Sunday, February 16, 2014

Lectures with Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Anna Sharevich

 

    
     
    
    
    
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Pavel Ponkratov - Vugar Rasulov, David Bronstein Memorial 2014, Minsk




Game collections
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.g3 Bc7
8.d6
8.Bg2 
  
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Lecture with Grandmaster David Smerdon



    
   
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Vitaliy Bernadskiy - Aleksandr Shimanov, David Bronstein Memorial 2014, Minsk




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Sergei Tiviakov - Jaan Ehlvest, David Bronstein Memorial 2014, Minsk




Game collections 
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 g6
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Na5
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Qe7
   
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Sunday, February 9, 2014

Surprise the Black Chess King


White to move
  
    

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Discover Weaknesses in Your Opponents Position

What squares are no longer enough defended?
A square might be defended by one or two pieces, but that's not always enough.
    
The position after 13.f4-f5   
Srdjan Zakić - Srdjan Cvetković, Aosta 1989
       


 
        

















 
Black should have played 13...Nde5. There is no time to wait with playing Nde5 and instead playing first 13...exf5, with the idea 14.Nxf5 Nde5.
      
After 13...exf5 white has no plans to automatically recapture the f5-pawn, since it isn't enough for black that only the king protects the f7-square.
















  

Black played 13...exf5?
      















      

  
...and white replied with 14.Qxf7+!!

       


 

 
 














        

Black is lost.
           

     




Gyula Sax - Lev Polugaevsky, Haninge 1989
  
       
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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Learning Chess with the Rochester Chess Center

Chess video with instructors Ken McBride and David Petty from the Rochester Chess Center. 
     

Chess Match #3 from J Ornelas on Vimeo.
    
      
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Carlot-ta - Make me a picture of the sun



   
    
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Pawn Breaks and Attack

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Friday, February 7, 2014

Key Moments in Chess History

The position after 16...Ra8-e8 in the 2nd game of the World Chess Championship match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Isidor Gunsberg.
      


Link to Greg Shahade's YouTube Channel
     
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Jennifer Shahade speaks at TEDxBaltimore



    
   
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Magnus Carlsen YouTube Channel

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Vox Archangeli - Alleluia Raphael



    
    
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What YOU Think the Kids Need to Know



    
    
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Vassily Ivanchuk - Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Gibraltar Masters 2014




Game analysis at ChessVibes
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Masterclass 2014 with Vassily Ivanchuk




The video starts after 1 minute, 20 seconds.
    
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Monday, February 3, 2014

Fabiano Caruana - Levon Aronian, Zurich Chess Challenge 2014




Game analysis at ChessBase News 
Other games after 16...Bxd3 
   
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Endgame study by Leonid Kubbel




More endgame studies by Leonid Kubbel
Collection endgame studies 

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Magnus Carlsen - Fabiano Caruana, Zurich Chess Challenge 2014




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Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura, Zurich Chess Challenge 2014




Game analysis at ChessBase News 
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Sandro Mareco, Gibraltar Masters 2014




The game at Chessgames.com
ChessVibes article about Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen, Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

Comments and analysis to the game Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen, Zurich Chess Challenge 2014:

ChessBase News
ChessVibes
Chessgames.com
 



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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand, Zurich Chess Challenge 2014




The game at Chessgames.com





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Endgame puzzle

White to move



Judit Polgar published a nice puzzle on Facebook. She wrote: "Working on the 3rd and last volume of my book Judit Polgar Teaches Chess I found this amazing endgame! Can white do anything against Kg7 and Rh2?"


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A beautiful finish that wasn't played





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