Doubled Pawns: Advantages & Disadvantages
Posted on March 20,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. When you hear the term “doubled pawn,” do you cringe? Do you feel that they are always terrible, something to avoid like the plague? Well, despite the opinions of many people, all pawn structures have both good and bad sides to them. This includes pawn structures such as isolated pawns, backward pawns, passed pawns, hanging pawns and doubled pawns. Each of these pawn structures also comes with certain plans in order to use them to their fullest,[…]
Mastering the Opening Series – Repertoire for Black 1 – GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
Posted on March 19,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. Learn openings for the Black pieces! In the video “Mastering the Opening Series – Repertoire for Black 1” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we are first shown how to play the Accelerated Dragon variation of the Sicilian Defense for Black. This opening can be very dangerous for White to deal with if he is not prepared, or has not had much experience playing against it. Roman shows us the key move orders to achieve a strong position, and all of the way[…]
Posted on March 18,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles. Usually when we think of space, everyone wants as much as possible. That’s why people buy huge houses, hate to ride in the back seat of cars and why some people are claustrophobic. People like to have space and freedom to move and hate being cramped. However, there is a difference between life and chess in this respect. It is possible to have too much space in chess! How does this make sense ? Well, in this article I am going to show you that the[…]
Posted on March 17,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, Classic Games (Pre 2010), General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Knights can be one of the trickiest pieces to use well in chess. Many low-rated players find them difficult to use because their movement is not like any other piece. They move in an “L” shape and can jump over pieces, two things that no other piece on the board can do! However, knights can also be one of the most powerful pieces when you learn to use them well. Knights like closed positions in general, because of their ability to hop over pawns[…]
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