"Endgame" Review in Sunday's "NY Times"

FIDE master Dylan McClain [pictured] reviews Frank Brady's Endgame in The New York Times Sunday book review.

Pix from Super Saturday in NY

Before the start of the Super Saturday in New York tournament at the Marshall Chess Club, I snapped these photos.

"Mate" Movie

The movie Mate stars Stephen Baldwin, with cameos by Susan Polgar and Jennifer Shahade.

Yuri Averbakh Lecture Tonight at CCFC

Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, from Moscow, is the world’s oldest living chess grandmaster. His first recorded game is from 1939. Yuri Averbakh has competed against nearly every chess world champion, including Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov! His game against Kotov from what is widely considered the most prestigious chess tournament in history, Zurich 1953, is considered the most beautiful from the tournament and one of the most beautiful ever played. In addition to his innumerable successes as a player, Yuri Averbakh is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the endgame. His books on the endgame are considered indispensable classics.

Join us Wednesday, February 9th, at 7:30pm for this once in a lifetime opportunity at the Chess Club of Fairfield County! Yuri will lecture on the endgame and his own games and take questions from the audience!

Reserve your spot now by e-mailing DLowinger@Fairfieldcountychess.com.

Must be at least 12 years of age to attend.
Fee: $10 members, $20 non-members.

Brady Interview @ "Best Ever Sports Talk"

Author Frank Brady is interviewed by David Friedman at Best Ever Sports Talk.

Below, Brady reads from Endgame at Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side of New York City.

Reviews of "Bobby Fischer Against the World"

The documentary film Bobby Fischer Against the World has been reviewed by Vanity Fair, UGO, Filmmaker, Pajiba, Screen Daily, and Inside Movies.

Marshall Chess Club Swiss 2/5/2011

In Saturday's game/30 Swiss at the Marshall Chess Club, I finished with a score of 2-2-1.

Here is the draw.

Round Three: Evans Gambit

Jim West (USCF 2215) - Raven Sturt (USCF 2349), Marshall Chess Club 2/5/2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O Nge7 8.cxd4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.Ba3 c6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Rfe1 Re8


14.Re2 Ng6 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Re1 Qd8 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Qxd5 Bg4 19.Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.Re4 Bf5 21.Re3 Be6 22.Nb3 Bb6 23.Bc5 Bxc5 24.Nxc5 Bxa2 25.Nxb7 Rb8 26.Nc5 Bd5 27.h3 h6 28.Ne5 Nf4 29.Nf3 Rb4 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 Bxf3 32.gxf3 a5


33.d5 Kf8 34.d6 Ke8 35.Rd5 a4 36.Ra5 Kd7 37.Ra6 Ke6 38.Kg2 h5 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kg2 Rd4 41.Kh2 Rxd6 42.Rxa4 g5 43.f4 Rd2 44.fxg5 Rxf2+ 45.Kg1 Rf3 46.Kg2 Rg3+ 47.Kh2 Rxg5 48.Rxh4 f5, and drawn in ? moves.


This is the final position, drawn by the 50-moves rule.

Book Reviews of "Endgame"

Here are book reviews of Frank Brady's Endgame by bloggers at The Kenilworthian, Liquid Hip, and Brooklyn 64.

Kasparov to Review "Endgame"

I look forward to Garry Kasparov's upcoming review of Endgame in The New York Review of Books.

Meanwhile, here is a review at Dana Blogs Chess.

Blogger Mark Weeks has used both editions of Frank Brady's Profile of a Prodigy to compile Bobby Fischer's best games.

Bobby Fischer's Secret Life

The Marshall Chess Club proudly presents
THE SECRET LIFE OF BOBBY FISCHER

A talk and book-signing of Endgame, the new biography of the late world champion

by Dr. Frank Brady

Tuesday, February 8, 2011
7pm

complimentary refreshments

Marshall Chess Club
23 West 10th Street
New York, NY 10011
Phone 212-477-3716
Fax 212-995-9281
http://www.marshallchessclub.org/

Frank Brady Interview on NPR

Listen to an interview of Frank Brady on NPR.

Review of "Endgame" in "Salon"

Starting today, Frank Brady's Endgame is on sale.

Laura Miller reviews the book in Salon.