Explosive Middlegame Tactics! – GM Rafael Leitão
Explosive Middlegame Tactics! – GM Rafael Leitão
Posted on December 22,2013 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos. A strong sense of tactical awareness and combinative understanding is essential in chess. In the below excerpt from the chess DVD ¨Explosive Middlegame Tactics¨ GM Rafael Leitão reviews instructive examples of devastating chess tactics taken from elite grandmaster games. Viewers will learn how strong Grandmasters approach the thought process in chess, examining critical stages in complicated middlegames where every tactical possibility could chan[…]
GMs Michael Adams vs. Damian Lemos SHOWDOWN!
Posted on December 16,2013 By GM Damian Lemos in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos. In this video GM Damian Lemos analyzes his game against elite Grand Master Michael Adams, played in Gibraltar chess festival 2011. We’ll see a French defense Tarrasch variation with 3..c5 (the previous year Damian played 3..Be7 against Michael) where Adams gets the bishop pair quickly and a better pre-endgame. Damian tries creating some activity losing the exchange and having to defend a tough endgame with a rook and a bishop against two rooks. T[…]
Susan Polgar Teaches Chess for Absolute Beginners
Posted on December 12,2013 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in General Chess Articles. The following video is an excerpt from Susan Polgar’s most well-known chess DVD ¨Learn Chess in 30 Minutes, Chess for Absolute Beginners¨ with the former Women’s World Chess Champion Grandmaster Susan Polgar explains power fundamentals of the game. FM Paul Truong is her assistant commentator in this chess DVD and does an excellent job of providing an extra perspective on how improving the basics of your game will have a drastic positive effect on[…]
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