Attack against the uncastled king
1 • alexandra_botez •- Meesen-H.Muller 1928/9 English Opening
- Chigorin-Burn 1906 King's gambit declined
- Hansen-Lundin 1928
- white to move
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BLOCKADE & BARRIER
1 • alexandra_botez •- In chess, a blockade & barrier is one of the most basic operations.
- Example : blockade
- Example : barrier
- POSITION 1 - WHITE TO MOVE
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BREAKTHROUGH
0 • alexandra_botez •- One or more pawns are sacrificed in order to create a passed pawn & promote it.
- POSITION 1
- POSITION 2
- POSITION 3
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CHAPTER 3 : BISHOP CHECK
1 • alexandra_botez •- MAIN MOVE ORDER
- A) 5. Bd2 Bxd2+
- B) 5. Bd2 a5
- B1) 6. Bg2 dxc4
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Chapter 2- Tarrasch style
1 • alexandra_botez •- Main move order : 6
- A) 5. cxd5 Nxd5
- B) 5. cxd5 exd5
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Chapter 5: Bishop check with 5......Be7
1 • alexandra_botez •- MAIN MOVE ORDER
- A) 6. Bg2 dxc4
- B) 6. Bg2 Nbd7
- B1) 8. Qb3
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DISTRACTION
1 • alexandra_botez •- To force the enemy pieces to leave the current square.
- POSITION 1 - BLACK TO MOVE
- POSITION 2 - WHITE TO MOVE
- POSITION 3 - BLACK TO MOVE
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FIGHTING OUT THE DRAW
2 • alexandra_botez •- Example
- Position 1- white to play & draw
- Position 2- white to play & draw
- Position 3- black to play & draw
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My basic 35 principle by NM Nelson Lopez
1 • alexandra_botez •- Control the centre of the board
- Develop your pieces quickly
- Develop your knight first before developing bishop
- Don't move same piece twice in the opening
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OPPOSITION
1 • alexandra_botez •- OPPOSITION
- state of two kings standing on the same file with one square separating them.
- CLOSED OPPOSITION or DISTANT OPPOSITION
- POSITION 1- black to move
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The weakness of back rank
1 • alexandra_botez •- Example- WHITE TO MOVE
- POSITION 1 - WHITE TO MOVE
- POSITION 2 - WHITE TO MOVE
- POSITION 3 - WHITE TO MOVE
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