An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player – IM Valeri Lilov

Posted on November 17,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Tired of a normal opening repertoire? What about this! IM Valeri Lilov gives a good overview of the Sicilian Dragon, fabled for its sharpness and complexity. The presenter takes this opening head on and looks at a very sharp and popular variation of the Dragon, and clinically dissects its complexity in little chunks, Valeri also explains which lines are popular and which are not. Beginners will find this opening analysis fascinating while interme[…]

Make the Most of Piece Exchanges Part 2: Examples

Posted on November 14,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. In part one of this topic we covered some of the theory of the Piece Exchange Technique. The right piece exchanges can win the game without any tactical strikes. These five examples demonstrate how this works in practice. Playing With a Slight Advantage In this first example, Black has the slightly better position. There are b2 and d4 weaknesses and Black needs to keep the rook alive in order to attack those pawns together with the queen. Any mov[…]

Make the Most of Piece Exchanges Part 1: Theory

Posted on November 13,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Everybody likes beautiful combinations and sacrifices, but it is also possible to win the game just with the right piece exchanges without a single tactical strike. The idea of this playing style is to reach an endgame where we have much more active pieces than the opponent. Winning the game from this point is then just a matter of technique. This important strategy (Piece Exchange Technique) is often underestimated by young players. One thing to[…]

Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs 4 – NM Dana Mackenzie

Posted on November 12,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Try Alert Defense to Win! Learn From Your Fellow Amateurs 4 – NM Dana Mackenzie, from the ChessLecture series. The game studied here features two amateurs playing the Petroff’s Defense, and the classic opening trap involving the ‘discovered check’ winning the Black queen is initially examined. The lecture is highly instructive, and despite being targeted toward beginners, even stronger players will gain insight to the amateur mind’s thought proce[…]

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