The Basic Principles of the Closed Sicilian for White – IM Attila Turzo
Posted on November 07,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. The rook is a very powerful piece with as large a range as the bishop, but it is even stronger because of the possibility to access to any square of any color. The rook moves horizontally or vertically through any number of unoccupied squares. Its relative value is equal to five pawns, and a pair of Rooks are more or less equal to the queen. Any final preference always depends to the position. If the queen is supported with minor pieces and leads[…]
Playing With Isolated Pawns in the Game
Posted on November 06,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. A pawn is isolated if it does not have friendly pawns on the adjacent files. Strategically, an isolated pawn is a weakness. It can’t be defended by other pawns and always needs high attention. We are forced to protect the isolated pawn with our pieces and they become restricted while the opponent can place his forces comfortably. Another problem of the isolated pawn is the square in front of the pawn, which may become a great place for the oppone[…]
How to Face Unorthodox Openings – GM Eugene Perelshteyn
Posted on November 05,2014 By OnlineChessLessons.NET Contributor in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Trounce the unorthodox players! This game features the unorthodox opening 3.b3 against an attempted KID opening. Eugene looks at why use unorthodox moves and why they are not played by GMs, and explains the reasons for both. When faced with such moves, we need to find the weaknesses that have been created and form our strategy around it. Beginners will derive some benefit from this Chess Lecture, but intermediate and advanced players will find it[…]
Playing Weak Pawns in the Endgame
Posted on November 04,2014 By FM Kevin Trujillo in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. This discussion applies to weak pawns in the middle game just as much as weak pawns in the endgame. A weak pawn is one that cannot be defended by another pawn. These types of weaknesses must be handled differently depending on the stage of the game we are in. In the middle game, the activity of the pieces is the most important thing, but when pieces start to get traded off, positional factors start to become more important. For example, in positi[…]
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Weak pawns are deadly.