2022 – AStal chess locus

Greatly missed opportunities with black vs much better players. Lessons learned from OTB classical chess.

Post published:22nd November 2022
Post category:Games Puzzles
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Three examples with black against opponents 250-350 points higher. I 've started playing classical chess in September 2021 for the very first time in my life. I played 39 games in 15 months. Previously, I had been occasionally playing online only, and mostly blitz. I played a few classical games…

King’s Indian Defence – Hikaru Nakamura and Garry Kasparov games. Masters of the KID

Post published:24th May 2022
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This is the initial set-up of the King's Indian Defence. and this is the mainline after 4 moves. Here, I have gathered 15 games in chronological order (from 2011 to 2020) that Hikaru Nakamura played King's Indian Defence. Mostly as black, and a few as white. He did that with…

King’s Indian Defence 1571 vs 1773: draw (game 21)

Post published:12th May 2022
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A very closed game! White cramped black, but didn't manage to get a winning position out of this. Draw agreed after move 54. Game code: 21.KO2.11.05.22.w.1571.1773.0.5 Final position: Full game on lichess.org: https://lichess.org/45WAblCR Analysis on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/4CwC1GEFVp

Endgame tactics: Lucena position (free pdf, video, lichess.org link to practice)

Post published:5th April 2022
Post category:Endgame
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The Lucena position is the most famous endgame position. It is as follows. It is winning for white (with a pawn and a rook vs a rook), but only if white knows what they are doing. I give you the position and some goodies: A free pdf with 5 pages…