Seize the Window for Counterplay
Review | 2 months ago
The Queen's Indian Defense (in this game reached via my 1.c4) is a line where White enjoys a variety of ways to play for a small, stable edge. This game is NOT one of those instances, though! :) In the old main line with 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2, something goes wrong...
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In Memory: Daniel Naroditsky's Striking Queen Sacrifice (Game 2)
Podcast | 3 months ago
The first annual Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz: https://www.cltccf.org/naroditskymemorial Special thanks to the Charlotte Chess Center. For more information about the purpose and goals of The Naroditsky Memorial & Fellowship Endowment, please see FM Pet...
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Blitz Chess: Why Momentum Wins Games
Review | 3 months ago
My goals in this series are to 1) stay even or ahead of my opponents on the clock, and 2) trust my decision-making. Follow along as I try to avoid perfectionist tendencies and apply pressure with the ultimate equalizer in competitive chess: the clock! #Ches...
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How to Create and Use Tension in Chess
Guide | 3 months ago
Review this game on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/168719901312 Chapters: 0:00 Game 1 2:53 Game 2 20:24 Analysis ♛ My 3...Qa5 Scandinavian Course ➡️ https://chessiverse.com/courses/scandi 🤖 My new project, Chessiverse! Play 500+ human-like ches...
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How I think about the QGA
Guide | 3 months ago
The Queen's Gambit Accepted (aka the "QGA" - 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4) is an opening I've always felt to be underrated. In this 10+2 game my opponent attempts to hang onto the c4 pawn, and it's instructive to understand how White ought to exploit this strategy. I ...
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Never Question a Hot Streak
Review | 4 months ago
My goals in this series are to 1) stay even or ahead of my opponents on the clock, and 2) trust my decision-making. Follow along as I try to avoid perfectionist tendencies and apply pressure with the ultimate equalizer in competitive chess: the clock! #Ches...
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One Year with my Startup! Strategic Duel in the English Opening (1.c4)
Review | 4 months ago
Play 1000+ human-like bots: https://www.chessiverse.com White typically plays the English Opening (1.c4) in hopes of a controlled edge in a slower, strategic game. Black has many viable replies (1...c5, 1...e5, 1...Nf6, 1...e6 1...c6, etc.), and here agains...
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Facing Lower-Rated Opponents: Think Wide, Not Narrow
Review | 4 months ago
Review this game on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/168719901312 Chapters: 0:00 Game 14:00 Analysis ♛ My 3...Qa5 Scandinavian Course ➡️ https://chessiverse.com/courses/scandi 🤖 My new project, Chessiverse! Play 500+ human-like chess bots: ➡️ htt...
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Wreak Havoc with Your Unopposed Bishop
Review | 4 months ago
I often like to meet the Closed Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3) with 2...a6, a move order recommended by GM Johan Hellsten in his excellent book "Play the Sicilian Kan." Black plans a quick ...b7-b5 and fianchetto of the light-square bishop to b7. White may fianch...
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Inspiration is Perishable
Review | 4 months ago
My goals in this series are to 1) stay even or ahead of my opponents on the clock, and 2) trust my decision-making. Follow along as I try to avoid perfectionist tendencies and apply pressure with the ultimate equalizer in competitive chess: the clock! #Ches...
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What Does it Mean to "Play for Two Results"?
Review | 4 months ago
Review this game on Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/168110559764 Chapters: 0:00 Game 20:38 Analysis ♛ My 3...Qa5 Scandinavian Course ➡️ https://chessiverse.com/courses/scandi 🤖 My new project, Chessiverse! Play 500+ human-like chess bots: ➡️ htt...
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My take on a Bent Larsen hobbyhorse
Review | 4 months ago
The trailblazing Danish Grandmaster, Bent Larsen, was fond of swapping a fianchettoed bishop for an enemy knight (e.g. Bxc6!? or ...Bxf3!?). The idea is to double the opponent's pawns and block up/exercise control of the center. In this game I gave the conc...
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