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If your opponent should choose to "politely decline" your generous pawn offer in the Blumenfeld Gambit, IM Mac Molner advises you not to fear! To conclude this mini-series, Molner reviews all of black's options against the popular 5. Bg5 variation, and leaves you feeling "armed to the teeth" with knowledge. He finishes with another high level game review in which black held a draw against the likes of Ivanchuk. Enjoy! | Watch video
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GM Bojkov concludes his series on the first world champion today with a summary on some of Wilhelm Steinitz contributions to chess theory. As we have learned, Steinitz was a man of principle who fought hard to defend his views. Though his stubbornness was known to cause him some troubles, his legacy and "ideas left behind" would not be what they are today without this character flaw. | Watch video
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Quite the ambitious claim is made by IM Daniel Rensch in this weekend's featured video: 40 Openings in 40 minutes, providing a basic description of the pawn structures therein with each one! Does he manage the task? Check it out for yourself, and take your fundamental knowledge of every "main line" opening to a higher level. Beginner's gold, and great review for advanced players alike! | Watch video
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Roman cooks us a tasty dish this weekend, bringing us one of his best games -- and with it, a highly instructive Knight ending! Roman's flawless technique in this game is something to aspire towards, and his ability to use the Principle of Two Weaknesses method is amazing! Ultimately, the threat of the "a4-pawn expressway" would lead to a lost position of Zugzwang for black. | Watch video
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Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan brings us more from his days as a schoolboy, this time providing more insight into how his tutor -- former World Champion Tigran Petrosian -- viewed positional chess and sacrifices. watch as white correctly evaluates that the control over the light-squares, along with black's potentially weak King, would be more than enough to compensate for the sacrificed material...
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1.d4 players looking for some "new light" on dealing with the infamous Dutch Leningrad might want to take a look at this video lecture! IM Thomas Rendle walks through this highly interesting, and in some cases "ultra-aggressive", sideline and he gives it his two thumbs up. Note how quickly and often white makes the e4-breakthrough, and pay attention to IM Rendle's personal game review where he suffered a tough defeat. | Watch video
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Grandmaster Khachiyan continues his new video series on the subject of recognizing and then exploiting your opponent's sub-par positional (pawn play) understanding. Here we see his young opponent walk into a reverse Benoni, and Melik thinks: "this is bologna"! Pay attention to Melik's thought process and how it quickly led to a much better position for white (the Nh4-f5 and f4-pawn break being the key ideas). Enjoy! | Watch video
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Though Dzindzi shifts focus from 4.Bd2 to the "other" main line in 4.Nbd2 in today's video, the ideas for black remain strikingly similar and represent easy, comfortable play. The overriding positional themes of the Bogo Indian make this variation a simple addition to any "Nimzo player's" repertoire. Watch carefully for the moments when black is supposed to play for d5 (to shut out the Bishop) as opposed to the normal d6-e5 plan. | Watch video
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The "un-crowned" king of the chess world before an official World Championship title was awarded was, in many people's view, Adolf Anderssen. That was until Andersen made the mistake of challenging the young Wilhelm to a match and claiming that he didn't expect to lose a single game. When Steinitz won the match 8 games to 6 the world's opinion, needless to say, was changed forever. Enjoy this exciting game! | Watch video
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Today GM Dzindzi starts a new series designed to help players "complete" their black repertoires against 1.d4. The difference between the many "Indians" is explained today, and Roman recommends a more positional approach to the Anti-Nimzo's in the Bogo Indian. Pay attention to the principles given in this introduction video and get prepared for this entire, very in depth, opening video series. | Watch video