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Hello jedis!Our beloved James uploaded today this awesome video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7-G9-ykp5o but I cannot find the game to analyze myself, can someone please post a link to the game or the actual PGN?

Title. Anyone can teach me I'm trying to learn a new opening

Hello everyone. It is indeed a great pleasure to be a part of GMCanty's ADMIN Team and his outstanding Club! Please feel free to introduce yourself. Please feel free to welcome our new Members. I'm a 63 year old fart. lol Been playing chess since 1969. My wife and I were friends with Bobby Fischer. The last movie that came out about him was mostly lies! I was 1980 Eastern Kentucky Open Champion. I use to be a decent player; though I can still play Master chess from time to time. Age and having had a couple bad heat strokes have hampered my playing ability. I'm married and have raised 2 sets of children to adulthood. I was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky; and now live in Eastern Kentucky. Who would have ever known that when I won that Tournament in '80, I would end up moving here and marrying my wife! lol Life it good! Take care and God bless! Once again, it is very nice to be here and a part of your all's lives! BOOM!!!

Hi guys! I just made a chess video on this great opening that I came across, and I wanted to share it with you guys so you can dominate your game! It beat Magnus Carlsen, and Vampire Chicken used it to beat Stockfish 12. If you'd prefer watching someone else's video on it, message me and I will give you some videos by other people. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8TAR69EyY. I would appreciate it if you watch it and sub, but you don't need to.

can someone here please teach me the dragon, ( I made the post here so my friends how are my chess rivals cant see )

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#1. Maxim: Don't trade pieces unless you get some advantage. #2. Maxim: Castle early; Castle often. #3. My Maxim: When you can, place Pressure on your opponent's position. #4. You can't get mated with a Knight on f1/f8. Bent Larson #5. Chess Mastery essentially consists of analyzing chess positions accurately. Mikhail Botvinnik #6. Good/Bad Bishops This is a very important concept to learn as one strives to improve their positional play. Simply put: having pawns on the same color of your Bishop, makes the Bishop bad; and not having pawns on the same color of your Bishop, makes your Bishop good. A good video on this is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEFLHE5E-F8 #7. How do I know what to do in any given chess position; especially after the Middlegame has been reached? First, you have to know what Imbalances are. After learning them, use them to form a plan. https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/a-summary-of-the-list-of-imbalances #8. Secondly: http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/chess/planning.html. The angelfire link, you will have to type/copy/paste to get to. #9. And excellent video on Imbalances: https://youtu.be/QAiHWXK1Y4U You'll have to type/copy/paste that one too. #10. Tactics flow from a superior position. Bobby Fischer Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 Blunders. Tartakower The winner of a game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. Tartakower When you see a good move, look for a better one. Lasker The pawns are the soul of chess. Philidor The hardest game to win, is a won game. Lasker #11. A sacrifice is bet (best) refuted (proven wrong) by accepting it. Steinitz Many have become chess Masters; but no one has become the Master of Chess. Tarrasch #12. A sacrifice is bet refuted (proven wrong) by accepting it. Steinitz Many have become chess Masters; but no one has become the Master of Chess. Tarrasch #13. Beginner mistakes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzG-mJgj-E4 #14. A good game.....Look at the successful attack by White. :)https://www.chess.com/live#a=736598 #15. Technique: The ability to convert an advantage of any kind, into a win. An excellent quote from Frank Marshall: The hardest thing in chess to to win a won game. This is one of, if not, the most important skill to learn in chess. It takes a lot of time to become good at it. As you learn more about chess and play thousands of game, your technique will improve. It isn't an easy skill to learn, obviously, but when you do win a won game beautifully, it is sometime to be proud of! #16. I believe Mikhail Botvinnik described it best: A Combination is a forced maneuver or maneuvers combined with a sacrifice as a result of which the active side gains an objective advantage. #17. I believe Mikhail Botvinnik described it best: A Combination is a forced maneuver or maneuvers combined with a sacrifice as a result of which the active side gains an objective advantage. #18. Many have attempted to improve on World Champion Botvinnik's discription/meaning of what a Combination is, over the many decades. I don't believe any of them are as accurate as what Mikhail stated. BOOM!!! #19. Many will call a Combination a sacrifice. That is definitely good....nothing wrong in it! From what I have found in my studies, both will lead to won/winning games. The Combination usually involves at least one sacrifice which in turn with a forced sequence of moves, will end the game quickly.

#1. A good Maxim to remember: Always check your Checks! Another good Maxim: Always look for In-between moves. #2. Here is the thing about putting in hours of studying Tactics: They do help your Positional Play! How? Developing Pattern Recognition! PR goes along with Positional Play. How? Each time you attempt to solve a tactical puzzle, you are in fact studying the entire position. BOOM!!! #3. Once again, I can't stress the importance of studying tactics! Most do it at chesstempo. It is the best. Go to the Training Tab. BOOM!!! #4. When studying tactics, don't pay too much attention to the time....just try your best to get it right. If you don't get it correct, go back and study the position again. BOOM!!! #5. Always develop your pieces toward/around the Center. Do not neglect King Safety! Get that King to the side of the Board where it is safer. Also, a plus of Castling? Connecting the Rooks and getting it ready to be developed in the Center. For general purposes, these Chess Maxims are to be followed. Depending upon the position, there are exceptions. BOOM!!! #6. Another Maxim: do not bring your Queen out too early unless you have a good reason to do so. If you do, you will lose time moving your Queen around from being attacked; and at the same time that it is being attacked, your opponent is gaining time by developing his pieces. When this occurs, he will gain the initiative; perhaps attack; and perhaps proceed to crush you. BOOM!!! #7. When you are up in material, TRADE! The more pieces your opponent has, the more counterplay/chances he will have at getting his material back. So look for ways of forcing exchanges. Exchange when up material to get to the easily won Endgame. When behind material, do NOT trade! The more material you have, the better chances you have of obtaining counterplay to get your material back. BOOM!!! #8. When up material, look for ways of using that material advantage to place pressure on your opponent's position! Many players, even very good players, from time to time, will crack under pressure and blunder. Always have a PLAN/an IDEA! Choose what you think is the best plan/idea. Always think: What can I do to make my position stronger?!! Even if it is a bad plan, that is good! Planning/having ideas is what Chess is all about! Yeah, you will lose more games than usual by playing this way #9. Passed pawns beg to be pushed! They are especially strong if they have reached the 6th Rank. Use them to place pressure on your opponent's position. Always look to do so. Push 'em at the right time. Don't over extend it/them. They are a huge advantage in the Endgame; and a useful resource in the Middlegame. BOOM!!! #10. Always remember: There are exceptions to the rules/maxims/axioms. Think. Play the position/never the player! BOOM!!! #11. Yes, you will see this a lot from me: Study tactics Study tactics Study tactics You will improve much quicker doing so. Tactics makes chess fun.....eat 'em up! BOOM!!! #12. Learn from your losses! Go over your games with the chess.com engine/computer playing program. BOOM!!! #13. Don't sit around day after day.....exercise! Get that blood a pumpin'. If you haven't been doing so, start out easy...work your way up! The more fit the body is, the more fit the brain is/the better you will be able to think. BOOM!!! #14. Knights are strong in closed positions. Closed positions are positions that have locked pawn chains. Bishops are strong in open positions. Bishops can defend say, a pawn, and at the same time, attack an opponent's pawn. Knights places on the edge of the board are weaker than knights placed around the Center. Usually placing a Knight on the side of the board to attack say, a Bishop that can't be moved away; or a knight that is moved to the side in order to be posted is good. #15. When there is action on both sides of the board, the Bishop is stronger. When the action is in the Center, the Knight is usually stronger. Knights are very good defenders. They are good blockaders of passed pawns also, as they can block the passed pawn and at the same time, can still attack. Watch out for the Forking Powers of the Knights. They can be very sneaky! lol Always look to Post a Knight. The Posting of a Knight consists of moving it to the 4th, 5th, or 6th, rank with the support of one or two pawns. When doing so, the Knight becomes more powerful than the Bishop; your position becomes stronger, tactical opportunities become more possible, and the Knight will place more pressure on your opponent's position. If posted on the 4th rank, it is at least equal to the Bishop. If posted on the 5th or 6th rank, it is more powerful than the Bishop. Depending upon the position, when the Knight is posted on the 6th rank, it becomes equal to the Rook. If the position is open or you are going to play to make it open, attempt to obtain the Bishop Pair. This is when you have two Bishops verses two Knights. If that can not be done, try to obtain a Bishop and Knight vs your opponent's two knights. When you have the Bishop Pair in an open position against two knights, the advantage will be worth 1/4-1/2 pawn. #16. The Rook: next to the Queen, is the most powerful piece on the board. Remember, the most important piece is the King; not the Queen. Whooooo doesn't love playing with the Rooks?!! Of course Rooks have play on the Ranks and Files; applying pressure on the black and white squares. So, place them on simi-open/open files. Once done so, you may want to utilize the Rook's great power by in such a way, that the file can act as an elevator for the Rook to lift up and then swing to the other side of the board/other wing; for example using the maneuver, known as a Rook Lift/Rook Luft, for a Kingside attack. In order to make your position more solid, it is a good idea to Castle. This is extremely important! In doing so, the King goes to the side of the board away from the Center; as the Center is where most of the action takes place. Also, the Rooks will be connected and ready to come to the Center as in Castling Kingside. Of course when you Castle Queenside, the Rook will be active on the d-file, immediately having influence in the Center. If you have a passed pawn, the Rook is better places behind it. Having your Rook in front of a passer, is weaker. Always strive to make your Rook/s active or more active. The more squares it/they control, the more active it/they are. At times, it is a good idea to give up a pawn in order for your Rook to be/stay active! No matter the position....whatever piece/pieces you have, play Active Chess/not inactive Chess! Once you have control of a file, try to place your Rook (also known as a Pig) on the 7th or 8th Rank. "Pigs on the Seventh" (both Rooks) is very powerful, usually winning. Keep in mind that the more active your pieces are, the more opportunities for tactics will exist. And we all love using tactics to win material, to create a Combination, and to CRUSH that King! Next is the King. #17. The King, the most important piece on the board! We do all we can to protect Her! Early in the game, get that King away from the Center via Castling. In King and pawn vs King and pawn Endgames, it is a good idea to have your King in front of your passed pawn! The Rook/s behind a passer/the King in front. If the Queens and one or two minor pieces are off the board early in a game, at times it is a good idea NOT to castle/moving the King to e2/d2 or e7/d7. This allows your King to be closer to the Center when the Endgame comes. Regardless where the King is/castled or not, in the Endgame comes, use the King; don't let it stay on the back ranks. The King is a fighting piece, use it! King and pawn vs King is the backbone of all Endgame Knowledge. Learn how to use Opposition!!! https://youtu.be/aLyRWZPXUzI The Title of the video given: Chess Endgame Fundamentals: King + Pawn vs. King. by John Bartholomew #18. Maxim: When evaluating your opponent's move, assume their an idiot. When evaluating your move, assume they're a genius. #19. Maxim: Especially in the Opening and Middlegame, fight to control the Center! #20. Maxim: Passed pawns beg to be pushed! #21. Maxim: Attack on the wing that your pawn chain points. #22. A Maxim that I have made up: It ain't over 'til it's over! Just because you are losing, doesn't mean you will lose. Keep fighting! #23. Maxim: Always check your Checks! #24. Maxim: Before making an obvious move, look for an in between move! This is a move that you are able to make and still have the obvious move available. These moves are present more often than you think. They are powerful and will make your position stronger. #25. Maxim: Any way you look at it, Checkmate is the name of the game! #26. Playing rated games right after getting up from sleeping all night/taking a nap, is a very bad idea. Wake up fully; then play rated games. #27. Maxim: Play the position; and not the opponent! #28. Don't worry about defending perfectly. Usually, that will not occur. Have fun. Play the best you can. Don't see Ghosts! "Oh, no, look what he/she just played!" Either your opponent played a good more or he/she didn't! Take the time and see if it is a good move. Don't worry or get scared! #29. Maxim: A bad Plan is better than no Plan at all! Always play each move as a part of a over all plan. You make a plan by having an idea or ideas! #30. Maxim: Rooks belong behind your passed pawn; and behind your opponent's! #31. Maxim: Usually avoid moving the same piece twice in the Opening. Don't bring the Queen out too early. #32. Maxim: Control the Center! #33. My Maxim: Don't try for a quick crush; just play better moves than your opponent! #34. My Maxim: Have fun; think clearly. #35. Always remember Rule Independence: there are exceptions! #36. When you have a good move, WAIT, you might find a better one! #37. Your best move is usually the one your opponent hates the most! #38. Maxim: Knights to the Center first. #39. Maxim: Be aggressive, but play soundly...make sure every move has a purpose. #40. Maxim: Don't ignore your opponent's move. #41. Maxim: Check your Checks! Do not overlook them and take things for granted. #42. In chess, it is not enough just to be a good player; you must also play well. Dr. S Tarrasch #43. Maxim: Don't give needless Checks. Check only when it makes sense! #44. Maxim: Play for the initiative. If you have it, maintain it. If you don't have it, seize/get it. #45. Maxim: Cut your losses. If you must lose material, lose as little as possible. #46. Maxim: Capture with the piece of least value, unless there is a definite reason to do otherwise. #47. Maxim: Never play a risky move, hoping your opponent will overlook your threat....unless you have a losing position. In that case you have nothing to lose. #48. Maxim: Rely/depend on your own powers. If you can't see the point of your opponent's move, assume there isn't any. Like I stated earlier, don't see Ghosts! #49. Maxim: Never sacrifice without a good reason. #50. Maxim: When you can't determine/make up your mind, whether or not to accept or decline your opponent's sacrifice, accept it. #51. Maxim: Attack in number. Don't rely on just one or two pieces. In other words: Get there firstest with the mostest! #52. Maxim: Play for the Center: guard it, occupy it, influence it. Fight for the Center with pawns. #53. Maxim: Don't make careless pawn moves; especially in the Opening. #54. My Maxim: Time is critical. Don't waste it! In other words, in the Opening, move your pawns and pieces accurately. #55. Maxim: Try to develop with threats. but don't threaten pointlessly. #56. Maxim: Develop during exchanges. #57. Maxim: In the Opening, don't remove your Queen from play to "win" a pawn. #58. Maxim: To exploit/take advantage of an advantage, attack. #59. Maxim: Try to give as much scope to your pieces as possible. #60. Maxim: Don't bring the Queen out too early, unless the natural course of play requires it (like the particular Opening have chosen to play....or you have a quick forced Mate). #61. Maxim: Seize/grab open lines! #62. Maxim: Gain Space; limit your opponent from doing so. #63. My Maxim: When your opponent is on the attack, trade pieces to limit/stop his attack. #64. My Maxim: When your opponent is on the attack, trade pieces to limit/stop his attack. #65. Maxim: Develop Rooks to open files, or to files likely to open. #66. Maxim: Castle early. Get that King to safety! #67. If possible, keep your opponent's King from Castling. #68. Maxim: Try to pin your opponent's pieces. Avoid pins against your own pieces. The Pin is mightier than the sword! Fred Reinfeld. #69. Maxim: Don't capture pinned pieces until you can benefit from doing so. If possible, attack them again, especially with a pawn. #70. Maxim: Don't capture pinned pieces until you can benefit from doing so. If possible, attack them again, especially with a pawn. #71. Maxim: After Castling, don't move the pawns in front of your King without a specific/good reason. #72. Maxim: To attack the King, pick a Target Square around it. #73. Chess is 99% Tactics. Richard Teichmann A lot of truth to that! #74. Maxim: Try to avoid early exchanges of Bishops for Knights. #75. Maxim: Double your attacking pieces by building batteries (two or more pieces of like power attacking along the same line). Place Queen and Rook/s on the same file or rank; and Queen and Bishop on the same diagonal. #76. Maxim: Build Batteries with the less valuable pieces up front, unless tactics require otherwise. #77. Don't be afraid of an attack on your King. Have the mindset, "Bring it on!" #78. Take nothing for granted. Don't feel or hope that some line is good or bad. Make sure that it is good or bad! #79. Play to win against anyone and everyone. Play without fear. After all we are going to lose a bunch of games, so there is nothing to be afraid of, is there? Do this and you will instil/place fear into your opponents. Jeremy Silman. #80. Maxim: To strengthen control of a file, double your major pieces (Rooks and or Queen) on it. #81. Maxim: Determine whether you have an open or closed game; and play accordingly. Remember, Knights are better in closed games. Bishops are better in open games. #82. Maxim: To improve your scope of your Bishop, place your pawns on the color of squares opposite the color of your Bishop. #83. Maxim: Choose a plan and stay with it. Change it only if you should or must. #84. Maxim: To gain space, you usually have to sacrifice time. #85. Maxim: If in a cramped position, free your game by exchanging material. #86. Maxim: Trade bad minor pieces for good ones. "Help your pieces so they can help you." Paul Morphy #87. Maxim: To gain space or open lines, advance pawns. #88. You can retreat pieces, but not pawns. So always think twice about pawn moves. Michael Stean #89. Maxim: If the Center is blocked, don't automatically Castle. #90. An Isolated pawn is a weakness. Get rid of it by pushing it as soon as possible. Get an even exchange for another pawn or use it as a Strength by pushing it at the right time to form an Attack! #91. Remember that Blunders are everywhere on the board, sitting there, ready to be made. No biggie, just have fun. Learn from your mistakes. Go over your losses! #92. A Rook on the seventh is worth an extra pawn. Two pawns on the sixth is worth a Rook. #93. The idea isn't to find the correct move, but to find the correct plan; and then the moves which best implements it. Alekhine #94. Beer, then chess.....your chess is a mess! #95. After Castling Queenside, alway play Kb1/Kb8. Ben Finegold #96. Maxim: If you have Castled on the opposite side, throw your pawn at the King. #97. Maxim: Capture with pawns toward the Center. #98. Maxim: In general, avoid doubled pawns. However, there are exceptions to this. #99. Maxim: Try not to have undefended pieces. Look for your opponent's undefended pieces. #100. Maxim: Try to gain more space than your opponent. If you have more space, don't trade pieces.

What do you guys think? Especially you GMCanty!

there are lots of ways a mate combination could have occurred but I found this game one of the most interesting end games for analysis and an exciting double rook sac for an eventual mate. it also illustrates the benefit of developing more quickly than opponent and the importance of king safety and an early castle. me vs 1505 player 1m these are the moves up until and including me offering the rook sacrifice. See if you can spot the combination. this was the in game combination to the checkmate. Let's use smallfish and look at some alternative combinations if our opponent made some better moves. How about this combination... There are lots of ways this game could have gone I'm not sure the chess board and moves I am posting are going to end up in the right place. I want to see if it will post lots of variations on the same board,. .

[Site "Chess.com iPhone"][Date "07/13/2018 12:54AM"][White "secretbonus (1277)"][Black "Allerih (1268)"] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 h5 8.h3 d6 9.g4 hxg4 10.hxg4 Nxg4 11.Ke2 Qd7 12.Ng5 c6 13.Rh7 f6 14.Rxg7+ Kxg7 15.Ne6+ Kf7 16.Qh1 Ke8 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxg6+ Rf7 19.Qh8# {secretbonus wins by Checkmate} A computer can refute these moves and it may not work against some of the Super high level players in here so this may be an example of 1m bullet games teaching bad habits. However, I usually play 1m games vs players just under 1300 and I'm very comfortable making these moves. I wanted to post it because the aggression brought about lots of interesting options. Before my opponent moved pawn to F6, I had some other ideas for how to slice into king side without necessarily knowing all the specifics of my opponent's possible counterplay at the time but they could be worked out... ideas like making room for bishop sacrifices to open up the king side and/or make room for my last rook to get involved or possibly even something like Qh8, Be3 with the idea of Bd4 then sacking the rook AND queen on H8 to remove the opponent's king side fianchettoed bishop and creating a mating net after my last rook delivers h1 check and if I can manage the rook h8 mate as long as my own bishop (or another peice) can activate to protect h8. Opponent can play c5 so on hindsight d pawn takes c6 followed by knight d5 bringing in more pieces and prior to that opponent's knight on G4 can take bishop on e3 so playing pawn f3 to remove him might be necessary and by kicking out the knight it might open up things on the king side. Anyways, I thought the lack of castling and super aggressive tactics including moving king when opponent only had one attacker and was too slow to get after it , was interesting enough to post.

I am first : a puzzle I found on reddit.com White to play and win.