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Today GM Khachiyan reveals yet even more "Dragon Secrets" when he reviews the game Bruzon-Malakhov from the year 2000. He highlights white's best approach against the slightly dubious choice to develop with 3...Bg7 instead of capturing on d4 in the Accelerated (Hybrid) Dragon. The variations are sharp, but white's advantage is always clear... as our Melik's wonderful explanations of what to look for in this line! | Watch video
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With his next installment, GM Bojkov explains how his student captured her first National Title (Bulgarian Women's Championship). The game itself was a tricky one, with Isolated Queen Pawn strategies dictating the plans for both sides. After a surprise opening choice (the Alapin against the Sicilian) both players venture in one of the sharpest, modern variations for a complicated middlegame. | Watch video
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This weekend IM Rensch gets back to the never ending, on-going, "Energizer Bunny" that is the Pawn Structure 101 video series. He continues to review the Scheveningen structure, and he reveals some of the deepest points about playing these positions at a high level. We learn that white must establish kingside pressure before black gets to e4, among many other critical ideas! | Watch video
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Today Melik makes the initial transition away from the Maroczy Bind structure with his first video on the "Old Main Line" of the Accelerated Dragon. He reviews black's "best option" against the threat of the Yugoslav Attack (8...a5) and he displays black's critical ideas by going over one of his own games against International Master Jack Peters. | Watch video
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GM Shankland provides his next defensive planning and prophylactic thinking video today, and it's his last where he uses the subject matter of Opposite Colored Bishop endings to illustrate his critical thinking points. Once again, there is much to learn about how to prevent your opponent from achieving their goals, and this time black's task is much harder because he can't simply sacrifice the Bishop for the pawns. | Watch video
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Today Melik reviews another game from our "Accelerated Hero", only this time, our hero falls short... In the game Short-Tiviakov, 1998 -- GM Tiviakov chooses a slightly mediocre plan to find himself on the wrong side of a squeeze position. Learn from Sergey's mistakes, and remember to control the critical dark-squares and find "tricky" moves like Qb4 at the right time, and you will be fine! | Watch video
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Coach Dejan continues his new video series today, reviewing another interesting game from one of his best students! He offers general advice applicable in your battles, and he highlights a rather "awkward theme" of how to trap a Tower of Power - even in the middle of the board! His student achieves this feat in the game, but it wasn't easy! Download Dejan's PGN with analysis for more... | Watch video
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In Part 2 IM Rensch provides more practical advice as he reviews two example games that clearly display the three critical features/plans of every endgame! He instructs further upon the importance of making the "right exchanges", activating the King, and striving hard to convert your passed pawns or majorities. The final game, one of his own, shows a good example of "defensive planning" for advanced players. | Watch video
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Today Melik transitions into more of the "main lines" of the Maroczy Bind, highlighting black's approach if white keeps the Knight on d4 (instead of the c2 retreat we saw in Parts 1 and 2). He again reviews a game by our "Accelerated Dragon Hero" - Grandmaster Sergey Tiviakov. Here Tiviakov achieves a good position with ease against GM Ivanchuk. Enjoy! | Watch video
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The second installment in GM Bojkov's new video series brings us another game full of practical lessons for our learning! Many typical and instructive mistakes were made by Ashrita (and her opponent), but she also executed some very nice middlegame plans against white's IQP, arising from an Alapin Sicilian, to gain a small advantage heading into the endgame. | Watch video