This blog will be used to record my games and master games while trying to learn Simon Williams Recommendations. Tarrasch Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 Three Example Games showing three approaches by black: Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 ...
I will update this post with games in this variation as I play them. At the time of this writing I have had only 2 games. Game 1: Game 2: Game 3 Game 4
First steps in learning this opening for me is to look at a few master games where ideas that I feel I may come up against are played. I will list a good amount of games and make some notes in my head or on the pgn with a # to denote frequent plan...
I see this move often enough that I should have a look at where my pieces go. Specifically I have noticed that I am afraid to unpin myself and allow Bxf3, gxf3 but that in a few games I have looked at white is not afraid of this and black doesn't...
I recently had a chance to play the Classical Dutch against the London System (this time a "real" London with c3 and not c4). I played four games where I managed to play for the e5 advance. There were some minor slip ups out of the opening but I r...
My Game: Master Games with Qa4 and Bg5: Master Games with Qa4 and Ba3:
I was given the opportunity to play Qa4+ in the Gruenfeld Exchange Variation with black blocking the check with Bd7. I want to see what I can improve upon by looking at my game and some master games. End with some points to remember for myself. M...
Hello again to another blog post where I try to learn something! In this series I have been looking at what I want to call a gruenfeld pawn structure, where black has fanchettoed on g7 and white has pawns on c3, d4, and e4. I think I will change ...
Hello again I recently played a game where black again did not fianchetto. This time white's dark-squared bishop stayed inside the pawn chain. In this blog post I want to again see what the man, Simon Williams, has to say. In his book The Killer D...
Hello all! This blog will look at the classical dutch from black's perspective. In this post I will look at a recent game that I played where white did not fianchetto and played The London System. I have been seeing this more and more so I thought...
Hello and welcome to the second installment of this series where I try to learn 1.d4 2.c4 and associated ideas along the way. This post definitely ties in with Part one because I reached a position out of the opening that was very similar in terms...
I would like to start a blog where I review and analyze my games starting with 1.d4 and 2.c4. Specifically trying to asses the ideas I used or considered as well as going through master games to learn new ideas As a start I will review my most...
Hello all I want to congratulate myself on achieving my highest blitz rating at 1639! Thank you, thank you ! I didn't think that I would cross the 1600 barrier but I have and I have kept it up since achieving it. I would contribute this to a ...
Hello Chess.com members,My username is CNoahSay and this is my first blog post. Recently I finished the lesson on Chess.com for the Kings Indian Defense Averbakh variation. This variation was brought up to me recently by a player the my local ches...
