Weapon for Black – IM Bill Paschall
Weapon for Black – IM Bill Paschall
Posted on September 03,2014 By FM Charlie Storey in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Trusted weapon for Black! A surprising move at move 2 when playing Black can be a dangerous weapon. Bill shows that 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6! can catch anyone off guard especially if they are below 2400 level. After 2…Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 is examined and Bill shows Black’s plan and ideas against White’s main moves and ideas. Later, 4.Nf3 g6 is looked at and the main idea of when and when not to play c4 (attacking the knight) is examined. “c4 and Be2 do not[…]
Posted on September 02,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. A bishop is bad if its movement is severely restricted, usually by one’s own pawns blocking the color of squares on which it can move. Conversely, a bishop is good if a player’s own pawns are on the other color of squares from the bishop. A player with only one bishop should generally place his pawns on squares of the color that the bishop cannot move to. This creates good chemistry between the bishop and the pawns, and also allows the player to[…]
Beating the Slav Defense – Timur Gareev
Posted on September 01,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Timur Gareev blows away The Semi-Slav with 7.g4 Gambit! 7.g4 Slav By Timur Gareev This DVD looks at the 7.g4 Slav and will suit Intermediate to Advanced Level Players looking for a dynamic way to strive for a full point against ‘The Slav.’ GM Timur Gareev presents using advanced computer chess tools to aid the ‘Slav student’. Timur looks at important en route considerations before looking in detail at Dreev-Dominguez match where the ideas of 7.g4[…]
Greatest Games of Chess ever Played
Posted on August 30,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. The greatest game of all time! Roman shows us his favorite game – Kasparov versus Kavalek and in his own words it is magnificent! The King’s Indian is Kasparov’s choice and we see the GM use the Qd8-e8 maneuver before launching with …f5. Kasparov’s amazing Nb4 move initiates deep complications by offering his f4 Knight as a sacrifice. As this game is so short Roman examines some of the sidelines before showing us the remainder of this fascinati[…]
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Good one.