lichess.org
Donate

M vs. D 2.6.23

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Chapter 1
  1. CM eltenedor

Game study

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. TheoPerl96 (1314) - MykolaMykolai (1346)
  1. CM eltenedor
  2. TheoPerl96

Central Domination

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Mark Moiseevich Stolberg - Mikhail Botvinnik
  2. Bent Larsen - Efim Geller
  3. Aron Nimzowitsch - Massimiliano Romi
  1. CM eltenedor

AlphaZero vs. Human GM Games

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Kasparov's h-pawn march, Winawer French
  2. AlphaZero's h-pawn march, Winawer French
  1. CM eltenedor

Exploiting Doubled Pawns

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Mikhail Botvinnik - Samuel Reshevsky
  2. Boris Spassky - Robert James Fischer
  3. Eugenio Torre - Nona Gaprindashvili
  4. Paul Morphy - Abram Arnold
  1. CM eltenedor

Modern (Pirc) Defense Games

2 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Carlsen win w/ a6+b5
  2. Practice 5+3 game
  3. David vs. Michael sparring in person
  4. Martyn Kravtsiv - Alireza Firouzja
  1. CM eltenedor
  2. Michael2423

KIA training game with Michael

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. 12/23/22
  2. Fischer win - exploits weaknesses everywhere
  3. Movsesian miniature - Nxe5 tactic
  4. Movsesian vs. Gelfand endgame - c3, Nc4, Nxe5 tactic (again)
  1. CM eltenedor
  2. Michael2423

Game study

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. TheoPerl96 (1339) - CM eltenedor (2300)
  1. CM eltenedor
  2. TheoPerl96

Game study

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. ellva (1293) - JBARBZA (1262)
  1. CM eltenedor
  2. JBARBZA

Queenside Attacks

3 • CM eltenedor •
  1. How you can use a Qside attack to strike at the center and across the board
  2. Classic Alekhine's Gun which featured a memorable attack on the c-file
  3. The wrath of the "dragon tail" if white plays a Closed Sicilian
  4. Because it's so bizarre! But similar: Qside attack then hold off Kside attack
  1. CM eltenedor

Defending the castled king

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. !? lichess bullet instinct
  2. Vicious counterattack
  3. Evacuation
  4. Shortening the file
  1. CM eltenedor

Botvinnik playing his Botvinnik System

2 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Mikhail Botvinnik - Vitaly Sergeevich Sherbakov
  2. Mikhail Botvinnik - Berndt Soderborg
  1. CM eltenedor

Responses to KID

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Saemisch Variation
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
  4. Chapter 4
  1. CM eltenedor
  2. zorro1984

Tarrasch Defense Overview

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Karpov ties down Kasparov's pieces, creates favorable endgame
  2. A classic; isolani morphs into hanging pawns that never advance, backward pawn
  3. Isolani advances to d4 for dynamism and attacking chances
  4. Isolani provides piece activity, Spassky creates weaknesses of his own
  1. CM eltenedor

Development Lead Exploitation Examples

1 • CM eltenedor •
  1. Chapter 1
  2. Chapter 2
  1. CM eltenedor

What is modern chess?

2 • CM eltenedor •
  1. For context: 1) Romantic Era Chess, sacrifice or die trying
  2. Steinitz's "Science of Chess"...antiquated, really?!
  3. 4) Classical chess: hold center, generally principled and often subtle play
  4. 3) Hypermodern chess of early 20th: small center provocation, guerrilla warfare
  1. CM eltenedor