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john-warner
Excellent,as usual!Thanks
Attack198842
Nice TY :) i understand somethin about pawn structure ..guess got somethin to think in the middle game ..XD ...hope would make game more interesting :)ll see other videos too ..best one ^^
ptrckmackay
Great Video.
The wiki pawn
Petrosianic
excellent lecture, thank you for explaining the points so well pertaining to white's extension of a4 and the timing of black's d5 as indicated in the pgn, quite excellent, appreciate it. again, thank you for that awesomeness --- very well done!! also, thank you for pointing out the advantages of delaying nc6, or the alternative positions or plans possible by delaying this move.
i thought the tactics associated with white's Pe5 and the manuever of the queen to g2 in a later line very cute. interesting stuff.
pumpupthevolume247
ACE lecture Danny - this is gold for my repertoire and tournament prep, I hope there's a part 7 coming soon!
DimebagDerek
Another fantastic video Danny! This series is a great one, and you do a fantastic job of not only explaining what needs to be done, you make it easier to understand so that successful plans can be made against many common opening pawn structures. Thanks again and hopefully I will be able to play you again sometime on the Big Show! It was very exciting for me to be playing one of my chess heroes in a live game.
FARKHER
IM ACEChess
@JHBlack -- Well, 6...e5 is simply another option. Not any "better" than e6 or "worse", but simply a completely different type of position and structure... and yes, not within the scope of this particular video .
Thanks!
Danny
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oldkracken
Nice video...@ 321 Sat ...PlanetEarth...wheeew, its HHHHHOOOOOOTTTT
JHBlack
Good stuff, Danny.
I'm curious though why play 6. Be2, e6 when 6. Be2, e5 takes the center with tempo? Is it simply to maintain the flexibility and solidity of the Scheveningen, i.e., preference of move order for move 6? And also because this is a Scheveningen pawn structure video, of course.
VanillaBean
Yay, a new one!! Haven't watched it yet. Actually, I'm going through the whole series again so I might wait until I've rewatched the others. But so excited to see another Pawn Structure 101 episode!!
shady4life
Great series! thanks.
thijs69
Good video..thanks!
dzindzifan
Kudos Danny! Awesome. I look forward so much to this series and I'm learning more than ever about this opening having grown up with Kasparov playing this, for the first time I'm really starting to understand the keys. Also your summary at the end was superb. Thanks! You are a Saint!
You rock Lindauer !!! When I asked that question, I really did need to be reminded, and I had a thought you would be the man for the job ...
Thanks all!
elindauer
Outstanding. For me, this series is the best thing going on chess.com.
To answer your question in the video, yes, you have talked about Nc6 x d4 + e5 ideas a bit for black. See part 3 around the 4:00 mark.
Affinity4Code
The Shev is my favorite right behind Najdorf so this video helped alot.
Thank you Danny!!!
varunrambharose
thanks Dan.....thanks so very much.....can u also do a series on closed sicilian please...
by IM Daniel Rensch
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!
Category: Strategy Level: Advanced Opening: Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) Related: « Part 5 | Part 7 » Play Key Position Vs. Computer
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IM Daniel Rensch
ACEChess
At age 14, Daniel earned the status of U.S.C.F. National Master, an achievement that was a record for Arizona chess players at the time. Daniel was ranked in the Top 10 for his age in the United States every year from the age of 12 - 21years old, and at one point he was the highest rated 19-year old in the country. He earned the IM title at age 23. As a Chess Coach/Trainer, Danny has developed multiple State and National Champions. Recently, he has cut back his teaching duties significantly to focus on the growth of Chess.com and ChessKid.com, and to strive towards the GM title.