Posted on February 16,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Fight against White’s strong center with the King’s Indian Defense! In the video “The King’s Indian Defense” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we see different variations of the King’s Indian Defense opening, where White does not play e4 or g3. This means that in these variations he will be playing Bf4 or Bg5 combined with the move e3. This move reinforces White’s d4 pawn a bit more and steers the game into a bit different type of position because Bl[…]
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[…]
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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