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2013 Alekhine Memorial – GM Levon Aronian vs GM Ding Liren
Posted on April 23,2013 By GM Damien Lemos in Tournament Updates. In this video GM Damien Lemos analyzes the 1st round of the Alekhine Memorial between Grand Masters Ding Liren and Levon Aronian. We’ll see a Slav defense, Chebanenko variation, where you’ll see a weird pawn structure. White, with more space and a strong centre, increases his advantage to eventually win by sacrificing a bishop at kingside. Follow OnlineChessLessons.NET for fresh daily updates: Follow @OnlineChessLess Grandmaster Damien Lemos is a[…]

Win with the Sicilian Defense – Blitz Chess
Posted on April 23,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings. My opponent opened the game with a line similar to the Rossolimo Variation involving an early Bb5 against my Sicilian Defense, however I think he played a suboptimal move early in the game by recapturing with Nxd4 instead of Qxd4. I believe it is considered better to take with the queen because it discourages black from playing a6 due to ideas like Bxd7+ Bxd7 Qb6 – where white clamps black’s queenside. After 6. Bxa4? (white had to take 6. Bxd7+ t[…]

Insane Blitz Chess
Posted on April 21,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings. My opponent sacrificed a pawn for development very early in the game, but his set-up was awkward and I don’t think he received enough compensation. I tried to play solidly to consolidate the extra pawn, and my opponent sacrificed more material – quickly leading to a won position for black. Follow William for fresh daily updates: Follow @OnlineChessLess National Master Will Stewart specializes in Online Chess Classes and maintains a daily updated […]

How to Play the 4 Knights Opening – Live Blitz
Posted on April 16,2013 By William in Strategy & Game Review, Blitz/Bullet Chess. In this live blitz chess video, I opened with 1. c4 and ended up playing the 4 Knights Opening – however black had misplaced his dark-squared bishop on b4 so I was able to take advantage of this with a rapid Nd5, leading to either a space advantage for white or the game continuation where white obtained the 2 bishops. The game followed with relatively normal development and I proceeded to try to open lines for my bishops to influence more of the […]

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