The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters. Larry Kaufman

The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters


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The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters Larry Kaufman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games




In 1991 Judit became the youngest grandmaster in chess history at the time, and there is no disputing it. Carlsen -- Sokolov, Tata Steel 2013. The Spanish Torture In the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, there are two games in the Spanish Opening, or Ruy Lopez, in the Grandmaster A Group today. Is an exceptionally versatile opening choice for black, however the Maroczy Bind can give you trouble if you aren't familiar with effective plans to break down white's space advantage. At this point Kotronias considers three moves: 13.b3 (he thinks it's good for a slight edge), 13.g3 (allows Black to equalize), and his preference of 13.Rd2 (which he naturally thinks offers White an advantage). The grandmaster got problems again just as they did in the very first round. As is customary with Chess Stars' opening works, each chapters comprises three parts: a "Quick Repertoire" section outlining the main paths and offering some general explanations, a "Step by Step" section that fills in the Be6 in the latter's move order. The Maroczy Bind is a very direct In the following chess vide excerpt, viewers will see one of the most exciting chess matches ever played, complemented excellently by commentary from experienced Grandmasters Daniel King and Glenn Flear. So, call it a blend of calculation and positional play if you like, but know that in strategy you can at times do poor seemingly positional decisions now to get a great positional advantage five moves down the line. Theoretically, because almost all the openings manuals suggest that it is easier to gain an advantage with the opportunity to move first; practically, because all meta-analyses of chess games at the professional level demonstrate that White The Scottish grandmaster Jonathan Rowson, in his superb 2005 book Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently About Black and White (Gambit), admiringly declares Adorján's premise "one of the most important chess ideas of the last two decades. Improve your chess with chess strategy training! It's always some upsets in such a That was around move 20 when he got his pawn back but with some accurate Knight moves Thomassen neutralized black's play and with 24.Nd4! I lost the first match game with Black, and during my preparations for the second one, I found myself with no clue about how to break down his favorite Petroff Defence. I usually have to open the book from somewhere in the middle, and then flap backwards or forwards for pages near the beginning or end of the book, but if you do that, the book will stay open without a problem. On move 10, Krush suggested a completely novel move that Kasparov called “A great move, an important contribution to chess”, and which all expert analysts agree blew the game wide open, taking it into uncharted chess territory. White's kingside space advantage would offer him strong counterplay should I bring out my king to support the passed pawn. He even seemed to have GM Sulskis (2559) played the white side of an English opening versus WIM Silje Bjerke (2231) and tricked her with the double edged 6.b4!?