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Albin Counter-Gambit – IM Andrew Martin

Albin Counter-Gambit – IM Andrew Martin

Posted on September 05,2014 By FM Charlie Storey in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Tremendous pressure with The Albin Gambit! In this ‘Foxy’ promotion DVD IM Martin examines The Albin Counter-Gambit and calls it “A Gambit that White must accept if it is to try and get any sort of advantage at all”. The famous Albin Trap is shown and White gets punished by Black’s rapid activity. In section 2 IM Martin talks about 5.a3 and Black’s 5…f6 Gambit is the pushed solution; Black’s activity becomes worthy of the sacrificed Pawn and wi[…]

Using and Defeating Blocking Pawn Structures

Posted on September 04,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. Placing pawns to make an opponent’s pieces passive is a very strong strategic weapon. Classical blocking pawn structures that limit the opponent’s pieces are normally built in the center, as we see on the example board, but we can generally create them anywhere. In this example, knight f6 and bishop b7 are pressuring the e4 pawn and the d5 central square, but it is useless for now. Furthermore, the knight does not have the g4 square and only corn[…]

Weapon for Black – IM Bill Paschall

Posted on September 03,2014 By FM Charlie Storey in Strategy & Game Review, Chess Openings, All Articles w/ Videos, General Chess Articles. Trusted weapon for Black! A surprising move at move 2 when playing Black can be a dangerous weapon. Bill shows that 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6! can catch anyone off guard especially if they are below 2400 level. After 2…Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 is examined and Bill shows Black’s plan and ideas against White’s main moves and ideas. Later, 4.Nf3 g6 is looked at and the main idea of when and when not to play c4 (attacking the knight) is examined. “c4 and Be2 do not[…]

Good Bishop, Bad Bishop

Posted on September 02,2014 By GM Levan Aroshidze in Strategy & Game Review, General Chess Articles, Beginner’s Corner. A bishop is bad if its movement is severely restricted, usually by one’s own pawns blocking the color of squares on which it can move. Conversely, a bishop is good if a player’s own pawns are on the other color of squares from the bishop. A player with only one bishop should generally place his pawns on squares of the color that the bishop cannot move to. This creates good chemistry between the bishop and the pawns, and also allows the player to[…]

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