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Learn how an early pawn sacrifice could be beneficial with the Budapest Gambit - GM James Plaskett ... and more
Learn how an early pawn sacrifice could be beneficial with the Budapest Gambit - GM James Plaskett
Posted on June 11,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Gambit a pawn for aggressive piece play! In the video "Budapest Gambit" by GM James Plaskett, we are shown an attacking opening that starts with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5. Black sacrifices a pawn on the second move of the game, planning on getting it back with good attacking chances and active piece play. Sometimes Black will not regain his material, but will still have good compensation for the sacrificed pawn as a rule. If White does not accep[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 3
Posted on June 10,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. In this final part on the breakthrough in pawn endgames, I would like to start with a beautiful example. This position was created by Bething in 1905. White to play As in all compositions, the solution is unique and eye-catching. 1.Ke1!! (Against 1.Kf2 Kh2 2.Kf3 Kh3 draw; if 1.Ke2 Kg2 2.g4 fxg4 3.f5 g3 4.f6 gxf6 5.h6 f5 6.h7 f4 7.h8 (Q) f3 8.Kd3 f2 draw) 1...Kg2 (1...Kh2? would not work because of 2.Kf2! White wins the opposition and the game) 2.[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 2
Posted on June 09,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner's Corner. In this second part, we’re going to analyze a few more complicated examples of the breakthrough. Our first case is from the Guliev-Tukmakov game fought in a zonal in Ukraine, in 1993. White to play White brings their king to the center as the basic principles of the endgame dictate, but this was a fatal mistake. The position should have been analyzed concretely and not based on abstract concepts. Here, we see that 1.Ke3?? Kd6 was played and Black[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 1
Posted on June 03,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. The breakthrough is a hugely important strategic theme in pawn endgames. Through this resource, a rank could achieve a powerful passed pawn. In most cases, it is necessary to sacrifice one or more pawns. The following position is the most familiar, an unavoidable diagram in every book on the final stages of the game. White to play White to Play 1.b6! The key is the double attack. 1...axb6 (1... cvb6 2.a6) 2.c6! bxc6 3.a6 and winning. Let's[...]
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Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 3 ... and more
Learn how an early pawn sacrifice could be beneficial with the Budapest Gambit - GM James Plaskett
Posted on June 11,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Gambit a pawn for aggressive piece play! In the video "Budapest Gambit" by GM James Plaskett, we are shown an attacking opening that starts with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5. Black sacrifices a pawn on the second move of the game, planning on getting it back with good attacking chances and active piece play. Sometimes Black will not regain his material, but will still have good compensation for the sacrificed pawn as a rule. If White does not accep[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 3
Posted on June 10,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. In this final part on the breakthrough in pawn endgames, I would like to start with a beautiful example. This position was created by Bething in 1905. White to play As in all compositions, the solution is unique and eye-catching. 1.Ke1!! (Against 1.Kf2 Kh2 2.Kf3 Kh3 draw; if 1.Ke2 Kg2 2.g4 fxg4 3.f5 g3 4.f6 gxf6 5.h6 f5 6.h7 f4 7.h8 (Q) f3 8.Kd3 f2 draw) 1...Kg2 (1...Kh2? would not work because of 2.Kf2! White wins the opposition and the game) 2.[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 2
Posted on June 09,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner's Corner. In this second part, we’re going to analyze a few more complicated examples of the breakthrough. Our first case is from the Guliev-Tukmakov game fought in a zonal in Ukraine, in 1993. White to play White brings their king to the center as the basic principles of the endgame dictate, but this was a fatal mistake. The position should have been analyzed concretely and not based on abstract concepts. Here, we see that 1.Ke3?? Kd6 was played and Black[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 1
Posted on June 03,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. The breakthrough is a hugely important strategic theme in pawn endgames. Through this resource, a rank could achieve a powerful passed pawn. In most cases, it is necessary to sacrifice one or more pawns. The following position is the most familiar, an unavoidable diagram in every book on the final stages of the game. White to play White to Play 1.b6! The key is the double attack. 1...axb6 (1... cvb6 2.a6) 2.c6! bxc6 3.a6 and winning. Let's[...]
OnlineChessLessons.net is a producer of thousands of free chess articles and free chess videos by FIDE chess masters. They recently released the renowned Empire Chess series that has been taking the chess world by storm. Please consider checking out their chess blog and chess shop with tons of free updated previews.
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Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 1 ... and more
Learn how an early pawn sacrifice could be beneficial with the Budapest Gambit - GM James Plaskett
Posted on June 11,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Gambit a pawn for aggressive piece play! In the video "Budapest Gambit" by GM James Plaskett, we are shown an attacking opening that starts with the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5. Black sacrifices a pawn on the second move of the game, planning on getting it back with good attacking chances and active piece play. Sometimes Black will not regain his material, but will still have good compensation for the sacrificed pawn as a rule. If White does not accep[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 3
Posted on June 10,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. In this final part on the breakthrough in pawn endgames, I would like to start with a beautiful example. This position was created by Bething in 1905. White to play As in all compositions, the solution is unique and eye-catching. 1.Ke1!! (Against 1.Kf2 Kh2 2.Kf3 Kh3 draw; if 1.Ke2 Kg2 2.g4 fxg4 3.f5 g3 4.f6 gxf6 5.h6 f5 6.h7 f4 7.h8 (Q) f3 8.Kd3 f2 draw) 1...Kg2 (1...Kh2? would not work because of 2.Kf2! White wins the opposition and the game) 2.[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 2
Posted on June 09,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner's Corner. In this second part, we’re going to analyze a few more complicated examples of the breakthrough. Our first case is from the Guliev-Tukmakov game fought in a zonal in Ukraine, in 1993. White to play White brings their king to the center as the basic principles of the endgame dictate, but this was a fatal mistake. The position should have been analyzed concretely and not based on abstract concepts. Here, we see that 1.Ke3?? Kd6 was played and Black[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 1
Posted on June 03,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. The breakthrough is a hugely important strategic theme in pawn endgames. Through this resource, a rank could achieve a powerful passed pawn. In most cases, it is necessary to sacrifice one or more pawns. The following position is the most familiar, an unavoidable diagram in every book on the final stages of the game. White to play White to Play 1.b6! The key is the double attack. 1...axb6 (1... cvb6 2.a6) 2.c6! bxc6 3.a6 and winning. Let's[...]
OnlineChessLessons.net is a producer of thousands of free chess articles and free chess videos by FIDE chess masters. They recently released the renowned Empire Chess series that has been taking the chess world by storm. Please consider checking out their chess blog and chess shop with tons of free updated previews.
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Endgame Techniques: Shouldering. Part 3 ... and more
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 3
Posted on June 10,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. In this final part on the breakthrough in pawn endgames, I would like to start with a beautiful example. This position was created by Bething in 1905. White to play As in all compositions, the solution is unique and eye-catching. 1.Ke1!! (Against 1.Kf2 Kh2 2.Kf3 Kh3 draw; if 1.Ke2 Kg2 2.g4 fxg4 3.f5 g3 4.f6 gxf6 5.h6 f5 6.h7 f4 7.h8 (Q) f3 8.Kd3 f2 draw) 1...Kg2 (1...Kh2? would not work because of 2.Kf2! White wins the opposition and the game) 2.[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 2
Posted on June 09,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner's Corner. In this second part, we’re going to analyze a few more complicated examples of the breakthrough. Our first case is from the Guliev-Tukmakov game fought in a zonal in Ukraine, in 1993. White to play White brings their king to the center as the basic principles of the endgame dictate, but this was a fatal mistake. The position should have been analyzed concretely and not based on abstract concepts. Here, we see that 1.Ke3?? Kd6 was played and Black[...]
Pawn Endgames: The Breakthrough. Part 1
Posted on June 03,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. The breakthrough is a hugely important strategic theme in pawn endgames. Through this resource, a rank could achieve a powerful passed pawn. In most cases, it is necessary to sacrifice one or more pawns. The following position is the most familiar, an unavoidable diagram in every book on the final stages of the game. White to play White to Play 1.b6! The key is the double attack. 1...axb6 (1... cvb6 2.a6) 2.c6! bxc6 3.a6 and winning. Let's[...]
Endgame Techniques: Shouldering. Part 3
Posted on May 27,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. In the third part in this series on shouldering, we are going to analyze three examples. To begin with, our first example is from 1922 from the repertoire of problem composer, Weenink. A good method to streamline our imagination is the resolution of compositions that take us along the path less-traveled. Here, we see such a position. White to play White to play The most natural procedure is to make the bishop retreat far from the opponent's king,[...]
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Corner pawn crushing the fianchetto structure (Part I) ... and more
Endgame Techniques: Shouldering. Part 1
Posted on May 20,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles. In this article I would like to show you “shouldering,” an endgame strategy that in my opinion is not given enough attention in specialized books. Most books covering the endgame are full of matters concerning “zugzwang,” “opposition,” etc., leaving this topic, which is no less important, to always take a back seat. In the endgames, something quite peculiar happens between both kings. They are the only pieces that cannot directly threaten or capt[...]
Corner pawn crushing the fianchetto structure (Part III)
Posted on May 19,2015 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner's Corner. In the final part of this article series, I would like to show some examples when the corner pawn attack is used in the endgames and may have a decisive impact on the result of the game. In the endgames, the corner pawn advance can hardly have the same direct attacking purposes against the rival's king, but it may be used as a positional/strategic resource. Smyslov - Karlsen, 1982 After the first look at the position, it's not so clear who has th[...]
Mastering the Opening Series - Repertoire for Black 2
Posted on May 18,2015 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos. An interesting idea from a common opening position! In the video "Mastering the Opening Series - Repertoire for Black 2" by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, we see an opening for Black that Roman has studied for over one hundred hours. This opening begins with the moves 1.d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5. This center-attacking opening comes with has many interesting ideas and is a good choice for anyone interested in mixing things up. Throughout the video, Roma[...]
Corner pawn crushing the fianchetto structure (Part I)
Posted on May 12,2015 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner's Corner. Many players (including myself) like the fianchetto setup. It gives wide possibilities to the bishop on the long diagonals. Furthermore, when the castle is made on the fianchetto's side, king feels more protected. However, there are spots even on the Sun. For example, if a fianchettoed bishop is exchanged, a complex of weak squares will appear around the fianchetto pawn structure. It is a very logical and popular idea to expose the fianchetto set[...]
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