Beginner Chess Opening Traps by GM Susan Polgar
Beginner Chess Opening Traps by GM Susan Polgar
Posted on October 03,2013 By William in All Articles w/ Videos, Beginner’s Corner. Many beginner chess players feel lost in the opening and can easily fall into typical traps. In the following chess video, 5-time Olympic Chess Champion GM Susan Polgar reviews one of the most common traps seen at the beginner chess level – Scholar’s Mate! The Scholar’s Mate set-up with an early e4, Bc4, Qh5, and Qxf7# is not a good opening at all if black is paying attention and responds logically to white’s threats. However if you have never se[…]
Winning Chess Games in the Opening by Rafael Leitao
Posted on September 30,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The opening is the most important phase of the game in chess. When good players get a slight edge in the opening, they are able to squeeze the most of this advantage and put their opponent under consistent pressure for the rest of the game. If you are playing the opening aggressively, placing a strong emphasis on active development, and striving to control the center – you are frequently going to be getting good positions early in the game. Howev[…]
Mastering Control of the Center by GM Damian Lemos
Posted on September 27,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010). Aside from focusing on rapid development and creating threats against your opponent, you should also be actively trying to control the center from the early opening in chess. Achieving strong control of the center will result in your opponent´s pieces feeling cramped and unable to achieve good outposts and squares, while you will always maintain the possibility of creating mobile pawns to push back your opponent´s pieces and create threats. Contr[…]
Essential Chess Tactics by GM Susan Polgar
Posted on September 25,2013 By William in All Articles w/ Videos, Beginner’s Corner. For beginner chess players, the most critical concept that yields the largest amount of improvement with the lowest amount of investment is working on chess tactics. If you never miss a chance to win a piece with a 2-3 move forced sequence, and on the flip side are always alert to what your opponent might be threatening – you will be winning countless free games. However, if your combinational awareness is not sharp enough, you are giving away ha[…]
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Good traps.