Posted on February 13,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. All beginning players are taught to castle early in their games. The teacher says this as a rule and may also explain a little bit about the importance of castling such as “to get your king safe”. But why exactly is this the case? Let’s look a bit deeper into castling in chess and you may be surprised at some of the new ideas you learn from this article. First of all, the main two reasons for castling in chess are: To get the king out of the cent[…]
Posted on February 12,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Attack with the Scotch and Giuoco Piano! In the video “The Scotch and Giuoco Piano” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we are first shown a basic position that arises often out of the Scotch opening. Roman teaches us the plans behind each of White’s moves, how Black can try to change certain parts of the position, and how White can overcome Black’s attempts. In this variation of the Scotch opening, Black is able to build a pawn center, but White plans[…]
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Posted on February 11,2015 By GM Damian Lemos in Strategy & Game Review, Non-Chess related, General Chess Articles. Are you aware of how important it is for all club level players to grasp the Sicilian Defense? Do you consider yourself a “Sicilian Defense player”? Guess what, it doesn’t matter whether you do or don’t because nearly 25% (!!!) of games will end up in the Sicilian Defense. It is probably the most important opening to learn in chess as it will keep showing up over and over again. Even if you don’t play it, your opponent will. Do you find yourself[…]
Three Questions to Ask When Trading Pieces
Posted on February 11,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Throughout a game of chess there will be multiple positions where an equal trade of pieces is possible. These include trades such as a bishop for a knight, a knight for a bishop, a knight for a knight, a bishop for a bishop, a pawn for a pawn, a rook for a rook and a queen for a queen. How do we know when to make a trade of pieces? Well, there are three main questions we must ask every time that the possibility is on the board: “How forced is thi[…]
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