New Video on the Slav Defense – Part of a New 3 Part Series!

Welcome to my 3rd Beginner Chess Openings Series on the Slav Defense. My 1st and 2nd Beginner Chess Openings Series featured the “Stonewall Attack” and the “French Defense.” These three openings represent a comprehensive opening repertoire for the beginner chess player. Examining the big picture of this beginner opening system, you will find that the general ideas and pawn formations are very similar – enabling the beginner chess player to focus more on understanding general […]

Live Blitz Game on ICC – Caro-Kann Defense
Posted on February 26, 2012 by William in All Articles w/ Videos, Blitz/Bullet Chess

I opened with e4 and black played the Caro-Kann Defense – so I played 3. e5, the Advance Variation. I tried to complicate things early with an aggressive set-up in the center, although black was able to achieve a good outpost on d5. Afer 11. h4!? I think black should have played 11. …Nxe3 to exchange one of his knights off. After 12. Bg5 and 13. Ne2 black’s knights became redundant, fighting for the same […]

Beginner Chess Strategy: Maximizing Opening Play
Posted on February 25, 2012 by William in Beginner’s Corner, Chess Openings, General Chess Articles, Strategy & Game Review

Picture the following scenario: a chess player sits down at the board, shakes your hand and says good luck, and starts blitzing out the first 15 moves in 5 minutes even though you each have 60 minutes for the entire game. Meanwhile, you take a good 25 minutes for these same 15 moves and achieve a healthy advantage out of the opening. This same opponent probably moves this fast against everyone all the time, especially […]

OnlineChessLessons.NET announces new features
Posted on February 24, 2012 by William in Non-Chess related

Ww are proud to announce that after months of work, our video search page and our tournaments page are finally complete. I invite you to watch the video our webmaster, Freddy Lansky, has done outlining the features. Follow William for fresh daily updates: Follow @OnlineChessLess Chess Master Will Stewart specializes in Chess Coaching Online who maintains a daily updated Chess Blog with videos.

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