Chess Analysis And Discussion

Chess Trap #16 Bishop Trap

2010-04-14T07:41:00.000-07:00

A classic trap from the queens gambit Category: I play the queens gambit accepted. Its perfectly good and black has just a little more freedom to do active tactical stuff than in the declined variation at the expense of giving white an extra center pawn. besides kasparov, the current world champ, anand, is a big fan of it, as well as other top gms such as ivanchuk and topolov.

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Chess Opening: Lasker's Trap

2010-04-14T04:51:00.000-07:00

A discussion of Lasker's Trap, which shows up in the Albin Countergambit to the Queen's Gambit. I had to use WinBoard for this lecture because PGNMentor does not allow me to promote my pawn to a knight. :-(
this trap only applies to 4.e3?
4.Nf3 is the main line of the Albin Counter Gambit. 4.e4 is another possible move. Against either of these I would play ...Nc6 and just develop my pieces, using the pawn on d4 to constrict White's development... in theory. I have a couple other videos on this channel of me using this gambit, although I'm not sure of its overall soundness.

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Chess Opening: Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense: Tarrasch's Trap

2010-04-14T04:03:00.000-07:00

This is a chess discussion of a trap in the Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense. This is an important trap to know because it shows what happens if Black tries to hold the center in the Steinitz.

When Tarrasch beat Marco in 1892, it signaled the beginning of the end for the Old Steinitz Defense. Today the Neo-Steinitz, 3...a6 4.Ba4 d6, is much more popular because it avoids the trap in this video.

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Chess Opening: A Trap in the Torre Attack

2010-04-14T03:48:00.000-07:00

This is a trap in the Torre Attack (1.d4 2.Nf3 3.Bg5). It is one of my favorite opening traps; in the 2000 Chic...

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A great opening for beating

2010-04-14T03:06:00.000-07:00

The Ponziani is the main aggressive/surprise opening I used as White when I climbed from 1600 USCF to eventually 2130 over about three years. My coach GM Alex Wojtkiewicz (R.I.P.) suggested it as an easy way to trip up class players who likely don't have time to study this somewhat obscure opening and figure they'll just play it over the board if they encounter it. Unfortunately for them, the "natural" moves are the wrong ones and they can easily fall into some traps. This opening is also good for online blitz and bullet games for the same reason.

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Kasparov plays a simultaneous chess game.

2010-04-14T02:41:00.000-07:00

That's nice chess video, Kasparov plays a simultaneous chess game.(Video with Greek subtitles)

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Improve Your Chess

2010-04-13T23:08:00.000-07:00

Improve Your Chess in 7 Days by Gary Lane

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sorry for making any mistake.

IM Gary Lane's Beating the French was one of my first chess books. I won it as a scholastic book prize at a local tournament, and while the book's detailed opening analysis was lost on me, I did enjoy Lane's writing. Now, ten years later, I'm reviewing Gary Lane's most recent offering, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days, and I'm wishing it had been the book I'd received so many years previous. It would have taken me more than 7 days to read, but I would've had a lot of fun, and certainly improved my chess.

Lane has divided his book into 7 chapters, which the title suggests should be read during the course of a week. A stronger player will only need a few days, while a weaker player will need more than a week, but the book is a quick read either way. On Day 1, "So you want to improve your chess?", Lane covers a variety of topics like choosing a move, the relationship between strategy and tactics, and the basics of creating an attack. These subjects are covered more in-depth later, and I'd accuse the chapter of being unfocused if it didn't spoil me with fresh and surprising examples from recent tournament games. Lane introduces the importance of tactical motifs by comparing two recent tournament games:

Vallejo Pons - Perelshteyn, 1999

Pintor- Leite, 2002

Vallejo Pons won with the surprising 33.Rb3 when the black queen is lost after 33...Qxb3 34.Qb8+. Three years later, Pintor won with the same idea (see if you can spot it).

Examples like this are peppered throughout the book, and I appreciate that Lane has found games with instructive and easy-to-follow positional and tactical ideas. They are perfect for the developing player.

The remainder of the book is filled with even more entertaining (and fresh) illustrations of Lane's ideas. My favorite section is "Mastering the Endgame." It's an excellent primer on beginning endgame play. Lane's discussion of rook and pawn endings is especially instructive as he explores key positions of increasing complexity before revealing how they can inform one's practical endgame play. In so doing, Lane bridges the gulf between theoretical and practical beautifully. He even includes an enlightening analysis of a relatively complex endgame: queen and king vs. rook and king. Here Lane deftly balances concern for the beginner's understanding with the goal of providing quality analysis for stronger players.

My only qualm about the book is that its discussion of positional play is a little sparse. In fact, tactical fireworks frequently overshadow Lane's discussion of positional chess. The complexities of positional play, however, are probably outside the scope of the book. Furthermore, the section is very entertaining, and my complaint is only that I would've appreciated a little more on the subject.

Attacking Chess

2010-04-13T22:53:00.000-07:00

Does this title sound somewhat familiar to you? Yes, I think so too, as soon as possible it recalls that classic work of Vukovic, The main Art of Attack in Chess. It's hard to believe the author and/or publisher were unaware of the similarity in title between the two works and the cynic might suspect that there is a deliberate attempt to capitalize on the well-deserved success of the earlier work. But reading the current volume, I was strainged to note that there was no mention of the Vukovic work nor is it listed in the fair-sized bibliography though The Second Piatigorsky Cup is included (from 1968, three years after the publication of the Art of Attack in Chess) so it's obviously not an issue of chronology or ignorance of the earlier era. There should be no confusion between the two books however- they are entirely different animals. Vukovic's work was a virtually encyclopedic collection of tactical middlegame positions from which general attacking motifs and patterns were dissected along with a number of "rules" and guidelines for dealing with attacking various structures i.e the castled king, the fianchettoed king etc. Although complete games were cited, the focus in the older volume was on positions that were, in the main, ripe for tactical exploitation and the successful prosecution of the attack. This current work is considerably less informationally dense, though there is quite a lot of information between its covers, focussing primarily on complete annotated games. The games are arranged in themed chapters such as "The Horwitz Bishops", "Exploiting Temporary Advantages" etc. The annotations, happily,do not feature overwhelming labyrinths of variations and subvariations, nor are they disappointingly lightweight either but strike a good balance for players below master level (such as myself) in the amount of detail covered, with sufficient diagrams (usually two or three per page) to make it possible to read the book without a chessboard.

Though I note the lack of similarity between the two books, I do not mean to suggest at all that Franco's book is without merit. On the contrary, this work, with its focus on how attacking positions can arise from the opening and manifest themselves through positional considerations, astute timing and carefully prepared buildups fills something of a gap left by Vukovic. The older work was less concerned with how attacking positions evolve organically from the preceding play than Franco's book is, though that aspect was certainly not completely ignored by Vukovic.The games themselves, featuring many recent efforts from Carlsen, Topalov, Short, Polgar and their ilk, are uniformly excellent as are their annotations. Since I am below master strength, it would be foolhardy for me to judge the quality of the assessments given by Franco but he is apparently a respected GM and I see nothing to indicate that there is anything amiss. On the contrary, (and based on my limited experience), Franco's instructive annotations seemed quite sensible and did a good job of illuminating the relationship between the positional and tactical aspects of preparing an attack. One nice feature of the book is the inclusion of several supplementary games to the primary 33 games that form the meat of the book. These games are also well-annotated and follow the same openings as the stem games. This allows the reader to see how the principles of attack change (or are reinforced) in similar but differing positions. Another plus is the inclusion of several exercises, a feature that would have been welcome addition to Vukovic's book, allowing the reader to think for his or herself and apply the lessons from the games. Although translated from Spanish (I assume), the prose flows nicely and there is nothing to suggest that this book was penned by a non-English speaker. All in all, I found this to be a worthwhile book especially for intermediate players, though perhaps stronger players can learn something too. If I had to pick between the two books I've compared here to accompany me to the proverbial desert island, I would definitely choose Vukovic's masterpiece, but if it was a roomy enough boat, I would certainly try to squeeze in Franco's book too. Recommended.

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Chess Game

2010-04-10T22:21:00.000-07:00

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The Knight Vs. The Bishop

2010-04-09T12:22:00.000-07:00

There are three parts of Chess game, 1st= opening, 2nd = middle game, 3rd = end game, though every part is important part, still end game is a most important, some players feel problem, when he go to the end game position, also he feel problem with his knight and opponent bishop, or his bishop and opponent knight, so i think every Chess players should earn some idea about end game, with bishop and knight. Enjoy the chess video and learn something,

The Knight Vs. The Bishop

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How to Play Chess: For Beginners

2010-04-09T11:23:00.000-07:00

It's just an idea for beginners, I think beginners should follow it, all chess players mean all masters were beginners, they follow some method, then they reached to aim. so lets go we follow what is this>>>>>>>>>>

Chess for beginners

Chess Auto Move and analysis

2010-04-09T03:46:00.000-07:00

Anand and Carlsen to play World Rapid Chess Tournament Final

2010-04-08T12:45:00.000-07:00

Carlsen and Anand will play in the final of the 13. GrenkeLeasing Rapid Chess World Championship -- the very encounter many chess fans were waiting for. Qualifying, however, was not that easy. In the second half of the preliminary it took Anand three exciting tactical games to qualify while Carlsen was lucky to survive against Morozevich, exactly that, all chess players are satisfied. they are both king of the Chess

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Analysis Game position.....of world champion

2010-04-08T07:19:00.000-07:00

GMs Anand and Kramnik analising the game position after the round 10 in the WCC 07 in Mexico city.... its a simple analysis after finishing the chess game, so lets go we watch and enjoy what was the main fact,

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Chess Analysis : A Great Tutorial - Two Knights Opening

2010-04-07T07:03:00.000-07:00

This is a video chess tutorial . Opening with two knights is an extra-ordinary step . Sometimes it helps a player enough to dominate over the board . When I first learned this one , I was wondered .
From this video you can learn about this opening technique . I think an example is better than a thousand words :) So there shouldn't any problem , but if you have any problem feel free to ask .
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Chess Analysis: Maste vs. Master !

2010-04-07T03:45:00.000-07:00

Hi all Chess players, just i want to say this is good analysis. that's a fantastic chess game. This is a game analysis from a recent quad tournament with time controls set at 90 minutes each. One player played in the Alekhine Defense.
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Chess game analysis

2010-04-05T09:59:00.000-07:00

A tandem chess game Men (GM Bareev + GM Ponomarev) against women (GM Kosteniuk + IM Skripchenko) played at the Golden Blitz 2005 in Moscow. Commented by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk Category:
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Chess game analysis

2010-04-05T08:34:00.000-07:00

I enjoyed many chess game in my life as a chess player, but i think that's a fantastic chess game.........
If you watch this chess game and satisfied i will be happy. Thanks all chess player.

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Chess Game Analysis

2010-04-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

The chess video is very helpful for chess player. please the chess video watch attentively, I think this chess video can help you as a chess teacher
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The Chess Game is Anand - Karpov

2010-04-04T05:50:00.000-07:00

The chess game was played king of chess Anand - king of ches Karpov,

1 e1 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 e6 5 g4 Bg6 6 Nge2 Ne7   7 f4

7.....c5!
as we show above, once f4 is in, it's less likely that 7....f6!? will do any good, white simply shores up the center by 8 Be3, when 8...fe5 9 fe5 gives white f4 for his knight. I should add thet in some lines in which white plays h4-h5 instead of f4, f6 is the best defence.

8 Ng3!? cd4 9 Nb5 Ne6! 10 f5 Bc5 11 Nd6+

Blacks point is that after 11 fg6 fg6 he pics up a second pawn and threatens the total decimation of white center by ...Ne5 then 12 Qe2 0-0 prepares Nd7 wining the last centre pawn, and then 13 g5 (to get Bh3 in) runs into 13 Qb6! 14 Bh3 d3! 15 Qd3 (15 cd3 Qb5) 15...Ne5 and everything falls apart. notice how this was a consequence of ...c5 and ...cd4, although by no means a necessary one. and in fact later games improved for white before this point in the game. 11 Bd6 12 ed6 Qd6 13 Bg2
13fg6? fg6! is strong (black has the open strong f file a big cenre and 3 pawns for the piece) in fact ...fg6 usually the correct answer in the french and similar structure, having said that even 13...hg6!? sets up the rogue tactic 14 Bg2? Rh2!

13...f6

now black threatens to escape with the bishop.

14 fg6 hg6 15 0-0

white steers clear of ....Rh2 again

15 Nd7 16 Rf2 0-0-0 17 c3 dc3 18 bc3 Nb6!

although black has only two pawns for the piece, he more than make up for it with the mobile centre, c4 output and king site attack, white went to win, but not because of the opening. attacking the base was correct decision.
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Taimanov - Karpov chess game

2010-04-03T02:23:00.000-07:00

I m going to put a chess game of sicilian defence, which was played by karpov - kasparov in 1985 (moscow wach(16))

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 c6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nc6 5 Nb5 d6 6 c4 Nf6 7 N1c3 a6 8 Na3 d5!?
a shocking gambit prepared by kasparov for this match.
9 cd5 ed5 10 ed5 Nb4 11 Be2 Bc5 !? 12 0-0? 0-0 13 Bf3 Bf5

what does black has for his pawn?? greater activity, to be sure and white's a3-knight is a very poor piece, but most of all white has serious internal weakness in his own camp. d4 and d3 they are on the closed d-file yet still on major importance.
14 Bg5 Re8 15 Qd2 b5 16 Rad1 Nd3
there it is. the d3 square has no protection and the knight will radiate influence from its position almost until the end of game. 17 nb1 h6 18 Bh4 b4 19 Na4 Bd6 20Bg3 Rc8, 21 b3 g5!
more space
22 Bd6 Qd6 23 d3 Nd7

black is even ready to reinforce d3, which hardly needs it. in nearly every critical variation analysed later it proved to be the difference. the d4 square which is also weak, isn't occupied by a piece until much later, but white loss of control over it allowed black to proceed without impediment.
24 Bg2 Qf6 25 a3 a5 26 ab4 ab4 27 Qa2 Bg6 28 d6
the forward guard to be sacrificed. white is hopelessly tied up, the more to after black's next move.
28.....g4 29 Qd2 Kg7 30 f3 Qd6 31 fd4 Qg4+ 32 Kh1 Nf6 33 Rf4 Ne4 34 Qd3

34..... Nf2+ 35 Rf2 Bd3 36 Rfd2 Qe3 37 Rd3 Rc1 38 Nb2 Qf2 39 Nd2 Rd1+ 40 Nd1 Re1+
0-1
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what is an opening?????

2010-04-02T05:53:00.000-07:00

Generally speaking, , an opening is defined by the introductory movs of a chess game. an opening begins on move one. the obvious question that suggests itself is surprisingly difficult to answer, how to we decide on what move an opening ends and the middlegame begins? there is no general agreement among players and authors about this, in many case it turns out to be a subjective judgement informed by playing experience. in this write i shall define openings (and their variations) as sequences of moves, that are specifically named. with the name in common chess usage and sometimes refering to a complex of related positions. The advantage of using this convention is that we can know precisely at which move an opening or variation ends. for instance the english opening is defined by single white move: 1. c4 the sicilian defence consist of 1 e4 c5. and the variation called the najdorf variation of the sicilian defence is delimited bye the moves 1. e4 c5, 2. Nf3 d6, 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 by defining the word "opening" to designate move with name that are in general usage. we avoid dealing with such near-irrational sequences as a4 e5 2 f3, which do not fall within the category of opening as i have define them. there are very few meaningful openings unnamed, but i shall touch upon them if the occasion arise.
most of writing is devided into major openings which can be identified within four move or fewer, for example, the ruy lupez (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5) or the grinfield defence ( 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5) etc. each of which then subdivide into variations. named variation of opening can be of allmost any length, for example, the closed variation of the sicilian defence has just two moves: 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3, and the exchainge variation of the ruy lopez (also known as the spenish game) consist of the four move 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bc6. lasker's variation of the queen gambit is distinguished by the seven moves 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 e3 0-0 6 Nf3 h6 7 Bh4 Ne4 but some variation stem from other variations, which can stem from still others, and so forth. for example the chinese variation of the dragon sicilian evolves from this move-order e4 c5(this is sicilian defense.) 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 (the moves thus far are know n as the dragon variation) Bc3 Bg7 7 f3 Nc6 8 Qd2 ( theese first eight moves define the yugoslav attack) 8 .... 0-0 9 Bc4 9some authers refer to this as the'Bc4 yugosalv attack') 9.....Bd7 10 0-0-0 and now with 10.....Rb8 (8), we have arrive at the chinese variation of the dragon sicilian,

The nature of chess openings: fundamentals

2010-04-02T04:33:00.000-07:00

The first move of a chess game can be played in random fashion, or they can be organized so as to form a coherent strategy, chess is avobe all a game of logic an planning, so the player who coordinates his move towards and end will almost always defeat and opponent whose moves has no purpose or are inconsistent. this write concern itself with initial moves that make sense together and attemp to explain the reasoning underlying those moves.
the first order of business will be to clarify the scope of our investigation and to orientate ourselves in the world off openings, then we shall look at some rudimentary ideas underpinning successful opening play.
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Introduction to Chess Analysis And Discussion

2010-04-02T03:57:00.000-07:00

the initial moves of a chess game hold a particular fascination for those who play the game. this is reflected in the fact that chess-players at all levels devote the greatest part of the study to what are called "opening". put simply , opening are sequences of early moves: well discus exactly what qualifies as an opening as we go along. players normally study the openings that may potentially appear in there own game, after all, no body wants to incur a disadvantage before the game warms up, and every chess-players would like to gain an advantage over this opponent right out of the blocks.
thus we find the chess literature vast number of books about particular opening and opening systems. more has been written about the initial phase of the game that about any other chess topic, whether the middle game , end game, history, strategy, attack or defence. there are also encyclopaedias, magazines, CDs, DVDs, Videos, and website devoted society to opening moves. we refer to such material in general as opening theory or simply theory, within most fundamental openings there are seemingly countless subsystem (called " variation " ) and still further division material info "sub-variation". it is not uncommon to see large book devoted exclusively to variations or even sub-variations. fortunately, opening are usually named, so we can communicate about them without explicitly having to resat, for example first nine move played bye both sides.
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