Explores the Evans Gambit Opening book lines with possible variations. The video includes a match of Bobby Fischer's that highlights the use of the gambit.
Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical play in a four knights game. The match was played in 1955 against Ames.
The Danish Gambit opening allows for rapid attack development for white. This video explores the book line moves, along with possible counter-play by black.
Explores the Ruy Lopez Classical Defence opening (ECO C64). The video includes a match between Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz in the Chess World Championship rematch in 1896.
Exploring the Alekhine's Defence played by black in countering the king's pawn opening, one of the most common openings used by white in online and over-the-board play.
This video explores the chess tactic triangulation, a technique that allows you to obtain the opposition from the same position at the cost of a tempo. The video contains basic examples, leading up to the technique being used at the grandmaster level of play.
This video explores the Mortimer Trap which is attributed to the player James Mortimer. This trap can be played by black in the Ruy Lopez opening. If white falls for the trap, the white player will be subject to a positional nightmare.
This video series is going to focus on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a tactical line used by William Steinitz against Johannes Hermann Zukertort in the first World Chess Championship played in 1866.
This video explores a chess match that highlights some flaws in my positional analysis that I had to overcome in the mid-1400's rating range in order to improve my overall game. Seemingly small positional mistakes can be costly.
This video explores a chess match that highlights the importance of looking for positional possibilities and capitalizing on your opponent's positional mistakes.
Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at one of his defences against the King's Pawn opening. The match was played in 1966 in Santa Monica against Wolfgang Unzicker.
This video explores the Magnus Smith Trap, coined after the three time Canadian Chess Champion Magnus Smith. It's a trap that white can play in the Sozin (also known as Fischer variation) of the Sicilian Defence.
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical line by V. Anand in a match he played against A. Morozevich in 2007.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.
This video explores the concept of opposition of kings, an essential endgame technique to learn and master. The video goes over the rules of opposition, including direct, diagonal, and opposition without a direct connection.
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a very interesting and crushing tactical line by Paul Morphy in a match he played against Louis Paulsen in New York, 1857.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
Posting a tactical position from a recent match of mine on FICS. I am planning on posting these types of videos when I get interesting positions from my matches. It's black to move - see if you can find the mate before I go over the answer!
Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical use of the King's Indian Defence against a Queen's pawn game. Of particular interest is Fischer's strength in maintaining the tension of the position until an opportunity arises. The match took place in 1971 against Mark Taimanov, with Fischer winning.
This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the Queen's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has horrible consequences if taken. The video also covers what black should play if white does not fall for the trap, including the Cambridge Spring and Orthodox defense lines.
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