Dutch chessmasters ‘Hans Böhm’ and ‘Robin Swinkels’ take up a chess match 4 meters below sealevel having stingrays and fish as their spectators!
Archive for May, 2010
Underwater chess Curacao
Chess Traps- Lasker Trap
Today we look a chess trap called the Lasker Trap which comes from the Albin Countergambit against white’s Queen’s Gambit. If white is not careful than he can find himself in a lot of pain very quickly and with the help of an underpromotion on the 7th move, black can have the white king running all over the board. It’s a great trap for black.
Chess Openings- Smith Morra Gambit
The Smith Morra Gambit is a sharp and aggressive line for white against the very popular Sicilian Defense. Most players that play e4 run into the Sicilian and if they want to get out of book lines and take an aggressive approach the Smith Morra Gambit is a great way to go. www.thechesswebsite.com
Chess Opening: Four Knights’ Game 4.Bc4 Nxe4
Chess Opening Lecture: A discussion of Black’s chances with the Fork Trick in the Four Knights’ Game… How to remove your opponent’s advantage when he plays 4.Bc4!
Grandmaster Chess Blunders #1: Can you spot the mistake?
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess blunders. Even at the top levels of chess mistakes are made, which helps keep the game exciting! This particular video features a line played in a game between Nigel Short and Peter Nielson in the 2008 Olympiad. The full game PGN is available on my blog at www.jrobichess.com
World Chess Championship 2010: Anand vs. Topalov – Game 9
www.jrobichess.com http – Twitter Visit my personal web site www.jrobichess.com for a variety of free chess resources and training materials. This video series will cover the 2010 World Chess Championship taking place in Sofia between the current champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger Veselin Topalov. For this series I will be focusing mainly on my impressions of the games as they take place, as opposed to detailed computer analysis. The game PGN’s will be placed on my blog and I encourage you to analyze the games and post your thoughts on the lines and the action that goes down on the 64 square battlefield.
World Chess Championship 2010: Topalov vs. Anand – Game 8
www.jrobichess.com http – Twitter Visit my personal web site www.jrobichess.com for a variety of free chess resources and training materials. This video series will cover the 2010 World Chess Championship taking place in Sofia between the current champion Viswanathan Anand and the challenger Veselin Topalov. For this series I will be focusing mainly on my impressions of the games as they take place, as opposed to detailed computer analysis. The game PGN’s will be placed on my blog and I encourage you to analyze the games and post your thoughts on the lines and the action that goes down on the 64 square battlefield.