Smoky Mountain Chess Club

Smoky Mountain Chess Club Chess Club. We meet from 1pm-4pm on Thursdays at Hazelwood Presbyterian Chuch in Waynesville NC.

Interesting discussion by Beim. Grandmasters sometimes choose to run the risk of playing for long term static advantages...
08/28/2025

Interesting discussion by Beim. Grandmasters sometimes choose to run the risk of playing for long term static advantages. Risky for them because of the temporary dynamic advantages given to their GM opponents. But at the club level, it is probably a wise practical decision based on the fact that club level players will have a difficult time producing the correct continuation to take advantage of the temporary dynamic advantage. Chess can sadly be quite different at such disparate levels.

Several books that i have read in the past couple of years have explained that one way to evaluate a fairly even positio...
08/19/2025

Several books that i have read in the past couple of years have explained that one way to evaluate a fairly even position is to determine which side has more active plans going forward. I see what blacks plans are. He is going to have a kingside attack. I just dont see any active plans here for white. Whites current piece placement is about as good as it can get but they have no way to conduct any active plans from their positions. They are just waiting to see what black will do. Hoping that blacks moves somehow create opportunities for them. Black can continue to improve his pieces and aim towards a kside attack. I didnt understand this idea until the last couple of years. It has helped my play a lot.

07/10/2025

Come out to the meeting today. We meet every Thursday from 1-4pm at hazelwood presbyterian

05/21/2025

Generally, black is fighting from move 1 in chess to just equalize. He cant really be aggressive until he first equalizes. So white should keep black under pressure as long as he can in hopes that one small mistake by black will increase his edge and make it even harder for black to equalize. And make it harder for black to coordinate his development. So if white makes dull or timid moves in the opening, its too easy for black to equalize and get out from under the pressure. If he can equalize early, then the further development of blacks forces will be easier to coordinate. If this happens, black may be able to finally go on the offensive as the initiative passes from white to black.

05/11/2025

Quick tournament game/25 +4 this Thursday May 15 at 1pm.

Nice bit of advice from vishy
05/11/2025

Nice bit of advice from vishy

Botty
04/07/2025

Botty

Alekhine vs euwe 1937 comeback
04/07/2025

Alekhine vs euwe 1937 comeback

04/07/2025

Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland’s first Grandmaster and the fourth President of FIDE, has sadly passed away aged 90.

A six-time national champion and two-time Nordic Chess Champion, he led the global chess body from 1978 to 1982. Our condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones.

Fridrik Olafsson (1935-2025) - Obituary: https://www.fide.com/fridrik-olafsson-1935-2025/

Assessments like this are easy to make and very important. U cant figure out to the end of the game, but u can often get...
03/31/2025

Assessments like this are easy to make and very important. U cant figure out to the end of the game, but u can often get to a point where such an easy assessment will end the need to go further.

03/30/2025

Piece activity stresses your opponent. They cant keep up with so many possibilities. Club players tend to seek simplicity rather than complications. They incorrectly see themselves as positional players. Actually theyre just bad at active tactical positions, so they convince themselves they must be positional players.

03/27/2025

Out next quick tournament is gonna be on april 17 at 1pm

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