Caro Kann with g4-g5

12 Feb 2013, Kuala Lumpur – In the 2012 Philippine Championships, young Filipino player Giovanni Mejia, 14 years old, FIDE rating - 1932 scored a brilliant win against GM Oliver Barbosa.

The game started as a Caro-Kann opening but things turned topsy turvy for the grandmaster when young Giovanni unleashed 18. Rdg1!, an improvement over the passive 18.Qe2 which Barbosa used against Le Quang Liem in 2011. Play the game below to see how the game turn out for white. Giovanni Mejia played with the white pieces.

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White played 32.Qd7+, black resigned as white checkmates in two.

King’s Indian Defence At No.1 Chess Opening

15 Nov 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Based on the trends of chess openings as played by international masters and grandmasters in September 2012 as researched by Chess magazine November 2012, the following are the top twenty chess openings:-

Ranking Number	Chess Opening	Number of games
1	King’s Indian Defence	129
2	Slav Defence	122
3	Nimzo Indian Defence	108
4	Caro-Kann Defence	89
5	Reti Opening	82
6	Sicilian, Najdorf Variation	68
7	Grunfeld, Classical Variation	67
8	Semi-Slav Defence	64
9	Queen’s Gambit Declined	62
10	Sicilian, Kan Variation	58
11	English, 1 c4 Nf6	55
12	English, 1 c4 e5	55
13	Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence	52
14	English, 1 c4 c5	50
15	Queen’s Indian Defence	50
16	Queen’s Pawn, 1 d4 Nf6	49
17	Sicilian, 2 Nf3 d6 sidelines	45
18	English, 1 c4 e6	41
19	French, Tarrasch Variation	41
20	Sicilian, 2 Nf3 deviations	39

(source: Chess Magazine, Volume 77 No.8 November 2012)

Torre Attack by Mihail Marin

9 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – An opening article on the Torre Attack – King’s Indian by Mihail Marin of Chessbase Magazine.

Chess Videos – Nimzo Indian Defense

6 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here is a two-part video lecture by GM Henrik Danielsen on chess improvement in the Nimzo Indian Defense courtesy of chessdom.com.

GM Henrik Danielsen highlights the 4th key in the Nimzo Indian defense. The video is in two parts showing deep analysis of a side variation, and also refutes some of the main theory in the line.

Note: If you have not seen the previous videos, make sure to check them out, for your convenience they are added right below the two new episodes.

Links:

a. Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News;

b. Chessdom.com.

Chess Video On King’s Indian Attack

7 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Let’s try something new on this blog. Here is a chess opening video called the King’s Indian Attack presented by jrobichess.com.

Youtube.com: click here.
Hope you will enjoy it.

Chess Opening Articles

4 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – For the beginner in chess, here are an index of chess opening articles found from the internet, courtesy of Wikipedia. Simply click on the topics to access the chess articles. Happy reading!

 

Opening articles

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Alapin's Opening ^talk - Alapin-Diemer Gambit ^talk - Albin Countergambit ^talk - Alekhine's Defence ^talk - Amar Opening ^talk - Anderssen's Opening ^talk -

[edit]B

Balogh Defense ^talk - Baltic Defense ^talk - Barnes Opening ^talk - Benko Gambit ^talk - Benko's Opening ^talk - Benoni Defense ^talk - Berlin Defence ^talk - Bird's Opening ^talk - Bishop's Opening^talk - Black Knights' Tango ^talk - Blackburne Shilling Gambit ^talk - Blackmar-Diemer Gambit ^talk - Blumenfeld Gambit ^talk - Bogo-Indian Defence ^talk - Budapest Gambit ^talk -

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Cambridge Springs Defense ^talk - Caro-Kann Defence ^talk - Catalan Opening ^talk - Center Game ^talk - Chekhover Sicilian ^talk - Chess opening ^talk - Chess opening theory table ^talk - Chigorin Defense ^talk - Clemenz Opening ^talk - Closed Game ^talk - Colle System ^talk -

[edit]D

Damiano Defence ^talk - Danish Gambit ^talk - Diemer-Duhm Gambit ^talk - Desprez Opening ^talk - Dunst Opening ^talk - Durkin Opening ^talk - Dutch Defence ^talk -

[edit]E

East Indian Defence ^talk - Elephant Gambit ^talk - Elephant Trap ^talk - English Defence ^talk - English Opening ^talk - Englund Gambit ^talk - Evans Gambit ^talk - Exchange variation ^talk -

[edit]F

Falkbeer Countergambit ^talk - Fischer Defense ^talk - Flank opening ^talk - Fool's mate ^talk - Four Knights Game ^talk - Four Pawns Attack ^talk - Frankenstein-Dracula Variation ^talk - French Defence ^talk - Fried Liver Attack ^talk -

[edit]G

Giuoco Piano ^talk - Greco Defence ^talk - Grob's Attack ^talk - Grünfeld Defence ^talk - Grünfeld Defence, Nadanian Variation ^talk - Gunderam Defense ^talk -

[edit]H

Halloween Gambit ^talk - Halosar Trap ^talk - Hedgehog (chess) ^talk - Hippopotamus Defence ^talk - Hungarian Defense ^talk -

[edit]I

Indian Defence ^talk - Inverted Hungarian Opening ^talk - Irish Gambit ^talk - Irregular chess opening ^talk - Italian Gambit ^talk - Italian Game ^talk -

[edit]J

Jerome Gambit ^talk -

[edit]K

Keres Defence ^talk - Kieninger Trap ^talk - King's Gambit ^talk - King's Knight Opening ^talk - King's Indian Attack ^talk - King's Indian Defence ^talk - King's Indian Defence, Four Pawns Attack ^talk- King's Pawn Game ^talk - Kingston Defence ^talk - Konstantinopolsky Opening ^talk -

[edit]L

Larsen's Opening ^talk - Lasker Trap ^talk - Latvian Gambit ^talk - Légal Trap ^talk - List of chess gambits ^talk - List of chess openings ^talk - List of chess openings named after animals ^talk - List of chess openings named after people ^talk - List of chess openings named after places ^talk - List of chess traps ^talk - London System ^talk - Lopez Opening ^talk -

[edit]M

Magnus Smith Trap ^talk - Maróczy Bind ^talk - Marshall Defense ^talk - Marshall Gambit ^talk - Marshall Trap ^talk - Max Lange Attack ^talk - Mieses Opening ^talk - Modern Chess Openings ^talk -Modern Defense ^talk - Monkey's Bum ^talk - Monticelli Trap ^talk - Mortimer Trap ^talk -

[edit]N

Napoleon Opening ^talk - Neo-Indian Attack ^talk - Nimzo-Indian Defence ^talk - Nimzowitsch Defence ^talk - Noah's Ark Trap ^talk -

[edit]O

Old Indian Defense ^talk - Open Game ^talk - Opening book ^talk - Owen's Defence ^talk -

[edit]P

Parham Attack ^talk - Petrov's Defence ^talk - Philidor Defence ^talk - Pirc Defence ^talk - Pirc Defence, Austrian Attack ^talk - Poisoned Pawn Variation ^talk - Polish Defense ^talk - Ponziani Opening ^talk - Portuguese Opening ^talk -

[edit]Q

Queen's Gambit ^talk - Queen's Gambit Accepted ^talk - Queen's Gambit Declined ^talk - Queen's Indian Defense ^talk - Queen's Knight Defense ^talk - Queen's Pawn Game ^talk -

[edit]R

Réti Opening ^talk - Rice Gambit ^talk - Richter-Veresov Attack ^talk - Rousseau Gambit ^talk - Rubinstein Trap ^talk - Ruy Lopez ^talk - Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation ^talk - Ruy Lopez, Tarrasch Trap ^talk -

[edit]S

St. George Defence ^talk - Saragossa Opening ^talk - Scandinavian Defense ^talk - Scholar's mate ^talk - Scotch Game ^talk - Semi-Closed Game ^talk - Semi-Open Game ^talk - Semi-Slav Defense^talk - Siberian Trap ^talk - Sicilian Defence ^talk - Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon ^talk - Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation ^talk - Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation ^talk - Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation ^talk - Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation ^talk - Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9.Bc4 ^talk - Slav Defense ^talk - Smith-Morra Gambit ^talk - Sokolsky Opening ^talk -Staunton Gambit ^talk - Steinitz Variation ^talk - Stonewall Attack ^talk - Symmetrical Defense ^talk -

[edit]T

Tarrasch Defense ^talk - Three Knights Opening ^talk - Torre Attack ^talk - Trompowsky Attack ^talk - Two Knights Defense ^talk -

[edit]U

[edit]V

Van 't Kruijs Opening ^talk - Vienna Game ^talk -

[edit]W

Wade Defence ^talk - Ware Opening ^talk - Wing Gambit ^talk - Vienna Game, Würzburger Trap ^talk -

[edit]X

[edit]Y

[edit]Z

Zukertort Opening ^talk -

 

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_chess_articles)

Benoni Defence Video!

17 October 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Let’s learn the Benoni Defence with jrobichess.com. Enjoy the chess opening video!

An opening strategy used by black to have a strong attack against white queen pawn openings. The Benoni Defence and variations have been used by the likes of Bobby Fischer and Kasparov to name a few.

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Reti Opening Video

16 October 2010, Kuala Lumpur  – Let’s start learning a new chess opening for the beginner chess player. Let’s try the Reti Opening. This is an opening that stonemaster likes to use in his game.

The Reti Opening is a very flexible chess opening that can transpire into other common openings for white. Instead of controlling the center with pawns, white looks to use his minor pieces to put pressure on the center.

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Chess Software used in the video can be found at http://www.chesscentral.com andhttp://www.chessok.com

Category:

Education

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• openings
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A little trap in the Reti Opening to be aware of. Try the chess video below.

 

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Learn Sicilian Defence – Open Sicilian

12 September 2010, Kuala Lumpur – One of the most popular openings is chess is the Sicilian Defence. Here is a chess video from Youtube! based on jrobichess.com videos. Have a go with the chess video and learn something new from the video.

 

The second video below is the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence which is also another popular chess openings and useful to learn. Have a go with the second video below. Have fun!

 

Chess Notes On Slav Defence

8 August 2010, Kuala Lumpur – Found an interesting news article on Slav Defence in the internet.

Below is the game from the US Junior Championship which was annotated by GM Patrick Wolff, a two time US Champion.

Shankland Zhao US Junior Championship 2010 Slav Defense

Shankland Zhao	Shankland Zhao
White Black	White Black
1. d4 d5	19. Bc1 Rad8
2. c4 c6	20. Bf3 Bf8 (f)
3. Nf3 Nf6	21. Rhg1 Nc4
4. e3 Bg4	22. e4! dxe4
5. Qb3 Qb6	23. Nxe4 Qb4
6. Nc3 e6	24. Ka1 Nb6? (g)
7. Nh4 Be7	25. Bxh5! gxh5
8. h3 Bh5	26. Nf6+! gxf6
9. g4 Bg6	27. gxf6+ Kh8
10. Nxg6 hxg6	28. Rg5 Rd5
11. Bg2 (a) Nbd7	29. Rdg1 Rxg5
12. g5! Nh5	30. Rxg5 Qb5 (h)
13. h4 Qc7 (b)	31. Rxb5 cxb5
14. cxd5 exd5	32. a3 b4
15. Qc2 Qd6 (c)	33. Qd1 b3
16. Bd2 O-O (d)	34. Qxb3 (i) Re1
17. O-O-O (e) Nb6	35. Qxf7 Rxc1+
18. Kb1 Rfe8	36. Ka2 (j) 1-0