The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 System with GM Perelshteyn
Carlsen vs Vallejo – Closed Sicilian Domination
Posted on August 08,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Carlsen opens with 1. e4 and Vallejo-Pons responds with the Sicilian Defense with 1. ..c5, however from there the opening takes a strange twist in move order and ends up with a Closed Sicilian by Carlsen. It seemed that black got the worst of the opening because he essentially wasted an important tempo with an early ..a6 and also white managed to achieve an annoying way of stopping black from castling early in the game. Carlsen achieved a sizable[…]
The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 System with GM Perelshteyn
Posted on August 05,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Grand Prix Attack is one of the most popular sidelines for white against the Sicilian Defense, sidestepping the main lines in favor of a more narrowly targeted battle in the opening. The Grand Prix Attack Bb5 systems are highly regarded by many leading Grandmasters as the positional ideas behind his early bishop maneuver are fundamentally very solid – white plays to exchange his light-squared bishop early in the game, and then strives to plac[…]
Carlsen vs Nakamura – Insane Tactics in the Queen’s Gambit
Posted on July 31,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Carlsen opens with 1. d4 and Nakamura responds with the Slav Defense. Carlsen plays an early exchange on d5 and play steers towards the Charousek Variation of the Queen’s Gambit. I was not extremely impressed with Nakamura’s choice of opening with black as Carlsen was able to gain an extremely rapid lead in development followed by a very solid position and finally mobile pawns in the center. Carlsen skillfully exploited a superior position by emb[…]
Stonewall Defense with GM Perelshteyn
Posted on July 29,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. The Stonewall Defense is an exceptionally solid choice for black against 1. d4, based on strong positional ideas that are very tough to crack! The Stonewall Defense involves placing your pawns on the light squares (..d5, e6, and f5) – granting black an iron grip on the center and making it extremely difficult for white to achieve thematic breaks involving an e4 push. While black does have problems with developing his light-squared bishop on c8, i[…]
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Excellent opening.