Easy Way to Learn The King’s Indian Attack
Posted on March 09,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010). Watch how quick White’s attack develops! In the video “Easy Way to Learn The King’s Indian Attack” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we are shown a very quick attacking-style opening that has been played by many grandmasters throughout history, including even former World Champion Bobby Fischer, who used it to achieve many wins during his day. The benefit to this opening is that you will be familiar with many of the positions you will get into, becau[…]
Endgame Concepts: Triangulation
Posted on March 06,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. In the previous article, we talked about the endgame concepts “opposition” and “outflanking”. The next concept we will discuss in this article gets a bit more in-depth with these ideas. The concept of “triangulation” is one that is a bit more difficult to understand, but still very important to appreciate and use at the correct times. Triangulation refers to a king maneuver that aims to lose a tempo and leave the opponent with the move. Instead o[…]
Nimzowitsch’s My System Part 2 – GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
Posted on March 05,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos, Classic Games (Pre 2010). Experience this classic in video format! In the video “Nimzowitsch’s My System Part 2” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, he delves a bit deeper into the games of Aron Nimzowitsch. Roman begins by talking about the isolated queen pawn structure and how it has some advantages and disadvantages for both the player who has the pawn and the player playing against the pawn. He also includes the ideas of Nimzowitsch and how the masters of his time evaluated[…]
Endgame Concepts: Opposition and Outflanking
Posted on March 04,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Endgames are full of interesting, technical and tactical positions. This is the phase of the game where calculation reigns supreme and one inaccurate move can mean the difference between a win and a loss. Because of this, understanding endgame concepts as you continue improving as a chess player is incredibly important. You could play a strong opening, a terrific middlegame and have an advantage leading into the endgame, but if you do not underst[…]
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