I play 7 blitz chess games (3|2 & 5|5) against Beth Harmon's bots. In the Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit', we observe the character Beth Harmon grow in both age and chess rating. The age/rating of each Beth Harmon bot I play is: Age 8 (800...
When you play the Benoni, you will experience a lack of space, and an imbalanced pawn structure. A good strategy for black is to seek at least 1 minor piece exchange in order to be able to move about more freely within the limited space. Given tim...
With the classical variation of the Nimzo-Indian defense, white avoids having their queenside structure damaged by Bxc3. The queen is now prepared to make this recapture from c2. A downside however is that the white queen is deployed very early, a...
An important question for black when faced with a white pawn on e5 in the Caro-Kann Advanced is, "How can I organize my kingside minor pieces?" With black's thematic pawn break being c5, this conveniently opens up the c6 square for the king knight...
A dynamic battle often arises out of the King's Indian Defense. How might things vary, if at all, from the Makogonov variation? A critical moment presents itself as early as move 9. Capturing on f5 would lead to a dynamic battle, and not capturing...
The French Winawer can very often lead to an imbalanced strategic battle. More specifically one where white has the two bishops and a compromised queenside structure, the very side of the board black looks to exploit due to the many holes in white...
What to do when the center is locked? Who would be quicker to strike on the wings, to help potentially activate the rooks? At what point would it be a good option for me to release the tension in the center? On this last note, analysis with the he...
White plays the Wing Gambit in reply to the Sicilian Defense. Its point, as is the case with nearly all gambits, is to open lines and accentuate one's development. If one is not familiar with an open game that quickly turns dynamic, tipping one's ...
Two strong International Masters, Yaacov Norowitz from the United States, and Minh Le from Vietnam plays some chess games on the live server. I kibitz 5 of their blitz chess games with time control 3|0. Both players seem to have had a preference ...
This is a blitz chess game I played as white with time control 5|0. The opening played was the Catalan Opening, Closed. What to do when one side has a space advantage? Keeping all minor pieces on board can make life a little difficult for the side...
This is a blitz chess game I played as white with time control 3|0. Black opted for a King's Indian setup whereas white went for a Bf4 based setup. Sometimes the middlegame could turn into a race if black pushes e4, at which point white would play...
This video covers 3 chess puzzles from Tactics Trainer. Illustrated are the solutions to each in addition to some variations I considered. Moreover, there's an important practical king and pawn endgame tip that is highlighted in the 2nd puzzle. Ca...
This video covers 2 chess endgame puzzles from Tactics Trainer. Illustrated are the solutions to each in addition to some variations I considered. Moreoever, there's an important practical king and pawn endgame tip that is highlighted in the 2nd p...
This is a blitz chess game I played as black with time control 5|0. The opening played was a Sicilian Defense, Kan variation. White, with preparation, looks to go straight after black's throat, aiming for either an f5 or e5 break. How to adapt to ...
This video covers 3 chess puzzles from Tactics Trainer. Illustrated are the solutions to each in addition to some variations I considered. Can you go 3/3 by finding the correct solutions to all of them? The first 2 are endgame puzzles, and the 3rd...
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen defends his title against challenger Sergey Karjakin in Game 1 of the 2016 World Chess Championship match that is being held in New York, USA. It's a best of 12 games where the first player to earn 6.5 points ea...
This is a blitz chess game I played as black with time control 5|0. The opening played was an English Opening where black opts for a Caro-Kann System. When white deploys the king bishop on the long diagonal, this can sometimes make black's queensi...
Have you ever seen our World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen play bullet chess? Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura play some bullet chess, the final phase of the 2016 Grandmaster Blitz Chess Battle Championship's match format. For me, this was the f...
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura plays some blitz against an anonymous Grandmaster, likely a super grandmaster, from China with the username chesspanda123. I kibitz 7 blitz games with time control 3|0. The quality of the games is quite high as one migh...
Showcased is the most recent game by the youngest International Chess Master in history, R Praggnanandhaa. Praggnanandhaa, from Chennai, India, played as black in the final round of the 2016 Isle of Man Chess Tournament against Axel Bachmann of Pa...
This is a rapid time control game of 25 minutes with a 10 second increment between the engines Naum 4.6 and Houdini 200716. This was from Season 9 of the TCEC (Top Chess Engine Championship) in 2016. Understanding the play of two top engines is so...
I played a standard chess game as white with time controls set at 15 minutes with a 5 second increment against Computer4-Impossible. The opening played was the Benoni Defense. The computer is far more brave than any human would be in this game, th...
This is a blitz chess game I played as white with time control 5|0. The opening played was a Ruy Lopez, Exchange variation. With the exchange variation comes an important responsibility, namely great care of the light squares since white is withou...
This is video #22 from the "Beginner to Chess Master" playlist. The Vančura defense is an important rook and pawn endgame drawing idea that is specific to a rook pawn on the 6th rank. This concept is well beyond the beginner stage, and is likely o...
On September 30th, 2016 the Disney movie "Queen of Katwe" will be released. It's based on a true story, one depicting the life of Phiona Mutesi, who today is a Chess Champion in Uganda. In this video I share a recent game she played at the 2016 Wo...
