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Pawns - Their Importance- Part 2 2008-07-18 14:04:00 I would like to show you some wonderful positions , where pawns decide the outcome of the whole game!
Optueta - Sanz, Madrid 1934
Black to move…
And it doesn’t look very dangerous for white .The pawn on b2 is protected…The bishop on b6 looks passive But a passed pawn may...
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Pawns - Their Importance - Part 1 2008-07-18 11:12:00 500 years ago chess was different from today. Pawns didn’t cost as much as they do today. The best players started games with the gambits. Pawns were only a small price to:
Open a file or diagonal;
Create an immediate attack on an opponent’s king; It was the Italian style of chess.All positions of...
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The King's Indian Attack - Part 2 2008-07-17 17:05:00 Game 5 : Steve Stoyko (2340) - G. McDonald (2220) [C00]
Game 6 : Steve Stoyko - M. Schechter (2293) [B50]
Game 7 : Steve Stoyko - Koval (2113) [A08]
Game 8 : Steve Stoyko - K. Farrell [A04]
Game 9 : Steve Stoyko - Spiro [A08]
This concludes the series of lectures on The King's...
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The King's Indian Attack - Part 1 2008-07-17 16:09:00 Notes on a Lecture by FM Steve Stoyko
The great thing about an opening like the King's Indian Attack as White is that it is more about piece placement and positional motifs than it is about specific book lines. Every piece has its best square -- except the dark-squared Bishop. As FM Steve...
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Tips For Learning Chess Part 9 - Destroying the Balance 2008-07-17 11:33:00 A Lesson in Breaking the Material and Positional Equilibrium Modern chess not only differs greatly from chess of 19th century, but it also varies from chess played over the past 25 years. If you examine games from the World Championships played over a quarter of a century ago, you will notice a...
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Tips For Learning Chess Part 8 - Endgame Priciples 2008-07-17 11:00:00 1.Pair of Bishops is stronger than pair of Knights. 2.Bishop is usually stronger than Knight. Bishops are better than knights in all except blocked pawn positions. 3.Rook and Bishop are usually stronger than Rook and Knight. 4.Queen and Knight are usually stronger than Queen and Bishop. 5.Rooks...
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Tips For Learning Chess Part 7 - Positional Principles 2008-07-17 10:58:00 1. Pair of bishops is a serious advantage (especially in endgame). If you have pair of bishops - try to open the position. And in opposite if your opponent has it try to close the position. 2. If you have advantage in space - avoid exchanges, which can lead to exemption of the play. When you have...
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Tips For Learning Chess Part 6 - Pieces 2008-07-17 10:57:00 1.Bishop is usually stronger than knight in open positions. Knight is better then bishop in closed positions, when bishop is restricted. In semi open position, when knight has supporting square (reinforced by pawn) in the center, and can’t be attacked with the opponent’s pawn - knight excels bishop...
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Tips For learning Chess Part 5 - Playing Principles 2008-07-17 10:25:00 1.Opening fighting directed to the capture of the center. Pieces control and attack the maximum number of squares from the center. One of the advantages in center possession is in ability to transport the game to the flanks more easily. 2.Development is to be understood as the strategic advance of...
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Tips for Learning Chess Part 4 - Opening Principles 2008-07-17 10:15:00 1.Opening fighting directed to the capture of the center. Pieces control and attack the maximum number of squares from the center. One of the advantages in center possession is in ability to transport the game to the flanks more easily. 2.Development is to be understood as the strategic advance of...
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Tips For Learning Chess Part 3 - How To Annotate Your Own Games? 2008-07-16 13:55:00 While everyone prefers to learn from the mistakes of others, this is not very realistic when it comes to chess - Annotate Your Games
! A chessplayer’s strength is measured by his or her successes in tournaments. Sport has a single criterion - the result. Should we disagree with it, or bring in some...
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Tips For Learning Chess Part 2 - Playing The Classics 2008-07-16 13:54:00 It seems to me that a chess-player should first of all learn to play the classical openings, rather than openings such as the English opening, the Reti opening, Pirc-Ufimtsev Defense – the so-called “anti-openings”. These openings imply that the real combat begins only after the 15th move. You can...
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Tips For learning Chess Part 1 - Talent & Hard Work 2008-07-16 13:50:00 The Greatest World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik considered the success in chess as a combination of 4 factors.
* Special Chess Talent
* Good Physical conditions (Health).
* Strong Character
* High working skills To achieve success in modern chess requires being a universal style chessplayer, playing...
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Making Your Opening Book Stronger 2008-07-16 13:03:00 The best chance of getting your performance up is the book. Players who tune their books to get the strongest lines will always have the advantage (almost regardless of hardware) over those who use readily available "off the shelf" books. I have seen players with relatively modest hardware get very...
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Excelling at Chess fast – Things you must have 2008-07-21 15:36:53 Chess is art and every art needs dedication and devotion. And one should give sufficient time to excel at it. Chess is no exception. You need to give sufficient time to excel in chess. And that time has to be spent intelligently. Everybody wants to excel and climb up the ranking ladder without...
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How to Analyze the Position? 2008-07-20 09:42:03 Notes on a lecture by NM Scott Massey
NM Scott Massey lectured once on "how you analyze" during a game. He began by considering some criteria that have been developed over the years by several chess writers, which show a certain progression from focusing on the opening, to the middlegame, and...
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