tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13996474468603169722012-01-15T08:32:54.412-08:00The Bishops BountyIncreasing Our Chess Knowledge for Free, One Link at a TimeJohnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.comBlogger711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-64071562022353445072009-08-12T13:53:00.000-07:002009-08-13T17:08:09.180-07:00Sicilian Accelerated Dragon (B34-B39) - Opening Theory<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SoMsBfcBYII/AAAAAAAAATE/d7BGUd-PGPQ/s1600-h/accdragon.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SoMsBfcBYII/AAAAAAAAATE/d7BGUd-PGPQ/s320/accdragon.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369183584886284418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Wikipedia's Definition of this Opening</span><br /><br />Like the standard Dragon Variation, Black develops his bishop to g7 in the Accelerated Dragon. The difference is that Black avoids playing ...d7-d6, so that he can later play ...d7-d5 in one move if possible. For example, if White tries to play in the style of the Yugoslav Attack with 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2, 8...d5! equalizes immediately. When White does play 5.Nc3, it is usually with the idea of continuing 5...Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 (forestalling any tricks involving ...Nxe4 and ...d5), followed by kingside castling.<br /><br />The critical test of Black's move order is 5.c4, the Maróczy Bind. White hopes to cramp Black's position by impeding the ...d7-d5 and ...b7-b5 pawn thrusts. Generally, this line is less tactical than many of the other Sicilian variations, and play involves much strategic maneuvering on both sides. After 5.c4, the main line runs 5...Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 and now 7...0-0 or 7...Ng4 is most frequently<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Variations</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><pre><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B34</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Exchange variation</span></strong><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 Nxc6</strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B34</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Modern variation</span></strong><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.Nc3</strong><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B35</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Modern variation with Bc4</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.N</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">c3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4</strong><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B36</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Maroczy bind</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.c</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4</strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B36</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Gurgenidze variation</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.c</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> N</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">f6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6</strong><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B37</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Maroczy bind, 5...Bg7</span></strong><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.c</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4</strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Bg7</strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B37</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Simagin variation</span></strong><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.c</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4</strong><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Be2 Nh6</strong><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B38</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Maroczy bind, 6.Be3</span></strong><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.c</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 6.B</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">g7 Be3</strong><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">B39</span> Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Breyer variation</span></strong><br /><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6</strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 5.c</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 6.B</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">g7 Be3</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 7.N</span><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">f6 Nc3 8.Ng4</strong><br /><br /></pre><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Chess Articles</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Articles from Silmans Opening Archive</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/021803_accel_drgn_uogele.html">ACCELERATED DRAGON - UOGELE VARIATION</a> -By IM John Donaldson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/030403_accel_drgn_m_l.html">ACCELERATED DRAGON (NON-MAROCZY)-MAIN LINE WITH 11…Qh5 </a>- By IM Donaldson &amp; IM Silman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_11.html">ABANDON THE ACC!</a> - By Karel van der Weide<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/012703_accel_dragon.html">Accelerated Dragon - Maroczy Bind</a> - IM Jeremy Silman<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Acc Dragon Articles by IM Timothy Taylor</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040102_hw_bt_gm_01.html">HOW TO BEAT A GRANDMASTER Article 1: TORTURE</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040228_hw_bt_gm_02.html">HOW TO BEAT A GRANDMASTER Article 2: <b>HOW TO DRAW A GRANDMASTER FIRST YOU BLUNDER</b></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040327_hw_bt_gm_03.html">HOW TO BEAT A GRANDMASTER Article 3: </a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040327_hw_bt_gm_03.html">WELL, I COULD HAVE MADE A DRAW!</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040327_hw_bt_gm_03.html"><b></b></a><p><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane115.pdf">Opening Lanes 115 - Dragons Dream</a> - IM Gary Lane (Overview of the Acc. Dragon with games)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8117/429/">How Wojo Won : Accelerated Dragon</a> - USCF Article by Jonathan Hilton<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Chess Mind Blog</span> (FM Dennis Monokroussos)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/2005/02/bologan-stole-my-novelty-sort-of.html">Bologan Stole My Novelty! (Sort of.) </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/2005/03/accelerated-dragon-update.html">Accelerated Dragon: An Update<br /><br /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annotated Games</span></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://chessstuff.blogspot.com/2005/03/accelerated-dragon-update.html"><br /></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/karjakin_tiviakov.htm">Karjakin,Sergey (2645) - Tiviakov,Sergei (2678) [B35]</a><br /></p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/100/">Two Miniatures in the Accelerated Dragon </a>- 19 Min Video by GM Eugene Perelshteyn<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1483">GZamfir (IM) vs curtains ------(Acc Dragon)</a> -40 Min Video by IM Greg Shahade<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4215">GM Davor Rogic vs IM Shahade (Acc Dragon)</a> - 20 Min Video<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="external text"><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4209">FM Eduardo da Costa vs IM Shahade (Acc Dragon)</a> - 13 Min Video</span></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="external text"><br /><br />Marcozy Bind</span></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1483" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1483" rel="nofollow"><br /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1259" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1259" rel="nofollow">pokerpicard (GM) vs curtains </a>35 Min Video by IM Greg Shahade<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1639" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1639" rel="nofollow">Psychik (IM) vs curtains </a><span class="external text" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 40 Min Video by IM Greg Shahade</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3543">Gm Zong-yuan Zhao vs IM Shahade (Maroczy Bind) </a>- 13 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4490">IM David Strauss vs IM Shahade (Maroczy Bind)</a> - 32 Min Video<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />YouTube Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9CVpm7U4X8&amp;feature=related">De Vreugt vs Tiviakov</a> - 9 min video (Annotated Game)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BHnwqy8hho">Adams vs Plaskett (1989)</a>- 7 Min Video (Annotated Game)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta_5YRfcSFg">Nijland vs Michaud </a> - 10 Min Video (Annotated Maroczy Bind)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">PGN Game Downloads</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicilianAccelDragon.zip">SicilianAccDragon.pgn</a> - 13368 Games (PGNmentor.com)<br />(<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-game-collection-b.html">Games from Supreme-Chess.com</a>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b34.zip">B34 (Exchange&amp;Modern Var)</a> -1801 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b35.zip">B35 (Modern Var w/ Bc4 ) </a> - 1019 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b36.zip">B36 (Maroczy Bind Gurgenidze)</a> - 949 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b37.zip">B37 (Maroczy Bind 5...Bg7 &amp; Simagin) </a>- 113 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b38.zip">B38 (Maroczy Bind 6.Be3) </a> - 1486 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b39.zip">B39 (Breyer Var.) </a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span> - 648 Games<br /><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6407156202235344507?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-19953443291164974362009-07-29T08:29:00.000-07:002009-07-29T09:47:25.842-07:00Zugzwang - Chess TacticsA situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect or A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang">Zugzwang Wikipedia Page</a> - Good sized page on this topic with history and examples.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/zugzwang2">Zugzwang Article</a> - by GM Julio Becerra on Chess.com<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/04/more-on-zugzwang/">More on Zugzwang</a> - Blog post on Chess Strategy Blog<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Chess Blog" Posts</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.mychessblog.com/chess-tactics-should-some-of-them-be-prohibited/">Chess Tactics : Should Some of them be Prohibited </a>- 2 Endgame Problems<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.mychessblog.com/chess-tactics-some-more-applications-of-zugzwang/">Chess Tactics : More Applications of Zugzwang</a> - Endgame Problem and a Game with Zuzwang<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJqKYoCFcKA">Saemich vs Nimzovich (1923)</a> - 10 min Video (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The Immortal Zugzwang Game</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plIPrt19WQU">Weaving the Zugzwang Web</a> - 11 Min Video (Endgame that illustrates this theme)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8yYqks3ofA">Alekhine - Nimzowitsch</a> - 11 Min Video (With a Zugzwang Theme)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWecrPW0wkw">Rook vs Pawn Endgame Study</a> - (1928 Reti Endgame Study with Zugzwang)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1995344329116497436?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-16071007216426192432009-07-22T22:12:00.000-07:002009-07-23T09:45:04.716-07:00Torre Attack (D03) - Chess Opening Theory<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/Smf0ErpGN8I/AAAAAAAAAS0/bZCKkM9d0BM/s1600-h/TorreAttack.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/Smf0ErpGN8I/AAAAAAAAAS0/bZCKkM9d0BM/s320/TorreAttack.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361522242679617474" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_Attack">The Torre Attack Wikipedia Page </a>- General Knowledge on this opening.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Torre_Attack.html">Going Postal - The Torre Attack 1 </a>- Article by Manuel Monasterio on Jeremy Silmans Site<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span lang="ES"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Torre_Attack_2.html">Going Postal - The Torre Attack 2</a> - Article by Manuel Monasterio on Jeremy Silmans Site<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/antiindn.html#RTFToC13">Torre Attack vs King Fianchetto</a> - Exeter Chess Club Lesson with example Games<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Chessgames.com </span>(<span style="font-style: italic;">View Games Online</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?playercomp=white&amp;pid=14220&amp;eco=D03&amp;title=Timman+playing+Torre+Attack++%28D03%29+as+White+">GM Jan Timman Plays the Torre</a> - 11 Games to View<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=d03">Torre Attack </a> - 572 Games to View<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/worldcup2007_rd5_1.htm">Carlsen,Magnus (2714) - Cheparinov,Ivan (2670)</a> (2007)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/summer05/torre-lasker.htm">Carlos Torre vs EM. Lasker</a> (Moscow 1925)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/summer05/torre-saemisch.htm">Carlos Torre vs Friedrich Saemisch</a> (Moscow 1925)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2008/njko08-6.htm">NM Aaron Kahn<span class="pelo"> (2291)</span> - NM Victor Shen<span class="pelo"> (2265)</span></a><span class="peco"> (2008 US Chess League ((Game 4 on this page)</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/summer05/bisguier-sherwin.htm">Arthur Bernard Bisguier - James T. Sherwin</a> (1955)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Torre Attack Chess Videos</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">YouTube Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAXpqvYjDOI">A Trap in the Torre Attack</a> - 5 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtvjT5rGB3w">Torre Attack 1 </a> - 8 Min Video (Analysis of a 5 min Blitz Game)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4o4HfU3gU">Torre Attack 2</a> - 10 Min Video (Analysis of a Corresp. Game)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chessvideos.tv </span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=227">Torre Analysis Game</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1136">gor (IM Igor Yanvarjov) vs chessstud (IM Greg Shahade) </a>- 32 Min Video with Analysis<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2084">gor (IM Igor Yanvarjov) vs chessstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 23 Min Video with Analysis<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2109">gor (IM Igor Yanvarjov) vs chessstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 11 Min Video with Analysis<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/torre-pg.zip">TorreAttack.pgn</a> - 1736 Games (U of Pitt Archive)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Torre2e6.zip">Torre2e6.pgn</a> - 7404 Games (<a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNMentor.com</a>) 2.e6 Variation<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Torre2g6.zip">Torre2g6.pgn</a> - 7661 Games (<a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNMentor.com</a>) 2.g6 Variation<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://sites.google.com/site/bishopsbountychess/Home/TorreAttackMinatures.pgn?attredirects=0">TorreAttackMiniatures.pgn</a> - 64 Games (Ending in 14 moves or less)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1607100721642619243?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-72730526587587280312009-07-20T12:42:00.000-07:002009-07-21T11:18:22.208-07:00Ruy Lopez - (C70) Norwegian Defence or Wing Variation (Opening Theory)The <b>Norwegian Defence</b> (also called the <b>Wing Variation</b> ), is an aggressive but time-consuming alternative for Black. The game follows 3...a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5. The goal of the opening is to eliminate the white bishop. A speculative sacrifice (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Nightingale Gambit</span>) is now 6.Bxf7+?!, which drives the black king out, but with accurate play, Black is supposed to be able to consolidate his extra piece.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SmTPM93pEWI/AAAAAAAAASs/LVbJb7bxcng/s1600-h/ruylopez.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SmTPM93pEWI/AAAAAAAAASs/LVbJb7bxcng/s320/ruylopez.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360637278151053666" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Sep04c.htm">The Lopez Grip (Part 3)</a> - Chessville Article by Andrew Martin (Part 3 is completely about The Wing Variation.)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/ruy-lopez-norwegian-defense">Ruy Lopez - Norwegian Defense </a>- Chess.com Article by IM Jeremy Silman (Article is on the Speculative Sacrifice 6. Bxf7? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nightingale Gambit</span> by White)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://sverreschesscorner.blogspot.com/2007/02/play-ruy-lopez.html"></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://sverreschesscorner.blogspot.com/search?q=Norwegian+variation">Sverre's Chess Corner Blog</a> - Blog Posts by Norwegian Player Sverre Johnsen (and Author of THE RUY LOPEZ: A GUIDE FOR BLACK) on this Ruy Lopez Variation. (About 10 posts dealing with Different aspects of this Variation)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://sites.google.com/site/bishopsbountychess/Home/RuyLopezNorwegian.pgn?attredirects=0">RuyLopezNorwegian.pgn</a> - 696 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://sites.google.com/site/bishopsbountychess/Home/NightingaleGambit.pgn?attredirects=0">NightingaleGambit.pgn </a>- 61 Games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7273052658758728031?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-71018268310992090092009-07-06T17:17:00.000-07:002009-07-26T07:41:34.554-07:00Chess Pattern Recognition<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Articles on Chess Patterns</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Articles on Chess.com by GM Gregory Serper</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/tipical-patterns-everyone-should-know" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know Part One</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-part-two" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Two.</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-part-three" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Three.</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-part-four" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Four.</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-part-five" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Five.</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-part-six" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : That vulnerable f7 pawn...</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know--pin-unpin" class="ctype carticle">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : Pin, unpin...</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-the-dangerous-diagonal">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : The Dangerous Diagonal</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/typical-patterns-everyone-should-know-the-dangerous-h-file">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : The Dangerous h-file</a> Part 1<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/edit--deletetypical-patterns-everyone-should-know-the-dangerous-h-file-part-2">Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : The Dangerous h-file</a> Part 2<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kenilworth Chess Club</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2007/bishop-and-rook-mates.htm">Mating Patterns 1 - Mate with Bishop &amp; Rook</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chess Videos on Pattern Recognition</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Videos by FIDE Master Ingvar Thor Johannesson</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Mating patterns, Tactical Patterns, Strategic Patterns and Endgame Patterns)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2484">Pattern Recognition #1</a> - 42 Min Video<br /><ul><li> Mate pattern #1 - Anastasia mate </li><li> Mate pattern #2 - Boden's mate </li><li> Mate pattern #3 - Blackburne's mate (called Stefansson mate in the video) </li><li> Tactical pattern #1 - Undefended bishop on b7 in hedgehog type positions </li><li> Strategic pattern #1 - Gligoric's pawn sacrifice </li><li> Technical pattern #1 - Self pushing rook + two pawns </li><li> Technical pattern #2 - Queen ending, pushing and defending against checks </li></ul><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2613">Pattern Recognition #2</a> - 35 Min Video<br /><ul><li> Mate pattern #4 - Anand's mate: Qf3 + h-file battery </li><li> Mate pattern #5 - Bacrot's mate: Qf7 + check on h-file </li><li> Mate pattern #6 - Stellwagen mate: Ba7-g1 diagonal,pawn g4, Qh3 mates Kg2 </li><li> Mate pattern #7 - Arabic mate (Kramnik mate in video) Rg8 or h7 with Nf6 mates Kh8. </li><li> Endgame pattern #1 - Philidor position plus thoughts on f- and g- pawns in R+p vs R </li></ul><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2931">Pattern Recognition #3</a> - 35 Min Video<br /><ul><li> Strategical pattern #2 - Anand's King </li><li> Tactical pattern #2 - Loman's move </li><li> Tactical pattern #3 - Knight on the rim </li></ul><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4179">Pattern Recognition #4</a> - 33 Min Video<br /><ul><li> Tactical pattern #4 - Petrosian's move </li><li> Tactical pattern #5 - Protecting b2 </li><li> Mate pattern #8 - The Karpov choke </li></ul><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5397">Pattern Recognition #5</a> - 36 Min Video<br /><ul><li> Strategical pattern #3 - Shutting down Spassky </li><li> Tactical pattern #6 - Engel's super pawn </li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7101826831099209009?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-72320210002323934292009-06-29T16:05:00.000-07:002010-08-08T15:00:55.406-07:00The Colle System - Opening TheoryA good tool for avoiding book variations, for blitz play , or for forcing opponents to think for themselves early on. These days it is considered totally innocuous, and is rarely seen at Master level or above.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SklLYxPf1LI/AAAAAAAAASk/xHhsjmyct_s/s1600-h/Colle.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SklLYxPf1LI/AAAAAAAAASk/xHhsjmyct_s/s320/Colle.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352892521013826738" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colle_System">Colle System Wikipedia Page</a> - Basic opening information<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/colle.html">The Colle System</a> - Exeter Chess Club Lessons on the Colle (<span style="font-style: italic;">Quite a bit of info here</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/quick-start-guide-to-the-colle-zukertort-an-opening-for-players-of-any-strength">Quick-Start Guide to the Colle Zukertort, </a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/quick-start-guide-to-the-colle-zukertort-an-opening-for-players-of-any-strength">a Chess Opening System for Players of Any Strength</a> - article on Chess.com<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.bookpump.com/bwp/pdf-b/1124546b.pdf">The Rubinstein Attack - A Chess Opening Strategy for White</a> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">25 page PDF book</span> by Eric Schiller<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Known by many names including Colle with b3, Modern Colle, Yusupov-Rubinstein Variation,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Rubinstein Opening, Zukertort-Rubinstein Opening and Zukertort-Yusupov Opening)</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/summer05/stoyko-lasker5.htm">1.d4 d5 Black Repertoire - Lecture</a> -Kenilworth Chess Club Lecture by FM Steve Stoyko<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.colle-system.com/Phoenix-Attack.html"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Colle Zukertort - Modules from the Book "Moment of Zuke"</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.colle-system.com/I-1.pdf">Intro and Module 1 (Early Move Order Quandrys) - 16 page PDF</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.colle-system.com/Module2.pdf">Module 2 - Fighting an early Q-side Fianchetto - 21 page PDF</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.colle-system.com/Phoenix-Attack.html">The Phoenix Attack Quickstart Guide</a> - <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New idea in the Colle-Koltanowski (the “c3-Colle”)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Chessville Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/FourKeystotheColle-Zukertort.htm">4 Keys to the Colle Zukertort System</a> - Opening Instruction Article<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/RevivingtheColle-ZukertortMainLine.htm"><span style="font-size:100%;">Reviving the Colle-Zukertort Main Line</span></a> - Opening Instruction article<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/HowtheKoltBeatsaHorse.htm">Early Ne4 plans in the Colle System</a> - Opening Instruction Article<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chess Cafe Articles by Gary Lane (dealing with the Colle)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane30.pdf">Opening Lanes #30 - Murder on the Orient Express</a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane64.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b> </b>Opening Lanes #64 - Playboy</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane58.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Opening Lanes #58 - The Greek Gift</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane57.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Opening Lanes #57 - The T-Factor</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane56.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Opening Lanes #56 - Identity</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane55.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Opening Lanes #55 - Step Back in Time</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane54.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Opening Lanes #54 - Beauty and the Beast</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane53.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Opening Lanes #53 - Fan Clubs</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Annotated Colle Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/summer05/bartrina-ghitescu.htm">Modesto Bartrina - Theodor Ghitescu<span class="peco"> [A48] </span>Olot (9) 1974</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/lake_hopatcong/1926/java/kupchik-capablanca.htm">Abraham Kupchik - Jose Raoul Capablanca<span class="peco"> [A47]</span> 1926</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61lwP_shzw">The Zukertort Variation of the Colle System</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://java.ugent.be/%7Etdemedts/chess.fm/PeteTamburro/01.-.040303.-.Openings.for.Amateurs.by.Pete.Tamburro.%28chess.fm%29.-.Defending.against.the.Colle.System,.Stonewall.Attack.and.the.London.System.zip">Defending.against.the.Colle.System,.Stonewall.Attack.and.the.London.System.zip</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- 60 Mins of ICC Lecture by Pete Tamburro (Lecture in Flash Format)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Annotated Colle Game Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2009">Molton (Master) vs Chesstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 5 min Blitz Game (<span style="font-style: italic;">with post-mortem</span>)<br /> <span class="scheda2"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/colle-pg.zip">Colle-pg.zip</a> - 790 Games from the U of Pitt archive<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Colle.zip">Colle PGN </a>- 5329 Games from <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html">PGNMentor.com</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-d05.zip">Rubinstein Attack Colle D05</a> - 1091 Games from <a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-game-collection-d.html">Supreme-chess.com</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ebookee.com/Winning-with-the-Colle-system_255320.html"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7232021000232393429?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-4016746359534900912009-05-19T09:59:00.000-07:002009-05-19T12:52:23.466-07:00IM Gregory Shahade (60 Analyzed Chess Games) VideosHere are 60 (5 Min Blitz Game) Videos Broken Down into their Openings.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(All these Videos are Courtesy of </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/">ChessVideo.tv</a><span style="font-style: italic;">)</span><br /><br />All the Games are played and Annotated by IM Greg Shahade against (FM's,IM's and GM's)<br />The Videos run 20-45 Min each. (The Stars next to each Video are his rating of the quality of the Game and Video)<br /><h2> <span class="mw-headline">White</span></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;">English</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1105" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1105" rel="nofollow">curtains vs RFrancisco -------(English 2...d5) ** 13:24 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1113" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1113" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Vadux1 (IM)------ (1..e5, Bc5 English) ** 20:57 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1263" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1263" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Solondz ----------- (...e5 English) ** 32:31 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1273" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1273" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Sunofeast (GM)--- (English 2..d5) ** 26:31 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1238&amp;p=11447#p11447" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1238&amp;p=11447#p11447" rel="nofollow">curtains vs KillerChess(IM)--- (English 1..e5) *** 25:44 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1128" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1128" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Killer Chess (IM)-- (English 1..e5) ** 23:36 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1295" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1295" rel="nofollow">curtains vs jaw (IM)---------- (Sym English 5..e5) **** 44:58 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1312" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1312" rel="nofollow">curtains vs jaw (IM)---------- (Sym English ..e5) *** 28:49 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1319" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1319" rel="nofollow">curtains vs hoffa ------------- (Eng Rubinstein) ** 26:13 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1138" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1138" rel="nofollow">curtains vs kunifax (FM) ----- (English ..e5, Bc5) ** 21:01 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1349" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1349" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Chemberlen(IM)-- (Eng 1..e5, 3..c6) *** 39:01 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1355" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1355" rel="nofollow">curtains vs jrlu21 ------------ (English 1..b6) ** 20:51 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1419" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1419" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Styggen (FM)----- (Sym Eng ..e5) * 15:58 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1569" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1569" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Deathsquared ---- (Eng. Reverse Dragon) * 23:41</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1500" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1500" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Molton ---------- (Eng 1...d5 2...Nf6) ** 25:32 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1559" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1559" rel="nofollow">curtains vs lsokol (IM)------- (Sym English ...Nf6) * 27:42 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dutch</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1182" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1182" rel="nofollow">curtains vs mellow------------ (Dutch) *** 24:50 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grunfeld</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1151" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1151" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Valet-------------- (Slav/Grunfeld) ***20:13 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kings Indian</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1102" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1102" rel="nofollow">curtains vs E-Grivas (GM)----- (Bf4 KID) *** 23:19 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1116" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1116" rel="nofollow">curtains vs PK972------------- (Drunken KID) * 9:22 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1288" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1288" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Descartes ----------(Closed KID) ***33:48 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1137" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1137" rel="nofollow">curtains vs lsokol (IM)--------- (Old Indian) *** 33:22 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1335" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1335" rel="nofollow">curtains vs SpinalTap (FM)---- (Closed KID) *** 38:46 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1510" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1510" rel="nofollow">curtains vs RaginCaucasian ---- (Closed KID) *** 23:15 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Indian</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1475" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1475" rel="nofollow">curtains vs SibTeam (IM) ------(Old Indian) **18:34 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Queens Gambit</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1171" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1171" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Chebyshev --------- (QGA) ** 29:43 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1210" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1210" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Tigrano (GM) ------ (QGD Tarrasch) **** 31:28 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1377" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1377" rel="nofollow">curtains vs mrrolex (FM)-------( Flohr-Mikenas) ** 28:56 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1422" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1422" rel="nofollow">emeritus vs curtains ------------(3.Nc3 4.Bb5 Sic.) * 21:48 </a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bogo-Indian</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1101" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1101" rel="nofollow">dark-angel vs curtains ---------- (BogoIndian) *** 19:46 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1198" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1198" rel="nofollow">bkwiz (IM) vs curtains ----------(4. Nd2 Bogo) *** 30:21 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1285" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1285" rel="nofollow">jinx vs curtains----------------- (Bogo Indian 3. g3) *** 18:54 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1496" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1496" rel="nofollow">Aedes (IM) vs curtains --------- (4. Bd2 Bogo) ** 20:25 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Colle</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1351" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1351" rel="nofollow">YaacovN vs curtains ------------ (Colle) ** 26:03</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1544" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1544" rel="nofollow">Wrestler84 vs curtains ----------(Colle) ** 23:03</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">English</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1315" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1315" rel="nofollow">angelesdragon27 vs curtains---- (Sym Eng 5.e4) ** 25:11 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1411" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1411" rel="nofollow">YARDBIRD (GM) vs curtains--- (Sym Eng 5..e6) *** 30:27</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marcozy Bind</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1259" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1259" rel="nofollow">pokerpicard (GM) vs curtains--- (Marcozy Bind) *** 35:53 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1639" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1639" rel="nofollow">Psychik (IM) vs curtains --------(Maroczy Bind) **** 40:40</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nimzo-Indian</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1268" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1268" rel="nofollow">Vadux1 (IM) vs curtains-------- (Nimzo 4.Qc2) ** 32:29 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1321" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1321" rel="nofollow">Glook (IM) vs curtains --------- (Nimzo 4.a3) * 23:26</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1304" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1304" rel="nofollow">olegim (IM) vs curtains ---------(4.Qc2 Nimzo) *** 36:35 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1370" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1370" rel="nofollow">Dueces vs curtains --------------(Nimzo 4.e3) ** 40:48</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sicilian</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1193" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1193" rel="nofollow">pedrovvv vs curtains ----------- (3.Bc4 Sicilian) * 17:13 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1109" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1109" rel="nofollow">observe (GM) vs curtains ------ (c3 Closed Sicilian) ** 31:36 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1119" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1119" rel="nofollow">kramnot vs curtains ------------(c3 Sicilian) ** 20:14 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1291&amp;p=11994#p11994" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1291&amp;p=11994#p11994" rel="nofollow">robtodd vs curtains ------------ (Closed Sicilian) *** 28:08 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1545&amp;p=14218#p14218" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1545&amp;p=14218#p14218" rel="nofollow">Kirlian (IM) vs curtains ---------(c3 Sicilian) ** 23:29 </a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sicilian Dragon</span><br /><a href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1103" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1103" rel="nofollow"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">ZombieRagozin vs curtains -----(g3 Dragon) ** 17:04 </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1120" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1120" rel="nofollow">Chapaev (GM) vs curtains -----(4.Qxd4 Acc Dragon) *** 25:06 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1141" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1141" rel="nofollow">VonLuck vs curtains -----------(Classical Dragon) ** 25:20 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1160" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1160" rel="nofollow">contin (IM) vs curtains ---------(Classical Dragon) **** 26:50 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1163" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1163" rel="nofollow">GZamfir (IM) vs curtains ------(6.Nde2 Dragon) *** 24:29 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1483" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1483" rel="nofollow">GZamfir (IM) vs curtains ------(Acc Dragon) ** 41:17</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1357" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1357" rel="nofollow">mathematician vs curtains ----- (g3 Dragon) ** 24:47</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1136" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1136" rel="nofollow">Gor (IM) vs curtains ------------(Torre Attack) *** 31:24 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1469" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1469" rel="nofollow">El-Marmalade(GM) vs curtains- (..Nd5 Tarrasch) *** 30:33 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1339" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1339" rel="nofollow">lighter (IM) vs curtains--------- (Exc. Slav) ** 36:51 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1237" class="external text" title="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&amp;t=1237" rel="nofollow">curtains vs Dueces ------------- (1. a3!) * 23:10 </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-401674635953490091?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-12034069751409475312009-05-11T16:33:00.000-07:002009-05-12T05:30:35.339-07:00113 Grandmaster Chess Videos (Free)I have listed below 113 Grandmaster Videos<br />courtesy of the<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/index.php#videos">Internet Chess Club</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">.</span><br />These are all listed under the ICC Chess.FM Free Video Selection.<br /><br />These are all 14-30 Min Videos of their "Game of the Day"<br />annotated by Grand Masters.<br />If you use the link above you can go to the ICC site<br />and see the games listed by Tournament.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Here are all the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Videos</span> Listed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Opening</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Benko Gambit</span><br />A58 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_23_08/GOTD.html">van Wely-Carlsen</a> - GM Gregory Kaidanov<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Benoni </span><br />A56 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round9/DeFirmian.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Morozevich-Kramnik</span> -</a>GM Nick DeFermain<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Budapest Defense</span><br /></span>A52 -<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round3/GOTD.html">Kramnik-Mamedyarov</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Caro-Kann</span><br /></span>B10<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">-</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round10/GOTD.html">Radjabov-Cheparinov</a> - GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />B13 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round11/GOTD.html">Ivanchuk-Topalov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><strong></strong><strong style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Round9/Speelman_R9/Speelman_R9.html">Candidates Round 2.3</a></strong> - GM Jon Speelman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Catalan</span></span><br />E00 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_15_08/GOTD.html">Gelfand-Polgar</a> - GM John Fedorowicz<br />E00 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round1/GOTD.html">Aronian-Topalov</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />E06 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round8/ChessFMIndia-8.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Gelfand-Anand</span> - </a>GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron<br />E06 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round2/GOTD.html">Volokitin-Onischuk</a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />E06 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round12/Fedorowicz.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Kramnik-Leko</span> - </a>GM John Fedorowicz<br />E07 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round5/LarryC_GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Kramnik vs Shirov</span>-</a>GM Larry Christiansen<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round6/Christiansen.html">Dortmund Round 6</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round4/Speelman.html">Dortmund Round 4</a> - GM Jon Speelman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >English Opening</span><br />A05 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round3/GOTD.html">Ivanchuk- Bu Xiangzhi</a> -GM Larry Christiansen<br />A05 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_26_08/GOTD.html"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Kramnik-Carlsen</span> </a>- GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >French</span><br />C11 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round2/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Topalov-Ivanchuk</span> </a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Grunfeld</span><br />D80 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round11/GOTD.html">Wang Yue-Svidler</a> -GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />D85 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round8/GOTD.html">Shirov-Ivanchuk</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />D85 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round8/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Topalov - Cheparinov </span> </a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br /><strong></strong><strong style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Round11/Speelman_R11/Speelman_R11.html">Candidates Round 2.5</a></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Jon Speelman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Guioco Piano (Italian Game)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round1/Benjamin.html">Dortmund Round 1</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Kings Indian</span><br />E97 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round1/GOTD.html">Carlsen-Ivanchuk</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />E98 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round4/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ivanchuk-Cheparinov</span> - </a>GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Modern Defence</span><br />A40 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round8/LarryC_GOTD.html">Kramnik vs Mamedyarov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Nimzo-Indian</span><br />E21 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round3/LarryC_GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Jakovenko vs Carlsen</span> </a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round5/Speelman.html">Dortmund Round 5</a> - GM Jon Speelman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Petroff's Defense (Russian Game)</span><br />C42 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round3/ChessFMIndia-3.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Kramnik </span>- </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C42 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round1/ChessFMIndia-1.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Gelfand </span>- </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C42 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_17_08/GOTD.html">Topalov-Gelfand</a> - GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />C42 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round4/GOTD.html">Karjakin-Jakovenko</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />C42 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_27_08/GOTD.html">Anand-Kramnik</a> -GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />C42 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round9/LarryC_GOTD.html">Ivanchuk vs Kramnik</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />C43 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_10_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Kamsky vs Carlsen</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Queens Gambit Declined</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Albin Counter Gambit)</span><br />D08 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round6/GOTD.html">Van Wely-Morozevich</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Ragozin Defence)</span><br />D38 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round5/Speelman.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Grischuk-Morozevich</span> -</a>GM Jon Speelman<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Slav)</span><br />D10 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round10/Christiansen.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Aronian-Grischuk</span>- </a>GM Larry Christiansen<br />D11 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_13_08/GOTD.html">Gelfand-Aronian</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />D11 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round9/GOTD.html">Aronian-Morozevich</a> -GM Larry Christiansen<br />D12 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round5/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Aronian-Ivanchuk</span> </a>-GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />D12 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round13/GOTD.html">Navara-Cheparinov</a> - GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />D15 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round7/LarryC_GOTD.html">Mamedyarov vs Kramnik</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />D16 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round10/GOTD.html">Shirov-Svidler</a> - GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round3/Speelman.html">Dortmund Round 3</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Jon Speelman<br /><strong></strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" ><strong><a href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Round8/Fedorowicz_R8/Fedorowicz_R8.html">Candidates Round 2.2</a></strong></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM John Fedorowicz<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Akobian_r6/Akobian.html">Candidates Round 1.6</a> - <span class="style9">GM Varuzhan Akobian</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Semi-Slav)</span><br />D31 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round6/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Bu Xiangzhi - Cheparinov</span> </a>- GM Joel Benjamin<br />D37 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round11/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ivanchuk-Eljanov</span> </a>- GM Joel Benjamin<br />D39 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round4/LarryC_GOTD.html">Gelfand vs Jakovenko</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />D43 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round13/Kaidanov.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Grischuk-Anand-</span> </a>GM Gregory Kaidanov<br />D43 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round2/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Carlsen-Van Wely</span> -</a>GM Joel Benjamin<br />D43 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_18_08/GOTD.html">R6 Kramnik-Aronian</a> - GM Jon Speelman<br />D43 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round2/ChessFMIndia-2.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Aronian-Anand</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />D43 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round6/Speelman.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Grischuk-Svidler</span> -</a>GM Jon Speelman<br />D43 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_22_08/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Topalov-Kramnik</span> </a>- GM John Fedorowicz<br />D43 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round7/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ivanchuk - Topalov</span> </a>- GM Joel Benjamin<br />D43 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round10/ChessFMIndia-10.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Kramnik-Anand</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />D43- <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round13/ChessFMIndia-13.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Grischuk-Anand </span>- </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />D43 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round6/GOTD.html">Shirov-Karjakin</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />D45 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round7/GOTD.html">Aronian-Topalov</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />D46 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round3/GOTD.html">Carlsen-Van Wely</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />D47 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round4/ChessFMIndia-4.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Morozevich-Anand</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />D47 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round10/GOTD.html">Gelfand-Anand</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />D47 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round6/GOTD.html">Svidler-Karjakin</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Queens Indian</span><br />E12 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round8/GOTD.html">Mamedyarov-Carlsen</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />E12 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round1/Christiansen.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Morozevich-Aronian</span> </a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />E15 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round1/GOTD.html">V. Kramnik vs. V. Anand</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />E15 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round8/GOTD.html">Mamedyarov-Karjakin</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />E17 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round4/GOTD.html">Mamedyarov-Carlsen</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Round6/Speelman/Speelman.html">Candidates Round 1.5</a> - GM Jon Speelman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Queens Pawn Game</span><br />D11 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round9/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Xiangzhi - Topalov</span> </a>- GM Nick DeFermian<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Ruy Lopez</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >(Spanish Game)</span><br />C65 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_14_08/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Nepomniachtchi-Sargissian</span> </a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />C67 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round5/GOTD.html">Karjakin-Wang Yue</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />C72 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round12/GOTD.html">Gashimov-Grischuk</a> - GM Ronen Har-Zvi<br />C78 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round1/LarryC_GOTD.html">Leko vs Shirov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />C78 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round6/ChessFMIndia-6.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Leko-Anand</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C80 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round6/LarryC_GOTD.html">Shirov vs Carlsen</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />C91 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_15_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Kamsky vs Shirov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Breyer)</span><br />C94 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_13_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Shirov vs Kamsky</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />C95 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round1/GOTD.html">Inarkiev-Kamsky</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Steiniz Defense)</span><br />C72 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tal07/Round2/LarryC_GOTD.html">Shirov vs Mamedyarov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Anti-Marshall)</span><br />C88 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round7/ChessFMIndia-7.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Grischuk</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C88 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round8/DeFirmian.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Leko-Grischuk</span> </a>-GM Nick DeFermian<br />C88- <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round7/Fedorowicz.html">Anand-Grischuk</a> - GM John Fedorowicz<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Round12/Speelman_R12/Speelman_R12.html">Candidates Round 2.6</a> - GM Jon Speelman<br /><strong></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" ><strong><a href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Elista2007/Round10/Kaidanov_R10/Kaidanov_R10.html">Candidates Round 2.4</a></strong></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>-GM Jon Speelman<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Marshall)</span><br />C88 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_19_08/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Topalov-Carlsen</span> </a>-GM Jon Speelman<br />C88 -<a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round12/ChessFMIndia-12.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Svidler-Anand</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C89 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round9/ChessFMIndia-9.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Aronian</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C89 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_11_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Shirov vs Karjakin</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />C89 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round14/ChessFMIndia-14.html">Anand-Leko </a>- <span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />C89 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round5/ChessFMIndia-5.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Svidler</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Sicilian Defense</span><br />B30 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_12_08/GOTD.html">Mamedyarov-Carlsen</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Larry Christiansen<br />B33 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round9/GOTD.html">Nisipeanu-Shirov</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />B43 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round3/GOTD.html">Gashimov-Svidler</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />B87 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round4/GOTD.html">Ivanchuk-Karjakin</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Taimanov)</span><br />B46 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round9/GOTD.html">Navara-Mamedyarov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />B46 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round7/Christiansen.html">Dortmund Round 7</a> -M Larry Christiansen<br />B48 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mtel08/Round10/GOTD.html">Cheparinov - Ivanchuk </a>- GM Nick DeFermain<br /><a href="http://www.chessclub.com/bits/webcast/Dortmund2007/Round2/Benjamin.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dortmund Round 2</span> </a>- GM Joel Benjamin<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Rossolimo)</span><br />B30 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_16_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Kamsky vs Shirov</a>- M Larry Christiansen<br />B30 -<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_14_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Shirov vs Kamsky</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />B31 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round2/GOTD.html">Adams-Cheparinov</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Dragon)</span><br />B77 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Baku08/Round7/GOTD.html">Radjabov-Carlsen</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Najdorf)</span><br />B90 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round11/Christiansen.html">Anand-Morozevich</a>-GM Larry Christiansen<br />B90 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/GOTD/Round14/Kaidanov.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Svidler-Grischuk</span> </a>-GM Gregory Kaidanov<br />B90 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_20_08/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Topalov</span> </a>- GM Gregory Kaidanov<br />B90 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Amber08/Round5/GOTD.html">Karjakin-Van Wely</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>- GM Joel Benjamin<br />B90 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round5/GOTD.html">Nisipeanu-Van Wely</a> - GM Larry Christiansen<br />B90 - <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/India/Round11/ChessFMIndia-11.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Anand-Morozevich</span> - </a><span class="style9">GM Ramesh &amp; Arvind Aaron</span><br />B90 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Aerosvit08/Round7/GOTD.html">Jakovenko-Van Wely</a> - GM Joel Benjamin<br />B96 - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/WorldCup07/12_09_07/LarryC_GOTD.html">Shirov vs Karjakin</a>- GM Larry Christiansen<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Scheveningen)</span><br />B84 -<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Corus08/01_25_08/GOTD.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Carlsen-Anand</span>- </a>GM Nick DeFermain<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1203406975140947531?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-17746391233921614332009-05-01T20:15:00.000-07:002011-09-23T19:53:32.319-07:00Kings Indian Attack - Opening TheoryA chess opening system for White that is not a series of specific moves, but rather a <i>system</i> that can be played from many different move orders. The KIA is often reached via <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4</b> followed by <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">d3</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">, </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Nd2</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">, </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ngf3</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">, </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">g3</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">,</span> <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Bg2</b>, and <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">0-0</b>, it can also arise from <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. g3</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">, </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. Nf3</b>, or even <b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. d3</b>.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SfKBjFwGDSI/AAAAAAAAASU/5nVmbxzPIuc/s1600-h/Kings+Indian+Attack.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SfKBjFwGDSI/AAAAAAAAASU/5nVmbxzPIuc/s320/Kings+Indian+Attack.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328463748972023074" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Attack">Kings Indian Attack Wikipedia Page</a> - General Opening Knowledge and History.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/sic10.html">Introduction to the Kings Indian Attack</a> - Exeter Chess Club Lesson<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/summer05/stoyko-kia.htm">The Kings Indian Attack</a> - Notes on a Lecture by FM Steve Stoyko (9 Annotated Games)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/eric_98008/Opening.html">An Opening Repertoire for White: The King's Indian Attack</a> - A discussion of 10 well Annotated games by Petrosian.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/petrosian-pachman.htm">Petrosian vs Pachman 1961 [A04] </a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4BucKIccB4">Chess Lesson: King's Indian Attack- JRobie Lesson</a></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 36px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#King.27s_Indian_Attack">50+ Kings Indian Attack Games</a> -Videos Running from 4 Min to 45Min<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/kia-pg.zip">Kings Indian Attack.zip (Comprehensive)</a> - 4410 Games (U of Pitt Archive)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RetiKIA.zip">Reti/Kings Indian Attack .pgn</a> - 17052 Games (<a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNMentor.com</a>)</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1774639123392161433?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-68672159246176785352009-04-30T12:59:00.000-07:002009-05-02T21:42:47.017-07:002009 January - April (Master Chess Game Database)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />47,650</span></span><br />Chess games from the first 4 Months of 2009.<br /></div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/bishopsbountychess/Home/2009Jan-Apr.cbv?attredirects=0"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/bishopsbountychess/Home/2009Jan-Apr.cbv?attredirects=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 83px; height: 85px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SfoErPcEyxI/AAAAAAAAASc/1YCrMEIv21U/s320/ChessBaseLogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330578249871575826" border="0" /></a> The Games Are from January thru April 2009<br />in ChessBase Format.<br />(Each game has at least one player 2200+ Rated<br />and all Duplicate Games have been removed.)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="https://sites.google.com/site/bishopsbountychess/Home/2009Jan-Apr.cbv?attredirects=0">2009Jan_Apr.cbv - <span style="font-style: italic;">6.36 Meg</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"></span><br />All the Games in this Database have been taken from free Chess Downloads all<br />over the Internet.<br /><br />International Chess Magazines Online<br />National Chess Websites<br />International Regional and Local Chess Clubs<br />Individuals Personal Websites<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6867215924617678535?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-43686203393227952742009-04-29T15:14:00.000-07:002009-04-29T15:33:02.563-07:00Sicilian - Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) - Opening TheoryIf you would like a try at a white E-4 opening against the Sicilian Defence that is not for the faint of heart here is a gambit opening for you.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Morra_Gambit"><span>Smith-Morra Gambit Wikipedia Page</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>- General Info About this Opening</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Free EBook</span> -<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/download/download_file.html?id=86"> </a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvictory.com/SmithMorra.pdf">Smith-Morra Gambit</a> </span>pdf<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Free EBook</span> - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.seventhrank.com/%7Emark/chess/smith_morra/morr_intro.pdf">Defending The Smith Morra .pdf</a> - IM Mark Ginsburg<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3</span><br /><iframe src="http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1226077627" width="300" frameborder="0" height="380"></iframe><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Smith-Morra/instr_open_Smith_Morra_Part1.htm">Smith -Morra Instruction - Openings </a>- 7 part article at Chessville.com with annotated games.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz134.pdf">Has The Morra Gambit Been Revived</a> - Tim Harding<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.souvenirworldja.com/chessworld/playbetter/Technical_Articles/beatingsicillian/sicillian_beating.htm">The Smith-Morra gambit system against the Sicilian defence</a> - Technical paper<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Articles from "The Gambit Cartel"</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew27.pdf">The Power of Ideas </a>- Tim Mcgrew<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew20.pdf">A Little Learning</a> - Tim Mcgrew<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GM Boris Altermans Blog</span> ( Morra Gambit Lessons)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/morra-gambit-part-1/">Morra Gambit Pt 1 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/morra-gambit-part-2/">Morra Gambit Pt 2</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/morra-gambit-part-3/">Morra Gambit Pt 3</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/morra-gambit-part-4/">Morra Gambit Pt 4</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/morra-gambit-part-5/">Morra Gambit Pt 5</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/morra-gambit-part-6/">Morra Gambit Pt 6</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/morra-gambit-part-7/">Morra Gambit Pt 7</a><br /><br />Here are 5 Chess Puzzles, all from Smith-Morra Gambit games.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://blog.chess.com/WTHarvey/5-puzzles-smith-morra-gambit-accepted">Smith-Morra Gambit Puzzles</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004391">Smith-Morra Gambit Games List</a>- Here are also 40+ games that are all Smith-Morra Gambits played by greats such as Fischer and Tal. (Viewable Online)<br /><br />Finally here is a <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessopeningsmithmorragambit.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&amp;updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&amp;max-results=10">Smith-Morra Gambit Blog</a> that goes over this gambit in great detail with plenty of illustrations.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/kolsch.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Kolenbet - Schipkov, B. [B21] </span></a>- Annotated by B. Schipkov<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_nyjLp75aE">Smith-Morra Gambit Lesson </a>- 8 Min Video (Basics of the opening)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycv-BEVvumE">Opening Systems- Morra -Smith Gambit</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONKUE8yiHGk">Smith-Morra Chess Trap for White</a> - 2 min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Game Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7OfL18SO4">Tal vs Neibult </a> - 9 min video (Main Line)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Vm2KIghJU"></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Vm2KIghJU">Matulovic vs. Segi</a> - 10 Min Video (Main Line)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/6/">Playing the Black Side of the Smith Morra gambit</a> - 43 min Video by IM Bill Paschall<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/5/">Smith-Morra Gambit Siberian Trap</a> - 20 min Video by IM Jessy Kraai<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/4/">Smith-Morra Gambit</a> - 18 min Video by IM Jessy Kraai<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/smorrapg.zip">Smith-Morra Games PGN</a> - 2150 games (U of Pitt Archive)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicilianSmith-Morra.zip">SicilianSmith-Morra.pgn</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>- 5560 Games (<a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNMentor.com</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-4368620339322795274?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-44094736220667153112009-04-22T11:52:00.000-07:002009-07-18T11:11:59.144-07:00Kings Indian Defence (E60-E99) - Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Indian_Defence">Kings Indian Wikipedia Page</a> - The place to start to get a general overview of this opening and its variations.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 Black intends 3....Bg7 4....d6</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SWThh9IvLaI/AAAAAAAAAQA/tHj94PPYcec/s1600-h/KingsIndian.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SWThh9IvLaI/AAAAAAAAAQA/tHj94PPYcec/s320/KingsIndian.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288599835902946722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess.com Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-kid-bayonet-attack-part-1">The KID Bayonet Attack</a> - by GM Arun &amp; GM Magesh Part 1<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-kid-bayonet-attack-by-gm-arun-and-gm-magesh-part-2">The KID Bayonet Attack</a> - by GM Arun &amp; GM Magesh Part 2<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Silmans Opening Archive Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_instructive_gms/040215_trst_bt_vrfy.html">KID- 4 Pawns Attack Article</a> - NM Randy Bauer<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040830_quick.html">KID -A Quick d4-d5 push </a> - Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_8.html">KID - Pain and Anguish </a> - Karel van der Weide<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/strategic_insights_into_unusual_kid.html">Insights into and unusual KID</a> - Manuel Monestario<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Cafe Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane45.pdf">Fischer Plays Again (Opening Lanes 45)</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">(E70) </span>- IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz38.pdf">Seirawan vs Kasparov 1989 (E74)</a> - GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane51.pdf">Averbakh's System (E74)</a> - IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz56.pdf">Dreev vs Shirov 1996 (E81)</a> - Samisch Var GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz50.pdf">Karpov vs Timman 1993 (E81)</a> -Samisch Var. GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane06.txt">The Saemich Var.</a> - IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz26.pdf">Karpov vs Kasparov (E86)</a> - GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz14.pdf">Picket vs Van Wely 1994 (E90)</a> - Gm Yasser Seirawan<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Deca03.htm">KID Fireworks Part 1</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Decb03.htm">KID Fireworks Part 2</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Decc03.htm">KID Fireworks Part 3</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Decd03.htm">KID Fireworks Part 4</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.ericschiller.com/pdf/King%27s%20Indian%20Tactics.pdf">Kings Indian Tactics .pdf</a> - 25 pages of KID tactics by Eric Schiller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskids.com/grownups/kindian06.pdf">Kings Indian Defence .pdf</a> - 11 pages of the basic ideas behind the KID<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/Intermediate/openingrep/4pawns/4pawns.htm#Starting%20Positions">Kings Indian 4 Pawns Attack</a> - Website Tutorial<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/Classical-KID-Na6.htm">Classical KID Ideas with Na6</a>- Kenilworth Chess Club article<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/Intermediate/openingrep/saemich/saemich.htm">Kings Indian - The Saemich Variation </a>- A system against the KID<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.davidlevinchess.com/version_030825/analysis/KIndB8Nd4/framedef.htm">Kings Indian Defence Classical</a> - FM David Levin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/the-fabulous-00s-can-blitz-teach-us-anything/">Can Blitz Teach Us Anything about the King’s Indian Defense Bayonet Attack?</a> - IM Mark Ginsburg<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Puzzles by Opening</span><br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/e60.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">King's Indian (E60)</span></a> - 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 (10 Puzzles)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/e76.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (E76)</span></a> - (10 Puzzles)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/e81.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">King's Indian, Saemisch (E81)</span></a> - (10 Puzzles)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/e97.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">King's Indian (E97)</span></a> - (10 Puzzles)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Openings on Demand</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesskingsindiandefenseelectronicbook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">King's Indian Defense Electronic Book (E-Book) Part I</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesskingsindiandefensee-book.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">King's Indian Defense Electronic Book (E-Book) Part II</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/dresmi.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Dreev, A. (2685) - Smirin, I. (2691) [E81] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/dresmi.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ></span></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/schsoc.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Schipkov, Boris (2355) - Socko, Bartosz [E84] </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessib.com/schmon.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" >Schipkov, Boris (2355) - Monin, Nikolay (2405) [E87] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/golshu2.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Goldin, A. (2630) - Shulman, Y. (2595) [E90] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/moo-moo-thank-you-bu-for-that-crazee-saemisch/">Bu Xiangzhi [2708] - Vadim Zvjaginsev [2674] [E83]</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kings Indian Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WltQZ76nt2A">KID Opening Trap </a>- 9.5 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H00IrZp3LRA">Fischer's Use of KID vs d4</a> - 9min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wejnb9JhCMI">KID 7. ...Nc6</a> - 7min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRTeSC-SoL4">KID 7. ...Nbd7 7. ...Na6</a> - 8min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1UAeohfpM8">Bayonet attack against the Kings Indian defence Part 1 </a>- 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZdg4hCHGQw">Bayonet attack against the Kings Indian defence Part II </a>- 9 Min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/25/">Intro to the Kings Indian</a> - 16 Min Video (IM Jesse Kraai)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/26/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 1 </a>- 19 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/26/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 2 </a>- 14 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/26/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 3 </a>- 19 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/26/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 4 </a>- 22 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/30/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 5 </a>- 19 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/31/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 6 </a>- 19 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/30/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 7 </a>- 27 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/30/">Kasparov on the Kings Indian Pt 8 </a>- 22 Min Video (IM John-Paul Wallace)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated KID Game Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHBU7mCiXo">KID Part 1 </a>- 9 Min Video (IM Golembeck vs NM Fudera)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTHvuZe_rKE"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">KID Part 2</span> </a>- 10 Min Video (GM Shamkovich vs IM Nezmetinov)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtgI_yKKB90">KID Part 3</a> - 9 Min Video (Soloman Flor vs GM Alexi Suetin)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkxrtLZvC2Q">Oosterom vs Timmerman 1996</a> - 7.5 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdn7QsXIr8o">Oosterom vs Timmerman - 1999</a> -6.5 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cStGNFYms">GM Ivar Bern vs GM Oosterom </a>- 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PQXxK_iVuw">Ljubojevic vs Kasparov 1993</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29LjDrUxLuI">Gelfand vs Kasparov</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO-JHwCJNxY">Piket vs Kasparov</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsOXIdMpdow">Petrosian vs. Fischer, 1958 </a>- 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vWiAdKa7OI">GM Ivanchuk vs GM Radjabov (Bayonet Attack)</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2010">Vegita (FM) vs Chessstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 5 min Blitz (<span style="font-style: italic;">Annotated with post-mortem</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2021">Heileh (IM Heikki Lehtinen) vs Chessstud (IM Greg Shahade) </a>- 5 Min Blitz (<span style="font-style: italic;">Annotated with post-mortem</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2057">Thesalesman (FM Charles Galofre) vs Chessstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 5 min Blitz (<span style="font-style: italic;">Annotated with post-mortem</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2116">plamkasidi (GM Dusan Popovic) vs Chessstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 5 min Blitz (<span style="font-style: italic;">Annotated with post-mortem</span>)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />ChessVideos.tv </span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#King.27s_Indian_Defence">Kings Indian Videos </a>- (About 10 live game Videos and 6 Analysis Game Videos running from 10 min to 30 min each)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Downloads</span> (From <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNMentor.com</a>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDAverbakh.zip">KID Averbakh</a> - 5843 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDFianchetto.zip">KID Fianchetto</a> - 11208 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KID4pawns.zip">KID 4 Pawns</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span> - 4951 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDSaemisch.zip">KID Saemisch </a> - 16376 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDClassical.zip">KID Classical </a><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDClassical.zip">Main Line</a> - 12972 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDOther7.zip">KID Classical other 7th move</a> -21503 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDOther56.zip">KID Classical other 5th and 6th</a> -6240 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KIDPetrosian.zip">KID Classical Petrosian </a>-4420 games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-4409473622066715311?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-2158596352009607092009-04-20T15:34:00.000-07:002009-04-21T06:12:20.686-07:00Chess Endgame Lessons<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_begin_basic_tactics_intro.htm">Basic Endgame Strategy</a> - Beginner Course with Basic Mates and King and Pawn Endings.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Lowery's Exciting World of Chess</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Endgame Lessons</span><br /><span class="ft6p1">Introduction, Basic Types, Rules, Principles, Concepts, Considerations</span><br /><div class="ts1p10"><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/Endgames.pdf">Basic_Endgames.pdf</a> (212KB) </div> Basic Endgames-Introduction to Positional Themes <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/Basic_Endgames_Positional_Themes.pdf">Basic_Endgames_Positional_Themes.pdf</a>(107KB)<br />>Bishop Pair Simple/Basic Checkmating<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/Bishop_Pair_checkmating.pdf">Bishop_Pair_checkmating.pdf</a> (71KB)<br />King, Knight, &amp; wing pawn v. King Endgame Strategy<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/KNp_v_K_Endgame.pdf">KNp_K_Endgame.pdf</a>(31KB)<br />Passed pawns in King Endgames (long)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/King-pawn_Endgames.pdf">King-pawn_Endgames.pdf</a> (258KB)<br />King, pawn, &amp; Bishop v. King endgame-Wrong Colored Bishop<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/King_pawn_Bishop_v_King.pdf">King_pawn_Bishop_v_King.pdf</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>(32KB)<br />The Art of Combinations for Endgames A Prime Example<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/The_Art_of_Combination_for_Endgames-Prime_Ex.pdf">Art_of_Combinations_for_Endgames-Prime_Ex.pdf</a> <(31KB)<br />The Art of Combinations for Endgames Enhancing Chess Vision (conclusion) <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/The_Art_of_Combination_for_Endgames-Conclusion.pdf">Art_of_Combinations_for_Endgames-Conclusion.pdf</a><span class="ft3p1"> (30KB)<br /></span>The Lucena Position-Endgame Theory<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/Lucena_Position.pdf">Lucena_Position.pdf</a>(106KB)<br />The Troitzky Line<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/Troitzky_Line.pdf">Troitzky_Line.pdf</a><span class="ft3p1"> </span>(253KB) <span class="ft6p1"><br />The Second Troitzky Line<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/SecondTroitzkyLine.pdf">SecondTroitzkyLine.pdf</a>(383KB)<br />Skewering in King &amp; Queen v. King &amp; Queen Endgames<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/Endgame/Skewering1.pdf">Skewering1.pdf</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" class="ft3p1"> (20KB)</span> <!-- END OF LESSONS LIST --> <div class="styleBOTTOMImage1"><a href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Downloads/pdf_files/pdfDownloads_Indexes/Endgame_Lessons_Index.html#Top"><br /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Advanced Lessons In Endgame Strategy by Jan Van Reek</span><br />150 Historical Chess Endings <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.endgame.nl/endgame.pgn">(PGN-File)</a> <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.endgame.nl/ENDGAMES.ZIP">(Cbase-zip)</a>- <span style="font-family:Arial;">150 best over-the-board, theoretical and composed endings got new annotations.<br />22 Endgame Strategy Lessons - <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.endgame.nl/strategy.pgn">(PGN File)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exeter Chess Club Endgame Lessons<br />1200-1399 ELO<br /></span></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/genending.html">General Endgame advice</a> ( <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/genending.pdf"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">PDF</span> </a> 51 KB , <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/genending.tex"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">TeX</span> </a> 4 KB )<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/mates.html">Essential checkmates</a> ( <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/mates.pdf"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">PDF</span> </a> 99 KB , <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/mates.tex"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">TeX</span> </a> 9 KB )<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/qpawn67.html">Queen against Pawn</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/mate_bb.html">Mate with Two Bishops</a><br /><a href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/xchangkp.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Exchanging into King and Pawn endings</span> </a> ( <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/xchangkp.pdf"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">PDF</span> </a> 98 KB , <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/xchangkp.tex"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">TeX</span> </a> 10 KB )<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/rooktheo.html">Rook and Pawn Endings: the theory</a> ( <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/rooktheo.pdf"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">PDF</span> </a> 161 KB , <a href="http://franosch.org/chess/rooktheo.tex"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">TeX</span> </a> 45 KB )<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/rookends.html">Example Rook Endings</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1400-1599 ELO</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/bending.html">Bishop Endings</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Strategy/opbish2.html">Opposite-coloured Bishops</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1600-1799 ELO</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/capajano.html">A Capablanca Ending</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/bbending.html">Double Bishop Endings</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1800-1999 ELO</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/windrawn.html">Winning drawn endgames</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chess Cafe - Endgame Corner</span> by Karsten Mueller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Endgame%20Corner">95+ Endgame Articles </a>- covering all facets of the Endgame<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-215859635200960709?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-52750075015847995372009-04-20T08:00:00.000-07:002009-04-20T16:08:16.624-07:00PGN Game Downloads & Annotated Databases<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessproblem.my-free-games.com/chess/games/Download-PGN.php">Brunos </a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Grandmaster games</span> (8k games) and a hand full of <span style="font-style: italic;">Openings</span> (17k games) here with game downloads.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/pgn_openings.htm">Chessopolis</a><br />Large Game download section here.<br />It is broken up into <span style="font-style: italic;">Players</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Openings</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Events</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Misc. Collections</span>.<br />Very large selection of Openings with files running from 400-6000 games per variation.<br />200+ GM's and IM's listed with hundreds and sometimes thousands of their games.<br />Events only up to the year 2000, but still a large list and finally the Misc. section has some really interesting game downloads if your into different types of Endgames, Brilliancy's or Miniatures.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGN Mentor</a><br />By far the largest collection of PGN downloads I have come across. Broken up into <span style="font-style: italic;">Openings</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Players</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Events</span> with Tournaments from 1851- 2008. Hundreds of thousands of games here.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-game-collection-a.html">Chess Game Collection</a> - 500,000 Games Broken into their ECO code or Famous player collections.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessopeningspgn.com/chess/Openings.html">Encyclopedia of Chess Openings</a> - Click any ECO code link here and download a PGN of games of that opening ranging in size from 2000-20,000 games. (From Bookuppro.com)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.endgame.nl/downloads.html">Annotated Chess Databases</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> </span>- (Excellent Source of Free Annotated Games)<br />600+ Match Games from <span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i>López to Anand</i></span>.<br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">More than 100 super tournaments have been annotated.</span><br />Hoogovens and Corus organised chess tournaments 1938-2008<br />Top grandmasters playing in Linares from 1978-2008<br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dutch and German Championships<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-5275007501584799537?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-21930665376192410782009-04-14T16:51:00.000-07:002009-07-07T20:30:07.738-07:00Scandinavian Defense (Center Counter Defense) (B01) - Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense">Scandinavian Defense Wikipedia Page</a> - General opening theory and history.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 d5<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SeUi5OuINjI/AAAAAAAAASM/0gLuszTgdm4/s1600-h/scandinaviandefense.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SeUi5OuINjI/AAAAAAAAASM/0gLuszTgdm4/s320/scandinaviandefense.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324700501034939954" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/openings/centre_counter/centre_counter.htm">Centre-Counter Tutorial</a> - Chesscorner.com<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/articles/opening/anti-port.htm">The Anti -Portuguese System</a> -by Michael Goeller<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/b01_001.pdf">TWIC Theory Article -REPRINTSEV’S SURPRISE .pdf</a> -11 Page Article by IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://meralcochess.blogspot.com/2008/12/chess-piece-scandinavian-secrets.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">CHESS PIECE: SCANDINAVIAN SECRETS</span> </a>- Blog post Refuting the Qa5 line of the Scandinavian by Bobby Ang<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chessville.com Articles</span> by IM Andrew Martin<br /><a href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Aug04a.htm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>The Essential Centre-Counter - Part 1</b></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Aug04b.htm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>The Essential Centre-Counter - Part 2</b></span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Aug04c.htm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>The Essential Centre-Counter - Part 3</b></span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />Chess Cafe Articles</span><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane86.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>(Opening Lanes #86) - Treasure Island</b></span></a> - IM Gary Lane <span class="scheda2">(1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4</span>)<br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane71.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>(Opening Lanes #71) - Scandinavian Defence</b></span></a> - IM Gary Lane (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense"></a><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane61.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b> (Opening Lanes #61) - Scandinavian Defence</b></span></a> -IM Gary Lane (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.Nf3!?)</span><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane55.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>(Opening Lanes #55) - Scandinavian Defence</b></span></a> - IM Gary Lane (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb4!?)</span><br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane44.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>(Opening Lanes #44) - The Icelandic Gambit</b></span></a> -IM Gary Lane (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6!? </span>)<br /><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kaiss06.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b> (Over the Horizons #6) - A Queen on Wheels</b></span></a> -Stefan Bucker (Lasker Variation)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Silmans Opening Archive</span><br /><a href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/120302_can_white_avoid_dr.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>Portuguese Attack</b></span></a> - Jeremy Silman (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4)<br /></span><a href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/040320_refutation_prtgs.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>Refutation of the Portuguese?</b></span></a> - Jeremy Silman (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.Qb3 )<br /></span><a href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/053003_patzer_var.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><b>Scandinavian Defence - Patzer Variation</b></span></a> - IM Andrew Martin (<span class="scheda2">1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+ </span>) Patzer Variation<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">YouTube Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x60wXkL-uA0">Chess Lesson : Scandinavian Defense</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Chessvideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Scandanavian_Defence">A Dozen Scandinavian Defense Videos</a> running from 6 Min to 27 Min<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4480">IM Greg Shahade (Chessstud) vs GM Leon Gofshtein (Orange)</a> - ICC 5 Min Blitz Game<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Interesting Piece Sacrifice Line by White in this Scandinavian Opening Line)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span> (<a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings"><span style="font-style: italic;">From PGNMentor.com</span></a>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Scand3Qd6-Qd8.zip">Scand3Qd6-Qd8.pgn</a> - ( 2...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/sqt.gif" alt="Queen" border="0" />xd5, 3...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/sqt.gif" alt="Queen" border="0" />d6 and 3...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/sqt.gif" alt="Queen" border="0" />d8) - 3721 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Scand2Qxd5-3Qa5.zip">Scand2Qxd5-3Qa5.pgn</a> -( 2...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/sqt.gif" alt="Queen" border="0" />xd5, 3...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/sqt.gif" alt="Queen" border="0" />a5) - 10843 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Scand2Nf6-3d4.zip">Scand2Nf6-3d4.pgn</a> - ( 2...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/snt.gif" alt="Knight" border="0" />f6 3.d4 ) - 6488 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Scand2Nf6Other.zip">Scand2Nf6Other.pgn</a> - (2...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/snt.gif" alt="Knight" border="0" />f6 Other) - 7874 games<br /><br /><span style="font-size:9;"></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/scand-pg.zip">scand-pg.zip</a></span> -(1.e4 d5) - 4905 Games (U.of Pitt Archive)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B01.pgn">B01.pgn</a> - (1.e4 d5) - 14021 Games (<a href="http://www.chessopeningspgn.com/chess/Openings.html">BookupPro.com</a> )<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2193066537619241078?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-24007650896835689472009-04-06T19:24:00.000-07:002009-04-06T21:13:38.215-07:00Halloween Gambit (Müller-Schulze Gambit) (C46) - Opening TheoryThe <b>Müller-Schulze Gambit</b> or <b>Leipzig Gambit</b>, also known more recently as the <b>Halloween Attack</b> or <b>Halloween Gambit</b>, is an aggressive but dubious gambit, in which White sacrifices a knight for just one pawn.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4 Nxe5</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SdrD94T7eUI/AAAAAAAAASE/Ie0cxwEk8No/s1600-h/halloweenGambit.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SdrD94T7eUI/AAAAAAAAASE/Ie0cxwEk8No/s320/halloweenGambit.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321781377547073858" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCller-Schulze_Gambit">Müller-Schulze </a><em><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCller-Schulze_Gambit">Gambit Wikipedia Page</a> - </em>General Knowledge and History of this Gambit<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Chessville.com Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/Halloween_Gambit/Part_1.htm#GambitDeclined">Critical Lines in the Halloween Gambit Part 1</a> - Paul Keiser<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/Halloween_Gambit/Part_2.htm">Critical Lines in the Halloween Gambit Part 2</a> - Paul Keiser<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/Halloween_Gambit/UON13HalloweenGambit.pdf">Unorthodox Openings Newsletter (Halloween Gambit) .pdf</a> - 48 Pages of Information Dedicated to this opening and its variations and theory. Very Nice (Paul Keiser)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Etimkr/tour/breeze.htm">A Breeze in the Sleepy 4 Knights Game</a> - Nice Article on Chess Cafe by Tim Krabbé<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roz1YeJjvUY">Chess Openings- Halloween Gambit</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2579">Halloween Gambit Analysis Game</a> - 28 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3012">Icelandic Miniatures #2</a> - 9 Min Video (Game Analysis by FIDE Master)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(Downloads from Chessville.com)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/Halloween_Gambit/Halloween%20Gambit.ZIP">HalloweenGambit.zip</a> - 21 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/Halloween_Gambit/Games.ZIP">Games.zip</a> - 89 Games<br /><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/hween-pg.zip"><b></b></a></span></b><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/hween-pg.zip">HWeen-pg.zip</a> - 3308 Games (U Pitt FTP Server)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2400765089683568947?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-83968765178012582202009-04-05T08:25:00.000-07:002009-07-20T20:39:13.155-07:00Nimzo-Indian Defense (E20-E59) - Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimzo-Indian_Defence">Nimzo Indian Defense Wikipedia Page</a> - General opening theory, History and Variations<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskids.com/grownups/nimzo06.pdf">Nimzo Indian E-Book</a> - 10 Pages of General Opening Knowledge and Variations.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SdjOeKPv2AI/AAAAAAAAAR8/CYH34uG0Xo0/s1600-h/Nimzo-indian.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SdjOeKPv2AI/AAAAAAAAAR8/CYH34uG0Xo0/s320/Nimzo-indian.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321229977280043010" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/Intermediate/openingrep/nimzo/nimzo.htm">The Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein Variation</a> - <span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;">An solid aggressive and simple system against the Nimzo-Indian Defense Tutorial</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000306190428/internetchess.com/columns/amartin/pawnsac.shtml">A Pawn Sacrifice Revisited </a>- IM Andrew Martin<br /><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/secrets_of_Qc2_nimzo.html">SECRETS OF THE NIMZO-INDIAN CLASSICAL VARIATION</a> - </span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Manuel Gerardo Monasterio </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_instrctn_trnmnt/040630_ch_ins_tour.html">STATICS, DYNAMICS, &amp; ASSESSMENTS</a> - Jeremy Silman<br /><br />Nimzo-Indian Gambits<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="innertext5"><a href="http://www.chesscity.com/PDF/BelyavskyGambit_Nimzo.pdf" target="_blank">Belyavsky Gambit</a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" class="innertext5"><a href="http://www.chesscity.com/PDF/Shocron_Vintolins_Gambits_Nimzo.pdf" target="_blank">Shocron &amp; Vintolinsh Gambits</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Nimzo-Indian Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/bacana1.html">Bacrot, E. vs Anand, V. (E20)</a> - Boris Schipkov<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/lotkor.html">Lautier, J. vs Korchnoi V. (E20)</a> - Boris Schipkov<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz34.pdf">Timman vs Karpov (E21)</a> - Inside Chess GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/volsak.html">Volkov, S. vs Sakaev, K (E25)</a> - Boris Schipkov<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://tromsosjakklubb.com/2000/kk08.htm">Kramnik, Vladimir (2751) - Kasparov, Garry (2830) [E32]</a> </span></span>- Malcolm Pein<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/roiz_karpov_gorenje2007.htm">Roiz,Michael (2605) - Karpov,Anatoly (2668) [E37]</a> - FM Dennis Monokrousses<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/karpov_georgiev_gorenje2007.htm">Karpov,Anatoly (2668) - Georgiev,Kiril (2660) [E37]</a> - FM Dennis Monokrousses<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/khaana.html">Khalifman, A vs Anand, V. (E42)</a> -Boris Schipkov<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz20.pdf">Kasparov vs Kramnik (E47) </a>- Inside Chess GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/malnie3.html">Malakhov, Vladimir - Nielsen, Peter Heine [E46]</a> </span>- Boris Schipkov<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/alelug3.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Aleksandrov, Aleksej (2630) - Lugovoi, Alexei (2540) [E48] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/vawacs2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Van Wely, Loek (2681) - Acs, Peter (2591) [E48] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/lugbal3.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Lugovoi, Aleksei - Balashov, Yuri [E52] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://tromsosjakklubb.com/2000/kk10.htm"><span style="font-size:100%;">Kramnik, Vladimir (2751) - Kasparov, Garry (2830) [E54] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://tromsosjakklubb.com/2000/kk12.htm"><span style="font-size:100%;">Kramnik, Vladimir (2751) - Kasparov, Garry (2830) [E55] </span></a>-<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Neil McDonald, Malcolm Pein, Chris Duncan</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/aleada2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Aleksandrov, A. (2620) - Adams, M. (2745) [E55] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/khaana2.html">Khalifman A vs Anand V [E55]</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/golyej2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Goldin, Alexander (2618) - Ye Jiangchuan (2676) [E61] </span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/71/">An Aggressive New Idea for White in the Classical Nimzo-Indian</a> - 38 Min Video (IM Bill Paschall)<br />Nimzo Indian for White - IM David Vigorito<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/67/">Part 1</a> - 28 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/68/">Part 2</a> - 33 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/69/">Part 3</a> - 16 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/70/">Part 4</a> - 19 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/60/">A Surprising Trap in the Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 Variation</a> -27 Min Video (FM Valeri Lilov)<br />Insanity in the Classical Nimzo-Indian - IM John-Paul Wallace<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/65/">Part 1</a> - 27 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/66/">Part 2</a> - 18 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/64/">Ideas for Nimzo-Indian Players vs 1.Nf3</a> - 21 Min Video (IM David Vigorito)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/63/">Ideas for Nimzo-Indian Players 1.c4 , then vs. 1.Nf3</a> - 25 Min Video (IM David Vigorito)<br />Carlsen in Baku, Qc2 Nimzo Update - IM David Vigorito<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/61/">Part 1</a> - 29 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/62/">Part 2</a> - 27 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideos.tv </span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Nimzo-Indian_Defence">Nimzo-Indian Defense</a> - Only a handful of Videos here on this opening.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2053">Unzatime vs chessstud (IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 13Min Video (5-Min Blitz Game)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2063">appel vs chessstud (IM Greg Shahade) </a> - 13 Min Video (5-Min Blitz Gamne)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">YouTube Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLosCQnT4_0">Chess Lesson - Nimzo Indian Defence Part 1</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDlkAiJAzuE">Chess Lesson - Nimzo Indian Defense Part 2</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Annotated Nimzo-Indian Game Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtle_tqhcQE">Ivanchuk vs Karpov</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I7gCU79XU0">Anand vs Kramnik</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7N5hQNS6fk">Kasparov vs Chuchelov</a> - 8 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKo3bEBDc6Q">Portisch vs Fischer</a> - 8 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zZtUV4npA">Topalov vs Aronian</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBJ2NW6M_xs">Reshevsky vs Donner</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PNK-1YIPLw">Morozevich vs Carlsen</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emp9LwmhzUs">Murshed vs Bradbury</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Nimzo4Nf3.zip">Nimzo4Nf3.pgn</a> - 4501 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoSaemisch.zip">NimzoSaemisch.pgn</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>- 2032 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoLeningrad.zip">NimzoLeningrad.pgn</a> - 2465 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Nimzo4f3.zip">Nimzo4f3.pgn</a> - 2745 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoOther4.zip">NimzoOther4.pgn</a> - (Other 4th Moves) 2471 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoCl4O-O.zip">NimzoCl4O-O.pgn</a> -(Classical, 4....0-0) 6946 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoCl4c5.zip">NimzoCl4c5.pgn</a> - (Classical 4.....c5) 4580 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoClOther.zip">NimzoClOther.pgn</a> -(Classical Other) 4380 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoRub4O-O.zip">NimzoRub4O-O.pgn</a> -(Rubinstein, 4....0-0) 8355 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoRub4c5.zip">NimzoRub4c5.pgn</a> - (Rubinstein, 4....c5) 6505 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/NimzoRubOther.zip">NimzoRubOther.pgn</a> - (Rubinstein, Other) 4901 Games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-8396876517801258220?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-46368703303105240382009-04-01T05:15:00.000-07:002009-04-02T13:06:35.342-07:00Ponziani Opening (C44) - Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponziani_Opening">Ponziani Opening Wikipedia Page</a> - General Opening Info and History.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.gambitchess.com/sx7.htm">Ponziani Opening</a> - 19 Update Articles on the opening (Each an annotated game or new development)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc3 3.c3</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SdUaPuFuh_I/AAAAAAAAAR0/Wa75zRDZeg4/s1600-h/Ponziani+Opening.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SdUaPuFuh_I/AAAAAAAAAR0/Wa75zRDZeg4/s320/Ponziani+Opening.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320187392180520946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chess Cafe Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane68.pdf">Opening Lanes 68</a> - Third Game Analyzed is a Ponziani - Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane54.pdf">Opening Lane 54</a> - Whole Article on Ponziani - Gary Lane<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://news.scotsman.com/games/Chess.2304963.jp">S Zeidler vs J Littlewood</a> - annotated by GM PAUL MOTWANI<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/montreal2007_rds7_9.htm">Nigel Short vs. Gata Kamskey (2007)</a> - Annotated by FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZLHeKWhTQ">Ponziani Opening Video Pt 1</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebPhpnio8Y">More on the Ponziani Pt2</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ponziani PGN Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.gambitchess.com/ponziani/games/ponziani_pgn.zip">Ponziani</a> - 2934 Games (From GambitChess.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c44.zip">C44 Opening</a> - 1351 Games (From Supreme-Chess.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/ponzpg.zip">Ponzpq.zip</a> - 665 Games (U Pitt ftp Server)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-4636870330310524038?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-60555777747095880832009-03-29T08:24:00.000-07:002011-01-28T21:06:43.731-08:00Sicilian Defence (B70-B79) - Dragon - Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation">Sicilian Dragon Defence Wikipedia Page</a> - General Knowledge about this opening<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.gilith.com/chess/coaching/sicilian-dragon.html">Basic Sicilian Dragon Lesson</a> - Lesson with a few example games<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Edanheisman/Articles/Dragon%20Yugoslav.htm">Yugoslav Attack Lesson</a> - General Lesson on this Variation<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/Sc-_eH9jEeI/AAAAAAAAARs/Fac_xUIphj8/s1600-h/SicilianDragon.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/Sc-_eH9jEeI/AAAAAAAAARs/Fac_xUIphj8/s320/SicilianDragon.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318680209202024930" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation"></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/08/sicilian-dragon-sidelines/">How to Bust the Sicilian Dragon Sidelines</a> - Article by IM Miodrag Perunovic<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/07/sicilian-dragon/">Sicilian Dragon vs Fianchestto</a> - Article by IM Miodrag Perunovic<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess.com Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-dragon-by-gm-prasad-and-gm-panchanathan">The Deadly Dragon</a> - by GM Prasad and GM Panchanathan<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Silmans Opening Archive</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_9.html">Opening Analysis - Beating the Dragon</a> - <span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >Karel van der Weide</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040216_cmbtng_scln_drg.html">Combating the Sicilian Dragon</a> - IM Andrew Martin<span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040313_verdict_1.html">Levenfish Attack</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/dragon_forever_1.html">Dragon Forever</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /></span></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/021803_accel_drgn_uogele.html">ACCELERATED DRAGON (UOGELE VARIATION)</a> - IM John Donaldson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/030403_accel_drgn_m_l.html">ACCELERATED DRAGON (NON-MAROCZY)<br /> MAIN LINE WITH 11…Qh5</a> - IM John Donaldson &amp; Silman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/012703_accel_dragon.html">Accelerated Dragon Marcozy Bind</a> - Jeremy Silman<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How to Beat a Grandmaster - IM Timothy Taylor</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_instruction/opening_theory.html">Part 1 - Accelerated Dragon Marcozy Bind</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040228_hw_bt_gm_02.html">Part 2 - Accelerated Dragon Marcozy Bind</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_true_combat/040327_hw_bt_gm_03.html">Part 3 - Accelerated Dragon Marcozy Bind</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessCafe Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane41.pdf">The Yugoslav Attack</a> - 13 Page Article By IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane08.txt">Traps in the Dragon </a>- IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant13.pdf">The Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack (B 78)</a> - Informant @ Chesscafe<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Websites<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://openingtheory.wordpress.com/">Sicilian Dragon Theory</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Website with Annotated games and Chessbase Downloads of Book.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/shamez.html">Shahade,G vs Mezentsev V. (B77)</a> - Annotated by Boris Schipkov<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2010/02/j-polgar-kaidanov-sicilian-dragon.html">Polgar J vs Kaidanov</a> - Annotated by Susan Polgar<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/100/">2 Miniatures in the Accelerated Dragon</a> - 20 Min Video GM Eugene Perelshteyn<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/99/">The Sicilian Dragon- Why the Bad Reputation</a> - 25 Min Video IM Jesse Kraai<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LsxgALRyFk">Topolov vs Carlsen (Slaying the Dragon)</a> - 10 Min Video<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="vertical-align: top;" id="eow-title" class="" dir="ltr" title="Letsplaychess.com presents Geller vs Korchnoi"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntxUFdiGSc0&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PLBF075F3B4CFD9B73">Geller vs Korchnoi </a></span></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntxUFdiGSc0&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PLBF075F3B4CFD9B73">(Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack)</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> </span>-10 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B70.pgn">B70 - Dragon Variation</a> - 3684 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B71.pgn">B71 - Dragon Levenfish Variation</a> - 649 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B72.pgn">B72 - Classical (Amsterdam, Grigoriev, Nottingham)</a> -1668 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B73.pgn">B73 - Classical ((8.O-O), Zollner Gambit, Richter)</a> -1264 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B74.pgn">B74 - Classical (Alekhine, Stockholm, Reti-Tarkower,Spielmann)</a>- 1184 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B75.pgn">B75 - Yugoslav Attack</a> - 977 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B76.pgn">B76 - Yugoslav Attack ((7....O-O), Rauser)</a> -3034 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B77.pgn">B77 - Yugoslav Attack ((9.Bc4), Byrne, (9...Bd7))</a> -1219 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B78.pgn">B78 - Yugoslav Attack (10.O-O-O)</a> -2346 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B79.pgn">B79 - Yugoslav Attack (12.h4)</a> -1006 Games<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">PGN Mentor Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicilianAccelDragon.zip">SicilianAccelDragon.pgn</a> - 13368 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicilianDragonOther6.zip">SicilianDragonOther6.pgn</a> - 2927 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicDragon6Be2-6Bc4.zip">SicDragon6Be2-6Bc4.pgn</a> - 3666 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicilianDragonYugoslav.zip">SicilianDragonYugoslav.pgn</a> - 11821 Games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6055577774709588083?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-64946482337211107702009-03-14T12:13:00.000-07:002011-09-23T20:03:26.617-07:00Chess.com - Review Part 2I made a post reviewing this site about 6 months ago.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://bishopsbounty.blogspot.com/2008/11/chesscom.html">Original Review Here</a><br /><br />Initially I had thought that their live chess was something new and had problems. Going back through their forums though this has been an ongoing problem for over a year or so as of my first post on the site.<br /><br />I quit using their live chess back in October because of the fact that it booted you or your opponent 20% of the time. A friend told me they had made changes to this and to come back and try the site.<br /><br />2 Days and about 30 games later I have to say....<br /><br />Same Problem..... Of the 30 Games I played I had 5 where I was disconnected and 2 where I lost my opponent in the middle of the game. I have to say I was disappointed all over again.<br /><br />They tout the International Masters and Grand Masters they have working for the site now and the number of people registered with them. I would think that after 2 years they could actually have the part of the site that over 1000 people are trying to do at any one time actually work.<br /><br />One really has to wonder how many paying accounts they would have by now if this site actually worked. Maybe in another 6 months I will try it again, but honestly if after 2 years they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">don't</span> care about this part of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">their</span> site, I'm not holding my breath.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>Chess.com has a pretty amazing site as of 2011. The Reviews above were both from several years ago. If you love chess it is definitely a place to go.</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6494648233721110770?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-36849009151919403892009-03-02T05:59:00.000-08:002009-03-05T20:13:10.638-08:00Free Online Chess Study Courses<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/index1.htm#1500">How to Get to 1900</a> - (A Rapid Improvement Chess Course for all Class Players)<br />by John Coffee<br /><br />15 Steps From Intro - 1900. Each Step is broken into 3-5 parts.(Tactics, Opening, Endgame, Critical Positions and Reviewing Games) There is a great Deal of free info here for anyone trying to improve with Hundreds of problems and Lessons.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/index3.html">Exeter Chess Club Study Course</a> - Lessons and info for each Class of player up to Class A<br /><br />Has Most of their website broken down into the info each Class of player should be looking at.<br />Great deal of free info, handouts, lesson plans etc here. (Excellent website for free chess lessons)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Home of the Free Chess Course</span><br /><a href="http://www.chesscourse.com/">ChessCourse.com</a> - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscourse.com/beginner/">Beginner Course - 28 Lessons</a><br /><a href="http://www.chesscourse.com/">ChessCourse.com </a>- <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscourse.com/intermediate/">Intermediate Course - 30 Lessons</a><br /><br />Pretty General Lessons for the Beginning Player<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3684900915191940389?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-77226423815618672892009-02-27T04:13:00.000-08:002009-04-14T21:41:11.959-07:00Ruy Lopez (Birds Defence) (C61) - Chess Opening Theory<b><u>3....Nd4 - Bird's Defence</u></b><br />This variation from black is an attempt to avoid having the pinned knight which can be a bit of a problem for black. White now should exchange off the knight by playing <b> 4. Nxd4 exd4<br /><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;" >1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SaiZPBhxi5I/AAAAAAAAARc/CyhpX0xVjgI/s1600-h/Birdsdefence.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SaiZPBhxi5I/AAAAAAAAARc/CyhpX0xVjgI/s320/Birdsdefence.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307660644243311506" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/040208_ruy_lpz_brd_dfns.html">Ruy Lopez (Birds Defence)</a> - Article by John Watson<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">6 Part Lesson On Bird Defence Opening Theory</span><br />by NM Dana Mackenzie<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/bird1.htm">Bird by Bird Part 1 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/bird2.htm">Bird by Bird Part 2</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/bird3a.htm">Bird by Bird Part 3</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">A</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=377">Bird by Bird Part 3B</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=425">Bird by Bird Part 4</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=443">(Sunday Morning Analysis)</a> - More Analysis on B by B Pt 3<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bobby-fischer.net/ruy-lopez/Birds_Defense_games.html">300+ Ruy Lopez Bird Defence Games</a> - Viewable Online with Java Viewer<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=C61">435 Ruy Lopez Bird Defence Games</a> - Viewable Online at Chessgames.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Puzzles by Opening</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c61.html">C61 - Bird Defence</a> - 10 Puzzles<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.vivacityinc.com/chess/Articles/OldiesButNotMoldiesr.pdf">Adolf Anderssen - Max Lange, Breslau 1859</a> - 2 Page .Pdf Annotated move by move<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYyPXJKuR2U">Chess Trap - Ruy Lopez Bird Defense</a> - 3 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/rlbrd-pg.zip">Ruy Lopez Bird Defence</a> - 602 Games (Via Univ. Of Pitt Archives)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7722642381561867289?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-51779968434693575502009-02-26T13:27:00.000-08:002009-02-26T20:47:30.399-08:00Back Rank Weakness - Chess Tactic<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_rank_checkmate">Wikipedia Back Rank Mate Page</a> - General Knowledge and info<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskids.com/level2/cl5l5.htm">Back Rank Mate Chess Lesson</a> - From Chesskids.com<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/IK/Watchyourbackrank.htm">Watch Your Back Rank</a> - Lesson by IM Igor Khmelnitsky<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=159">Back Rank Mates</a> - Article with examples from <a href="http://www.chessedinburgh.co.uk/">Chess Edinburgh</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8628/491">A Common Tactic - The Back Rank Problem</a> - Lesson On the USCF Site by Susan Polgar<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />Chess Problems<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.rgvtxchess.org/page.php?40"><span>50 Back Rank Weakness Problems</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1578">Tactics Back Rank Weakness</a> - 17 Min Video<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-5177996843469357550?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-13705664227077025632009-02-23T17:39:00.000-08:002009-02-28T13:59:14.339-08:00Pirc Defence (B06-B09) - Chess Opening TheoryThe <b>Pirc Defence</b>, sometimes known as the <b>Ufimtsev Defence</b> or <b>Yugoslav Defence</b>, is a Chess Opening characterised by Black responding to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by ...g6 and ...Bg7<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SaSTXvNUitI/AAAAAAAAARM/K_4oSs92pcE/s1600-h/PircDefence.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SaSTXvNUitI/AAAAAAAAARM/K_4oSs92pcE/s320/PircDefence.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306528296967899858" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirc_Defence">Pirc</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirc_Defence"> Defence Wikipedia Page</a> - General History and Explanations of Opening and its Variations.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/modern1.html">Ideas Behind the Modern Defence</a> 1 - Exeter Chess Club Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/modern2.html">Ideas Behind the Modern Defence</a> 2 - Exeter Chess Club Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessok.com/broadcast/live.php?key=pgn/training/pirz.pgn&amp;game=0">Opening Instructor Pirc/Ufimtsev</a> - 4 Lessons and 5 annotated Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessnation.com/pirc-def.html">The Pirc Defence</a> - General Page on Opening Ideas<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/mdv/echecs/opening/pircp2.html">Pirc and Modern Defence</a> - <span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >Some great analysis of the Austrian Attack mainly.</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19991003142606/http://www.internetchess.com/columns/amartin/150barry.shtml">Dodgy Games with Dodgy Names</a> - IM Andrew Martin (150 &amp; Barry Attack)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040417_Martin_Something_Against_the_Pirc.html">Something Against the Pirc</a> - IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/demetrick-corcoran.htm">The Simplified Pirc</a> - Kenilworth Chess Club Article<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_10.html">The Pain and Anguish of Opening Theory</a> - Karel van der Weide<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.indochess.com/news.php?news_id=1972">The Barry Attack</a> - Article with a few Annotated Games<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Puzzles By Opening</span><br />(From <a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/">10,000 Chess Puzzles</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/b06.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Robatsch (B06)</span></a> - 1.e4 g6 (10 Puzzles)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/b07.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Pirc (B07)</span></a> -1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 (10 Puzzles)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/b08.html"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Pirc, Classical (B08)</span></a> - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 (10 Puzzles)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/b09.html"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Pirc, Austrian Attack (B09)</span></a> - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 (10 Puzzles)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/pirc-defense.html">302 Pirc Games</a> - Viewable online with Java Viewer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz25.pdf">Kasparov vs Topolov (B07)</a> - Annotated by Yasser Seirawan (Inside Chess)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz28.pdf">Brown vs Seirawan (B08)</a> - Annotated by Yasser Seirawan (Inside Chess)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz51.pdf">Short vs Speelman (B09)</a> - Annotated by Yasser Seirawan (Inside Chess)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/lutgul.html">Luther vs Gulko (B09) </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/2007/03/kings-indian-pirc-defense.html"><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><em>IM Walter Shipman - NM Jim West</em></strong></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/html/stoyko-goeller.html">Steve Stoyko-Michael Goeller</a> - Kenilworth Chess Club<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7lLyBweE_4">Pirc Opening</a> - 6min Video (Short Chess Lesson by Davies)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdygq_4PGOA">A Wild Variation against the Pirc</a> - 11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcgXoHXKork">A Aggressive System against the Pirc</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMsutUB77n8">Modern/Pirc Defence</a> - 6 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMiODS1Zb84">A Trap in the Pirc Defence</a> - 1 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qW9oKma9YE">Kasparov vs Topalov 1999</a> - 9 Min Video (Kasparov's Immortal)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Pirc_Defence">32 Pirc Videos</a> - Running from 3min to 45 min in Length<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Pirc PGN Game Downloads</span><br />(Downloads From Bookuppro.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B06.pgn">B06</a> - 13977 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B07.pgn">Bo7</a> - 17220 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B08.pgn">Bo8</a> - 7574 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/B09.pgn">B09</a> - 4951 Games<br />(Downloads from Supremechess.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b06.zip">B06</a> - 6959 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b07.zip">B07</a> - 6208 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b08.zip">B08</a> - 3586 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-b09.zip">B09</a> - 2174 Games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1370566422707702563?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-75543699916343760322009-02-21T06:23:00.000-08:002009-02-21T09:29:59.781-08:00Two Knights Defence - Fried Liver Attack (C57) - Chess Opening TheoryA variation of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Two Knights Defence</span> in which White sacrifices a Knight for a superficially impressive attack on the enemy king.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_Liver_Attack">Fried Liver Attack Wikipedia Page</a> - General History and Knowledge<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 </span><b style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">6.Nxf7 Kxf7</b><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SaA5LG2IUBI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/h_M4A4SPUPg/s1600-h/friedLiver2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SaA5LG2IUBI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/h_M4A4SPUPg/s320/friedLiver2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305303224021438482" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskids.com/level2/cl6l5.htm">The Two Knights Defence (Fried Liver Attack) Lesson</a> - Chesskids Academy Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/FriedLiver.pdf">Fried Liver .pdf</a> - Novice Mini-Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020806050930/http://www.asigc.it/teoria/Unorthodox2.htm">The Fegatello Attack - By Paul Valle</a> - Article in Unorthodox Openings Newsletter<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/Fried_Liver_%28with_Traxler%29.pdf">Giuoco Piano - Two Knights - Fried Liver [C57]</a> - 7 Page Lesson by Richard Westbrook<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">GM Boris Altermans Blog </span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/the-fried-liver-attack-part-1/">Fried Liver Lesson 1</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/the-fried-liver-attack-part-2/">Fried Liver Lesson 2</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/the-fried-liver-attack-part-3/">Fried Liver Lesson 3</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/the-fried-liver-attack-part-4/">Fried Liver Lesson 4</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-fried-liver-attack-part-5/">Fried Liver Lesson 5</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/the-fried-liver-attack-part-6/">Fried Liver Lesson 6</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Games Viewable Online (at Chessgames.com)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004051">Fried Liver Attack Games</a> - 8 Example Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1003831">Fried Liver Attack Games</a> - 49 Example Games<br /><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Games Viewable Online (at Queensac.com)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.queensac.com/archive/openings/friedliver.htm">Fried Liver Attack Games - 65 Games</a></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/Pratt-Wolford_Fried_Liver_Attack.pdf">Pratt vs Wolford 1976</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/Morphy-NN_Fried_Liver_1858_.pdf">Morphy vs NN 1858</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/1/">Fried Liver Attack Part 1</a> - 12 Min Video by IM Jesse Kraai<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/2/">Fried Liver Attack Part 2 </a>- 17 Min Video by IM Jesse Kraai<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/3/">Fried Liver Attack by Mamedyarov</a> - 20 Min Video by GM (Elect) Jesse Kraai<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&amp;t=3611">Fried Liver in 15 MIns </a>- 15 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/C57.pgn">C57 </a>- 975 Games<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/TwoKnights.zip">Two Knights.pgn</a> - 13185 Games (From PGNMentor.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/2ktsd-pg.zip">Two Knights Defence</a> - 3750 Games (From Chessopolis.com)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7554369991634376032?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-81371875190385714882009-02-20T18:40:00.000-08:002009-02-20T19:25:05.164-08:00The Two Bishops - Chess Strategy<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bishop pair</span> - In open positions, two bishops are considered to have an advantage over two knights or a knight and a bishop. (In closed positions knights may be more valuable than bishops.) The player with two bishops is said to have the bishop pair.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/040731_B_pair_in_semi_open_position.html">Bishop Pair in a Semi Open Position</a> - Georgi Orlov<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_bishop_and_knight_vs_two_bishops_endgames.html">Bishop and Knight vs Two Bishops</a> - Georgi Orlov<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller11.pdf">The Bishop Pair Part 1</a> - Endgame Corner by Karsten Mueller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller12.pdf">The Bishop Pair Part 2</a> - Endgame Corner by Karsten Mueller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller51.pdf">The Power of the Bishop Pair</a> - Endgame Corner by Karsten Mueller<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;" >Games in Valeri Beim's "Lessons in Chess Strategy", chapter 7 on the bishop pair.</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1007957">The Bishop Pair Games</a> - 17 Games on Chessgames.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kb856DLivc">The Power of the Two Bishops</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=3299">Beginners Guide to Bishops</a> - 18 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=293">Mating with Two Bishops</a> - 6 Min Video<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-8137187519038571488?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-62910530918273699252009-02-15T06:59:00.000-08:002009-04-02T05:53:43.802-07:00Caro-Kann Defence (B10-B19) - Chess Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caro-Kann_Defence">Caro-Kann Wikipedia page</a> - General Knowledge and descriptions of the different Variations of the Caro-Kann.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 c6</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SZgvDqoWwfI/AAAAAAAAAQs/tsD2NBpP9Vg/s1600-h/Caro-Kann.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SZgvDqoWwfI/AAAAAAAAAQs/tsD2NBpP9Vg/s320/Caro-Kann.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303040301258424818" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.ericschiller.com/pdf/Caro-Kann%20Basics.pdf">Strategic Goals of the Caro-Kann .pdf </a>-21 pages from Eric Schillers book (Complete Defence to King Pawn Openings)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19991104103053/http://freeweb.webquest.com/%7Ebobbype/1003.htm">Crushing the Caro-Kann</a> - by Bobby Ang<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020812152347/http://www.chessworks.com/analysis/Openings/CaroKann/panovg6.htm"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Panov Attack: Fianchetto Variation</span></a> - by Eric Schiller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2007/caro-adv-h4.htm">The Caveman Caro-Kann</a> : Advanced Variation with h4 - by Michael Goeller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2007/goeller-kenighan-blitz.htm">Caveman Blitz</a> - by Michael Goeller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-caro-kungfu-kann-by-gm-magesh-and-gm-arun">Caro-Kungfu-Kann</a> - Article by GM Magesh and GM Arun<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Cafe Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant21.pdf">B 12: Caro-Kann Defence, The Advance Variation.pdf</a> - 10 page Informant at Chess Cafe<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew01.pdf">Canning the Caro: The Milner-Barry Gambit Part 1</a> - Gambit Cartel by Tim McGrew<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew02.pdf">Canning the Caro: The Milner-Barry Gambit Part 2</a><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew02.pdf"> </a>- Gambit Cartel by Tim McGrew<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz13.pdf">Kasparov vs Deep Blue . pdf </a>- Inside Chess by Yasser Seirwan (Steinitz Variation)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Silmans Opening Archive</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/040313_the_caro_kann.html">The Caro-Kann</a> -Q&amp;A article about the Caro-Kann by Jeremy Silman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_letters/040306_2f4_caro_plus_colle.html">2.f4 vs the Caro-Kann? </a>-Q&amp;A article about the Caro-Kann by Jeremy Silman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_5.html">Opening Analysis -Loosing the Same Game Twice </a>- <span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >By Karel van der Weide</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040313_refutation.html">THE REFUTATION OF THE 4…Nd7 CARO-KANN? </a>- by Andrew Martin<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Jun04a.htm">An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann Pt 1</a> - Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Jun04b.htm">An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann Pt 2 </a>- Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Jun04c.htm">An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann Pt 3</a> - Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1155443291.shtml">An Interesting Move Order Trick in the Caro-Kann</a> - FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/caro1.htm">The Homo Erectus Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence Part 1</a> - Dana Mackenzie<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/caro2.htm">The Homo Erectus Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence Part 2</a> - Dana Mackenzie<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.danamackenzie.com/caro3.htm">The Homo Erectus Variation of the Caro-Kann Defence Part 3</a> - Dana Mackenzie<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Reference Tables of Games and Moves</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/advance.htm">Caro-Kann Advance Reference table</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/Caro2Knights.htm">Caro-Kann 2 Knights Variation Reference Table</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/CaroBf5.htm">Caro Kann 4. ... Bf5 Variation Reference Table</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/CaroNd7.htm">Caro-Kann 4. ... Nd7 Variation Reference Table</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/CaroNf6.htm">Caro-Kann 4. ... Nf6 Variation Ref. Table</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/CaroPanov.htm">Caro-Kann Panov Variation Ref. Table</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.geocities.com/giuciopiano/openings/CaroOther.htm">Caro-Kann Other</a> - (Games that start with 1.e4 c6 then go away from main lines.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/lekokarp.html">Leko, P. (2745) - Karpov, An (2679) [B10]</a> </span>- Breyer Variation<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/marfom.htm">Markov, Y. - Fominyh, A. [B10]</a> </span>- Breyer variation<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/morbol4.html">Morozevich, A. - Bologan, V. [B12]</a> </span>- Tartakower variation<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscity.com/Features/ckcarls.htm">Tal vs Botvinnik [B12]</a> - Annotated by Eric Schiller<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/anabol3.html">Anand, V. (2774) - Bologan, V. (2650) [B17]</a> </span>- Steinitz Variation<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/anabol3.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Anand, V. (2774) - Bologan, V. (2650) [B17] </span></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/glubar1.html">Gluzman, M. (2400) - Bareev, E. (2719) [B18]</a> </span>- Classical Variation<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/lansha5.html">Landa, K. (2571) - Shaposhnikov, E. (2550) [B19]</a> </span>- Classical Variation<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9dd6cxLNQ">Caro-Kann Chess Lesson</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsQRgHpIZQ">Spasky vs Larsen 1978</a> - 8 min Video (Caro-Kann disaster for Larsen)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3KWXdvoMwg">Tal vs Botvinnik</a> - 10 min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Caro-Kann_Defence">31 Caro-Kann Analysis Games</a> along with 27 other Caro-Kann games - 6min -45 min Videos<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Caro-Kann Defence PGN Downloads</span><br />(Games From PGNMentor.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-Kann2c4.zip">Caro-Kann, 2.c4</a> - 6241 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-Kann2Knight.zip">Caro-Kann, Two Knights</a> - 4152 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-KannEx.zip">Caro-Kann, Exchange</a> - 4680 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-KannPan-Bot.zip">Caro-Kann Panov-Botvinnik Attack</a> - 10847 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-KannAdv.zip">Caro-Kann, Advance</a> - 13108 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-Kann4Nf6.zip">Caro-Kann, 4...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/snt.gif" alt="Knight" border="0" />f6</a> - 4993 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-Kann4Nd7.zip">Caro-Kann, 4...<img src="http://www.pgnmentor.com/snt.gif" alt="Knight" border="0" />d7</a> - 7536 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Caro-KannClassic.zip">Caro-Kann, Classical </a>- 11208 games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6291053091827369925?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-47015034428632037272009-02-10T07:20:00.000-08:002009-02-10T09:52:37.993-08:00ChessTactics - SkewerA <b>skewer</b> is an attack upon two pieces in a line and is similar to a<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> pin</span>.<br />In fact, a skewer is sometimes described as a "reverse pin". In a skewer, a valuable piece is attacked and forced to move to avoid being captured, leaving a less valuable piece behind it free for capture. Like pins, skewers can only be created by the long-range pieces (queen, rook and bishop).<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VprAcweyEVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VprAcweyEVc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skewer_%28chess%29">Wikipedia Skewer page</a> - General info and a few examples<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_begin_basic_tactics_skewer.htm">Basic Tactics Lesson - The Skewer</a> - Good lesson at Chessville.com<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://ww2.coastal.edu/kingw/chess/skewer.html">Chess Skewer Lesson</a> - From Coastal Carolina University Chess Club<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Predator at the Chessboard Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=4,5,1,1">Simple Skewers through the King</a> - 13 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,1,13">Simple Skewers through the Queen</a> - 9 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,2,9">Simple Skewers through Rooks</a> - 5 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,3,5">Substituting the King to create a Skewer</a> - 3 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,4,3">Other Substitutions Queens, Rooks, etc</a> - 7 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,5,7">Checking the King into position</a> - 10 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,6,10">Working with Multiple Checks</a> - 11 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,7,11">Getting the Skewering Piece to the Skewering Square</a> - 7 page lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,8,7">Consolidating Excess Enemy Pieces</a> - 10 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,9,10">Preventing the Middle Piece from Guarding the Target</a>- 6 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,10,6">Skewers where Enemy Pieces are Under defended</a> - 3 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=4,5,11,3">Breaking the Skewer</a> -7 page Lesson<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Over 90 examples in the above lessons)</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chesstr.com/problems?ta=3">7 examples Of Skewers</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxFgXYqQ_Sw">Introduction to basic tactical themes- Pins and Skewers</a> - 6 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFxMMTXGXmA">Rook Endgame Skewer</a> - 2 min Video<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-4701503442863203727?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-24767661890292729762009-02-06T20:47:00.000-08:002009-02-07T09:57:48.003-08:00Ruy Lopez (Berlin Defence)(C65-67) - Opening Theory<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SY3I-LJJ3dI/AAAAAAAAAQk/VrF68fGIbH4/s1600-h/berlindefence.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SY3I-LJJ3dI/AAAAAAAAAQk/VrF68fGIbH4/s320/berlindefence.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300113306953571794" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6</span><br /><br /></div><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez#Berlin_Defence">Berlin Defence Wikipedia page</a> - Explanation and general info about this opening.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/%7Eamos/chess/161.html">Variations of the Berlin Defence</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2007/mortimer.htm">The Mortimer Trap</a> - It's only natural that it should be rediscovered, given the recent popularity of the <em>Berlin Defense</em> to the Spanish / Ruy Lopez<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=c65">Berlin Defence Games</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span>- 1100+ Games at Chessgames.com you can go through online.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessvault.com/tags/openings/ruy-lopez/berlin/">Svidler vs Topalov 2006</a> - A nicely Annotated game from the ChessVault.com<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/games/bucharest01.htm">Nisipeanu vs Topalov 2006</a> - Annotated by Mihail Marin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz48.pdf">Short vs Gelfand 1991</a> - Inside Chess Article By Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/tac-sch_g7.html">Porges vs Lasker 1896</a> - annotated From Iving Chernevs book<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/articles/a060615.htm">Pillsbury vs Showalter 1897</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701894.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Hou Yifan vs Nigel Short</span> </a>- Washington post article on the 13 yr old girl beating Short.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=306">Euwe vs Capablanca 1922</a> - A Capa Masterpiece<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9K-PhNVeEk">Chess Lesson Ruy Lopez Opening</a> - Berlin Defence - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4057">Berlin Defence pt 1</a> - 35 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4058">Berlin Defence pt 2</a> - 52 min video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Berlin Defence PGN Downloads</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/rlber-pg.zip">Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence </a>- 2539 games (Chessopolis.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezBerlin.zip">Ruy Lopez Berlin</a> -9901 games (Chessmentor.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c65.zip">Ruy Lopez Berlin</a><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c65.zip"> </a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(C65)</span>- 921 games (Supreme-chess.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c66.zip">Ruy Lopez Berlin (C66)</a> - 460 games (Supreme-chess.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c67.zip">Ruy Lopez Berlin (C67)</a> - 1087 games (Supreme-chess.com)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2476766189029272976?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-78166385854763940022009-01-31T19:18:00.000-08:002009-02-10T20:55:42.065-08:00Interference - Chess Tactic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SYXwdEhCzWI/AAAAAAAAAQc/q1NTp7iSMpc/s1600-h/BurnGame.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SYXwdEhCzWI/AAAAAAAAAQc/q1NTp7iSMpc/s320/BurnGame.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297904918890466658" border="0" /></a><img src="file:///C:/Users/Johnny/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Burn produced the staggering 33...Qg4!!, leaving his queen en prise to three different White pieces. However, if 34.Bxg4 or hxg4, Black wins with 34...Bxd2. If 34.Qxg5+, Qxg5 35.Rxg5+ Kh6, Black wins a piece and the game. MacDonald instead tried 34.Rxg4 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Nxd2 36.Rxg5+ Kh6 37.h4 Nxb3 38.Rf5 Nxa5 and Burn won in 11 more moves.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference_%28chess%29">Wikipedia Interference Page</a> - General Info on this tactic with examples.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=5,4,1,1">Interference Lesson</a> - Pretty thorough 8 page lesson at Predator at the Chess Board<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://members.tripod.com/%7EJurajLorinc/chess/ti_i.htm#intfe">Interference Problems</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Predator at the Chessboard Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=5,4,1,1">Interference to Loosen a Piece</a> - 8 page lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,4,1,8">Interference to Loosen a Mating Square</a> - 9 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,4,2,9">Interference on a Penultimate Rank</a> - 4 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,4,3,4">Interference as Part of a Double Threat</a> - 3 page Lesson<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(24 Examples in above lessons)</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimshaw_%28chess%29">Grimshaw</a> - A type of interference where two black pieces arriving on a particular square mutually interfere with each other. Wikipedia page with description and examples.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/Wong/Grimshaw.htm">Grimshaw Page</a> - FIDE Master of Chess Composition Peter Wong page with examples.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://members.tripod.com/%7EJurajLorinc/chess/ti_g.htm#grims"> 29 Grimshaw Problems</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novotny_%28chess%29">Novotny</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novotny_%28chess%29">(Nowotny)</a> - A Grimshaw brought about by a sacrifice on a particular square where it could be captured by 2 opposing pieces. Wikipedia page with description and examples.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://members.tripod.com/%7EJurajLorinc/chess/ti_n.htm#nowot">Novotny Problems </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1097417">Anthoney Miles vs Craig William Pritchett 1982</a> - Another OTB game with a nice Novotny as the last move.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1228761158.shtml"></a>Posts from <a href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/">The Chess Mind Blog</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1228761158.shtml">Novotney Blitz game position</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/grimshaw_and_nowotny.htm">3 Grimshaw and Novotny examples</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1203130782.shtml">Interference Example</a> -Erich Eliskases vs. Franz Hoelzl, Austria 1931<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7816638585476394002?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-90061656134504419952009-01-27T19:28:00.000-08:002009-03-21T06:00:48.797-07:00Weak Squares<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Weak Squares</span>-Weak squares can be defined as squares where your opponent can safely post his pieces. Weak squares provide an entry point into your territory and are often the precursor to an attack. Naturally, if you can exploit the weak squares of your opponent, then they will work for you.</span> (Definition- From "<a href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_novice_introstrategy_intro.htm">Introduction to Chess Strategy for the novice player</a>" by Bill Whited)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/weaksqua.html">Weak Square Lesson</a> - From Exeter Chess Club<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Elements_of_chess_strategy/Weak_and_strong_squares">Elements of Chess Strategy - Weak and Strong Squares</a> - WikiBooks Article<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lessons from Chess Strategy Blog</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2006/11/complex-of-squares/">Complex of Squares </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2007/02/complex-of-squares-ii/#more-64">Complex of Squares 2</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kPd5Cg52QxEC&amp;pg=PA215&amp;lpg=PA215&amp;dq=weak+squares+chess&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=gc3lW2-0Uy&amp;sig=4boqO9MvxUXzBLcaN0vuJZvFLcE&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=6&amp;ct=result">Complete Idiots Guide to Chess</a> - Chapter 13 Online is all about Weak Squares<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlnw3MpqiwE">Chess Strategy - Weak Color Complex in the Endgame</a> - 9 Min Video<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-9006165613450441995?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-36333263460360124722009-01-18T15:55:00.000-08:002009-03-29T21:26:59.141-07:00Danish Gambit (C-21) - Opening Theory<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SXTolxq1S-I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/ho-FK3OtQSA/s1600-h/DanishGambit.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SXTolxq1S-I/AAAAAAAAAQQ/ho-FK3OtQSA/s320/DanishGambit.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293111197752970210" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3</span><br /><br /></div><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Gambit">Danish Gambit (Nordic Gambit) Wikipedia Page</a> - General History and Opening Variations<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskit.com/training/opening/danish/danish1.htm">Danish Gambit </a>- Page with a few variations explained<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.mchenryareachess.org/OpeningEssays/DanishEssay.htm">Danish Gambit Essay</a> - another General Look at this Gambit<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/DanishGambit01.pdf">Danish Gambit Accepted Lesson</a> - Richard Westbrook (Farragut Chess Club)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">GM Boris Altermans Chess Blog</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/danish-gambit-1/">Danish Gambit Part 1</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/danish-gambit-part-2/">Danish Gambit Part 2</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/danish-gambit-part-3/">Danish Gambit Part 3</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Articles by Tim McGrew from ChessCafe.com</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew15.pdf">Danish Pastry</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew15.pdf">.pdf</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew16.pdf">Steintz for the Defense .pdf</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller61.pdf">Davies vs Danish Dynamite</a> - Karsten Muller Endgame Corner Article on Endgames that result from the Capablanca defense.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Posts From The Chess Mind Blog</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1145593607.shtml">Post 1</a> - The Readers Write: Two Perspectives on the Capablanca Defense to the Goring and Danish Gambits<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1145512394.shtml">Post 2</a> -On M. Nieuweboer on the Goring and Danish Gambits<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1145425853.shtml">Post 3 </a>-How to Handle the Danish and Goering Gambits with One Easy Line<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.queensac.com/archive/openings/danish.htm">200+ Danish Gambit Games</a> - Webpage with Viewer<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1361087">Capablanca Chess Club vs Juan Corzo</a> - 1911 Correspondence Game<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012300">Alekhine vs A Friedman</a> - 1924<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Danish Gambit Chess Videos</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCP9hgqOk6E">Chess Lesson-Danish Gambit </a>- 8 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://video.aol.com/video-detail/basic-chess-openings-ruy-lopez-danish-gambit/2130573765/?icid=VIDLRVHOV02">Basic Chess Openings/Danish Gambit </a>- 8 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1uZKg5tP_c">Chess Openings-Danish Gambit</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3750">Sacrificial Danish Gambit</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPDZ7UiL0Sg">D</a></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPDZ7UiL0Sg">anish Gambit, Hrncir, Petr vs. Muller Petr 2003</a> - 4 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DmNiGqgMcY">Danish Gambit Declined Trap</a> - 2 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_tFoGaq4k">Danish Gambit Variations</a> - 7 Min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAgN3bM1OCQ">An Opening Repertoire for Black versus 1 e4 "Danish Gambit" Part 1 of 3</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_0fwzagSL4">An Opening Repertoire for Black versus 1 e4 "Danish Gambit" Part 2 of 3</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjABmJlByXE">An Opening Repertoire for Black versus 1 e4 "Danish Gambit" Part 3 of 3</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Danish PGN Downloads<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c21.zip">Danish Gambit</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 1</span> - 78 Games (Supreme-Chess.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/danishpg.zip">Danish Gambit 2</a> - 119 Games (Chessopolis.com)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/C21.pgn">C21</a> - 682 Games (bookuppro.com)<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3633326346036012472?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-8700295972332118192009-01-18T06:16:00.000-08:002009-03-21T08:14:18.198-07:00Open and Half Open Files - Chess Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_file">Open File</a> and <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-open_file">Half Open File</a> - Wikipedia Definitions<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Elements_of_chess_strategy/Open_lines">Elements of Chess Strategy/ Open Lines</a> - Wiki Books Article<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman17.pdf">Break Moves- Opening Lines to Increase Mobility</a> - Article by Dan Heisman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_novice_introstrategy_exploiting_files_1.htm">Exploiting Open and Half Open Files</a> - 2 part article with illustrative games at Chessville.com<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/rankfile.html">Rooks on Ranks and Files</a> - Exeter Chess Club Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://jameslong.info/Lesson1Rooks.pdf">Physical Signposts in Chess.pdf </a>- 6 page Lesson on using Rooks on files<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessebook.com/dato_en/game.htm">Open and Semi Open Files Lecture</a> - 3 Games Annotated by IM David Lobzhanidze<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/PachmanRooks%28rw%29.pdf">The Rooks</a> - 4 pages from Modern Chess Strategy<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-870029597233211819?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-83352950511014610212009-01-12T12:18:00.000-08:002009-02-20T18:37:47.650-08:00Tactics - Overworked Defender (Overloading)<b>Overloading</b> is a Chess Tactic in which a defensive piece is given an additional assignment which it cannot complete without abandoning its original assignment.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/40TJatHg6vY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/40TJatHg6vY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Predator at the Chessboard (Overworked Defender)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=5,2,1,1">Simple Cases - One Guard Protects two Men</a> - 17 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,2,1,17">One Piece Guards a Mating Square and Something Else</a> - 7 page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,2,2,7">When a Piece Guards Two Mating Squares</a> - 5 Page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,2,3,5">Adding a Mate Threat to Create an Overworked Piece</a> -4 Page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,2,4,4">Distracting a Rook from Duties up the Board</a> - 12 Page Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=next&amp;From=5,2,5,12">Forking Squares and the Overworked Piece</a> - 7 Page Lesson<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(50+ Examples in the above lessons)</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=kPd5Cg52QxEC&amp;pg=PA114&amp;lpg=PA114&amp;dq=chess+tactic+overloading&amp;source=web&amp;ots=gc3jWZWXOy&amp;sig=ehd7Au77BeHKq1MZj7Vxv5kfA50&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ct=result#PPA114,M1">Overloading the Defender Lesson</a> - Pages from The Complete Idiots Guide to Chess<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessguru.net/tactic/overloading/">Overloading Examples</a> - at Chessguru.net<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.knowchess.com/insdocs2/tactics/Overworked_Piece.pdf">6 Overworked Piece Examples .pdf</a> - at Knowchess.com<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overloading_%28chess%29">Example from Krasenkow-Karpov Game</a>- Definition and example at Wikipedia<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-8335295051101461021?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-72444710473170542502009-01-06T08:16:00.000-08:002009-02-21T06:11:25.791-08:00Chess Tactics - The Pin<span style="font-style: italic;">A </span><b style="font-style: italic;">pin</b><span style="font-style: italic;"> is a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_%28chess%29">Wikipedia Page on Pinning (Chess)</a> - General Knowledge<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/ChessTactics_Pins.pdf">An Introduction to Chess Tactics (The Pin) .pdf</a> - 4 page article by Richard Westbrook, 2004<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RxFgXYqQ_Sw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RxFgXYqQ_Sw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Pedator at the Chessboard (Pins)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=4,1,1,1">Arranging a Pin Lesson</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=4,2,1,1">Exploiting a Pin</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=4,3,1,1">Other Patterns and Applications</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=4,4,1,1">The Relative Pin</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Over 100 Examples in the above Lessons)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Other PIN Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpmGnJtQl_w">Tactic the Pin</a> - 11 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=612Y4BXoaZs">The Power of the Pin</a> - 9 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK1zqEt1UTA">Chess Puzzle Nasty Pin</a> - 2 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=2949">Introduction to Forks, Pins and Skewers </a>- 4 Min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/chess-problems.html">10 Chess Problems</a> - Defend Against the Pin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/learning-chess.html">10 Chess Problems</a> - Pinning Chess Pieces<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7244471047317054250?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-17800951392471678172009-01-03T16:20:00.000-08:002009-02-23T15:15:35.570-08:00Free Online Chess Books<a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.caturkita.com/FREE/Winning%20Chess%20Tactics%20for%20Juniors%20by%20Lou%20Hays.pdf">Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors</a> - by Lou Hays (<span style="font-weight: bold; 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Gilberg<br />Globe Problem and Solution Tourney No. 2<br />The Grand Tactics of Chess by Franklin Knowles Young<br />The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895, Edited by Horace F Cheshire<br />The History of Chess by Duncan Forbes<br />Maelzel's Chess Player by Edgar Allen Poe<br />The Major Tactics of Chess by Franklin Knowles Young<br />The Manual of Chess by Charles Kenny<br />The Modern Chess Instructor by William Steinitz<br />Problem Solving tourney (1888)<br />A Selection of Games At Chess, Actually Played by Philidor and His Contemporaries by George Walker<br />Smith-Morra Gambit<br />The Tactical Grob by Claude Bloodgood<br />The Two-Move Chess Problem by Benjamin Glover Laws<br />The Works of Damiano, Ruy-Lopez, and Salvio, on the Game of Chess by J.H. Sarratt<br />The Works of Gíanutío, and Gustavus Selenus on the Game of Chess, translated and arranged by J.H. Sarratt<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Google Search of Books in Public Domain (Click link to Download PDF Version of Book)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Morphy_s_Games_of_Chess.pdf?id=AN6BAAAAMAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U3ij8D7jrF1uwiQ2G2I54cSz9RRsg">Morphys Games of Chess </a>-</span> <span class="addmd">By Paul Charles Morphy, Johann Löwenthal</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Chess_Praxis.pdf?id=hz4YAAAAYAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U1DEK1VwisR9A3iaDUNPRYjK2Cp-w">Chess Praxis</a> - By Howard Staunton<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Chess_Tournament.pdf?id=_SUCAAAAYAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U1ZXXUkNi6sOeOby6qmCotYUGsckA">The Chess Tournament</a> - <span class="addmd">By Howard Staunton</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Chess_player_s_Companion.pdf?id=v85HAAAAIAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U0ct-52jfG_WpUG9GeZ3o3dULUKyg">The Chess-player's Companion</a> -<span class="addmd">By Howard Staunton</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Modern_Chess_Instructor.pdf?id=aH9BAAAAIAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U1c4acC9LmSrT4-aB0bQuZtuISNuA">The Modern Chess Instructor</a> - <span class="addmd">By William Steinitz</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Mr__Blackburne_s_Games_at_Chess__Selecte.pdf?id=HQWCAAAAMAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U10UkJlPN_xJPV1iE2SQNdtjPSjpg">Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess </a>- By Joeseph henry Blackburne<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Laws_and_Practice_of_Chess.pdf?id=KGcZAAAAYAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U0Ynv4Ns742ZCDefRsH7wemodGekA">The Laws and Practice of Chess</a> -<span class="addmd">By Howard Staunton, Robert B. Wormald, Robert Bownas<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Chess_Openings.pdf?id=j2oZAAAAYAAJ&amp;output=pdf&amp;sig=ACfU3U1ob3Z1ly7EuModmRt3rwc8p6eXuA">Chess Openings</a> -<span class="addmd">By Frank James Marshall</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1780095139247167817?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-84529801561481621492008-12-31T15:11:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:32:00.441-08:00Chess Tactics - Zwischenzug<span style="font-style: italic;">German "in-between move". An unexpected move tossed into an expected series of moves. </span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwischenzug">Zwischenzug Wikipedia page</a> - With explanations and examples<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Examples Of Zwischenzug</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chessdigest.gilachess.com/?p=84">Couple of Examples from Chess Digest</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/stangl_schwaninger_2007.htm">Stangle M. vs Schwaninger W.</a> - From The Chess Mind blog<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/2007/01/immortal-zwischenzug-game.html">FM Asa Hoffman vs NM Jim West</a> - From Jim West's Blog (Annotated by both players)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1005673">43 Chess Games with a Zwischenzug</a> - From Chessgames.com (Some nicely annotated games here)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1002288">14 Chess Games with a Zwischenzug </a>- From Chessgames.com<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lesson</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://70.87.63.221/041107-300k.wmv">Zwishenzug - Free Chess lecture </a>- 25 meg Download from Chesslecture.com (<span style="font-style: italic;">46 min Video Lecture with 5 example games including a Fischer game)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-8452980156148162149?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-21012030098000434992008-12-30T10:59:00.000-08:002009-02-20T04:34:48.419-08:00Chess Tactics - Learning to Count<span style="font-style: italic;">“Pins and forks and removal of the guard</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">usually occur a few times a game. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Counting</span> takes place</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">whenever possible exchanges exist – almost every move after</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the early opening.”</span> - Heisman<br /><br />Novice Nook Articles on Counting by Dan Heisman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman15.pdf">A Counting Primer .pdf</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman35.pdf">The Most Important Tactic .pdf</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman65.pdf">Is it Safe? .pdf</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman75.pdf">The Two Types of Counting Problems.pdf</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2101203009800043499?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-15838070207329255172008-12-27T18:34:00.001-08:002009-10-13T09:09:16.283-07:00The Stonewall Attack - Opening Theory<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Attack">Stonewall Wikipedia Page</a> - The Stonewall is a Variation of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Queen Pawns Game</span>.<br />It is characterized by White playing 1.d4, 2.e3, 3.f4 and 4.c3, usually playing 5.Bd3 as well, even though the moves are not always played in that order.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SVcClaYSSlI/AAAAAAAAAP4/m_YaC9g7Roo/s1600-h/Stonewall.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SVcClaYSSlI/AAAAAAAAAP4/m_YaC9g7Roo/s320/Stonewall.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284695529502165586" border="0" /></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Attack"></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://franosch.org/chess/stonwall.pdf">Dutch Stonewall-Playing Black against QP openings .pdf</a> - 8 page booklet from Exeter Chess Club<br />(Not the Stonewall Attack but playing the same pawn structure as black)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/antiindn.html#RTFToC32">e6 and g6 against the Stonewall</a> - Simple Exeter Chess Club info on these Lines.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/yaacov-lecture.htm">The Stonewall Attack</a> - A lecture by NM Yaacov Norowitz from The Kenilworth Chess Club (Click on any of the chess notation in the lecture and the position appears on the board on the page) Two nicely annotated games in this lecture as well.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/yaacovn.htm" target="_blank">Yaacov's ICC Games with the Stonewall</a> - 36 games you can play through with a Viewer<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/yaacov-supplement.htm" target="_blank">Supplemental Stonewall Games</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">.</span> - 4 classic Stonewall Games<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-battering-ram">The Battering Ram</a> - Chess.com article by GM <strong>Vinay Bhat</strong> - on one of the main ways to combat the Stonewall Attack.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games</span><br />Two Stonewall Games played by IM's - <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Annotated_Games/instr_annogames_Surratt_Hayward.htm">Game 1</a> <a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Annotated_Games/instr_annogames_Surratt_Hayward_game2.htm">Game 2</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/running-into-a-stonewall.pl?gm=6755">E.Horowitz vs Amateur</a> - Running into a Stonewall<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Stonewall Attack Video's</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=4000"></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">S</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">tonewall Legacy Series - Group of Videos on the Stonewall</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YsPhmnrZ_8">Introduction </a>- 6 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTzVz6Wq6Bc">Baltic Defense </a>- 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocBhcm21vw">The Baltic Trap 4...Nc6!</a> -5 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su15XvOw5yM">Horowitz Defense</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUzUM-zV6ks">Teichmann Defense</a> - 11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9bo8iKypmQ">Mainline with 5....Bd6</a> -11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT9O5Gfu7pk">Mainline with 6....Qc7</a> - 7 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574DHteZdHc">Bg4 Lines </a> - 10 min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideo.tv<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Stonewall_Attack">Stonewall Attack Videos</a> - 10 Analysis Game Videos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4331">NM Yaacov Norowitz vs IM Greg Shahade</a> - 5 min Blitz Stonewall Attack<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >PGN Game Downloads<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/swall-pg.zip">Stonewall Attack - 60 games</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> (From Chessopolis.com)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Games from Supreme-chess.com)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-d00.zip">ECO- D00 - Double Queen Pawn Game </a>- 2033 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-a45.zip">ECO - A45 - Indian Systems </a>- 3561 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-a03.zip">ECO - A03 - Birds Opening</a> - 951 Games<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1583807020732925517?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-33248905626454429342008-12-22T19:36:00.000-08:002009-07-26T15:52:27.082-07:00Kings Gambit (C30-C39) - Opening Theory<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1.e4 e5 2.f4</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SVGs72Xyz3I/AAAAAAAAAPw/os2FDAPWmCw/s1600-h/KIngs+Gambit+IMG.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 291px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4TJ09UeyKvA/SVGs72Xyz3I/AAAAAAAAAPw/os2FDAPWmCw/s320/KIngs+Gambit+IMG.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283193982089875314" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Gambit">Kings Gambit Wikipedia Page</a> - For a general overview of the opening and its variations along with its history.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_Defense">Fischer Defense Wikipedia Page</a> - Page Devoted to the Fischer Defense to the Kings Gambit<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/kg_ideas.html">Ideas Behind the Kings Gambit</a> - Exeter Chess Club (Nice Lesson)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://hem.passagen.se/tjmisha/kg_index.html">Kings Gambit Homepage</a> - Blog Devoted to the Kings Gambit with 20 or so Articles<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew29.pdf">The Bishops Gambit - 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4</a> - Article from Tim Mcgrew<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20021021022011/cmgm.stanford.edu/%7Emarin/OPNOTES1.html">Article about a line in Kieseritzky Gambit</a> - Ignacio Martin<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz78.pdf">Not Quite Winning with the Allgaier Gambit</a> - The Kibitzer Article by Tim Harding<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz79.pdf">Last Rites for the Allgaier Gambit</a> - The Kibitzer Article by Tim Harding<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Chessville Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/FromNeoFromtoKingsGambit.htm">From Neo-From to Kings Gambit</a> - By Aaro Jalas<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/UCO/CN/Panteldakis.htm">The Panteldakis Counter Gambit</a> - By Clyde Nakamura (A 2 pawn Sacrifice Counter Gambit)<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />Public Domain E-Book<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" href="http://www.chessville.com/downloads_files/misc_downloads/eBooks/The_Works_of_Gianutio__and_Gustavus_Sele.zip"><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><b><em>The Works of Gíanutío, and Gustavus Selenus on the Game of Chess</em></b></span></a><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ><em style="font-style: normal;"><b> - Zipped Pdf Format<br />(</b></em></span><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" >ugustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg wrote his book on chess, <i>Chess or the King's Game</i>, under the pseudonym </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Gustavus Selenus. Gianutio, meanwhile, is known for a pair of lines in the King's Gambit, the Gianutio Countergambit – C34 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5, and the Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(Kings Gambit Chess Puzzles)<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c39.html">King's Gambit: Allagier &amp; Kiesertisky (C39)</a> -<br />1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4(10 Puzzles)<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />(Annotated Games)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/hard/h990419a.htm">Martinovsky-Morss, King's Island, 1994</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">. </span>-Modern Defense<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/hard/h990419b.htm">Shaw-Morss, US12P01</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">. </span>- Modern Defense<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_game">Immortal Game -Anderssen - Kieseritzky 1851</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_game"> </a>- (C33)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz35.pdf">Gurevich vs Kamsky 1991 (C30)</a> - Annotated by Yassir Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz15.pdf">Morozevich vs Aleksandrov 2002 (C37)</a> - Annotated by Yassir Seirawan<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lessons</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjF-1GIM34s">Kings Gambit Opening Lesson</a> - 10 min Video</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKnggvrbfk">Kings Gambit Declined Opening Trap</a> - 6 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZLxFvgBrZs">Fischers Play in the Kings Gambit Accepted </a>- 11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=2584">Kings Gambit Basic Opening Principals</a> - 10 min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/58/">Kings Gambit Accepted: A Model Game for White</a> - 40 min Video (NM Dana Mackenzie)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=2988"></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSp473L2rjY">Kings Gambit Accepted (Fischer Defense) Lesson Part 1</a> - 9 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw72xFUAzBw">Kings Gambit Accepted (Fischer Defense) Lesson Part 2</a> - 7 min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ImJ2row6E">Chess Openings -The Kings Gambit Part 1</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC3ZxFEWs-Q">Chess Openings - The Kings Gambit Part 2</a> - 6 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#King.27s_Gambit">Kings Gambit Videos</a> - 12 Analysis Games running from 4 - 20 min each<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >PGN Game Downloads<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/KingsGambit.zip">Kings Gambit pgn - 9017 games</a> (From <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNmentor.com</a>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/falkb-pg.zip">Kings Gambit / Falkbeer Counter Gambit - 454 Games</a> (From <a href="http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/pgn_openings.htm">Chessopolis.com</a>)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Downloads From <a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-openings-c.html">Supreme-chess.com</a><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c30.zip">C30 Kings Gambit - 482 games</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c31.zip">C31 Kings Gambit Declined,Falkbeer Counter Gambit -178 games</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c32.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C32 Kings Gambit, Falkbeer Counter Gambit - 85 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c33.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C33 Kings Gambit Accepted - 228 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c34.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C34 King's Knights Gambit - 333 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c35.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C35 Kings Gambit-Cunninghams Variation - 101 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c36.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C36 Kings Gambit-Modern Variation - 239 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c37.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C37 Kings Gambit - 62 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c38.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C38 Kings gambit-Hanstein Variation - 69 games</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c39.zip">C39 Kings Gambit-Kieseritsky Variation - 124 games</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3324890562645442934?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-73816183167877338602008-12-21T11:30:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:33:58.968-08:00Doubled Pawns<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubled_pawns">Doubled Pawn Wikipedia Article</a> - always a place to start when looking at a Chess subject<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Edanheisman/Articles/doubled_pawns.htm">All About Doubled Pawns</a> - Article reprinted online from Chess Life from IM Larry Kaufman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1127470830.shtml">The Bright Side of Doubled Pawns </a>- FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/c_pawns.html">Is a Doubled c-pawn worth a Bishop?</a> - Good article by Peter Lane at Exeter Chess Club<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/040731_doubled_pawns_strength.html">Doubled Pawns Strengths and Weakness</a> - Article by Gorgi Orlov<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/040731_doubled_c_pawns.html">Doubled Pawns in the Kings Indian Defense Structure </a>- Article by Gorgi Orlov<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8-GrZ3GmQo">Exploiting Doubled Pawns around an opponents King</a> - 11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gosz7gwH3M">Matisons vs Nimzovich</a> - 6 min Video (Who better than Nimzovich to show how to play against doubled pawns)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7381618316787733860?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-23647416308592830412008-12-19T04:12:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:45:10.170-08:00Tactics - Discovered Attack<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovered_attack">Discovered Attack</a> - Wikipedia page on this tactic<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-QLcxz0VLN8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-QLcxz0VLN8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/tactics/discovered/discovered.htm">Discovered Attack / Discovered Check Tutorial</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/Tactics_Strategy/Tactics_Lesson2/tactics_lesson2_index.html">Discovered Attack Tactics Lesson</a> - with 4 problems<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Predator at the Chessboard Lessons (Discovered Attack)</span><br />(Hundreds of Examples and Pages)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=3,1,1,1">1. Bishop Discoveries</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=3,2,1,1">2. Rook Discoveries</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=3,3,1,1">3. Knight Discoveries</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=3,4,1,1">4. Pawn Discoveries</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://chesstr.com/problems?b=mr&amp;t=at&amp;ta=9">20 Discovered Attack - Problems</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/chess-tutorial.html">10 Discovered Attack - Problems</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2364741630859283041?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-53499570358877039352008-12-13T17:09:00.000-08:002009-07-25T08:06:53.481-07:00King - Pawn Endings<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.logicalchess.com/resources/lessons/endgame/k&amp;p/">King and Pawn Endgame Secrets</a> - 14 lessons from the Huntsville Chess Club<br /><br />Three lessons from the <a href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/">Chess Mind Blog</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1123316545.shtml">King and Pawn Endings: Breakthroughs </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1123312952.shtml">King and Pawn Endings: Misapplying a useful technique</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1140914276.shtml">King and Pawn Endings: 3 Exercises</a> - 3 exercises for practicing<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessbase.com/cbm/cbm130e/cbm130-13/litwak_savchenko.htm">Awesome Triangulation Endgame Lesson</a> - From a Recent Game<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Gorgi Orlov articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040410_bsc_pwn_endgs.html">Basic Pawn Endings</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_multiple_pawns.html">Pawn Endings - Multiple Pawns</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_multiple_pawns_II.html">Pawn Endings - Multiple Pawns II</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Endgame Corner Articles</span> by Karsten Muller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller46.pdf">Deceptive Simplicity</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller38.pdf">The Mystical Sister Squares</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller38.pdf"> Part 1</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller39.pdf">The Mystical Sister Squares Part 2</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller76.pdf">Calculation Training</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller31.pdf">Polzin's Pawns and More</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller10.pdf">Opposition,Triangulation and More</a> .pdf<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/80/">Endgame Miniatures - "Pawns" Part 2 </a>- 23 Min Video by IM Bill Paschall<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhxGPMUXxjw">Pawn Endgames 101 </a>- 5 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&amp;t=3671">Pawn Endings 1-1 </a>- 14 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=1228">The Square of the Pawn </a>- 12 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=2349">Endgame Study -Kings and Pawns</a> -5 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=2443">Endgame Study - Triangulation and Trebuchet</a> - 6 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=821">Endgame Study - Advanced Pawn Breakthrough</a> -4 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=1012">Endgame Study - Pawn Breakthrough</a> - 7 min Video<br /><br />PGN Game Downloads (From <a href="http://chessopolis.com/">Chessopolis.com)</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Collections/kp-kp-pg.zip">K+P vs K+P Endgames</a> - 1650 games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-5349957035887703935?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-75503087297664117982008-12-11T20:43:00.000-08:002009-04-06T16:59:18.941-07:00Evans Gambit (C51-C52) - Opening Theory<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4. b4</span><br />The Evans Gambit is an aggressive variant of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuoco_Piano" title="Giuoco Piano">Giuoco Piano</a>, which normally continues with the positional moves 4. c3 or 4. d3.<br /><img src="http://www.chessvideos.tv/bimg/2odogeuxrgsg.png" /><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_Gambit">Evans Gambit Wikipedia Page</a> - general knowledge and history of the opening.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20020814185652/www.thomasstock.com/evans/">Welcome to the Evans Gambit</a> - Website devoted to the Evans. Explanations of its history, past and present, and main lines.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/EvansGambit01a.pdf">An Introduction to the Evans Gambit</a> - 8 pages on the Evans by Richard Westbrook<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/evans-gambit-part-1/"></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Articles on the Evans in Jeremy Silman's Opening Archive</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/100303_evan_gambit.html">Theory in the Evans Gambit </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/101803_evan_gambit_rdx.html">Evans Gambit Redux</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/040216_mr_evns_gmbt.html">More on the Evans Gambit</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">GM Boris Altermans Blog</span> (Evans Gambit Lessons)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/evans-gambit-part-1/">Evans Gambit Pt 1</a> - Annotated Fischer,Robert James - Boatner,J [C51]<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/evans-gambit-part-2/">Evans Gambit Pt 2</a> - Annotated Fischer,Robert James - Fine,Reuben<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/evans-gambit-part-3/">Evans Gambit Pt 3</a> - Annotated Morphy,Paul - Hampton,Thomas Inglis<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/evans-gambit-part-4/">Evans Gambit Pt 4</a> - Annotated Morphy,Paul - De Riviere,Jules Arnous<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslessons.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/evans-gambit-part-5/">Evans Gambit Pt 5</a> - Annotated Morphy,Paul - Morphy,Alonzo<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Articles in the ChessCafe Archive</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz89.pdf">The Evans Gambit Part 1</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> .pdf </span>- The search for the truth in the Evans Gambit<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz90.pdf">The Evans Gambit Part 2</a><a href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz90.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> .pdf</span></a>- Chigorin's experiences with the Evans Gambit<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz119.pdf">The Evans Gambit Reloaded .pdf </a>- The Kibitzer (Tim Harding)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">(Annotated Games</span>)<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/EvergreenGame.pdf">The Evergreen Game.pdf</a> - Famous Game between Adolf Anderssen - Jean Dufresne<br />Berlin 1852<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/short_sokolov_bosna2007.htm">Short,Nigel (2691) - Sokolov,Ivan (2655) [C51]</a> - <a href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/">The Chess Mind Blog</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/a-rare-appearance-from-the-evans-gambit">GM Short (2645) vs. GM L'Ami (2581) (2008)</a> - Chess.com Article<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/conquest.htm">S. Conquest - L. Winants</a><span class="peco"><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/conquest.htm"> [C51]</a> - <a href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/index.html">Kenilworth Chess Club</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Video Lessons</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> ( Some Serious hours of Video instruction on the Evans Gambit)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAUjAuv1L7E">Chess Lesson - Evans Gambit Opening</a> - 10 min video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJAOdWHP9Y">Corus 2008 Short vs Sargissian </a>- 11 min Video (With good analysis)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4137">Evans Gambit Full Analysis Part 1</a> - 47 min Lecture<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;p=32639">Evans Gambit Full Analysis Part 2 </a>- 41 min Lecture<br /><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4142">Evans Gambit Full Analysis Part 3</a> -53 min Lecture</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4146">Evans Gambit Full Analysis Part 4</a> -17 min Lecture</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/Chessyman-EvansGambit2952">Gambit Guide pt 2</a> - GM Boris Alterman 33 min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/Chessyman-EvansGambitPart3794-2">Gambit Guide pt 3</a> - GM Boris Alterman 32 min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.archive.org/details/Chessyman-EvansGambitPart4879">Gambit Guide Pt 4</a> - GM Boris Alterman 33 min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQmEJz-opY">Chess Trap 11 in Evans Gambit</a> - 3 Min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbzikiXgXuw">Chess Trap 12 in Evans Gambit</a> - 2 Min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUlJLFyMVmQ">Chess Trap 13 in Evans Gambit</a> - 3 Min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS3AsdLLajs">Chess Trap 14 in Evans Gambit</a> - 2 Min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Annotated Game Videos</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> (YouTube)<br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJAOdWHP9Y">Short vs Sargissian (2008)</a> - 10 Min Video</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>Chigorin Vs. Emanuel Lasker - 19 Min Total<br /><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVi4ucntY10">Part 1</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQXGJnZ09bA">Part 2 </a><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv2H-pMKU0">Kasparov vs Anand (1995)</a> - 8 Min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br />PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/evans-pg.zip">Evans Gambit 966 Games</a>- (From Chessopolis.com)<br /><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c51.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Evans Gambit (C51) 184 Games</span></a> - (From Supreme-chess.com)<br /><a href="http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-games/chess-games-c52.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Evans Gambit (C52) 131 Games</span></a> - (From Supreme-chess.com)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7550308729766411798?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-28927559560371395102008-12-11T05:01:00.000-08:002009-07-16T15:47:47.597-07:00Bishop Endings<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/bending.html">Bishop Endings General Info</a>- General Advice, Key Ideas, some studies and games from the Exeter Chess Club. ( This is a great place to start)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite-colored_bishops_endgame">Opposite Colored Bishop Endgame</a> - Rather large Wikipedia page on this topic<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chess.about.com/od/improveyourchess/ss/Bishops.htm">How to use the Bishop </a>- Basic 6 Page Article about Bishops with some Endgame Info Also.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky06.pdf">The Value of "Elementary" Endgame Knowledge</a> - Opposite colored bishops article by Mark Dvoretsky<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/CheckmateBBvsK.PDF">2 Bishop Checkmate Article</a> - From King Chess Club<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_bishop_endgames.html">Bishop Endings 1</a> - Article by Gorgi Orlov<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_bishop_endgames_II.html">Bishop Endings 2</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_bishop_endgames_II.html"> </a>- Article by Gorgi Orlov<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_adv_endgm/latest_adv_endgm.html">Bishops of Opposite Colors</a> - BvB and 2 Connected passed pawns article by Jeremy Silman<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/materialism-opposite-colored-bishops-and-kasparovs-theorem">Materialism , Opposite Colored Bishops, and Kasparovs Theorem</a> - Chess.com Article by GM Vbhat<br />Bishop and Pawn Endgame Analysis - FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1208327190.shtml">Part 1</a>. <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1208987219.shtml">Part 2</a> <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1209350442.shtml">Part 3</a> <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1210720997.shtml">Part 4</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Endgame Corner Articles by Karsten Muller</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller19.pdf">Bishops at Work Part 1</a> - Same color bishop endgames<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller20.pdf">Bishops at Work Part 2 </a>- Same color bishop endgames<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller21.pdf">Bishops at Work Part 3</a> - Same color bishop endgames<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller02.pdf">Bishops of Opposites</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller27.pdf">Bishops of Opposites Revisited</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller45.pdf">Bishops and Overgrown Pawns</a> - Topic of same colored bishop endings<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller51.pdf">The Power of the Bishop Pair </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller13.pdf">Bishops vs Pawns Part 1 </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller14.pdf">Bishops vs Pawns Part 2</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller11.pdf">The Bishop Pair Part 1</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller12.pdf">The Bishop Pair Part 2</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/15/">An Instructive Bishop Endgame</a> - 12 Min Video IM Jesse Kraai<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/76/">Endgame Miniatures- "Bishops" Part 1</a> - 24 Min Video by IM Bill Paschall<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/77/">Endgame Miniatures- "Bishops" Part 2</a> - 21 Min Video by IM Bill Paschall<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/78/">Endgame Miniatures- "Bishops" Part 3</a> - 18 Min Video by IM Bill Paschall<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uimbIq9h_7A">Checkmate with 2 Bishop</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1psTcrSQz4">Bishop and Pawn vs Same colored Bishop</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&amp;t=501">Endgames Bishops of the Same Color</a> - 17 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/Fuzz/videos/17/">Bishops of Opposite Color Endgames</a> - 23 Min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">PGN Games Download</span> ( From Chessopolis.com)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Collections/kbp-pg.zip">K-B-P vs. K-B-P </a>- 65 games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2892755956037139510?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-87511584705833199752008-12-09T10:06:00.000-08:002008-12-09T21:27:59.170-08:00Opening TacticsBelow are two downloads of mostly very short games where one opponent or the other blundered and had a strong tactic played against him or her. These can be used to train ones tactical awareness in openings or to just practice through openings looking for blunders.<br /><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/downloads_files/tactical_exercises/TacticsintheOpening.zip">Tactics in the Openings</a> -(by Richard Scholler) Chess Base Database with about 1000 games. All are 10-13 moves with a tactical combination. Great to use as practice seeing opening blunders and honing ones tactics. Many of these games are played by master level players.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/downloads_files/misc_downloads/GM_MATES.ZIP">11,000 Master-GM Short Mates</a> - ( by Tom McCormick) This is a zipped PGN file of games by players FIDE 2300+. Games are sorted by Shortest mates first (6 move mate, 7 move mate etc.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-8751158470583319975?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-64943081035087364162008-12-06T20:16:00.000-08:002009-02-25T09:24:40.902-08:00Scotch Game (C44-45) - Opening Theory<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 </span><br />The Scotch is an opening players throw at you to avoid the well analyzed lines of the Ruy Lopez.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Game">Scotch Game Wikipedia page </a>for starters and general knowledge about the opening and its variations.<br /><img src="http://www.chessvideos.tv/bimg/f2ikc6t75f4s.png" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Scotch Articles and Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.tromsosjakklubb.com/2002/scotgamb.htm">Scotch Gambit Article</a> - Simple article on the main lines<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_13.html">Adventures of the Scotch Scrapper</a> -Article by Karl van der Weide<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wyomingchess.com/playershow/Goring.html">Goring Gambit Declined </a>- plans for black to counter this Gambit<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessCafe Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/informant69.pdf">C45 - Scotch Game</a> - Informant at ChessCafe<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz74.pdf">A Glass of Scotch</a> - Article about the Scotch Gambit<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz75.pdf">A Second Dram of the Scotch Gambit</a>- 16 pg Article of the 2 main Accepted Variations of the Scotch Gambit<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane47.pdf">Scotch and Ice</a> - 13 pg Article about Resurgence of Steinitz Variation<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Three Part Post on </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/">The Chess Mind blog</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> on The Goring and Danish Gambits</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1145593607.shtml">Two perspectives on the Capablanca defence</a> - part 1<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1145512394.shtml">On the Goring and Danish Gambits</a> - part 2<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1145425853.shtml">How to handle the Goering and Danish Gambits with one easy line</a>- part 3<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Scotch Game Chess Puzzles<br /></span><span>(From <a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/">10,000 Chess Puzzles</a>)</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c45.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Scotch Game (C45)</span></a> - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 (10 Puzzles)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Games<br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz23.pdf">Kasparaov vs Nikolic</a> - Scotch Game Article annotated by Yasser Seirawan</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz62.pdf">The London-Vienna Correspondence Match</a> - Article by Tim Harding</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/dfrkra2g3.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Deep Fritz - Kramnik, Vladimir (2807) [C45] </span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Scotch Video Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=4277">Scotching the Scotch</a> - 28 Min Video Analysis of a Scotch Game by FM Dennis Monokroussos(Excellent Video)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxnlI8OyRIg">Scotch Game Steinitz Variation</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5755617735639125927">Scotch Gambit</a> - Strong Lines for Black 21 min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chessvideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Scotch_Opening">Scotch Game Videos</a> - 22 Analysis Game Videos running from 5 min-35 min in length.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Scotch PGN Game Downloads</span> from <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">PGNMentor.com</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/GoringGambit.zip">Goering Gambit </a>- 1430 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/ScotchGambit.zip">Scotch Gambit </a> -4171 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Scotch4Nf6.zip">Scotch 4.Nf6 </a> -4469 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/Scotch4Bc5.zip">Scotch 4.Bc5 </a> - 5666 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/ScotchOther4.zip">Scotch Other 4.</a> -2777 games<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/C44.pgn">C44</a> - 4885 Games - (From Bookuppro.com)<br /><a href="http://www.bookuppro.com/ecopgn/C45.pgn"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C45</span></a> - 6783 Games - (From Bookuppro.com)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6494308103508736416?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-67963917886252590682008-12-05T19:38:00.000-08:002009-04-24T05:18:10.364-07:00Pawn StructureGeneral Info at Wikipedia on <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_structure">Pawn Structure </a>and the 16 major pawn formations.<br />General Info at Wikibooks on The different <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Elements_of_chess_strategy/Pawn_structure">Pawn Types</a>, Doubled, Hanging, Passed etc.<br /><a href="http://www.markalowery.net/Chess/pawns/pawns.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Introduction To Chess: </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Pawns</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span></a>- Article on pawn types and structures<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Exeter Chess Club Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/c_pawns.html">Doubled C pawns</a> (are they worth a bishop?)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/weakpawn.html">Weak Pawns</a> - Introduction to theory and practice<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/pawnform.html">Pawn Formations</a> - An A-Z Guide<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/pawnmobl.html">Pawn Mobility</a><br /><br />IM Orlov Articles<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/040731_pawn_structure.html">Pawn Structure (d4 vs c6 and e6)</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/040731_doubled_c_pawns.html">Doubled Pawns in the KID structure</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/041004_isolated_central_pawn.html">The Isolated Central Pawn</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_middlegame/040731_doubled_pawns_strength.html">Doubled Pawns (Strengths and Weakness)</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/articles/opening/isolani/isolani-best-A.htm">The Isolani Lecture</a> - FM Steve Stoyko<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky22.pdf">Lawless Pawns</a> - Mark Dvoretsky (Pawns arranged against the rules)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky07.pdf">Blockading Passed Pawns</a> - Mark Dvoetsky<br /><br />FM David Levin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.davidlevinchess.com/version_030825/lessons/read_the_pawns/framedef.htm" target="right">To Plan for the Middlegame, Read the Pawn Structure</a><a href="http://www.davidlevinchess.com/version_030825/lessons/read_the_pawns/framedef.htm"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> (Part 1</span>)</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.davidlevinchess.com/version_030825/lessons/read_the_pawns2/framedef.htm" target="right">To Plan for the Middlegame, Read the Pawn Structure (Part 2)</a><br /><br />Video Lessons - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drc6LMMF3nU">Pawn Structure Part 1</a> - 8 min video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TuvmB1Io8">Pawn Structure Part 2 </a>- 9 min video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqKNE4XfxKc">Pawn Structure Part 3</a> - 8 min video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3qwdArWkdA">Pawn Structure Part 5</a> - 9 min video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7_hmsoTn9g">Pawn Structure Part 6 </a>- 9 min video<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6796391788625259068?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-29641580235182023482008-12-04T20:54:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:35:40.376-08:00Tactics - X-RayX-Ray - Is a tactic where a ranged piece supports a "friendly" piece through an enemy piece.<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=2804780660528178718&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessebook.com/posi_2_demo.php?pos=0">7 Chess Puzzles</a> - X-Ray Motif<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2964158023518202348?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-3864749425564415272008-11-30T08:29:00.000-08:002009-07-16T13:58:49.424-07:00Ruy Lopez (Spanish) (C60-99) - Opening TheoryOne of the most popular chess openings.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez">Ruy Lopez Wikipedia page</a> - For a general overview of the opening and its variations.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wesdel.com/FarragutCC/Lessons/Ruy_Lopez_Introduction.pdf">An Introduction to the Ruy Lopez </a>- 6 Pages taken from (Fines- Idea's Behind the Chess openings)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/ruylopez.html">The Ruy Lopez - Spanish Torture?</a> - Excellent Intro, Ideas behind and Variations by The Exeter Chess Club<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Endings/ruy_xchg.html">The Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez</a> - Another Excellent Lesson by The Exeter Chess Club<br />The Lopez Grip - by IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Sep04a.htm">Part 1</a>, <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Sep04b.htm">Part 2</a>, <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Martin/Sep04c.htm">Part 3</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-ruy-exchange">The Ruy Exchange</a> - Article on Chess.com by GM Megesh and GM Arun<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Articles From Silmans Opening Archive</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040630_if_its_gd_engh_fr_cp.html">Ruy Lopez Article</a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040630_if_its_gd_engh_fr_cp.html">s</a> - 2 part Article by IM Andrew Martin<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/040208_ruy_lpz_brd_dfns.html">Birds Defence Article </a>- by John Watson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040313_verdict_1.html">The Verdict Articles</a> - 4 random annotated Ruy LopezGames (2 Part)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/hard/h990517.htm">The Classical Defense to the Spanish Part 1 </a>-USCF Senior Master Mark Morss<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/hard/h990621.htm">The Classical Defense to the Spanish Part 2</a> -USCF Senior Master Mark Morss<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessville.com/billwall/QuickSpanishLessons.htm">Quick Spanish Lessons</a> - Bunch of Minature Spanish games listed by Bill Wall<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">16 Ruy Lopez articles posted on the</span> <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/">Chess Blog/ The Pulse of Chess</a><br /><div id="data2007"><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-moller-and_29.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 3</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-moller-and_24.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 2</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-moller-and.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 1</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-deferred-steinitz_19.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann Part 3</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-deferred-steinitz_15.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann Part 2</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-deferred-steinitz.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann Part 1</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-berlin-defence-part_11.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Berlin Defence Part 4</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/11/ruy-lopez-for-white-berlin-defence-part.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Berlin Defence Part 3</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/10/ruy-lopez-for-white-berlin-defence-part_376.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Berlin Defence Part 2</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/10/ruy-lopez-for-white-berlin-defence-part_9372.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Berlin Defence Part 1</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/10/ruy-lopez-for-white-classical-variation_768.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Classical Variation Part 2</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/10/ruy-lopez-for-white-classical-variation_1729.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Classical Variation Part 1</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/10/ruy-lopez-for-white-schliemann_5616.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Schliemann Variation/Jaenisch Defence Part 3</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/09/ruy-lopez-for-white-schliemann_2358.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Schliemann Variation/Jaenisch Defence Part 2</a></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/09/ruy-lopez-for-white-schliemann_7569.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - Schliemann Variation/Jaenisch Defence Part 1</a></div><div><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://homeofchess.blogspot.com/2008/09/ruy-lopez-for-white-introduction_9452.html">The Ruy Lopez for White - an Introduction</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Ruy Lopez Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/shigri.html">Shirov vs Grischuk (C65)</a> - Berlin Defence<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz48.pdf">Short vs Gelfand (C67)</a> - Berlin Defense<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/kkg13.html">Kasparov vs Kramnik (C67)</a> - Berlin Defence<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/lutgra6.html">Luter vs Graf (C78)</a> - Moeller Defence<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/anandshi2.html">Anand vs Shirov C78</a> - Moeller Defence<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz47.pdf">Kasparov vs Anand (C80)</a> - Open (Tarrasch) Defence<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/ivaada2.html">Ivanchuk vs Adams (C88)</a> -Closed<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/kralek4g8.html">Kramnik vs Lenko (C89)</a> - Marshall Counter Attack<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz37.pdf">Fischer vs Spassky (C90)</a>-Closed (Breyer Defense)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz36.pdf">Fischer vs Spassky (C95)</a> -Closed Breyer Defense<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Ruy Lopez Video Lesson Links</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qgxLYZGKA">Ruy Lopez - Classical Defence</a> - 10 min Video Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9K-PhNVeEk">Ruy Lopez - Berlin Defence </a> - 10 min Video Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NE9h4XooRE">Ruy Lopez - Cozio Defence </a> - 11 min Video Lesson<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWoQZUnkSlU">Ruy Lopez - Neo Steinitz Defence 5.D4</a> 10 min Video Lesson<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS0_pgdYvSQ">Ruy Lopez Lesson 1</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiol5HfFiNA">Ruy Lopez Lesson 2</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"> </span>- 11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqGW8ghDSgs">Ruy Lopez Lesson 3</a> - 11 min Video<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wntv7HrF5vQ"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Ruy Lopez Mortimer Trap</span></a> - 4 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQHctReqxXw">Ruy Lopez Tarrasch's Trap</a> - 10 min Video<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ruy Lopez Videos at Chessvideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#Ruy_Lopez">16 Game Analysis Videos</a> - Videos run from 5-35min each.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Ruy Lopez Game Downloads</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">PGN game downloads from</span> <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">Pgnmentor</a>.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezClassical.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Classical</span> </a> - 2999 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezSchliemann.zip">Ruy Lopez Schliemann</a> - 4100 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezBerlin.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Berlin </span></a> - 9209 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezExchange.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Exchange</span></a> - 8203 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezModSteinitz.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Modern Steinitz</span></a> -5274 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezMarshall.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Marshall Attack </span></a>-1908 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezAntiMarshall.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall </span></a> -1932 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezOpen.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Open </span></a> - 5190 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/RuyLopezChigorin.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ruy Lopez Chigorin</span></a> -5605 games<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-386474942556441527?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-42894911258221849012008-11-28T17:14:00.000-08:002009-07-29T09:18:27.976-07:00Rook and Pawn EndgamesSince the most common Endgames are Rook and Pawn here are the links I have found to help one learn them.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PDJoseph/a2thebasics.htm">Rook Endings</a> - Here are about 10 web pages (Just click link on bottom to go to next page) of the basics of Rook and Pawn endings.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2008/02/endgame-rook-activity/">Importance of Rook Activity in the Endgame 1</a> - Post from Chess Strategy Blog<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chesslodge.com/2008/03/endgame-rook-activity-2/#more-285">Importance of Rook Activity in the Endgame 2</a> - Post from Chess Strategy Blog<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrasch_rule">Tarrasch Rule Wikipedia page</a> - explaining the "rule" that rooks should be placed behind passed pawns with reasons, illustrations and exceptions.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chess-poster.com/chess_problems/endgame/rook_pawn/rook_pawn_endgame.htm">Lucena and Philidor position </a>explanations along with two Chessboards set up for you to practice them against a computer.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_adv_endgm/040201_philidor_pstn_gs_bd.html">When a Philidor Position Goes Bad</a> - Article by Jeremy Silman<br /><br />Two Georgi Orlov endgame lessons on Jeremy Silmans site.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040630_rook_vs_pavn.html">Rook v Pawn</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_orlov_edgm/040417_rk_endngs_thr_pwns_agnst_fr.html">Rook Ending 3pawn v 4 pawn</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Chess Cafe Endgame Corner</span> Articles by GM Karsten Muller<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller83.pdf">Rook Endgame Exercises 1</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span>.pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller84.pdf">Rook Endgame Exercises 2</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller80.pdf">Not All Rook Endgames are Drawn</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller77.pdf">The Rook Belongs Behind the Passed Pawn</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller73.pdf">Mysterious Rook Endgames</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller01.pdf">All Rook Endings are Drawn</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller18.pdf">Rooks Revisited</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller24.pdf">Checking Distances, Shelters and More</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller44.pdf">Rook Endgame with 2 connected passed pawns</a> .pdf<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky29.pdf">Active Rooks</a> .pdf - Mark Dvoretsky<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky11.pdf">Discoveries in Rook Endgames</a> .pdf - Mark Dvoretsky<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1003695">Endgames That need to be Mastered</a>- 23 famous Chessgames (King and Pawn and Rook and Pawn endgames.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Video Lessons</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=4071">Vancura's Drawing Idea</a> - 35 min Video from FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYfmJCjJN1E">Endgame Study: Saavedra Position </a>- 4 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORIRiH9WnfE">Endgame Study: Lucena Position</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUb-nCJ4mI">Endgame Study: Philidor Position </a>- 8 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4429">All Rook Endgames are Drawn</a> - 15 min Video by FM Charles Galofre<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PaXD1OtQg">Rook Ending - Long Side and Short Side</a> - 6 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGUevtd-naI">Checking Distance in Rook Endings</a> - 11 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRZaKUkOMmw">2nd Rank Stalemate Trap in Rook Endings</a> - 10 min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4IRUi-m4b4">Gregoriev's Combined Method</a> - 11 Min Video (<span>This method is applicable for c,d,e,f pawns that have not yet reached the 5th rank, where the defender's king is cut off at least 2 files and the defender's rook is defending via frontal attack. )</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVqESl5XD0">Understanding Rook Endgames 1) Piece Activity</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO80cLkbWL4">Understanding Rook Endgames 2) Creating Weakness</a> - 6 Min Video<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Collections/krp-pg.zip">K-R-P vs K-R-P endings</a> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">1798 games</span> (Zip file of pgn games from <a href="http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/pgn_collections.htm">Chessopolis</a>)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-4289491125822184901?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-61761715714937561492008-11-25T05:29:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:24:53.914-08:00French Defence (C00 - C19) - Opening TheoryThe second most popular opening for black behind the Sicilian.<br />Here is the Wikipedia page on the French and its Variations. <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Defence">French General Info</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskids.com/grownups/french.pdf">French Pdf</a> - 11 pages of General Knowledge on the french and a list of the Different Variations.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.ericschiller.com/pdf/FrenchDefense%20from%20WCO.pdf">French Defence</a> .pdf - 16 page document by Eric Schiller on French and its Variations<br /><br />Here are two nice pages of info from the Exeter Chess Club<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/french_d.html">French Defence for Beginners</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/Openings/frencheg.html">Ideas Behind The French</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Cafe Articles</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew14.pdf">Terra Incognita (Reti Gambit)(C00)</a> - Tim McGrew (Gambit Cartel)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz40.pdf">Shirov vs Khalifman (Kings Indian Attack)(C00)</a> - GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz24.pdf">Adams vs Seirawan (Tarrasch)(C03)</a> - GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane46.pdf">A French Farce - (Tarrasch)(C06)</a> - IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz31.pdf">Kasparov vs Short (Steinitz )(C11)</a> - GM Yasser Seirawan<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane59.pdf">Talking French (Classical)(C14)</a> - IM Gary Lane<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/yaz52.pdf">Anand vs Ivanchuk (Winawer)(C19)</a> - GM Yasser Seirawan<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/bareev_oopses.htm"></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#French_Defence"></a> <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1173936704.shtml">The Chess Mind Blog</a> -Here are 4 lessons on taking that opponent who favors the French, out of his comfort zone. Way out<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1173936704.shtml">Something Different vs The French Part 1</a> - FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1173936704.shtml">Something Different vs The French Part 2</a> - FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1175234772.shtml">Something Different vs The French Part 3</a><a href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1175234772.shtml"> </a>- FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1176249119.shtml">Something Different vs The French Part 4</a> - FM Dennis Monokroussos<br /><br />Finally here are 3 articles from Jeremy Silmans Website by different contributors on the French.<br /><a href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Amazing_new_move_in_French_Def.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Article1 </span> </a><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/Pain_and_Anguish_6.html">Article2</a> <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040731_banzai.html">Article3</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Annotated Chess Games</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/svivol3.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Svidler, P. - Volkov, S. [C02] </span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.chessib.com/svibar4.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Svidler, Peter (2747) - Bareev, Evgeny (2714) [C10] </span></a></span><br /><a href="http://www.chessib.com/polber3.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" >Polgar, Judit (2715) - Berkes, Ferenc (2578) [C11] </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessib.com/lekrad3.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" >Leko, Peter (2736) - Radjabov, Teimour (2624) [C12] </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessib.com/lutkor2.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" >Lutz, Christopher (2644) - Korchnoi, Viktor (2635) [C12] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);" href="http://www.chessib.com/poniva2g1.html"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Ponomariov, R. (2727) - Ivanchuk, V. (2717) [C11] </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.chessib.com/shibar.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" >Shirov, A. (2746) - Bareev, E. (2702) [C11] </span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/bareev_oopses.htm">9 Chess Miniatures</a> of the French<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessib.com/frenc00c19.html">6 Annotated Grandmaster Games</a> using the French<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&amp;year=&amp;playercomp=either&amp;pid=&amp;player=&amp;pid2=&amp;player2=&amp;movescomp=exactly&amp;moves=&amp;opening=C00-C19&amp;eco=&amp;result=&amp;annotated=1">108 Annotated Games</a> using the French<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Chess Puzzles by Opening</span><br />(From <a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/">10,000 Chess Puzzles</a>)<br /><a href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c03.html"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">French, Tarrasch, 3....a6 (C03)</span></a><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c04.html"> </a>-10 puzzles<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c04.html">French, Tarrasch, 3....Bc6 (C04)</a><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c05.html"> </a>-10 puzzles<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c05.html">French, Tarrasch, 3....Nf6 (C05)</a><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c07.html"> </a>-10 puzzles<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c07.html">French, Tarrasch, 3....c5 (C07) </a>- 10 puzzles<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/c18.html">French, Winawer (C18)</a> -10 puzzles<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ECO- Codes</span> (French Defence)<br />* C00 - 1.e4 e6 without 2.d4 (early deviations)<br />* C01 - 2.d4 d5 (includes the Exchange Variation, 3.exd5)<br />* C02 - 3.e5 (Advance Variation)<br />* C03 - 3.Nd2 (includes 3...Be7; C03-C09 cover the Tarrasch Variation)<br />* C04 - 3.Nd2 Nc6 (Guimard Variation)<br />* C05 - 3.Nd2 Nf6<br />* C06 - 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3<br />* C07 - 3.Nd2 c5 (includes 4.exd5 Qxd5)<br />* C08 - 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5<br />* C09 - 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6<br />* C10 - 3.Nc3 (includes the Rubinstein Variation, 3...dxe4)<br />* C11 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 (includes the Steinitz Variation, 4.e5; C11-C14 cover the Classical Variation)<br />* C12 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 (includes the MacCutcheon Variation, 4...Bb4)<br />* C13 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 (Burn Variation)<br />* C14 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7<br />* C15 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 (C15-C19 cover the Winawer Variation)<br />* C16 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5<br />* C17 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5<br />* C18 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 (includes the Armenian Variation, 5...Ba5)<br />* C19 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 and 7.a4<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">French Defence Videos</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=4200"><span>French Video</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=4200"> </a>- </span><span>42 min Game analysis with a rook-pawn ending</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span class="description"><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kJi5MdHrfA">Rubenstein Variation</a> - Instructive game on how to respond to passive play</span><br />French Defence Lectures - Each 10 min Videos<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGlv9Rlzz5A">Part 1</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZa2Nj0fGDU">Part 2</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tMJawpuCAk">Part 3</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpbfBSjuTlk">Part 4</a><br />French Defence Opening Lesson - Each 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAsdJWfR09Q">Part 1</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvOA0fEEc0">Part 2</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha2o-MoSf1M">Part 3</a> , <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbnY6mrgSZY">Part 4 </a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGmIAWsjUFg">Grischuk vs Bareev 2001</a> - 11 Min Video (<span class="description">French defence with 3.e5 (Advance Variation) )</span><br />Puiras vs Berman 2001 (<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSyKIN56xnE">Part 1</a>) (<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qywL3AKSz3E">Part 2</a>) -9 Min Videos (Master Analysis)<br /><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDjNEAC1UDU">Adams vs Berg</a> - 9 min Video</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>(</span><span class="description">Tarrasch Advance variation )</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">ChessVideos.tv</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_By_Opening#French_Defence">French Defence Videos</a> - 30 Live game and 30 Analysis Videos (Each running from 5min to 45 min in length)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />French Defence PGN Downloads</span><br />(Downloads are from <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">Pgnmentor.com</a>)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrenchExchange.zip">French Exchange</a> - 10453 games<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrenchAdvance.zip">French Advance</a> -14678 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrenchRubinstein.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">French Rubenstein</span></a> - 7810 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrenchSteinitz.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">French Steinitz </span></a> - 6103 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrenchClassical.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">French Classical </span></a> - 4608 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrWinawerMain.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">French Winawer Main Line</span></a> -<a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrWinawerMain.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></a>12683 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrTarrasch3Nf6.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">French Tarrasch 3. ..N-f3</span></a> -14048 games<br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/FrTarrasch3c5.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">French Tarrasch 3, ..c5 </span></a> -9861 games<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6176171571493756149?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-28424801024829783482008-11-21T17:42:00.000-08:002009-07-27T13:35:59.398-07:00Grand Prix Attack - Chess Opening Theory<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />A pretty simple and direct opening to learn. It is a white reply to the Sicilian.</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Grand Prix Attack </span>articles from inside chess online.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010124052300/www.insidechess.com/theoreticals/grandprix.html">Part One</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010127131400/http://www.insidechess.com/theoreticals/grandprix2.html">Part Two</a><br /><br />Here are a couple Chess Cafe articles from Gary Lane on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grand Prix</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane06.txt">Opening Lanes 06</a> - Discusses the sharp 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e5!?<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane60.pdf">Opening Lanes 60</a> - When to Play Bc4 and when not to.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane06.txt">Grand Prix Crash </a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_opng_anlys/030403_tal_gambit_e5.html">Tal Gambit Declined</a> - Jeremy Silman<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kenilworth Chess Club</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/gpa-explained.htm">GrandPrix Attack Explained</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2008/gp-a3.htm">The Left Hook Grand Prix with a3</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2008/left-hook-gp-games.htm">Fun with the Left Hook Grand Prix</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/colias-gp.htm">Billy Colias Plays the Grand Prix</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chess Videos</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5267">Norwegan (FM) vs IM Greg Shahade</a> - 9 min Video (ICC 5 Min Blitz Game Annotated)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2313">nileizy(expert) vs chessstud(IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 23 Min (ICC 5 Min Blitz Game Annotated)<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2324">nileizy(expert) vs chessstud(IM Greg Shahade)</a> - 14 Min (ICC 5 Min Blitz Game Annotated)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PGN Game Downloads</span><br /><a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/openings/SicilianGrandPrix.zip"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Gran Prix Attack</span></a> - 6616 games in pgn format from <a href="http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings">Pgnmentor</a><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;"></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/PGN/Openings/sigp-pg.zip"><b>sigp-pg.zip</b></a> - </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">1124 Games (U of Pitt</span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></b>Archive)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2842480102482978348?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-31157599559977225222008-11-20T16:57:00.000-08:002008-11-20T17:07:07.651-08:00Chess Opening Links<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Egoeller/urusov/links/opening_analysis.html">Opening Analysis on the Web</a> - This link will take you to a page with hundreds of links broken into several categories.<br /><br />Articles and Analysis<br />Choosing a Repertoire<br />E-Pawn Openings<br />D-Pawn Openings<br />Unusual Openings<br />Other Link Pages on Openings<br /><br />If your looking for Free info on openings this is really the page to start.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3115759955997722522?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-7434328998907587772008-11-20T05:48:00.000-08:002008-12-13T06:55:44.749-08:00Endgame TechniqueHere is a link to a 14 page .pdf file on <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Endgame Technique</span> </span>and the two principals of "skillful<span style="font-style: italic;"> pawn play</span>" and "<span style="font-style: italic;">exploiting two weakness principal</span>" by Mark Devoretsky<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky15.pdf">Anthony Miles Endgame Technique</a> .pdf<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky46.pdf">The Two Weakness Principal</a> .pdf<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller75.pdf">Endgame Principles</a> .pdf - Endgame Corner Article<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html">Shredder Endgame Database</a>- Just set up your position and the database will show you your way through to a win.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-743432899890758777?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-17607209754748739132008-11-15T09:11:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:47:53.881-08:00Chess Articles<a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm">Chess Cafe Archives</a> - Hundreds, maybe thousands of articles, lessons and stories. From Chess masters from all over. (Susan Polgar, Nigel Davies, Tony Miles, Yassir Sierawan and many others)<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscamp.net/index.php?c=6">Larry Evans Teaches Chess</a> - 75+ Chess articles from Chess Life from 1978-2007<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1760720975474873913?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-40011788779466847302008-11-14T07:44:00.000-08:002008-11-14T14:08:31.897-08:00Chess Visualization TrainingHere is a pretty simple program to help you practice and test your board knowledge in your head.<br />There is a link on the page to download the program or just start the Java version.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesstraining.sourceforge.net/">Chess Trainer</a><br /><br />Also at ChessVideos.tv they have a Chess Visualization training page as well with three training methods. <span style="font-style: italic;">Knight moves speed quiz</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Color square speed quiz</span> and a <span style="font-style: italic;">Find the best move</span> method.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-visualization-trainer.php">Chess Visualization Training</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-4001178877946684730?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-77346400664420455222008-11-13T07:34:00.000-08:002008-11-13T11:46:24.291-08:00Chess Endgame VideosHere is a blog with 10 chess Endgame Video Lessons.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessendgames.wordpress.com/">Endgame Videos</a><br /><br />Here is the link Page from the guys at ChessVideos.tv with about 35 different Endgame lessons and studies on the themes listed below.<br /><br /> * 1 King and Pawn Endings<br /> * 2 Rook and Pawn Endings<br /> * 3 Bishop and Knight Endings<br /> * 4 Bishop Endings<br /> * 5 Q+K vs. R+K<br /> * 6 Q+K vs. K+P<br /> * 7 General Endgame Studies<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/wiki/index.php/Videos_of_Endgame_Studies">ChessVideos Endgames<br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7734640066442045522?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-69019681363722780582008-11-12T17:10:00.000-08:002008-12-31T12:39:50.251-08:00Chess PuzzlesI have really gotten into doing Chess puzzles as of late. I found a really nice site with 10,000 chess puzzles all from Grand Master games.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.wtharvey.com/">10,000 Chess Puzzles</a><br /><br />Here is also 6500+ puzzles, from <span style="font-style: italic;">Tactical Combinations</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Best Move</span> puzzles and <span style="font-style: italic;">Endgame Studies</span> in PDF format.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://dejascacchi.altervista.org/exercises.htm">6500 Puzzles</a><br /><br />Chess puzzle page with links to <span style="font-weight: bold;">25</span> Ebooks with thousands of Chess Puzzles for download in PDF format.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS_PROBLEMS/">EBook Puzzles</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessopolis.com/problems.htm">Chessopolis Puzzle Link Page</a> - 30 or so links here to different sites with Puzzles, Problems and compositions.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessproblems.com/">ChessProblems.com</a> - Site with 900+ problems, Forums, ability to sort and add problems.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.ecochess.com/tactical/tactical.htm">EcoChess Tactics Page</a> - 1000's of tactics problems from real games. Broken down in difficulty from Beginner to Grandmaster. **(This is a really nice place to practice Tactics)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-6901968136372278058?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-34167923318171218412008-11-12T11:49:00.001-08:002008-12-31T13:59:01.059-08:00Tactics - DeflectionDeflection is a tactic that forces an opponents piece to leave the square, row or file where it has to remain, because it is needed there to defend something.<br /><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessguru.net/tactic/deflection/">Deflection Lesson</a> - From ChessGuru.net<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesstactics.wordpress.com/2006/07/29/quiz-001-tactics-galore/">Chess Quiz </a>- Problems 5,6,7 All use Deflection as a solution (Answers at bottom of page)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Video Deflection Lesson</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qno8K4WchJM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qno8K4WchJM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3416792331817121841?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-30920984593211731192008-11-10T19:31:00.000-08:002008-11-10T20:44:58.254-08:00Triangulation<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer" width="425" height="352">Here is a video showing the concept of Triangulation<param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=51897"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=51897" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="352"></embed></object><br /><br />Here is the Wikipedia article with some different examples of triangulation as well.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_%28chess%29">Triangulation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3092098459321173119?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-51281019112303791252008-11-09T17:30:00.000-08:002008-11-22T17:29:56.538-08:00Lucena and Philidor PositionsThese are two of the most famous and important positions in <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Endgame Theory</span>.<br />Here are the Wikipedia methods to each position and the knowledge behind each.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucena_position">Lucena Position </a>and <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philidor_position">Philidor Position </a><br /><br />Here are the interactive trainers for each position as well so you can practice each.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/lucena-position.php">Lucena Trainer</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/philidor-position.php">Philidor Trainer</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=4104">Philidor Position Endgame Video Lesson</a> - 35 min Video lesson By FIDE Master Dennis Monokroussos<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-5128101911230379125?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-14270151918886685792008-11-09T13:24:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:36:33.720-08:00Tactics- Forks (Double Attack)Here are a few lesson's showing all the possible forks in Chess.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2007/03/15/double-attack-forks/">Fork Lesson 1</a> and <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesskids.com/level2/cl4l5.htm#t6">Fork lesson 2</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Predator at the Chessboard Lessons (Double Attack)</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=2,1,1,1">1. The Knight Fork</a> - 100+ Page lesson with Lots of Examples<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=2,2,1,1">2. The Queen Fork</a> - 100+ Page Lesson with " "<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=2,3,1,1">3. The Bishop Fork</a> - etc<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=2,4,1,1">4. The Rook Fork</a> - etc<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&amp;Action=none&amp;From=2,5,1,1">5. The Pawn Fork</a> - .etc<br /><br />Finally Here is the Chess Fork trainer. It took me a few to understand how to use this, you just pick what type of piece you want to fork with, and then click on all the spots on their game board it would fork the pieces that show up.<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://cft.muttsoft.com/">Chess Fork Trainer</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Fork Video Lessons</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqR4kMonFhQ">Knight Forks</a> - 5 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=popNPkC_L3I">Chess 101- Forks</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLavNaLzCQQ">Chess Lesson Knight Fork</a> - 10 Min Video<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yduY7oXXErQ">Introduction to Basic Tactical Themes - Forks</a> - 6 Min Video<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-1427015191888668579?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-52170246317201989642008-11-05T17:37:00.000-08:002008-11-13T13:21:16.328-08:00MyChess.comNice Site with <span style="font-style: italic;">2.5 Million Game database</span>, a <span style="font-style: italic;">Tactics section</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Endgame section</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Opening Traps section</span>. Very clean and easy to use.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.mychess.com/">MyChess.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-5217024631720198964?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-37057766932404508952008-11-03T16:38:00.000-08:002008-11-03T16:40:26.101-08:00Chess VideoJust a post of a Claymation Chess game. I personally love the shark.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YXM3wrIhcwY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YXM3wrIhcwY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3705776693240450895?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-32407268638848918192008-11-02T10:44:00.000-08:002008-11-07T05:40:09.585-08:00Free Chess Endgame StudiesHere are some free Endgame studies and secrets from the Huntsville Chess Club.<br />There are a couple dozen studies and secrets of <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"King and Pawn"</span> and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"Knight"</span> endgames.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.logicalchess.com/resources/lessons/endgame/">Chess Endgames</a><br /><br />Here is another page of recent games from top players and the different Endgames that resulted.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1007134">Endgame Lessons</a><br /><br />Here is a monster list of <span style="font-style: italic;">Chess Endgame Studies</span> at the Chess Cafe in pdf format. There is also a link on the page to the first 195 studies in text format for download.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/studies.htm">Endgame Studies</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3240726863884891819?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-23404096234603741442008-11-02T06:37:00.000-08:002008-11-19T09:59:00.458-08:00Chess.comJust a review of The <a href="http://www.chess.com/">Chess.com </a>website. I have been a free member here for 45 days now.<br /><br />I have been trying a few different websites to play live chess on over the last few months looking for one to buy a paid membership.<br /><br />Chess.com has 400-600 people playing live chess on the site at any given time from all over the world. Their live chess though is as they put it in big warnings all over their website a<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Work in Progress : Beware.</span> For free, one can not complain, but if your thinking of buying a membership this is really a reason to not become a member here.<br /><br />Of the games I have played on this site over the last 45 days, 20% have been decided by myself or my opponent getting booted from the unstable chess server. To say this is annoying would be an understatement. The trickle down effect is that this skews the ratings of all who participate on the site. One of the premium features for paid members is a whole statistics system for each member. Unfortunately when a premium feature is based off a flawed system, these statistics mean nothing just as do the ratings here.<br /><br />Looking back through their forums at the amount of people complaining about this chess servers instability issues, you get a picture that this has been going on for 6-7 months now and the staffs posts that its their "number one priority" really make you wonder.<br /><br />If your using the site for their learning features, a free membership gets you very little. Their chess tactics trainer software you can get a few problems a day for free. Your best bet is to go to the free <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chess.emrald.net/index.php">Chess Tactics Server</a> and work through their 23,000+ of problems for free.<br /><br />Their other chess training software is the Chess Mentor program. A 29.95 membership gets you 3 hours a year on their web based version. For 99.95 you get unlimited use. For 69.95 you can actually just buy the Comprehensive Version of <a href="http://www.chessmentor.com/buy.html">Chess Mentor</a> online, have it shipped to you and use it as much as you want.<br /><br />I guess I look at a Chess site and say what are they offering me that I cant get anywhere else and what am I willing to pay for those services or do they offer a place that is so well built, convenient and well run that I'm willing to pay (donate) to ensure it stays up and running.<br /><br />These guys really don't offer anything you cant get for free or cheaper somewhere else. The site is well built but lets face it, the reason people come here is to play chess. Unfortunately that part of the site is still a work in progress. For free, that's acceptable, but I for one am not going to pay for something that's broken with a promise that some day they will get around to fixing it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-2340409623460374144?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-2077319794300861132008-10-28T10:21:00.000-07:002008-10-28T10:29:28.120-07:00Jeremy Silmans websiteAll of my posts are just directions to anything free and good involving chess.<br />Jeremy Silmans website is really the best so far I have found if one is looking for free lessons, articles, theory or just well written chess knowledge.<br /><br />With many contributors and his own brand of knowledge, wit and sense of humour it is definitely a must have on your blog links.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess.html">JeremySilman.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-207731979430086113?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-30608622407532626212008-10-28T06:06:00.000-07:002009-04-17T20:56:07.115-07:00Online Chess Databases<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">NicBase Online</span><br />Just plug in your moves and then hit Classify and this online program will bring up what opening you used and all the variations . It has 1.25 million games you can retrieve to study and most of all its free to use with no registration or anything.<br /><br />Allows for Searching for games, Classifying games, Browsing through Nic-Key tree and finally viewing games.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/Default.aspx?PageID=400">NicBase Online</a> - 1.25 Million Game Database<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ChessLab Online Java Database</span><br />2 million games updated with all the most recent events.<br />The search feature here is really nice. Will also analyze positions.<br /><br />You can bring back games by opening, event, player, rating or just positions. You can also download your search results in blocks of 10 games at a time into pgn format.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html">Chesslab Database </a>- 2 Million Game Database<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">365Chess.com</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Chess Database</span><br />Claims to be the biggest Chess Database online. ECO Openings index and Openings Explorer.<br />To Download games you must sign up with site. (Registration is Free)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.365chess.com/opening.php"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">365Chess Database</span></a> - 3.5 Million Game Database<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ChessBase Online - Online Java Database</span><br />4.2 Million game database. Will search positions and bring you back 2000 games at a time.<br />Also has a name search that takes you to their player database where you get a history and picture of the player and can bring back their games.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesslive.de/">Chessbase Database</a> - 4.2 Million Game Database<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-3060862240753262621?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-78057353695091377102008-10-26T18:18:00.000-07:002008-11-29T16:20:59.194-08:00Chess Training PageHere is a free site with tutorials, tactics, mating themes, lectures, openings and puzzles to play with and read through. The site has not changed in the last 4 years but is still pretty useful for being free.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.sudburychess.org.uk/chessTraining.htm">Chess Training Page</a><br /><br />Here is a list of over <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">130 Chess lessons</span> and tutorials in PDF and HTML format all in one place gathered from all over the Internet.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://franosch.org/chess/index.html">Chess Tutorials</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.chesstactics.org/">Predator at the Chessboard</a> - A field guide to chess tactics. Lots of Lessons on tactics with practical examples and quiz's. This is a really nice free site for anyone wanting to improve their tactics.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-7805735369509137710?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1399647446860316972.post-6181791036222318872008-10-25T17:08:00.000-07:002009-03-31T04:41:23.420-07:00Chess Tactics ServersHere are a couple servers that dish up chess problems that you solve with differing degrees of difficulty. You must set up an account on each but they are free.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://chess.emrald.net/index.php">Chess Tactics Server</a> - rates your ability to solve a puzzle against a clock and gives you a performance rating. 23,000 + problems and its free. The puzzles come fast and are tailored to your rating.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(The absolute plus with this site is that of the problems. Unlike Chess Tempo the problems here are mostly tactical combinations that win material or even save yourself from being mated. The problems here make this site a must for practice.)</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://chesstempo.com/">Chess Tempo</a>- also gives you a rating for solving problems and has a lot to do for free as well. 32,000 + problems here and in all honesty this site is a lot nicer looking and will give you things like the average time a problem was completed, the type of problem, along with graphs and such of your performance.<br />There are two ratings given here, one for <span style="font-style: italic;">Blitz</span> (Problems with a time limit) and <span style="font-style: italic;">Standard</span> (Just solving with no time limit) The comments section here is a lot of help as well for figuring out why a problem is solved a certain way.<br />This site now offers endgame problems as well with an Endgame Rating.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(One of the biggest problems with this site is that a lot of the problems here are mates. ( 1 in 3 problems are mates) </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">This site is the cream of the crop for anyone wanting a free place to practice Chess Tactics though. For a paid membership here one can organize, pick and choose the types and difficulty of problems to practice. For free one really can't complain at all about the offerings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If you like just working on your tactical awareness while looking at the board both of these places are for you.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.chess.com/">Chess.com Tactics Trainer</a> - If you sign up for a free account you can use <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">their</span> tactics trainer for 3 timed problems a day. This site gives you a tactics rating as well.<br />I have to say the problems here appear to be really very good.<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chess.emrald.net/index.php"></a><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://chesstempo.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1399647446860316972-618179103622231887?l=bishopsbounty.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944539688200972482noreply@blogger.com1