ARCHIVE OF PAST MONTHLY ARTICLESARCHIVE OF PAST MONTHLY ARTICLES
From May 2000 articles will be in .pgn format rather than .txt format to allow for direct importing into databases. Occasionally a zipped chessbase .cbv file will be used for very detailed notes. Annotations are my own unless otherwise ascribed.
"Corr." symbolises the game was played by post or e-mail otherwise the game is an o.t.b game.
Aug-Sept 1999. An article on a brilliant but short lived Dutch player (Sameleus-van den Hoek 1942).
Sept-Oct.1999. Draws need not be tedious (Donnelly-Dawson, Ledger-Donnelly, Staples-Donnelly 1998 and 1999).
Oct-Nov. 1999. Beating a British Champion (Eley-Baruch 1984). Game contributed by Andy Baruch
Nov-Dec. 1999. Pros and Cons of an extra move in the opening (Donnelly-Buckley 1999).
Jan-Feb. 2000. The Hamppe-Allgaier gambit survives (just) into the 21st century (Donnelly-James 1999).
Feb-Mar. 2000. High level postal play in the RCCA 5 yr tournament (Smith-Rezvyakov corr. 1998-99). Game contributed and annotated by Roland Smith.
April-May 2000. Some games of chess can be like a Sumo match (Donnelly-Whitemore 2000).
May-June 2000. Gosta Stoltz-Chess Genius (Spielmann-Stoltz 1930).
June-July 2000 A positional masterpiece by a brilliant but short lived Dutch player (van den Hoek-Vlagsma 1943).
July-August 2000 The story of a visit to the excellent San Francisco Chess Club (Donnelly-A.N.Other 1997).
August-September 2000 An annotated high-class postal game (CCIM Pyrich-Nightingale corr. 1999-2000). Game contributed and annotated by CCIM George Pyrich.
September-October 2000 An enigmatic blind otb and postal player (Wood-Bonham 1947).
October-November 2000 Visiting game 5 of the World Chess Championship (Kasparov-Kramnik 2000).
November-December 2000 The tactical Trompovski opening (Donnelly-Stevens 1981)
December 2000-January 2001 The Frankenstein-Dracula variation of the Vienna (Quakkelaar-Nielsen corr. 2000). Game contributed by CCIM Mogens Nielsen.
January-February 2001 Beating a GM in postal play ( Thomas-Hiltunen corr. 1996-99). Game contributed by SIM Trevor Thomas with annotations by John Littlewood and GM Umansky.
Feb.-March 2001 Winning the PCGibbs Trophy (Lane-Adams corr. 2000). Game contributed and annotated by Phil Adams.
March-April 2001 Winning the Warwickshire Open with the resilient French Defence (Tarifa-Gorka 2001). Game contributed and annotated by Carl Gorka.
April-May 2001 Power play in the Ruy Lopez-(Nagaradjane-Nielsen and Nielsen-Celli corr., featuring a queen sacrifice). Game contributed by CCIM Mogens Nielsen.
May-June 2001 A brilliant rook sacrifice from the European Correspondence Team Championship, (Potrata-Smith corr.). Game contributed by English International Roland Smith.
June-July 2001 Following Larsen's example-opening with 1.g3!? (Donnelly-Billinge, 1998).
July-August 2001 Retreating your king can sometimes win (Jorgensen-Donnelly, corr. 1998-2000).
August-Sept. 2001 Multiple pieces en-prise -deep analysis in a postal game (Hazell-Smith corr. 1980). Game contributed by English International Roland Smith.
Sept-Oct. 2001 A spectacular postal draw (Anderton-Adams corr. 1999). Game contributed and annotated by MCCU Individual Postal Champion Phil Adams.
Oct.-Nov. 2001 Getting hooked on postal chess (Adams-Stevenson corr. 1973). Game contributed and annotated by Phil Adams.
Nov-Dec. 2001 Central control versus flank play (Priedite-Pyrich, corr. 2001). Game contributed and annotated by CCIM George Pyrich.
Dec.2001-Jan. 2002 Operating at the 2450+ class in postal play (Jordan-Vitkevicius, corr. 2000). Game contributed and annotated by CCIM John Jordan.
Jan.-Feb.2002 The dynamic Benko gambit (Hibner-Pyrich, corr. 1999). Game contributed and annotated by CCIM George Pyrich.
Feb-March 2002 Precision attacking play by GM Efimov (Efimov-Pyrich, 2001). Game contributed by CCIM George Pyrich and annotated by CCIMs GP and MJD.
March-April 2002 Debating the latest theory on the Chigorin opening (Donnelly-Staples, 2001).
April-May 2002 Exclusively positional chess (Donnelly-Hulley, corr. 1996)
May-June 2002 Exploiting a restricted queens bishop in queens pawn openings (Donnelly-Burnham, 2002)
June-July 2002 An opening innovation in the Nimzo-Indian defence (Goodwin-Baruch, 2002). Game contributed by Andy Baruch , annotated by MJD.
July-August 2002 Winning the Coventry and District League (Forman-Donnelly, 2002).
August-Sept. 2002 Internet play on the Chessbase server (Gohliser-Junior Tay 2002). Game contributed and annotated by CCIM Junior Tay.
Sept.-Oct. 2002 Taking part in a Master Norm Event: the Potaissa Cup (Chereches-Ceteras 2002) Game contributed and annotated by FIDE Master Marius Ceteras.
Oct-Nov. 2002 Skill and luck compete for the point (Lennox-Pyrich, corr 2001) Game contributed and annotated by CCIM George Pyrich.
Nov-Dec. 2002 First steps on the road to the European Championship Final (Loc-Krasevec, corr 1998) Game contributed and annotated by CCIM elect Andrej Loc.
Dec.2002-Jan.2003 Dominating the d5 square in the English Opening (Veen-Pichler corr. 1998) Game contributed by SIM Hans Veen (annotated by MJD).
Jan-Feb 2003 Deep theory in the Sicilian Defence (Loc-Bellatella, corr. 1998) Game contributed and annotated by CCIM Andrej Loc.
Feb-Mar.2003 Reviving Geller's 8.Bd3 against the French Defence (Pyrich-Barrett, corr. 2001) Game contributed and annotated by CCIM George Pyrich.
Mar-April 2003. Playing the Open Ruy Lopez is not so simple (Loc-Horvat, corr. 1997). Game contributed and annotated by CCIM Andrej Loc.
April-May 2003. The perils of not looking after your pawn structure. (Wilson-Donnelly, 2002).
May-June 2003 How to play against non-main line variations (Kearney-Donnelly 2002).
June-July 2003 Even more advantages of tripled isolated pawns (Baruch-James 1979). Game contributed by Andy Baruch, annotated by MJD.