Posts Tagged ‘Defense’
Chess Openings: Petrov Defense
The Petrov Defense is a chess opening that looks to mirror white’s first two opening moves in hope for a usually drawish game. Black has to be careful though as it is unsound for him to continue to mirror the moves after white captures black’s pawn. In this video we take a look at the [...]
Chess Openings: Kings Indian Defense
The Kings Indian Defense is a very common and strong defense from black that looks to fortify his king side safety and then counter attack white’s central control of the board. This is not an aggressive defense from black but still very effective and seen quite often at high level play. www.thechesswebsite.com Chess Software used [...]
Chess Opening: Philidor Defense 3…Nd7
Sorry about the opening rant. All these Olympic slideshows are getting very annoying, especially the ones that get you to click by promising real footage. It’s the deception I’m opposed to. Yes, I realized the irony: my videos are slideshows of chess positions :-p This is a discussion of the early tactics in the Philidor [...]
Chess Opening: Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense: Tarrasch’s Trap
This is a discussion of a trap in the Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense. This is an important trap to know because it shows what happens if Black tries to hold the center in the Steinitz. When Tarrasch beat Marco in 1892, it signaled the beginning of the end for the Old Steinitz Defense. Today the [...]
Chess Opening: Ruy Lopez, Neo-Steinitz Defense, 5.d4
This is an exploration of the Neo-Steinitz Defense to the Ruy Lopez, 3…a6 4.Ba4 d6. In this video we look at White’s attempt to immediately establish himself in the center with 5.d4. Against the Old Steinitz, we saw that White could force Black to give up the center( www.youtube.com ). Does the inclusion of …a6 [...]