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Dear Chess Friends! You know “Giuoco Piano” (Italian Game) is quite popular nowadays, but usually leads to symmetrical positions with no advantage to any side and games there end in a draw. That’s why many of the white players who struggle to find any advantage there switched to Ruy Lopez with its more complicated positions. But how to play against Ruy Lopez? There are several ways. Of course, the most common is Berlin Defense, then Steinitz Defense. However, these openings almost don’t allow black to win but are quite solid and chances to lose there are really low. But what if the black player plays for a victory in Ruy Lopez? Which variation to choose? My answer is Marshall Counter-Attack! This is where you may get a sharp position and demonstrate your strong sides (especially if they are calculation and tactical vision). You may say that Marshall Counter-Attack is well-explored and white can always find how to draw the game there if they know the line. The key here is “if they know the line”. But if they don’t black has all the chances to succeed! I’m glad to welcome you to the 64th webinar “How to Beat Ruy Lopez with Marshall Counter-Attack". I'll demonstrate the lines where black may overtake the initiative and impose their playing style. And, of course, everything will be illustrated by GMs’ games. Come to the webinar, learn how to play Marshall Counter-Attack, and win more games with black pieces! The webinar starts on Sunday (10th of January) at 9 a.m. (EST), 2 p.m. (GMT), 5 p.m. (Moscow time). This webinar is free. Please, register for the webinar with this link: https://tricksofchess.clickmeeting.com/marshall-counter-attack/register Please, don’t forget to register in advance and reserve your spot in case of a high number of attendees. See you at the webinar! FM Victor Neustroev

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Hint 1: Watch out for stalemate. Hint 2: Trap the enemy king.

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Hint 1: Exploit black's weak back rank Hint 2: This is a typical smothered mate

Dear Chess Friends! You know tactics and calculation are 2 main aspects of a chess game. You may point out that positional understanding is another good skill and it’s difficult to imagine a strong player who doesn’t understand the position! And I agree with you! But for amateurs and intermediate club players tactical skills are more important! I recommend learning them by motifs – one by one. And in this video, I would like to demonstrate such a tactical motif as distraction! In other words, I’ll teach you how to deflect your opponent! And, of course, illustrate everything by simple examples and beautiful masters’ games. If you are beginner or an intermediate club player and would like to learn about Distraction watch this video about How and When to Deflect Your Opponent! Subscribe on YouTube In chess, there is a great tactical maneuver – Distraction. Its essence is to deflect the opponent's enemy pieces, that play an important role, from their positions. In this case, the opponent either suffers huge material losses, or gets a checkmate. But how do you know when to use this technique? If a forced checkmate is planned A striking example of a distraction with a forced mate is this simple position: The knight on f6 protects the H7 and e8 squares – dangerous and weak squares. Here you need to give your opponent what they want so much – sacrifice a piece. After the sacrifice of the rook Re8!, black can give up. They got what they wanted – they took the rook, and stopped protecting the h7 square. After this move black is sure to get checkmate by white's move Qh7# Moreover, it works even with a different move order! We can sacrifice the Queen on h7 first and then play Re8+, Knight has to block on f8, but Rook takes Knight - checkmate! 2. If the opponent has a weak position that allows you to gain a material advantage. In this position, you can make 2 tempting moves, "feed the opponent with a small piece" so that he believes that he won it. In this case, the piece is the white rook, which is the key to victory: 1) 1. Re8+ Rxe8 2. Qxd6 ... (the Queen is won) 2) 1. Re8+ Kg7 2. Rxd8 ... (And now if black takes the Queen, Qxd1+ , then the black Queen is lost and you are left with an extra rook) There is another kind of distraction – the distraction of checking piece – tactical chess technique in which the piece is distracted checking on less favorable position, but continues to declare check, it gets itself in a bad position, tighten the noose, and you're its only help. That's the point of distraction. Another example of the simplest distraction of a missing piece: The rook checks the white king on f2, and tries to go back to catch the pawn on g7. But black has a great distraction-sacrifice-Nf4!! Now the Knight is "poisoned". If Black is greedy and takes the knight, white king moves to g3 and the rook can’t cover the queening square, allowing white to promote a Queen. But if rook retreats, for example on g5, the knight will be used as a powerful weapon against the opponent's move Nxе6+! With the capture of a pawn and the subsequent capture of a rook. Thus, the opponent himself tied a deadly knot, and you only helped him. Now let's see how the distraction technique is used by chess masters: 1) Adolf Andersen - Lionel Kiesericki (1-0) 2) Eddwin Ziegler Adams – Carlos Torre Repeto (1-0) You can find the analysis of this game in My Chess Blog. To sum up: 1) You have learned about the tactical maneuver – distraction, and in what cases it is used. 2) You have viewed this technique in various chess positions. 3) We saw how chess masters use this technique. I hope this article was useful for you. Visit my Chess Blog! With best wishes, FM Victor Neustroev

Dear Chess Friends! It’s a common mistake for many chess players to not see the whole board when calculating the lines. Especially, if the theater of war is located on a certain and small part of the board. That’s why it’s easy to blunder “a long move” that can be played with a piece in the distance. Such type of moves allows us to join the piece into the attack and surprise our opponents. However, of course, the idea of such moves is not only to do something unexpected but to get a material advantage on a certain part of the board, which is very often decisive for the game result. I’m glad to welcome you to the 61st webinar “How to Take an Advantage of Geometric Pattern of your Position?" where you will learn how to use the geometry of the board and coordinate your pieces properly. I'll explain how to find “long moves” and when to play them so that your opponent isn’t prepared. Of course, everything will be illustrated by GMs’ games. The games played by top grandmasters I'm going to demonstrate at the webinar (and, of course, explain the ideas behind their moves): Alisa Galliamova – Sergei Rublevsky German Fridstein – Vladimir Simagin Dimitri Reinderman – Viswanathan Anand Come to the webinar, learn how to join your passive pieces in the attack, and win more games! The webinar starts on Sunday (20th of December) at 9 a.m. (EST), 2 p.m. (GMT), 5 p.m. (Moscow time). This webinar is free. Please, register for the webinar with this link: https://tricksofchess.clickmeeting.com/geometry/register Please, don’t forget to register in advance and reserve your spot in case of a high number of attendees. See you at the webinar! FM Victor Neustroev

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