Recently Spotted - Blog Carnival & Soviet School

It's been a while since anyone has attempted a blog carnival. Here's a new one from the blog Confessions of a Chess Novice (chessconfessions.blogspot.com). A few years ago it was one of my favorite blogs, but then the rate of new posts declined. It looks like Blue Devil Knight is finally back.

• What is happening to the chess blogosphere?
  
• Chess improvement carnival
  
• Accepting submissions for the first chess improvement carnival (posted on Chess.com).
  
• First Chess Improvement Blog Carnival: Janary 4, 2011

I hope the events are hosted on a stable blog. Half of the events in the previous carnival, documented under one of my category labels on the right, were hosted on resources that no longer exist.

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Like many chess players, I'm fascinated by the Soviet school, the subject of another of my category labels. Chessvibes.com recently ran a three part series titled 'The Big Dvoretsky Interview', which touches on the subject peripherally.

• Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

At about the same time, Chess-players.org (the ACP) posted an interview with Dvoretsky's co-author.

• Jussupow's [GM Artur Yusupov] interview during CASINO DE BARCELONA tournament

Several of their books have been re-published under different titles. I posted about the confusion a few years ago -- Dvoretsky & Yusupov -- in an effort to avoid buying the same work twice.