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By using strong examples, GM Var Akobian demonstrates how players have the stealthiness of preparing or interposing moves that can not prevent the inevitable.
For beginners to masters, the dynamic duo of Sara Herman (@zefcatt) and GM Denes Boros provide the knockout content for Monday night's Beginner Breakdown and Monday Masterclass.
Grandmaster Denes Boros substitutes for Road to 2000, and his class is all about bad bishops.
2024.11.26
Guha Mitrabha vs Edvin Trost, Teplice Open (2023): E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2675856
Pavel Tregubov vs Nils Grandelius, World Blitz Championship (2016): E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1857089
Grandmaster Denes Boros proclaims his love for pure classical (long time control) chess.
2024.11.20
Leonid Yudasin vs Jeroen Piket, m NED vs ISR 30' ICC (1995): C55 Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1109014
See what happens when your prep goes wrong against one of the world's best
Sara Herman gives a general overview of what is a weakness...especially with pawns.
Sara Herman defines "pawn chains" for chess beginners
Sara Herman explains the benefits of bishops versus the knights
Sara Herman talks about how pawns move and defend for chess beginners
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