Mastering the Endgame Series – Part 2 – GM Roman Dzindzichashvili
Posted on March 16,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos. Win endgames with pieces on the board! In the video “Mastering the Endgame Series – Part 2” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we begin to take a look at minor piece endgames. Depending on which pieces are on the board for both White and Black, there are different rules to be followed in these endgames. One general rule that should always be followed, though, is to have an active king. These rules help us to create plans based on the position and what[…]
Posted on March 13,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. There is an important concept you must understand when attacking your opponent’s king: Focal Points. A focal point is a square near the opponent’s king position that we want to focus on with our pieces. We want all of our pieces to pick a specific square and target it as much as possible. The goal is that the square will eventually be unable to be defended any more and we can enter our opponent’s position there and blow open his king position in[…]
Mastering the Endgame Series – Part 1
Posted on March 12,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, All Articles w/ Videos. Control the endgame with passed pawns! In the video “Mastering the Endgame Series – Part 1” by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we learn about how to create passed pawns in the endgame. We also see how we can attempt to stop our opponent from doing the same thing. If we can create our own passed pawn while preventing our opponent from getting a passed pawn, then we will have a significant advantage in every part of the endgame. As long as this is the c[…]
Posted on March 11,2015 By FM Dalton Perrine in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Everyone says they would like to play dynamically in chess, but what does this really mean? The dictionary definition of “dynamic” is “pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic.” So we can relate this to certain chess positions when they are fluid, constantly changing and not always static. There are three factors of a dynamic position that we are going to focus on in this article: Piec[…]
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