Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs 1 – NM Dana Mackenzie
Opposite Castlings: Examples with Sergey Kasparov – 2
Posted on October 09,2014 By GM Sergey Kasparov in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. The topic of opposite castlings is discussed in many books and it’s difficult to present something new here. But in this three-part series we observe several games, both of my own practice and some strong encounters, and during their analysis try to understand the main rules applicable in positions with opposite castlings, so as to then use them in practice. When playing with opposite castlings, opponents usually carry out offensives on opposite[…]
Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs 1 – NM Dana Mackenzie
Posted on October 08,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. The amateurs teach! Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs 1 – NM Dana Mackenzie, from the ChessLectures series. The Game features the Tamarkin – Salinkovic Nasau, 2006 Dana analyses “The 2 Knights’ Defense” when Tamarkin plays 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 (The Modern Variation – sometimes called “The Nimzo 2 Knights”). White’s 6.Bb5, intending Bxc6 and then a blockade on the dark squares. 6…Bd7 is then examined and Dana is keen to mention that 6…Bc5 is the[…]
Opposite Castlings: Examples with Sergey Kasparov – 1
Posted on October 07,2014 By GM Sergey Kasparov in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. While chess players with an ELO-rating of more than 2600 can choose other business or entertainment, for others Sergey Kasparov will speak on opposite castlings in this three-part series. I can’t tell it’s an common occurrence, but from time to time, depending on the opening line, positions with opposite castlings arise in chess games. Such situations must be most favorable to aggressive-style players, but we all must be aware of the playing prin[…]
Defend Like a Super Grandmaster – GM Maxim Dlugy
Posted on October 06,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. True Defense makes a Champion! GM Maxim Dlugy shows us a game versus the top woman’s player in the USA: Goletiani. The opening starts out as an offbeat g3 system, and Dlugy finds himself in a position that requires good defense and shows us important elements needed to defend like a super grandmaster. When down a pawn, Dlugy looks to ruin his opponent’s Pawn Structure to reduce their winning chances. Dlugy shows that drawing chances are high in a[…]
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Good one.