Personal Notes

IM Mark Ginsburg Princeton '80 (Biology)

My "living chess history" site is http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4!? d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Nc6! 6. Qc2 Ng5!? with insanity, K Spraggett-MG Canada, 1982. Or, 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 f5!? with compensation, M. Petursson-MG Bar Point NY 1981.

Contribute to the site mentioned in note 2 if you have additional memories on such diverse topics as Billy Adam, etc., and so forth.

Some crazy games here http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/category/chess-openings/gruenfeld-defense/

Message "aries2" if interested in lessons.

One of my theory articles, on the Albin, was recently reprinted in Jeroen Bosch's "SOS" book published by NIC, http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=327 is the link to that book.

Chess.FM: See http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/ for openings training tips and specific analysis of the Sicilian lines I've talked about in the show segments.

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