This article is about playing f4 as white in different parts of a game like Bird Opening,King's Gambit,Bishop's Game,Sicilian. After viewing the article don't forget to lookup the Kairav's chess masters (KCM) homepage:http://www.chess.com/groups/...
The English looks like this: white goes for d5 but not with the usual e4,he goes 1.c4 while still keeping his central pawns ready to advance.The other advantage is that he doesn't block his c2 pawn after Nc3. This is how it looks like,white's sec...
Here are the basic ideas behind the Sicilian and some variations.Pls don't hesitate to post anything regarding this opening. Both players rush for the center,white has d5 and f5,while black has d4 and b4.Usually white has initiative early in th...
You asked for more...I have posted more;).I hope you will have fun.(The links to my previous puzzle sets:http://www.chess.com/article/view/some-tactical-puzzles-for-you , http://www.chess.com/article/view/more-puzzles-for-you).If you want more jus...
When one side has just king and the other has king and a pawn ,the side with the lone king can still pull out a draw.Here is the trick: From here on if you make a bad move you're dead.Here is what you should do:
I have played a 30 minutes live chess game against a player who was more than 100 rating points ahead of me and I managed to beat him using the two knights defense.I have learned this defense watching this video where two FIDE masters explain it: ...
