New Chess Videos for August 26 – 30
Monday, August 26
IM Bill Paschall – Great Matchups: Tal vs Botvinnik World Championship Match 1960, Part 5
Botvinnik trails decisively in the late stages of the match. In this game, his opening choice is good, and Tal misplays the opening to actually give Black good chances for an advantage. As had happened on previous occasions, Botvinnik’s calculation seems lax and he fails to seize the key moments for aggressive and decisive action. Tal basically ensures a match victory with this win, but Botvinnik will be back!
Tuesday, August 27
FM Dennis Monokroussos – A Melee in a Meran Sideline | Tactics
The late Russian GM Yuri Razuvaev was a fine player with an enterprising style, and this game confirms both assessments. Surprised at the board by Vaganian’s play in a Meran sideline, Razuvaev improved on the play of Tigran Petrosian and the extant analysis of the day, correctly assessing the soundness of the piece sac he essayed. He handled the mind-boggling complications extremely well (though not quite perfectly), and won a very good game. He made things a bit more difficult for himself than he needed to, thanks to his time trouble, but never squandered the advantage and was a deserving victor. It’s a great game, and an even better analytical exercise for the brave souls who give it a shot.
Wednesday, August 28
GM Eugene Perelshteyn – Destroy White with Petrosian’s Pet Line in the KID! | Opening
It’s rare that a Top Ten player – in this case Anish Giri – gets crushed as White. Watch and learn how Aronian tricks him into a favorable King’s Indian from a Benoni setup! Guess who used to play this setup back in the 50s and 60s? Another Armenian legend, former Tigran Petrosian. Giri plays logical moves and completely falls apart due to one-sided attack. Can you guess Black’s timely sacrifice?
Thursday, August 29
GM Leonid Kritz – Aronian and Carlsen – Strategy and Tactics | Strategy, Tactics
This game is interesting from both strategic and tactical aspects. For a very long time it looked like White has a serious advantage, and I believe that Aronian was indeed better. The plan with a3-b4 is very interesting against the system selected by Carlsen. However, Black found ways to complicate the position, and eventually Aronian made a huge mistake on move 32 when he exchanged queens on g7, entering into a lost endgame. Instead, he had a simple and nice tactical trick to keep the draw, which I hope you will be able to find.
Friday, August 30
GM Nadya Kosintseva – Facing the Scandinavian/Center Counter Defense, Part 2 | Strategy
In this lecture we finish speaking about the Scandinavian Defense, which arises after Black plays 1..d5 to meet white’s 1.e4. After 2.exd5 black can take the pawn back immediately with the queen or can bring the king side knight out for this purpose. In part 1, we looked at variations starting with 2…Nf6, and then with 2…Qxd5, and after 3.Nc3, both …Qd8 and …Qd6. Today, we look at Black’s best queen move, 3…Qa5. Again, we will learn typical plans and tricks for White as well as the most popular counter plays for Black.