Crushing Black with the King’s Gambit – GM Damian Lemos
Crushing Black with the King’s Gambit – GM Damian Lemos
Posted on October 13,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. The King’s Gambit Accepted Busted? Crushing Black with the King’s Gambit Crushing Black with the King’s Gambit is the most direct way to attempt to acquire the advantage versus 1…e5 players. GM Lemos promotes the virtues of the most attacking 3rd move namely 3.Bc4 and puts forward a strong argument that is the best 3rd move available in The King’s Gambit Accepted. Lemos promotes 3.Bc4 for White allowing Qh4+ and the importance of stopping Black’s[…]
Anti-Flank Openings (Old Indian System) – IM Andrew Martin
Posted on October 10,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Tune in to Anti-Flank Openings! In this video, we see Andy playing Black and effectively being broken against a Flank Opening in his favorite Old Indian Defense – where White neglects central pawn occupation in favor of quick expansion on the Queen side to achieve an excellent position. Thereby, Andy shows the need for effective measures against Flank Opening play. He then analyses King vs. Martin, where Andy deals effectively with a Flank Open[…]
Opposite Castlings: Examples with Sergey Kasparov – 3
Posted on October 10,2014 By GM Sergey Kasparov in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. In live situations with opposite castlings, one has to sometimes make positional or material concessions for the sake of initiative. You shouldn’t be afraid of doing this. It is necessary to remember that it is better not to move pawns from the king’s position, as this may become a “hook” for enemy infantry. When your pawns are taking their initial positions, the king’s fortress is usually less vulnerable. Using pawn sacrifice to open up a file f[…]
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[…]
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