Anyone want FREE chess COACHING ??

any one else with QUESTIONS !!

Skewers are the forgotten tactic.

With that in mind Pins are the most common and how to defend against them in the opening early and make your opponent pay with a counter attack?

I have a question for you instead!  I see some strong players in the past have moved Rad1 in that position.  I don't understand this choice, what is the reasoning behind that move?

@ wafflemaster

After Rad1 white can move the queen back to b1 without trapping the a1-rook. This becomes even more important if you want to double the rooks on the d-file. Usually play continues Be7 Ne4 Bxe4 Qxe4 with a one-sided position with minimal pressure for white. There is no clear difference in the quality of the moves so you could choose either rook.

Thanks.

To the OP, do I have to take all my opponent's pieces? When I have some army left, and he has just his king or queen on the board, I win, yes? One piece of royalty left...

is your USCF really 648 ?? O.o

c'mon people the guy apparently is offering coaching to people below his level not to everybody  so what's wrong with that

When people offer something free in this day and age, I suspect a dating website advert. is going to pop-in during analysis of a line.

21. Ne4?! Rfe8 22. Bb3 

How do you stomp people rated around 900? Because I noticed that the only standard live games you played were against 900, so you obviously must be very experienced with that.

So it is true that the Scholar's mate is the best opening around there?

I could find myself on either side of the board lol!  Anyway, first we'll start with the imbalances:

1.Black has a hedgehog setup, very flexible and can play either d5 or e5 depending on how things go down.

2.He has both bishops on the long diagonal. 

3.Bishop pair for black.

4.A classic c-file vs. d-file game. 

4.Queen is way off on f4, and is somewhat vulnerable there.  She does pressure d6 though somewhat. 

I'd say white has a slight edge as it's his move and white can force black's hand with Rad1, white's knights and black's bishops dominate the center.

  If I find nothing better then I'll play Rad1 principle of the least active piece with pressure against d6. 

1.e4 too committal, though the bind looks worth considering.  Besides, Rad1 prevents ...d5 nice enough.

Maybe Rfd1 is better because it allows the Ra1 to go to c1 if needed?  I like Rfd1. 

1.Rfd1,Bxc3 2.bxc3 giving up the bishop pair, but lessening white's grip on the light squares.  2...d5 3.cxd5,exd5 4.c4 and black is toast, no way Bxc3 is reasonable. 

On the grounds of preventing d5 and the principle of the least active piece and flexibility (leaving Rac1 on the table for later) I'll go with Rfd1

How did I do? 

Ouch I didn't think about the queen being chased since the Nf3 covers where the bishop could go to chase her, and ...e5 creates a big gaping hole on d5, backward pawn on an open file, and blocks the Bf6. 

What has sebleb started. Even the profile pic has similarities.

Oh god. This kid again.

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lol finally getting serious huh

I have a question for you bettensmajic:

So in some of my recent games as black, my opponent has played this opening:

Whenever I face this opening as black I end up losing, probably because of white's strong pawn chain and center control. So I was wondering if you could give me some advice as to how to respond to this opening as black, so that I at least have drawing chances.

Thanks a lot!

That makes sense! Closing up the position makes it easier to get a draw! Why didn't I think of that earlier?

Someone copying the theme, including a similar style of profile pic.