ICC Help: MrSpock

MrSpock is an automated lecture robot created by POTZY to give lectures on ICC every hour, on the hour! When MrSpock is giving a lecture, he will announce it with s-shouts and shouts. Then do:

observe MrSpock and set kibitz 1

to watch the game and see the comments. The current or next lecture number is shown in finger MrSpock so you can tell which one is coming up next. The title corresponding to the number is given below.

MrSpock also gives lectures on queen.chessclub.com. finger MrSpock will show you which lecture number is being shown on each server. Lectures are shown in order, once each hour, on both servers. Lectures are only available live on the ICC servers, and cannot be emailed or viewed at other times.

Note: (b) = beginner level material. (i) = intermediate level. (a) = advanced level.

Lecture #1: (i) The Winawer Variation of the French Defense (POTZY) Lecture #2: (i) Traps in the Smith-Morra Gambit, Sicilian Defense. (POTZY) Lecture #3: (b) How to mate with Bishop and Knight. (POTZY) Lecture #4: (i) The Evans Gambit (acz) Lecture #5: (b) An Exciting Queen Sacrifice Game (acz) Lecture #6: (i) A Capablanca Sacrifice Game (acz) Lecture #7: (a) Strategic Petrosian Games #1 (acz) Lecture #8: (a) Strategic Petrosian Games #2 (acz) Lecture #9: (a) Strategic Petrosian Games #3 (acz) Lecture #10: (i) Brilliancies by Botvinnik #1 (acz) Lecture #11: (b) MrSpock's Crash Course in Rook Endings (acz) Lecture #12: (i) Botvinnik's Brilliancies #2 (acz) Lecture #13: (b) A Najdorf Celebration (acz) Lecture #14: (i) The Modern Sacrifice on f7, Part 1. (acz) Lecture #15: (a) The Modern Sacrifice on f7, Part 2. (acz) Lecture #16: (a) The Modern Sacrifice on f7, Part 3. (acz) Lecture #17: (i) Yusupov's Game of the Year. (RobertoPeang) Lecture #18: (i) The Knight Sacrifice on g7, Part 1. (acz) Lecture #19: (i) The Knight Sacrifice on g7, Part 2. (acz) Lecture #20: (a) Queen's Indian: A Survey of 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5!? Part 1 (acz) Lecture #21: (a) Queen's Indian: A Survey of 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5!? Part 2 (acz) Lecture #22: (a) The Initiative, Part 1 (acz) Lecture #23: (a) The Initiative, Part 2 (acz) Lecture #24: (i) The Technique of Exchanging Pieces, Part 1. (acz) Lecture #25: (i) The Technique of Exchanging Pieces, Part 2. (acz) Lecture #26: (a) Complex Endings, Part 1. (acz) Lecture #27: (a) Complex Endings, Part 2. (acz) Lecture #28: (b) A Second Crash Course In Rook Endings (acz) Lecture #29: (a) Attack with Imagination, Part 1. (acz) Lecture #30: (i) Attack with Imagination, Part 2. (acz) Lecture #31: (b) A Brilliancy from Geller (acz) Lecture #32: (b) A Crash Course in Tactics, Part 1. (acz) Lecture #33: (i) A Crash Course in Tactics, Part 2. (acz) Lecture #34: (b) Something about King safety. (acz) Lecture #35: (b) Basic Pawn Endings. (theconquerer)

All lectures given by MrSpock are COPYRIGHTED by the ICC. Message the author with comments. Lectures are for ICC members. help register for info if you are a guest.

See also: Recorder