Converting Advantages in Chess – FM Alisa Melekhina
Exchange Sacrifice with Sergey Kasparov: Part II
Posted on September 11,2014 By GM Sergey Kasparov in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles. Continuing the topic of exchange sacrifice, we will consider exchange sacrifice with the idea of the destruction of the enemy’s “pawn chain.” Here one can better see the dividends, unlike in cases of ephemeral “domination.” I remind you that pawn structure can’t change very often. As a rule, it is a long-term concept. Dydyshko, V (2518) – Kasparov, S (2452) BLR-ch Minsk (1), 2001 The last move, 17. Rfd1, was unsuccessful. Excessive placidity sadd[…]
Exchange Sacrifice with Sergey Kasparov: Part I
Posted on September 09,2014 By GM Sergey Kasparov in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles. In this three part-series, Sergey Kasparov, GM from Belarus in Eastern Europe, a former USSR republic, expounds on exchange sacrifice. In chess games we often sacrifice material in search of benefiting from it. The most frequent motif is a king attack, but there are others. In this series of articles we’ll consider “positional exchange sacrifice.” There are a number of different dividends one can gain for the lost material, and here are some of t[…]
Converting Advantages in Chess – FM Alisa Melekhina
Posted on September 08,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Too many choices can lead to defeat! Converting Advantages by FM Alisa Melekhina The content deals with the critical moments and all of the associated factors that sometimes means we miss the correct course of action when attempting to make our advantage count. Alisa looks at ways to ensure the advantage is converted using a mixture of Psychology, Calculation and correct move searching. In the following chess video excerpt from the Empire Chess D[…]
Albin Counter-Gambit – IM Andrew Martin
Posted on September 05,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Tremendous pressure with The Albin Gambit! In this ‘Foxy’ promotion DVD IM Martin examines The Albin Counter-Gambit and calls it “A Gambit that White must accept if it is to try and get any sort of advantage at all”. The famous Albin Trap is shown and White gets punished by Black’s rapid activity. In section 2 IM Martin talks about 5.a3 and Black’s 5…f6 Gambit is the pushed solution; Black’s activity becomes worthy of the sacrificed Pawn and wi[…]
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