Dennis Monokroussos writes:
In this consultation game, played in Buenos Aires against Molina and Ruiz,
"Capa" built up a kingside attack (and at least one aspect of the
buildup will probably surprise you), but there came a moment when the allies
seemed to have everything under control. That he stood better was obvious, but
all the obvious approaches seemed easily met. It is here that Capablanca showed
his genius. A sacrifice was available, and finding it isn't difficult at all.
Both sides' follow-up is easy to work out, and at the end of it Black is pretty
tied up, but White seems to be out of attackers, too. The way that Capablanca
managed to finish his opponents off showed remarkable foresight, open-mindedness,
and a good sense of humor, too!
To see this fine game and its ingenious conclusion, join me Monday night at
9 p.m. ET. (We're meeting early this week so that the show won't interfere with
New Year's Eve/Day festivities; next week, we'll be back to our usual Wednesday
night meetings.) The shows are free for Playchess.com members - log on at (or
just before) the scheduled time, go to the Broadcast room, select the games
tab and select "Capablanca-Molina & Ruiz".
Dennis Monokroussos'
Radio ChessBase
lectures begin on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST, which translates to 02:00h
GMT, 03:00 Paris/Berlin, 13:00h Sydney (on Thursday). Other time zones
can be found at the bottom of this page. You can use Fritz or any Fritz-compatible
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You can find the exact times for different locations in the world at World
Time and Date. Exact times for most larger cities are here.
And you can watch older lectures by Dennis Monokroussos offline in
the Chess Media System room of Playchess:
Enter the above archive room and click on "Games" to see the lectures.
The lectures, which can go for an hour or more, will cost you between one and
two ducats.
That is the equivalent of 10-20 Euro cents (14-28 US cents).
Monokroussos in Mexico: World Championship 2007
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Dennis Monokroussos is 41, lives in South Bend, IN, where
he teaches chess and occasionally works as an adjunct professor of philosophy
at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University-South Bend.
At one time he was one of the strongest juniors in the U.S. and has reached
a peak rating of 2434 USCF, but several long breaks from tournament play have
made him rusty. He is now resuming tournament chess in earnest, hoping to reach
new heights.
Dennis has been working as a chess teacher for ten years now, giving lessons
to adults and kids both in person and on the internet, worked for a number of
years for New York’s Chess In The Schools program, where he was one of
the coaches of the 1997-8 US K-8 championship team from the Bronx, and was very
active in working with many of CITS’s most talented juniors.
When Dennis Monokroussos presents a game, there are usually two main areas
of focus: the opening-to-middlegame transition and the key moments of the middlegame
(or endgame, when applicable). With respect to the latter, he attempts to present
some serious analysis culled from his best sources (both text and database),
which he has checked with his own efforts and then double-checked with his chess
software.
