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To bring this video series to a close today, GM Shanky completes his coverage of the Advanced Variation. Reviewing the more positional approaches by white, including "Carlsen's Choice", the "Short Variation" and the Nbd2-b3 move order. Take notes and use this series as your personal launching pad, after all, recommendations on the best lines from a GM can't be a bad place to start! | Watch video
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Sometimes, you need a second chance! After blundering away one of his two powerful passed pawns, IM Rensch must find a way to win the game for a second time. In this highly interesting Panov Structure, Danny talks in the post game review about the importance of keeping your focus on the move order of you opening and not taking anything for granted. | Watch video
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Today GM Bojkov highlights another great contribution Nimzowitsch made to the chess community: Developing the theories of the blockade and over-protection as important themes in prophylactic thinking. Here Nimzo employs his own opening (1...Nc6 against 1.e4) and proceeds a deep plan surrounding the d5-square and blockading the bad dark-squared white Bishop. | Watch video
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Yet another thing the good doctor Tarrasch and the great Aron Nimzowitsch disagreed about was central control! In-particular, Nimzo's theory was that occupying the center with your pieces, on key squares, can be just as effective as gaining a space advantage with your pawns. GM Dejan Bojkov explains, but regardless of where they stood on this debate, we can all thank these two "chess fore-fathers" for pioneering these discussions. | Watch video
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IM Mackenzie Molner brings the first section of his new video series to a close this month by reviewing a recent victory he had over GM Loek Van Wely! After an interesting variation of the Sicilian Kan develops, Mac highlights that his mind was set on keeping the initiative with attacking moves. Eventually, this approach paid off with a crushing attack... and who knew a former Super-GM would let himself get checkmated? | Watch video
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After quickly reviewing a few more opening lines, GM Perelshteyn brings his video series on the Stonewall to a conclusion by showing an epic battle between two World Champions! In this game, the reigning World Champ takes down the former World Champ by transposing into a Stonewall structure from a Queen-Indian. Eugene finishes by reminding us of the important principles in the Stonewall. | Watch video
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In this epic battle between two legendary chess heavy weights (and former World Champs too) we see an excellent example of how to attack when the King's are castled on opposite sides of the board! "Who says Petrosian was not a good attacker or tactician?", asks today's instructor, GM Melik Khachiyan. After watching this display of amazing tactics, initiative, intuition, and timing, it's hard to argue... | Watch video
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In this Live Session match Danny relies on an "old friend" (Blumendfeld Gambit) to get the job done! After a series of tricky tactics in the opening, the game quickly simplifies into a Rook and Bishop vs Rook and Knight endgame with a lone passed pawn to Poppa Bear's advantage. Does Danny convert the victory, or does he allow kingside counterplay that can't be stopped? Watch and find out... | Watch video
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In this infamous Najdorf English Attack game, the former World Champion Garry Kasparov delivered a powerful exchange sacrifice that would change the way people felt about an entire variation! GM Khachiyan reviews it for us from the perspective of highlighting all the attacking principles. Melik also discusses how to evaluate pieces "subjectively" vs "objectively". Enjoy! | Watch video
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Today GM Dejan Bojkov highlights Dr Tarrasch's contributions to chess theory, in particular, his own defense against 1.d4. Tarrasch had very original ideas about pawn play and positional principals, in comparison to his contemporaries. His theories on the strength of an Isolated Queen Pawn were progressive to say the least, and his game with the legendary Marshall is a great example this. | Watch video