In the following game, my opponent easily wins my queen but for the neglection of his development, I would of resigned. Since he wasn't using a one rook, bishop, had not castled and was about to exchange off his other bishop for my queen, I decide...
Finding good moves to play in a game is what we all strive for. Yet over and over we repeatedly make blunders and bad moves. Finding good moves have been written about by the likes of Capablanca, Lasker, Tarrasch, Pachman, Kotov, Dvoresky and man...
Every chess position tells a story. At least thats what I like to tell my students when I am teaching them. And when I give them a position and tell them who is to move and win, then they have to tell me the complete story to the end before I allo...
Coach Leopold’s Chess Playing Guide Opening Play: 3 Goals 1. Develop Pieces 2. Castle your King 3. Control the Centre &...
When asked how many moves he thought ahead, Bogoljubow pondered for a second, flashed his teeth and said "Just one. The best". The Ukrainian born Grandmaster lent his name to a variation of the BDG by losing to 5...g6 played by Hei...
In the open positions that arise from gambit openings, the struggle becomes exceptionally fierce. A single tempo becomes immensely significant, and each move requires a momentous decision. Constant practice in gambit openings leads to expansion of...
In his 1995 book on the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Gary Lane asked "Do you relish the prospect of setting your opponent awkward problems from the start of the game?" And lot of times that's what you get when playing the BDG.You set your...
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is an aggressive opening for White where White sacrifices a centre pawn (e-pawn) to open lines for attack with rapid development of his pieces. For the pawn Black trades off tempi as he breaks one of the principles in th...
I taught my student, 4th grader Anthony C. the opening system of The Lion for Black. It starts as 1...d6 2...Nf6 3...Nbd7 pretty much no matter what white plays for his first three moves. It can be used against 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.Nf6, or 1.b3 &am...