Tuesday, December 29, 2020
AirthingsMasters live with Carlsen,Nakamura,MVL,Wesley So, etc
Airthingsmasters live replay here
official site chess24.com
Monday, December 28, 2020
Wesley So's brilliant finish against Daniil Dubov : AirthingsMasters 2020
official websites chess24.com and https://championschesstour.com/
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Sicilian Kan theory: quick overview
Here we will review a quick opening guide for black : sicilian Kan with e6 and a6.
Youtube link : Video explaining Sicilian Kan opening for Black
Thursday, December 17, 2020
King's Indian Defense : Hikaru Nakamura brilliancy against Wesley So
Hikaru won a brilliant game against Wesley So in Sinquefield Cup 2015.
Here's the game with annotations
Nakamura best game: Gelfand-Nakamura 2010 King's Indian Defense
Gelfand-Nakamura best game 2010
Hikaru Nakamura
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Daniel Naroditsky tactics
Naroditsky-Garyev 2020 US Online Qualifier
White to play and checkmate ( Final Combination)
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Full game here with Daniel Naroditsky post game comments
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Daniel Naroditsky Youtube Video on this game here
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Hedgehog sicilian with Black: Svidler's model games
Sicilian Hedgehog System with Sicilian Kan Bc5,Be7 and h7-h5!? by Svidler
analysis and main lines against White's other moves given below
Key position for main game Mons-Svidler 2014
Position after 11...h5!?
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Artemiev's model game against Hedgehog system from Magnus Carlsen
official site: http://www.chess.com
Artemiev wins against Magnus Carlsen game 4 on Speed Chess Championship. Hedgehog system for Black.
Artemiev makes g3-g4 work for him. A promising player.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
Nakamura wins second blitz against MVL to tie the score (Skilling Open) chess24
#championstour
the players
the game annotated
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Hikaru Nakamura wins against Firouzja with hidden tactics
the players
the game played in skilling open (Champions Tour) on chess24.com
Monday, November 23, 2020
Maxime Vachier Lagrave wins against Le,Quang Liem in Skilling Chess24 tournament
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 unusual ( 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 this would the normal line for g3 against Najdorf ) 8... Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 White is combining g3 with 0-0-0.Liem Quang Le is going for an attack hereTypical is to play g3,Bg2,0-0 and try to play for the control of d5. 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Nd4 Bd7 surprising move, Black wants to keep the bishop pair 14. Kb1 ( 14. Nf5!? this would make the bishop on d7 play again 14... Bxf5 15. exf5 Rc8 16. Kb1 White is a little bit better here ) 14... Rc8 15. h3 ( 15. Be2 b5 ) 15... b5 16. a3 Qb6 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. g5 The game is very sharp as Black has made progress but so did White. Black cannot move the knight as Nd5 would attack b4 and e7 with check. 19... Rxc3! exchange sacrifice ( 19... Nh5?? 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Nxe7+ wins for white ) 20. gxf6 the most principled ( 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 22. Re1 Nxc3+ 23. Ka1 Rb8 24. h4 Bd8 25. Nb3 Bc7 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nc5 Bc6 Black has 2 pawns for the exchange, and active pieces ! ) 20... Rb8! the only move. we reached the critical point. The game hangs on whites decision here. 21. Nb3?? far from the best option for White ( 21. Bb5 an attempt to block the b file 21... Bxf6 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 axb5 forced so far 24. Nf5 b4 25. c4 Nxc4 26. Nxd6 Na3+ 27. Kc1 b3 28. cxb3 Rxb3 very complex position after most logical moves for each side. Black only has 1 pawn for the exchange but has the bishop pair + a much safe king.Black is threatening to win a second pawn on h3. The second threat against the white king is Bc3 followed by Rb1 checkmate. White has to play Kd2 and both sides can play for the win. ) ( 21. Nb5! the best move, with the idea to take on c3. Quang Liem Le did not find this resource. 21... Bxb5 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Bxf6 24. Kc1 and White has survived. Chances for both sides ) ( 21. b3? Nf3! 22. Nxf3 Rxb3+ 23. cxb3 Qxb3+ 24. Ka1 Qa3+ 25. Qa2 Qc3+ ) 21... Rxb3! MVL is ruthless in this game! 22. cxb3 Qxe4+ 23. Ka1 ( 23. Kc1 Bf5! checkmate on b1 is coming. ) 23... Bxf6 Black is winning here 24. Bg2 ( 24. Bxe5 Rxb3 25. Bxf6 Qa4+ 26. Kb1 Bf5+ 27. Bd3 Rxd3 ) ( 24. Qxd6 Rxb3 25. Qd4 Qf3 26. Rh2 Ra3+ 27. bxa3 Nc6 28. Qxf6 Qxd1+ 29. Ka2 gxf6 ) 24... Nf3! opening up the h8-a1 diagonal 25. Qe3 ( 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Qd2 Rxb3 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxb2 30. Rxd6 Rh2+ 31. Rxf6 Rxh1+ 32. Kb2 gxf6 ) 25... Qc2! if Rb1 then Rxb3! followed by Ra3# 0-1
official site: Chess24
Sunday, November 22, 2020
London System with 2 Bf4 : tips and traps for White
Carlsen,Nakamura,Naroditsky all play the London System, either with White or with Black.
Here we cover
1d4 Nf6 2 Bf4 e6 3 e3 b6
1d4 d5 2 Bf4 e6 3 e3 Nf6
1d4 Nf6 2 Bf4 g6 3Nc3!? d5
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Netflix Queen's Gambit final game ( episode 7) Harmon-Borgov Moskow 1968
Kudos to Netflix (www.netflix.com) for the Queen's Gambit series.
Here's a photo of the game ( credit: Netflix)
more pictures
Credit: Netflix
Garry Kasparov and Bruce Pandolfini were chess advisors. Garry Kasparov chose the final game which is inspired from the real game Ivanchuk-Wolff 1993 but was improved upon to make it more dramatic.In the episode 7, Elizabeth Harmon plays USSR world champion V. Borgov.
and here's the game replay
Credit: Netflix
Monday, November 16, 2020
trying the sicilian with 2..a6!? main themes
1e4 c5 2Nf3 a6!?
an interesting try to get opponent out of the main lines quickly
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Agressive blitz repertoire against the Scandinavian main line 1e4 d5
A lot of players play the scandinavian online, i.e 1e4 d5
This is a interesting sideline which is promising for white, especially in speed chess and online.
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4
Typically, Black develops the knight on f6, plays c7-c6 to move the queen back to c7.
4..Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7
Here White can either play positionally with 7 Nf3, or decide to be more ambitious with 7 Qe2 preparing 0-0-0 and advancing f,g and h pawns.
Visually, I am representing in the next diagram the possibilities for White
The main line is as follows with 7 Qe2
7. Qe2 Bf5 8. h3 e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. f4 Be7 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O
Black must find counterplay as White is already threatening f4-f5! in the diagram above.
If you want to play more positionally, the line with 7 Nf3 goes like this:
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6
White can still play g2-g4 in this line, attacking f7 after g4-g5. White can castle 0-0 or even 0-0-0.
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Game replay above
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Grandmasters opening tricks: Miniature wins with Black
selection of blitz and classical chess games.
miniature and opening traps for Black.
against 1 e4, 1d4 and 1Nf3.
Wins under 23 moves.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Attacking with the sicilian kan
Here's an interesting set-up for Black, leading to double edged positions.
You can see Black's preparing to attack white's kingside. This is especially effective as White tends to castle kingside at least 50% of the time against the Sicilian Paulsen/Kan.
Judit Polgar was one of the first to use this set-up
But this was used more recently by J.Xiong
and also Fabiano Caruana
and Anish Giri
Friday, November 13, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Hikaru's Vienna Weapon against Naroditsky
Hikaru played 1e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3f4!? and won an instructive game against GM Narodistky in a blitz game played on Oct 30, 2020
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020
NimzoIndian Themes on Qc2 for Black with Nc6,d6 or 0-0,d5
Nimzo Indian Qc2 Variations and Themes
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