Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his King's Pawn opening versus Bent Larsen's French Defence. The match was played in 1971 in Denver, with Fischer winning.
Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at one of his defences against the King's Pawn opening. The match was played in 1966 in Santa Monica against Wolfgang Unzicker.
Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical play in a four knights game. The match was played in 1955 against Ames.
This video series is going to focus on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a tactical line used by William Steinitz against Johannes Hermann Zukertort in the first World Chess Championship played in 1866.
A look at the book lines for the Scandinavian Defence played by black, exploring variations and also including a grandmaster game between Karpov and Larsen for illustration.
An opening strategy used by black to have a strong attack against white queen pawn openings. The Benoni Defence and variations have been used by the likes of Bobby Fischer and Kasparov to name a few.
Explores the Ruy Lopez Classical Defence opening (ECO C64). The video includes a match between Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz in the Chess World Championship rematch in 1896.
The Danish Gambit opening allows for rapid attack development for white. This video explores the book line moves, along with possible counter-play by black.
Explores the Evans Gambit Opening book lines with possible variations. The video includes a match of Bobby Fischer's that highlights the use of the gambit.
Exploring the Alekhine's Defence played by black in countering the king's pawn opening, one of the most common openings used by white in online and over-the-board play.
This video explores the Mortimer Trap which is attributed to the player James Mortimer. This trap can be played by black in the Ruy Lopez opening. If white falls for the trap, the white player will be subject to a positional nightmare.
This video explores the chess tactic triangulation, a technique that allows you to obtain the opposition from the same position at the cost of a tempo. The video contains basic examples, leading up to the technique being used at the grandmaster level of play.
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical idea by Bobby Fischer in a match he played against W. Birch in 1963.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
Explores the Ruy Lopez Cozio Defence opening (ECO C60). This defence is a hard one to find solid information on as it is the least explored of the Ruy Lopez variations.
This video explores the Magnus Smith Trap, coined after the three time Canadian Chess Champion Magnus Smith. It's a trap that white can play in the Sozin (also known as Fischer variation) of the Sicilian Defence.
This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.
This video explores a chess match that highlights the importance of looking for positional possibilities and capitalizing on your opponent's positional mistakes.
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