New Chess Videos for April 27 – May 1
Monday, April 27
IM Bill Paschall – Botvinnik: Exploiting Space Advantages, Part 3 | Strategy, Middlegame
Our third example in the series reinforces the same structural idea from game two. Again we see the Maroczy type structure. Black has a serious space advantage, but White misses opportunities to complicate the game by damaging the Black pawn structure! If Botvinnik’s opponent had been willing to play dynamically, he might have offset his spatial disadvantage. In the example from this game, White was forced to retreat and fell victim to a simple combination, losing material and essentially ending the game.
Tuesday, April 28
GM Eugene Perelshteyn – How to Create a Deadly Attack with an IQP! | Opening
In this game, we delve back into history and discover a beautiful gem by GM Nicholas Rossolimo. He was a gifted player, theoretition and a great attacker! White willingly accepts an isolated queen pawn (IQP) out of the opening but quickly mobilizes his forces toward the enemy king. The attack is swift and ends in unbelievable sacrifice. Can you find it?
Wednesday, April 29
FM Dennis Monokroussos – A Quick Win for Black in the Trendy Queen’s Gambit | Opening, Strategy
The line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 (and its transpositional equivalents) is one of the sharpest systems in the Queen’s Gambit, and a far cry from the dusty old systems of the past. Where Black used to play the Queen’s Gambit Declined in search of a draw or at least a solid and stable equality, Black now plays lines like this in search of winning chances. This game was no exception, and proved an unqualified triumph for the line 5…b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6. From a structural perspective Black’s play looks bizarre, but as you’ll see his dynamic chances are fantastic. Have a look, and freshen up your repertoire with this very modern variation.
Thursday, April 30
GM Leonid Kritz – Quiet Moves Win Many Games | Opening, Tactics
A very interesting, non-standard game from the opening onwards. Two important ideas here: on move 17, White refuses to take the black bishop on c6 because his knight is stronger, which turns out to be decisive to White getting an advantage; and later, on move 22, White plays Bc4 just to take control over the square d5 and not allow Black to develop his queen – great strategic thinking. Afterwards black’s position falls apart without any counterplay.
Friday, May 1
GM Robert Hungaski – Answering an Interesting French Sideline: 3.Bd3 | Opening, Strategy
In this video I will be sharing one of my most recent projects: the French Defense. One of the hardest parts about mastering this opening is being ready for the many interesting sidelines at White’s disposal. Here I will cover one of the most popular ones at the moment: 3.Bd3. The point of this move is quite simple, to put pressure on the h1-a8 diagonal so as to make it hard for Black to develop his light-squared bishop. A noble idea, but as we’ll see Black has a very strong way to counter it!