This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical idea by Bobby Fischer in a match he played against W. Birch in 1963.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
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.
Explores the Ruy Lopez Classical Defence opening (ECO C64). The video includes a match between Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz in the Chess World Championship rematch in 1896.
The Danish Gambit opening allows for rapid attack development for white. This video explores the book line moves, along with possible counter-play by black.
Exploring the Alekhine's Defence played by black in countering the king's pawn opening, one of the most common openings used by white in online and over-the-board play.
This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.
This video explores a chess match that highlights some flaws in my positional analysis that I had to overcome in the mid-1400's rating range in order to improve my overall game. Seemingly small positional mistakes can be costly.
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical line by V. Anand in a match he played against A. Morozevich in 2007.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a very interesting and crushing tactical line by Paul Morphy in a match he played against Louis Paulsen in New York, 1857.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.
Explores the Evans Gambit Opening book lines with possible variations. The video includes a match of Bobby Fischer's that highlights the use of the gambit.
I came across this little tip from Josh Waitzkin's segments on Chessmaster 10 and found it pretty interesting. I had previously calculated every move in my head for end-games, and this will save a fair amount of time. Hope you find it usefull if you haven't come across it yet.
![Chess Traps #3: King\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/bbKnggvrbfk/2.jpg "Chess Traps #3: King\")
