> here is how I used to handle this opening before.
>
> I was struggling to find a plan the whole game but somehow kept
> playing my
> pieces around and confused my opponent.
>
> it was played in an active(1 hour each) chess tourney.
>
>
> [Event "?"]
> [Site "?"]
> [Date "2004.06.06"]
> [Round "?"]
> [White "NN"]
> [Black "Myself"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A48"]
> [WhiteElo "2236"]
> [BlackElo "2093"]
> [PlyCount "74"]
>
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Be2
Bb7
> 8. Nbd2
> d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bh2 Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. Rc1 Rc7 13. Qb3 Qa8 14.
Rfd1
> Bc6 15.
> Ra1 h6 16. Bf1 Rb8 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Qa2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bd5 20. Rdc1
> Bxc4 21. Nxc4
> Rfc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nh4 Nf8 24. Qb3 b5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 axb5
> 27. Nc2 Nd5
> 28. Ra5 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Ra2 b4 31. Nf3 b3 32. Rb2 Rxc2 33.
> Rbxc2 Rxc2
> 34. Rxc2 bxc2 35. Bf4 Ne6 36. Bc1 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1
>

Hi all,

[Event "EU-chT U18 Girls"]
[Site "Balatonlelle"]
[Date "2001.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hryhorenko, Nataliya"]
[Black "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.06.22"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4
Qe8 8. O-O
e5 9. Bh2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. a4 Ne8 12. a5 a6 13. b4 f5 14. b5 axb5
15. Bxb5
c6 16. Be2 e4 17. Ne1 g5 18. Qb1 Ndf6 19. Nc2 Bh6 20. Nc4 f4 21. Nb6
Rb8 22.
Nxc8 Rxc8 23. a6 bxa6 24. Rxa6 Qd7 25. Qd1 Rg8 26. Bg4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4
Qxg4 28.
hxg4 Nf6 29. f3 Rge8 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. exf4 gxf4 32. fxe4 Nxc3 33. Kg1
Rxe4 34.
Kh1 Nd5 35. Rb1 Re2 36. Ne1 Nc3 37. Rba1 Ne4 38. Nf3 Nf2+ 39. Kg1
Nxg4 40. Ra7
Rg8 41. Rc7 Nxh2 42. Kxh2 Rexg2+ 43. Kh1 R2g3 44. Nh2 f3 45. Rf7 f2
46. Rxf2
Be3 47. Rff1 Bxd4 48. Rab1 c5 49. Nf3 Rh3+ 0-1

I got the game.Thx very much Yelena :)

it seems your opponent is a big fan of this setup as she has played
so many games.

I'm very impressed with ur idea of Qe8,e5...f5
I was about to prepare this line

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]


but was really not satisfied as I did'nt like the position.
I mean I dould'nt understand the deep ideas :)

your idea is more aggressive and I like it very much.

I found another interesting game..

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nosenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. O-O
Nc6 8. c3
e5 9. Bh2 f5 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. a4 e4 12. Ne1 Nf6 13. Nc2 Qe8 14. f3
exf3 15.
Bxf3 Bd7 16. a5 a6 17. c4 Bh6 18. Ra3 Qe7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4
21. Be2 Qh4
22. c5 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rf8 24. Qe1 Qf6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. b5 Na7 27.
bxa6 Nb5 28.
Ra1 bxa6 29. Qd2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Nc3 31. Re1 Nxe2 32. Rxe2 Qf1+ 33. Bg1
Bb5 34.
Rf2 Qd3 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Qf2 Kg8 37. Bh2 d5 38. Bg3 Qf1+ 39. Qxf1
Bxf1 40.
Be1 Kf7 41. Kg1 Bc4 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Bb4 Bg7 44. g4 Bf6 45. Ne1 Kd7
46. Ng2 Kc6
47. h4 Kb5 48. Bd6 Bd8 49. g5 Bxa5 50. Nf4 Kc6 51. Ba3 Kd7 52. h5
gxh5 53. Nxh5
Ke6 54. Nf6 Kf7 55. Nxh7 Kg6 56. Nf6 Kxg5 57. Nd7 Kf5 58. Nc5 Bd2 59.
Nb7 Ke6
60. Nc5+ Kf7 61. Nb7 Bb5 62. Nc5 Bc3 63. Kg3 a5 64. Kf4 Kf6 65. Nxe4+
dxe4 66.
Kxe4 Bc4 67. d5 Kf7 68. Bc5 Bf6 69. Bd4 Bd8 70. Bc5 Bb5 71. Ba3 Bf6
72. Bc5 a4
73. Ba3 Bc4 74. Bc1 Ke7 75. Ba3+ Kd7 76. Bc1 Bg7 77. Ba3 Bc3 78. Bc1
Bf1 79.
Ba3 Bf6 80. Kf3 Be7 81. Bb2 a3 82. Bc3 Bc4 83. e4 Bg5 84. Kf2 Bc1 85.
Ke1 Bb3
0-1


OK time for some laughs :)

here is how I used to handle this opening before.

I was struggling to find a plan the whole game but somehow kept
playing my
pieces around and confused my opponent.

it was played in an active(1 hour each) chess tourney.


[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Myself"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7
8. Nbd2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bh2 Rc8 11. a4 a6 12. Rc1 Rc7 13. Qb3 Qa8 14. Rfd1
Bc6 15.
Ra1 h6 16. Bf1 Rb8 17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Qa2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bd5 20. Rdc1
Bxc4 21. Nxc4
Rfc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nh4 Nf8 24. Qb3 b5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 axb5
27. Nc2 Nd5
28. Ra5 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Ra2 b4 31. Nf3 b3 32. Rb2 Rxc2 33.
Rbxc2 Rxc2
34. Rxc2 bxc2 35. Bf4 Ne6 36. Bc1 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1

Hi deep:)

Welcome but more are to come:))

It is the Torre but can be London or Colle too:)
So, when they play Bf4 one of the best set-ups is with Nf6, g6, Bg7
and 0-0 in, d6, Nbd7, Qe8, e5 and Qe7 this way you keep your R on f8
to advance the f-pawn later.
You can see my game against Hryhorenko in Balatonlelle European under
18. This game shows how to attack in this system!

Best wishes,
Yelena

--- In
DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "deep_analyser"
<deep_analyser@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> wow nice to see so many people in this group already :)
>
> Hi Yelena,
>
> thx for your answers :)
>
>
> I was playing on playchess and faced nearly 10 games where in
people
> used this setup in the Q-pawn opening.
>
> questions :
>
> 1.What is this stupid(Grr..) setup called ? :)
>
> 2.I guess in your game Malakhatko played Bg5 but I faced Bf4,h3,Bh2
> setup so the idea of h6,g5,Nh5 fails.
>
> I countered this by playing Re8 and e5.
>
> is this the correct plan if not which is the best plan to counter
> this set up ?
>
> best wishes,
> deep
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "Yelena Hi
> Dembo" <dembo_yelena@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your good words and questions!
> >
> > I will answer then one by one:
> >
> > 1. When I played Rae8 I didnt have e5 in mind. In general e5
> weakens
> > d6 a lot and it is easy for white to play Nc4. My Rook is on the
> > wrong file then! My idea was to play Nh5 and g5 to exchange the
> > Bishop!
> > Also if white plays Bf4 Black can easily attack it with the same
> set
> > up and e7-e5 push!
> >
> > 2.I didnt want to sac b3 but I had to do it in order to win a
pawn -
>
> > to take e4 and then g4!
> >
> > The endgame was really very interesting as it looked like it is
> > difficult to win it but he had weak dark squares and not much
time
> > left:))
> >
> > Best wishes and see you around!
> > Yelena
> > www.yelenadembo.com
> >
> > --- In
> > DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "deep_analyser"
> > <deep_analyser@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Yelena,
> > >
> > > Firstly I'd like to congratulate on your wondeful performance
in
> > this
> > > tourney.
> > >
> > > about the game,
> > >
> > > splendid positional game!
> > >
> > > Why I liked this game...
> > >
> > > 1.Many players play this line as there is very less theory to
> digest
> > > in this line but play Bf4 instead of Bg5 because of which you
> gained
> > > vital tempos h6 and g5(I guess).
> > >
> > > 2.you played 11...Rae8 for the e5 break I feel, which I think
is
> the
> > > best plan for black but he countered it well by playing a5,Bb5.
> > > then you switched the plan and went for the d5 break :)(mind
> > boggling)
> > >
> > > 3.Normally I'v learnt that when pawns are on the same side in
> > endgames
> > > N is stronger than the B,I liked the way you activated your B
in
> the
> > > ending coz white's dark squares were really weak.
> > >
> > > Questions to you on the game...
> > >
> > > 1.I did'nt understand the idea of 12..h6 but I guess it helped
> you
> > in
> > > the long run.
> > > why not 12...e5 ?
> > >
> > > 2.why did you sac the b3 pawn ?
> > >
> > > finally, thx for starting this wonderful discussion group
> > > hope it'll go a long way in popularising chess :)
> > >
> > > warm regards.
> > >
> >
>

Hi all,

wow nice to see so many people in this group already :)

Hi Yelena,

thx for your answers :)


I was playing on playchess and faced nearly 10 games where in people
used this setup in the Q-pawn opening.

questions :

1.What is this stupid(Grr..) setup called ? :)

2.I guess in your game Malakhatko played Bg5 but I faced Bf4,h3,Bh2
setup so the idea of h6,g5,Nh5 fails.

I countered this by playing Re8 and e5.

is this the correct plan if not which is the best plan to counter
this set up ?

best wishes,
deep









--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "Yelena Hi
Dembo" <dembo_yelena@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you very much for your good words and questions!
>
> I will answer then one by one:
>
> 1. When I played Rae8 I didnt have e5 in mind. In general e5
weakens
> d6 a lot and it is easy for white to play Nc4. My Rook is on the
> wrong file then! My idea was to play Nh5 and g5 to exchange the
> Bishop!
> Also if white plays Bf4 Black can easily attack it with the same
set
> up and e7-e5 push!
>
> 2.I didnt want to sac b3 but I had to do it in order to win a pawn -

> to take e4 and then g4!
>
> The endgame was really very interesting as it looked like it is
> difficult to win it but he had weak dark squares and not much time
> left:))
>
> Best wishes and see you around!
> Yelena
> www.yelenadembo.com
>
> --- In
> DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "deep_analyser"
> <deep_analyser@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Yelena,
> >
> > Firstly I'd like to congratulate on your wondeful performance in
> this
> > tourney.
> >
> > about the game,
> >
> > splendid positional game!
> >
> > Why I liked this game...
> >
> > 1.Many players play this line as there is very less theory to
digest
> > in this line but play Bf4 instead of Bg5 because of which you
gained
> > vital tempos h6 and g5(I guess).
> >
> > 2.you played 11...Rae8 for the e5 break I feel, which I think is
the
> > best plan for black but he countered it well by playing a5,Bb5.
> > then you switched the plan and went for the d5 break :)(mind
> boggling)
> >
> > 3.Normally I'v learnt that when pawns are on the same side in
> endgames
> > N is stronger than the B,I liked the way you activated your B in
the
> > ending coz white's dark squares were really weak.
> >
> > Questions to you on the game...
> >
> > 1.I did'nt understand the idea of 12..h6 but I guess it helped
you
> in
> > the long run.
> > why not 12...e5 ?
> >
> > 2.why did you sac the b3 pawn ?
> >
> > finally, thx for starting this wonderful discussion group
> > hope it'll go a long way in popularising chess :)
> >
> > warm regards.
> >
>

Hello Andreas!

I am very glad you like the book! It is really possible to learn much
from this book. I havent read or hear many things about which I write
there.
I wish you to enjoy the book later as well!

Best wishes,
Yelena

--- In DiscussionofYelenaDembochessbook@yahoogroups.com, "emakchess"
<emakchess@...> wrote:
>
> I start reading today and after 12 hours still read it and enjoy
it. I
> have some good chess books, but this is one of the best i ever
> had.Maybe was for me the right book the right time.Also I like the
way
> Dembo writes, its a gift like gifted moves.
>

I start reading today and after 12 hours still read it and enjoy it. I
have some good chess books, but this is one of the best i ever
had.Maybe was for me the right book the right time.Also I like the way
Dembo writes, its a gift like gifted moves.