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  • [ May 2, 2018 ] GM Shankland Meeting a Flank Attack with Counter-play in the Center ADVANCED
  • [ July 14, 2017 ] GM Sam Shankland: Concrete Calculation and Opening Sacrifices ADVANCED
  • [ July 6, 2017 ] IM Arthur Shen: How to Use Your Minor Pieces  ADVANCED
  • [ June 6, 2017 ] GM Bryan Smith: Wesley So’s Capablanca-esque Play – and Near Disaster ADVANCED
  • [ May 30, 2017 ] IM Michael Bodek: Exploiting the Overprotected King ADVANCED
  • [ May 27, 2017 ] IM Alex Ostrovskiy: How To Study Openings – Caro-Kann Secrets Revealed in action! ADVANCED
  • [ May 26, 2017 ] Wesley So has an amazing win against Sergey Karjakin ADVANCED
  • [ May 25, 2017 ] GM Bryan Smith: They Can Only Take One At A Time ADVANCED
  • [ May 18, 2017 ] GM Sam Shankland: Restricting Counterplay in a Superior Position Part 2 ADVANCED
  • [ May 17, 2017 ] GM Bryan Smith: Cumulative Inaccuracies ADVANCED
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GM Shankland Meeting a Flank Attack with Counter-play in the Center

May 2, 2018 admin 0 admin

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

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GM Sam Shankland: Concrete Calculation and Opening Sacrifices

July 14, 2017 admin 0 admin

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

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IM Arthur Shen: How to Use Your Minor Pieces 

July 6, 2017 admin 0 admin

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

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GM Bryan Smith: Wesley So’s Capablanca-esque Play – and Near Disaster

June 6, 2017 admin 0 admin

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

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IM Michael Bodek: Exploiting the Overprotected King

May 30, 2017 admin 0 admin

  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

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IM Alex Ostrovskiy: How To Study Openings – Caro-Kann Secrets Revealed in action!

May 27, 2017 admin 0 admin

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

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Wesley So has an amazing win against Sergey Karjakin

May 26, 2017 admin 0 admin
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GM Bryan Smith: They Can Only Take One At A Time

May 25, 2017 admin 0 admin

  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

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GM Sam Shankland: Restricting Counterplay in a Superior Position Part 2

May 18, 2017 admin 0 admin

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

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GM Bryan Smith: Cumulative Inaccuracies

May 17, 2017 admin 0 admin

  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

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