In this article we will investigate meeting a flank attack with counterplay in the center. In general, a lot of chess revolves around one’s ability to advance their own agenda and make it more important … Read More
Welcome back readers! For my third article, I would like to talk about concrete calculation with respect to sacrificed material early in the game. This theme can come up in any number of openings. One … Read More
Everyone knows that bishops and knights are both worth about 3 pawns (with some arguing that bishops are worth a bit more). Their actual worth can vary depending on the position. For instance, in closed … Read More
In the recently-concluded Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan, the newly-crowned U.S. champion, Wesley So, finished tied for second. In the sixth round, he played a fantastic endgame to defeat Sergei Karjakin – extracting pure spring … Read More
Many perpetual checks occur when there are not enough defenders around a weak king. However these examples will focus on the opposite: when there are too many defenders around a king, which make it so … Read More
Modern chess literature is facing an explosion of constant opening books. It seems almost every week a new monograph is released detailing how to confront some defense or another. At the same time, titled players … Read More
In a French Team Championship game against International Master Sebastien Cossin, top player Maxime Vachier Lagrave created an aesthetic illustration of Mikhail Tal’s quote (about his sacrifices) – “They can only take one of … Read More
For my second article, I would like to continue along with the theme of restricting counterplay in a superior position. As I pointed out previously, this is a relatively simple concept to grasp, but it … Read More
This week I will show a couple of instructive excerpts from my games from a small local tournament, the Bruce Alberston Memorial, which took place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on March 22nd. In the … Read More
