Monday, October 1
IM Valeri Lilov Open the Position! | Strategy, Middlegame
Learning to open the position correctly is often quite crucial when it comes to achieving success in our attacks. That requires precision, calculation and most importantly, solid knowledge. Check out IM Lilov’s video lecture to learn all those things!
Tuesday, October 2
IM Bill Paschall Selections from the 2018 Russian Superfinal, Part 1 | Openings, Tactics
Jakovenko, admittedly one of the favorites, plays a brilliant attacking game against Nepomniatchi. This game is interesting as it shows White playing in an uncompromising style…one which has eluded the extremely solid Jakovenko at times, allowing too many draws, but rarely losing. Perhaps if Jako continues to play in such aggressive manner, he will emerge victorious in the Russian superfinal of 2018 and go on the become one of the elite Super-GM’s in the world !
Wednesday, October 3
FM Dennis Monokroussos Disturbing the Peace at the Russian Championship |
Daniil Dubov is a young and very aggressive player who doesn’t shy away from risk in chess. In the recently finished Russian Championship Dubov got out to an early lead thanks in part to wild games like this one. Rather than playing stably and enjoying equality, Dubov kept creating imbalances, and while it could have backfired it wound up giving him a crushing kingside attack. His opponent, Ernesto Inarkiev, obtained a big material advantage, but with all his pieces cut off from the defense of his kingside Dubov was able to finish the 28-move game in a massacre. Did Dubov go too far? Objectively yes, but his opponent was unable to maintain control when Dubov disturbed the peace, and the latter won convincingly.
Thursday, October 4
GM Eugene Perelshteyn Instructive Pawn Sac in the Catalan Opening | Openings, Strategy, Tactics
White plays a rare 7.Na3!? in the Classic Catalan to surprise his opponent. Black reacts well to reach a balance position. But suddenly, White spots a promising pawn sacrifice to change the nature of the game! The two bishops become monsters and the attack is unstoppable! The rest is put joy, with king hunt and nice tactics to come!
Friday, October 5
GM Nadya Kosintseva Play the Taimanov Sicilian (2…e6), Part 5 | Tactics
In this lecture we will finish our theoretical discussion about the Taimanov Variation of the Sicilian Defense. We will continue going over the 5.Nb5 d6 line, analyzing what happens if at this point White brings the dark-squared bishop to f4, which forces Black to push his e-pawn again. As a result, Black weakens the d5-point and a pawn structure similar to the Sveshnikov Sicilian arises. Next, we will consider a scheme of development when White’s light-squared bishop occupies the big h1-a8 diagonal. What’s more we will see the lines when White pushes the c-pawn two squares either on the 5th move or even earlier on the 3rd move.