Seventh Rank Absolute: Position 1 - Rook defends from a distance Seventh Rank Absolute: Position 2: Rook stays close to the King Seventh Rank Absolute: Position 3 - Same position, White to move Seventh Rank Extended: Position 1 Trape...
Recently, I have been watching videos by Derek Grimmell on youtube on Queen vs Rook endgame and would like to summarize them in a single post here. Q: What do we really need to know about Queen vs Rook endgames? A: A library of positions and h...
I am going to solve 4 Rook endings in this post - from the chapter on Rook and Pawn vs Rook in the book - Understanding Rook Endgames. ==================================================== Position 1: Black to move and draw Answer: B...
In this post, I will attempt solving R+2P v R position - the famous Gligoric - Smyslov position - in an original way. I will then compare it to analysis given in a few books to see what was missed. Background: Rook endgames are incredibly har...
I have been stuyding some games by Karpov on how to play English opening, and today I got a chance to employ it in a Blitz game. I am Black, and I followd the game between Kasparov and Karpov from their world championship game for the first 10 mo...
This is a game where White plays a psychological gambit - 1.f3 and 2.Kf2 I was Black and I decided to ignore the provocation. I calmly developed in the opening. In early middle game, I exchanged off White's fianchettoed King Bishop. Then, I opene...
These are the PGN from Simon Williams' Spicy Gambits that I am collecting in a reference. Scandinavian: Caro Kann: Pirc / Modern: French: Sicilian: Danish:
I was playing a blitz game, and a completely stumbled onto the following beautiful checkmate position:
In http://www.theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/fide-world-chess-championship-anand-carlsen-2013/anand-survives-basically-lost-position-against-carlsen-in-world-championship-game-4 After 10...Be7, why did Anand not move e6, forcing ... fxe6, ...
Game 1: Joshua Sheng vs. Srikanth Bangalore Game 2: Srikanth Bangalore vs. Alexander King Game 3: Agata Bykovtsev vs Srikanth Bangalore Game 4: Srikanth Bangalore vs. Udit Iyengar
1. Weiss vs Rodriguez Vargas 2. Chuchelov vs Beliavsky 3. Suttles vs Keres
We are going to follow Carlsen's repertoire: 1. Topolov vs. Carlsen 2. Topolov vs. Carlsen 3. Wang Yue vs. Carlsen 4. Kramnik vs Carlsen 5. Vaganian vs. Parligras 6. Li Shilong vs. Hou, Yifan
1. Topalov vs Anand (World Championship Game) (Rxc1, Rxc3, Bxc4) 2. Ivanchuk vs Carlsen (Rc1, Rxc3, Bxc4) 3. Topalov vs. Anand (cxd5-Nxc3-bxc3-exd5-Bd3) 4. Topalov vs Anand (cxd5-Nxc3-bxc3-exd5-Qb3-Rd8-c4) 5. Majorovas vs Korzubov ...
1. Magnus Carlsen vs Evgeny Alekseev 2. Anish Giri vs. Levon Aronian 3. Miljkovic vs. Anatoly Karpov 4. Miton vs. Lputian 5. Sedlak vs Milov 6. Giorgadze vs. Boris Spassky
Chapter 1: 3rd move sideline: 3.d4 e5!? 4.dxe5 3.d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nf3/Be2 Van Den Doel game - delayed Nc3. The Forced Draw. The inferior 3.Nf3/Be2/h3 - Nakamura and Vachier Chapter 2: 5th move sidelines. 1.e4 d5 ...
Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation 1. Lasker vs. Tarrasch (faulty game in the opening, but demonstrates White's strategy of exchanging all the pieces, and winning the endgame). 2.Yandemirov vs Inarkiev - the mainline 3. Kengis vs. Yuneev - Black keep...
The first thing to remember is a trap that Taimanov fell into. The main player whose repertoire we are going to follow is Artur Yusupov. The main thing to learn is that it is OK to push pawns in front of your king, but after move 30!. ...
Round 2 of the tournament and I am White. I am switching to 1.e4, and have not yet tried it out in any major tournament. This is the first one, and so I played it with great deal of learning attitude. Play and see what happens. The game entered S...
This was the first round of the tournament, and I was playing a very talented youngster Hovanes Salvaryan. He opened 1.e4 and we entered Scandinavian Defense. He outplayed me in the opening and in the middle game. But made a blunder in the endgame...
1.c4 How does one answer so flexible a move as 1.c4? Does one prepare a completely different reply to 1.c4 than from 1.d4? What if his second move is 2.d4? Then, won't learning 2 different openings for 1.d4 2.c4 and 1.c4 and 2.d4 be a completely ...
I would love to play Benko Gambit after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4, but White does not play 2.c4 always. He often opts for 2.Nf3. I am thinking of replying 2.d5 and deal with the openings that arise from there. This of course includes a large number of annoyi...
I would encounter Schmid Benonoi starting with 1.e4 with the following move order: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4.d5 Since I don't play open sicilian, I will have to prevent Black from playing cxd4, and therefore enter Schmid Benoni. From this par...
Here is the brief history of Caro Kann Exchange variation. There was a famous game between Maroczy and Capablanca in 1926, in which Black won. It cast a huge shadow over the entire variation, and no one played it until 1970. Then, one day, Bobby F...
The world champion Viswanathan Anand has a tremendous record against the Alekhine's Defense: 17 wins, 5 draws and 0 loss. And he always plays the same opening moves! Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4
The line recommended against the Scandinavian defense is surprisingly simple to play, and is not very sharp. Still, White gets a slight advantage out of the opening. The idea is to delay playing Nc3, and instead play for c4 and d4. This way, Whit...
