New Chess Videos for May 14 – 18
Monday, May 14
IM Valeri Lilov Patience and Stability | Strategy, Middlegame
One of the greatest secrets of the positional masters is their brilliant ability to stay patient, while they keep adding valuable improvements towards their position. It is important that we do both as a part of the overall, prophylactic plan that can hold up our position and let us fight for advantage.
Tuesday, May 15
IM Bill Paschall Interesting Struggles from Aeroflot 2018, Part 4 | Opening, Strategy
Formerly in the top ten, Gata Kamsky remains a dangerous adversary. Although not an expert in Opening Theory, one has to be very careful in dealing with Kamsky’s strong positional play and great endgame technique. Kamsky has a strong sense for strategy and the initiative as well. In this game, a wily and dangerous young GM is derailed when he underestimates the dangers posed by the position, perhaps losing touch with general principles.
Wednesday, May 16
FM Dennis Monokroussos King Safety is for Grownups, Too | Tactics
In round 1 of the 2018 Grenke Chess Classic, Nikita Vitiugov got off to a good start by defeating Matthias Bluebaum with the black pieces. Bluebaum went for queenside play early on, and was fortunate to come out of the opening with equality, as Vitiugov found a nice shot that almost got White in trouble thanks to his uncastled king. (A similar tactic earlier would have given him the advantage.) But this time around Bluebaum didn’t learn his lesson. Having narrowly escaped serious trouble, he greedily grabbed a pawn, only to discover that his king’s troubles weren’t at an end – though his king’s life soon would be.
Thursday, May 17
GM Nadya Kosintseva Bobby Fisher’s Famous Bishops | Strategy
In this video we will see two examples of how Bobby Fischer used the strength of the bishop to outplay his opponents step by step in a beautiful positional manner. We can learn important insights into situations when bishop dominates knight even in spite of some material disadvantage and what appears to be, at first glance, a peaceful situation on the board.
Friday, May 18
GM Eugene Perelshteyn Attack Like Fischer: Typical Sicilian Piece Sac for Longterm Gain | Openings
This miniature is a must for all the Sicilian players! If you love to attack and want to add a new weapon to your repertoire, then this rare Sozin line is for you. Watch and learn how Fischer saced the bishop on d5. This is similar to the classical Nd5 sac. White obtains longterm compensation and draws the Black king out. The rest is pure magic as Bobby’s attack quickly finds the target!