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Sharpen your chess-sense with IM Watson March 11, 2014    John Watson Trompowsky Attack #8   FREE Preview | FULL Show IM John Watson, with his video course, helps us build a strong and efficient repertoire of openings, for White and for Black. In this series John teaches us how to use the Trompovsky Attack. After 1.d4 Nf6, instead of playing the very common moves 2.c4 or 2.Nf3, White plays 2.Bg5, sidestepping the endless amount of opening theory that has been written about the Indian Defences, such as the Queen's Indian, the Nimzo-Indian, the King's Indian, as well as the Grunfeld. Study with John the interesting Tromposvky attack; make it part of your opening repertoire and use it as a weapon when you play your games! March 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat             1             Endgame Study Negated with Fast Play 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Caro-Kann Besieged - part 1 Toward the Candidates - part 5 Trompowsky Attack #7 Attack with LarryC: Gulyev Zhigs the Blues Benko Gambit #3 Gm Nikita Maiorov - GM Ding Liren Typical Amateur Loss After Up a Piece 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The Caro-Kann Besieged - part 2 Toward the Candidates - part 6 Trompowsky Attack #8         February 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat             1             Zurich Challenge 2014 - Round 3 GOTD 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Zurich Challenge 2014 - Round 4 GOTD Zurich Challenge 2014 - Round 5 GOTD Trompowsky Attack #3 Attack with LarryC: KID on the Rock Traxler Counter-attack #2 IM Etienne Goudriaan - GM Jan Timman Philidor and Lucena 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Looking back at 2013 #2 Toward the Candidates - part 2 Trompowsky Attack #4 Attack with LarryC: More Nuggets from the Rock 2014 Traxler Counter-attack #3 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave- GM Sandro Mareco Just for Fun Queen Sac 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Looking back at 2013 #3 Toward the Candidates - part 3 Trompowsky Attack #5 Attack with LarryC: Nei doubles down and A Gust of Win Benko Gambit #1 GM Nikita Vitiugov - GM Vassily Ivanchuk Solving an Endgame Puzzle 23 24 25 26 27 28   Looking back at 2013 #4 Toward the Candidates - part 4 Trompowsky Attack #6 Attack with LarryC: An Oscar for Kingside Story Benko Gambit #2 GM Vladimir Akopian - GM Boris Chatalbashev   January  2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4       Attack with LarryC: Alekseev Fireworks to Start 2014 Fried Liver Attack #1 GM Emil Sutovsky - IM Martin Zumsande Endgame Turnaround 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Looking back at 2013 #1 Kasparov-Kramnik 2000 - part 3 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #15 Attack with LarryC: Striking sacrifices at Wijk aan Zee Fried Liver Attack #2 GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek - GM Ivan Popov Tata Steel 2014 - Round 1 GOTD 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Tata Steel 2014 - Round 2 GOTD Tata Steel 2014 - Round 3 GOTD Trompowsky Attack #1 Tata Steel 2014 - Round 4 GOTD Traxler counter-attack #1 Tata Steel 2014 - Round 5 GOTD Tata Steel 2014 - Round 6 GOTD 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Tata Steel 2014 - Round 7 GOTD Kasparov-Kramnik 2000 - part 4 Tata Steel 2014 - Round 8 GOTD Attack with LarryC: In Harmen's Way Tata Steel 2014 - Round 9 GOTD GM Josep Oms Pallisse - GM Vugar Gashimov Tata Steel 2014 - Round 10 GOTD 26 27 28 29 30 31   Tata Steel 2014 - Round 11 GOTD Toward the Candidates - part 1 Trompowsky Attack #2 Attack with LarryC: How to Attack? Just Ask - A Cup of Jobava Zurich Challenge 2014 - Round 1 GOTD Zurich Challenge 2014 - Round 2 GOTD   December  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next Generation #1 USSR vs. World 1970 - part 2 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #10 Dubinin been' pinnin' (and liftin') The Falkbeer Counter Gambit #1 GM Vallejo Pons - GM Miroslaw Grabarczyk One Big Mistake 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Next Generation #2 USSR vs. World 1984 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #11 London Chess Classic GOTD - Day 1 London Chess Classic GOTD - Day 2 London Chess Classic GOTD - Day 3 London Chess Classic GOTD - Day 4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 London Chess Classic GOTD - Day 5 Russia vs. World 2002 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #12 A Modern Classic from 1943 The Falkbeer Counter Gambit #2 IM Anatoli Shvedchikov - GM Viktor Kupreichik Hope Chess, Hand-Waving, and Acquiescing 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Next Generation #3 Kasparov-Kramnik 2000 - part 1 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #13 Tal and the Spirit of Giving The Falkbeer Counter Gambit #3 GM David Baramidze - GM Varuzhan Akobian Positional Maneuvering 29 30 31         Next Generation #4 Kasparov-Kramnik 2000 - part 2 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #14         November  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat           1 2           GM Alexander Morozevich - GM Viktor Laznicka Unbalanced Game - Possible Upset 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Easy Come Easy Go - A story of Modern Opening Preparation #1 Hunt to White King Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #6 Carlsen Carnage - Relentless & Efficient The Hennig-Schara Gambit #1 GM Sam Shankland - GM Lubomir Ftacnik Alekhine-Rubinstein 1921 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Easy Come Easy Go - A story of Modern Opening Preparation #2 Into the Labyrinth Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #7 More Carlsen Carnage The Hennig-Schara Gambit #2 GM Dragan Solak - GM Alexander Grischuk Galaxy Quest 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Easy Come Easy Go - A story of Modern Opening Preparation #3 Titans in Linares Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #8 Back the the Future! GOTD - World Championshp - Game 9 GOTD - World Championshp - Game 10 Tactical R&P Endgame 24 25 26 27 28 20 30 Easy Come Easy Go - A story of Modern Opening Preparation #4 USSR vs. World 1970 - part 1 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #9 More Championship blasts from the Past The Hennig-Schara Gambit #3 GM Baadur Jobava - GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Zugzwang October  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 4 5     Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #1 Attacking on the g-file The Evans Gambit #3 GM Urii Eliseev - GM Yu Yangyi Was the Loss Inevitable? 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Botvinnik... Kramnik, who's next? #1 Candidates 2007: Aronian vs. Carlsen - Part 1 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #2 Unsound but effective! The Evans Gambit #4 GM Dmitry Andreikin - GM Sergey Karjakin Tabiya 16 - Caro Kann, Classical Variation 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Botvinnik... Kramnik, who's next? #2 Candidates 2007: Aronian vs. Carlsen - Part 2 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #3 They were Expendable The Cochrane Gambit #1 GM Nisipeanu - GM Caruana Fighting Sveshnikov 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Botvinnik... Kramnik, who's next? #3 Candidates 2007: Aronian vs. Carlsen - Part 3 Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #4 Petrosian takeout The Cochrane Gambit #2 GM Matlakov - GM Eljanov Exposing King OK but Later Mistakes Fatal 27 28 29 30 31     Botvinnik... Kramnik, who's next? #4 World Cup 2007: Carlsen - Adams and Kamsky - Carlsen Repertoire for Black - The English Defense #5 The Champ Throws a Mean Punch The Cochrane Gambit #3     September  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tromso Heroes #1 Rapid wonder Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #4 Attack with Andreikin! The Dashing Danish #1 GM Viktor Bologan - GM Ian Nepomniachtchi Sometimes the Underdog Reigns 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Tromso Heroes #2 PCA 1995: Anand vs. Kasparov - Part 1 Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #5 LarryC Summer Clearance The Dashing Danish #2 IM Angel Espinosa Aranda vs. GM Ivan Salgado Lopez Sneaky Pin Missed Repeatedly 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Tromso Heroes #3 PCA 1995: Anand vs. Kasparov - Part 2 Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #6 LarryC Summer Clearance Semi-Finals The Evans Gambit #1 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. GM Alexander Moiseenko Dan vs Computer #5 Verbalized Slow Game 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Tromso Heroes #4 PCA 1995: Anand vs. Kasparov - Part 3 Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #7 LarryC Summer Clearance Finals - A Rousing Rauzer! The Evans Gambit #2 GM Fabien Libiszewski vs. GM Romain Edouard Dan vs Computer #5 Verbalized Slow Game #2 29 30           Tromso Heroes #5 PCA 1995: Anand vs. Kasparov - Part 4           August  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat           2 3           GM Ray Robson - GM Lu Shanglei Up and Down vs Expert 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Two Pawns down but alive and kicking #1 A decade of rivarly - Part 2 Repertoire for Black - The French #21 Stein's Salute with Two Shots of Ruy   GM Alexander Moiseenko - GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Just One -Easy- Recapture in the Deep Endgame 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Two Pawns down but alive and kicking #2 A decade of rivarly - Part 3 Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #1 Reporting from Tromso, Norway   GM Ray Robson - GM Andrei Volokitin Recognizing Tactical One Plus Ones 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Two Pawns down but alive and kicking #3 The Game of the Century Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #2 Northern highLights from Tromso   GM Nikita Vitiugov - GM Markus Ragger Another Immortal Game 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Two Pawns down but alive and kicking #4 Garry's masterpiece Repertoire for Black - The Chigorin #3 Tomashevky a Surgeon not Swashbuckler   GM Evgeny Tomashevsky - GM Levon Aronian A Real Spielmann Sacrifice July  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6   The Match that changed Chess history - Part 4 Repertoire for Black - The French #16 The G-man Handcuffs Alekseev   GM Ruslan Ponomariov - GM Pavel Eljanov Silly Mistakes Lead to Instructive Endgame 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Why did Magnus lose that rook ending #1 Botvinnik vs. Bronstein - Part 1 Repertoire for Black - The French #17 Wild Norwegian Slam-on as Adams Smokes Agdestein   GM Dimitri Reinderman - GM Wouter Spoelman Tabiya 15 - Qc2 (Classical) Nimzo-Indian 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Why did Magnus lose that rook ending #2 Botvinnik vs. Bronstein - Part 2 Repertoire for Black - The French #18 Spassky's shows Kan-do Spirit   GM Ni Hua - GM Eduardo Iturrizaga The Most Common Opening Inaccuracies 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Why did Magnus lose that rook ending #3 Botvinnik vs. Bronstein - Part 3 Repertoire for Black - The French #19 Spassky Chimes in Moscow 1973   GM Victor Mikhalevski - GM Parimarjan Negi One Sneaky Pin Too Many 28 29 30 31       Why did Magnus lose that rook ending #4 A decade of rivarly - Part 1 Repertoire for Black - The French #20 Symphony of Attack with the SteinWay       June  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat             1             Playing Too Fast at Wrong Time 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Back from Chicago #1 The Great Struggle - Part 3 Repertoire for Black - The French #12 Steady, Focused Attack gets a Leg Up in Legica Play with Pawns #1 GM Gata Kamsky - GM Alexander Grischuk Endgame Advantage Fades to Loss 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Back from Chicago #2 The Match that changed Chess history - Part 1 Repertoire for Black - The French #13 Larry on the European Championship - Part 4 Play with Pawns #2 GM Leon Hoyos - GM Ray Robson Clever Defense and Good Technique 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Back from Chicago #3 The Match that changed Chess history - Part 2 Repertoire for Black - The French #14 Tal's Telltale Talent tills Tolya to tap Tallin Tally Play with Pawns #3 GM Tornike Sanikidze - GM Konstantin Landa The Real and Mythical Outside Passed Pawn 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Back from Chicago #4 The Match that changed Chess history - Part 3 Repertoire for Black - The French #15 Pearl from Porz--Brilliant but Flawed Play with Pawns #4 GM Alexander Areshchenko - GM Anatoly Karpov A Ton of Instructive Mistakes 30             Back from Chicago #5             May  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4       1983 U.S. Championship - Whitehead vs. Benjamin Bishop Pair advantage #8 GM Veselin Topalov - GM Peter Leko Throwing the Kitchen Sink Failed 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Same Color Bishop Endings #1 Jussupov vs. Ivanchuk - 1991 Candidates Match Repertoire for Black - The French #8 1986 U.S. Championship - Rohde vs. Kogan 'Good' and 'Bad' Bishops #1 GM Li Chao - GM Zhou Weiqi Little Mistakes Add up - Then Subtract 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Same Color Bishop Endings #2 Ivanchuk vs. Jussupov- 1991 Candidates Match Repertoire for Black - The French #9 Larry reports from the US Championship 'Good' and 'Bad' Bishops #2 GM Ray Robson - FM John Bryant Strong Player's Fast Play Not Punished 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Same Color Bishop Endings #3 The Great Struggle - Part 1 Repertoire for Black - The French #10 Liviu and Let Fly - Romanian Rollup in Legica 'Good' and 'Bad' Bishops #3 GM Maxim Rodshtein - GM Ian Nepomniachtchi The Better Analyst Wins - Barely 26 27 28 29 30 31   Same Color Bishop Endings #4 The Great Struggle - Part 2 Repertoire for Black - The French #11 The Importance of Beating Ernst 'Good' and 'Bad' Bishops #4 GM Yannick Pelletier - IM Andreas Hagen   April  2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6   Anand vs. Gelfand – World Championship 2012 Repertoire for Black - The French #3 March Magnus! Magniloquent Magic of Magnificent Magnitude Bishop Pair advantage #4 GM Peter Svidler - GM Alexander Grischuk White Wins First Half, Black Wins Second 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Heroes of the Candidates #1 Topalov vs. Anand - 2010 World Chess Championship Repertoire for Black - The French #4 Attacking Lines for Attacking Players #5 Bishop Pair advantage #5 GM Peter Svidler - GM Alexander Grischuk White Wins First Half, Black Wins Second 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Heroes of the Candidates #2 Kramnik vs. Anand - 2008 World Championship Match Repertoire for Black - The French #5 Attacking Lines for Attacking Players #6 Bishop Pair advantage #6 GM Eugenio Torre - GM Robert Byrne The Great Quiescence Error Game 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Heroes of the Candidates #3 Gurevich vs. Short - 1990 Manila Interzonal Repertoire for Black - The French #6 U.S. Championship - 40 years ago Bishop Pair advantage #7 GM Peter Svidler - GM Pentala Harikrishna The mythical Capture with the Least Valuable Piece principle 28 29 30         Heroes of the Candidates #4 Leko vs. Topalov - 2005 World Championship Repertoire for Black - The French #7         March 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat           1 2           GM Bassem Amin - GM Grzegorz Gajewski White Wins First Half, Black Wins Second 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 KID by method #1 Ronen through History: Karpov vs. Kasparov 1.e4 - unusual replies #1 Attacking Lines for Attacking Players #1 Exploiting OPEN FILES #7 GM Boris Gelfand - GM Vladimir Kramnik Book Knowledge Loses Value if you Blunder 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 KID by method #2 Ronen through History: Karpov vs. Kasparov 1.e4 - unusual replies #2 Attacking Lines for Attacking Players #2 Bishop Pair advantage #1 IM Valentina Gunina - WGM Ju Wenjun Game with Instructive Counting Tactics 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 KID by method #3 Karpov vs. Korchnoi - 1978 World Championship Repertoire for Black - The French #1 Attacking Lines for Attacking Players #3 Bishop Pair advantage #2 GM Vladislav Tkachiev - GM Vladimir Dobrov Two 1800s in a See-saw Battle 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 KID by method #4 Spassky vs. Petrosian – 1969 World Championship Repertoire for Black - The French #2 Attacking Lines for Attacking Players #4 Bishop Pair advantage #3 GM Vladimir Kramnik - GM Vassily Ivanchuk 20-minute exercise #5 31             KID by method #5             February 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat           1 2           GM Ivan Sokolov - GM Peter Leko Keeping Your Cool in Critical Positions is Key 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Endgames by method #5 The Sicilian O'Kelly (2. …a6) #2 Scandinavian #2 Tournament of Steel--75 Years of Brilliant Chess #5 Exploiting OPEN FILES #3 GM Nikita Vitiugov - GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave What Happens When Break Move Unplayed 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Endgames by method #6 The Sicilian O'Kelly (2. …a6) #3 Scandinavian #3 Come on Up and Take Me Sometime Exploiting OPEN FILES #4 GM Chanda Sandipan - GM Baskaran Adhiban A Guilty Pleasure 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Endgames by method #7 The Sicilian O'Kelly (2. …a6) #4 Alekhine Defense #1 A Pinteresting game Exploiting OPEN FILES #5 GM Daniel Fridman - GM Arkadij Naiditsch Using Computer Engine to Analyze on ICC 24 25 26 27 28     Endgames by method #8 The Sicilian O'Kelly (2. …a6) #5 Alekhine Defense #2 Beliavsky Fifis Assem Exploiting OPEN FILES #6     January 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 4 5     Bishop Opening #5 Tournament of Steel--75 Years of Brilliant Chess The Positional sacrifice #5 GM Anotn Korobov - GM Krishnan Sasikiran Upset Missed by Cashing in Chips for Too Little 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Endgames by method #1 Sicilian Chekhover #5 Pirc #1   The Positional sacrifice #6 GM Sergei Tiviakov - GM Evgeny Romanov Pawns: Majority Rolls and Bishops in the Opening 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Endgames by method #2 Sicilian Chekhover #6 Pirc #2 Tournament of Steel--75 Years of Brilliant Chess #2 The Positional sacrifice #7 GM Thomas Ernst - GM Andrei Deviatkin Gambit Overview 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Endgames by method #3 Sicilian Chekhover #7 Pirc #3 Tournament of Steel--75 Years of Brilliant Chess #3 Exploiting OPEN FILES GM Nils Grandelius - GM Alexander Ipatov The Sneaky Pin Double Blunder Game 27 28 29 30 31     Endgames by method #4 The Sicilian O'Kelly (2. …a6). Scandinavian #1 Tournament of Steel--75 Years of Brilliant Chess #4 Exploiting OPEN FILES #2     December  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat             1             Minor Strategic Errors Add Up 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A Tribute to WGM Elena Akhmilovskaya-Donaldson French out of nothing! - Part 4 Bishop Opening #1 Supine Play invites Equine Slay The Positional sacrifice #1 IM Anna Ushenina GM Antoaneta Stefanova Crazy Fast Play keeps Players Weak 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Endgames: Bishop vs. Knight Sicilian Chekhover #1 Bishop Opening #2 Taking a Kro-bar to Krobot and I'll Have Some Fries With That The Positional sacrifice #2 IGM Vladimir Kramnik - GM Judit Polgar Exciting Game - Both Sides Missed Chances 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Endgames: Rook + 1 Pawn vs Rook + 2 Pawns Sicilian Chekhover #2 Bishop Opening #3 Korchmar's Marvel The Positional sacrifice #3 GM Anish Giri - GM Alexander Morozevich White misses one idea, Black misses one move 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 On the Road... Sicilian Chekhover #3 Bishop Opening #4 Zwish You Happy Holidays! The Positional sacrifice #4 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - GM Etienne Bacrot Lower Level Commentary to Aid the Needy 30 31           Instructive game Sicilian Chekhover #4           November  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat         1 2 3         Queen's-side attack #2 GM Georg Meier - GM Ding Liren Dan vs. Computer #4 (Part 1) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Isolated Pawn #1 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 8 Caro-Kann #2 He Keres a Powerful Punch Queen's-side attack #3 GM Ray Robson - GM Manuel Leon Hoyos Dan vs. Computer #4 (Part 2) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Isolated Pawn #2 French out of nothing! - Part 1 French #1 Liebert's Halle of Fame & Combinations in the Mail Queen's-side attack #4 GM Falko Bindrich - GM Pavel Tregubov AWL: Attack it with something Worth Less 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Isolated Pawn #3 French out of nothing! - Part 2 French #2 Discovering an awesome obscure game Queen's-side attack #5 Pavlo Vorontsov - FM Kayden TroffTregubov Sharp Opening, One Mistake: Fast Game 25 26 27 28 29 30   Isolated Pawn #4 French out of nothing! - Part 3 French #3 Epic Rook Maneuver ends in sac, mate Queen's-side attack #6 GM Alexander Morozevich - GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov   October  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat   1 2 3 4 5 6   The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 3 Sicilian - Part 2 Lowly Pawn Sac Quiet but Deadly Space Advantage #4 GM Anna Muzychuk - GM Tatiana Kosintseva Beating the Lower Rated Player with Kingside Attack 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Positional Queen Sac #1 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 4 Sicilian - Part 3 Najdorf Becomes Grefe-stricken in Lone Bout Space Advantage #5 GM Dmitry Jakovenko - GM Alexander Onischuk Playing Aggressively Vs Opponent 500 Points Higher 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Positional Queen Sac #2 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 5 Sicilian - Part 4 Savage, Saavy Savchenko Attack Proves Kostin Space Advantage #6 GM Akexander Volokitin - GM Shakiyar Mamedyarov 20-minute exercise #4 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Positional Queen Sac #3 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 6 Sicilian - Part 5 Attack on All Fronts Queen's-side attack #1 IM Thies Heinemann - GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu Strong Player, Weak Move 28 29 30 31       Positional Queen Sac #4 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 7 Caro-Kann #1 Exchange bait for Black       September  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat             1             Big Errors Reverse Fortunes 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 5 Classical King's Indian with 7 ... exd4 - Part 6 Sharpen your chess-sense with IM Watson: London system - Part 2 Ganbold can play bold and thunder strikes Donner Strong Outpost #6 GM Alexander Ipatov GM Nils Grandelius Amateur Correspondence Game Close Battle 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 6 Classical King's Indian with 7 ... exd4 - Part 7 Sharpen your chess-sense with IM Watson: London system - Part 3 Shanava Throws Some Lava Space Advantage #1 GM Parimarjan Negi - GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez Unsafe play - throws away 500 pt upset 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 7 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 1 Sharpen your chess-sense with IM Watson: London system - Part 4 Premature Attack Invites Crushing Response Space Advantage #2 GM Judit Polgar - GM Daiusz Swiercz Tabiya 14 - g3 English 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 8 The Sicilian Nimzovich - Part 2 Sicilian - Part 1 Pin comes Unstuck by Bold Planinc Space Advantage #3 GM Badur Jobava vs GM Vladimir Malakhov Tough Rook and Pawn Endgame Not Held 30             Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 9             August  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4       Counter-attack with Lastin Effect Strong Outpost #1 GM Anish Giri GM Robin Swinkels Endgame Techniques 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 1 Classical King's Indian with 7 … exd4 - Part 2 Wrapping up "Beyond the Opening" - Part 1 Shakyn Down the House Strong Outpost #2 GM Wang Hao - GM Hikaru Nakamura Two Weaker Players Play Short Instructive Game 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 2 Classical King's Indian with 7 … exd4 - Part 3 Wrapping up "Beyond the Opening" - Part 2 A tribute to GM Gligoric - Part 1 Strong Outpost #3 GM Anton Korobov - GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko Rooks in the Openings 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 3 Classical King's Indian with 7 … exd4 - Part 4 Sharpen your chess-sense with IM Watson: Let's get started! A tribute to GM Gligoric - Part 2 Strong Outpost #4 GM Svetozar Gligoric - GM Tigran Petrosian Tabiya 13: Queen's Gambit Accepted 26 27 28 29 30 31   Rook + opposite color Bishop Part 4 Classical King's Indian with 7 … exd4 - Part 5 Sharpen your chess-sense with IM Watson: London system - Part 1 A tribute to GM Gligoric - Part 3 Strong Outpost #5 GM Peter Svidler - GM Nikita Vitiugov   July  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rook vs. Minor pieces - part 1 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 4 Indian systems: Introduction #10 4th of July - Fireworks on the board!! The Art of Defense #3 William Stewart vs. GM Ray Robson Two 1900s on a Roller Coaster 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rook vs. Minor pieces - part 2 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 5 Indian systems: Introduction #11 A Capital Game at the 2012 World Open The Art of Defense #4 GM David Navara vs. GM Peter Svidler Identifying Candidate Moves 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rook vs. Minor pieces - part 3 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 6 Indian systems: Introduction #12 Not too Shabby at the World Open The Art of Defense #5 GM David Navara vs. GM Peter Svidler Immortal Coulda Traded Queens Game 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rook vs. Minor pieces - part 4 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 7 Indian systems: Introduction #13 A CAROusing Brawl ends in Perp Walk The Art of Defense #6 GM Le Quang Liem vs. GM Vassily Ivanchuk Another Kingside Attack 29 30 31         Rook vs. Minor pieces - part 5 Classical King's Indian with 7 … exd4 - Part 1 Indian systems: Introduction #14         June  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat           1 2           GM Gabriel Sargissian vs. IM John Bartholomew Dan vs Computer #3 - Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bishop vs. Knight - Part 1 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 7 Indian systems: Introduction #6 Model Games: Model Games: Nimzo-Indian - the final shot Opposite Side Castling Attack #5 GM Diego Flores vs. GM Alexei Shirov Wacky, Complicated Game 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bishop vs. Knight - Part 2 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 1 Indian systems: Introduction #7 Tal gives 'em Hecht Opposite Side Castling Attack #6 GM Zhao Jun vs. GM Zhou Janchao King's Indian Attack Had One Chance 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Bishop vs. Knight - Part 3 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 2 Indian systems: Introduction #8 Another Tribute to the Great Tal The Art of Defense #1 GM Francisco Vallejo Pons GM Veselin Topalov Pretty Correspondence Finish 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Bishop vs. Knight - Part 4 The Vienna Opening in the QGD - Part 3 Indian systems: Introduction #9 Holzke Brings in the Reeves! The Art of Defense #2 GM Alexander Morozevich GM Luke McShane One Big Mistake Takes Down the 2200 May  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 4 5     Indian systems: Introduction Model Games: The Samish Nimzo-Indian #2 Rook on the 7th Rank #6 IM Liu Qingnan - GM Nigel Short Tabiyas 12: The Trappy Cambridge Springs Defense 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The Rook: the best defender your money can buy - Part 1 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 3 Indian systems: Introduction #2 Model Games: The Samish Nimzo-Indian #3 Opposite Side Castling Attack IM G. Petar Arnaudov - GM Ivan Cheparinov King and Pawn vs. King and Pawn 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 The Rook: the best defender your money can buy - Part 2 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 4 Indian systems: Introduction #3 Model Games: Leningrad Nimzo-Indian Opposite Side Castling Attack #2 GM Vassily Ivanchuk vs. GM Leinier Dominguez Perez 20 Minute Exercise #3 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 The Rook: the best defender your money can buy - Part 3 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 5 Indian systems: Introduction #4 Model Games: Rubinstein Nimzo-Indian Opposite Side Castling Attack #3 GM Emanuel Berg vs. Jonny Hector Dan vs Computer #3 - Part 1 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 The Rook: the best defender your money can buy - Part 4 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 6 Indian systems: Introduction #5 Model Games: Nimzo-indian - a true model game Opposite Side Castling Attack #4 GM Gabriel Sargissian vs. IM John Bartholomew Dan vs Computer #3 - Part 2 April  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pawn Endings have no Secrets Caro-Kann Defense: Fantasy variation #3 The Triangle Structure in the Semi-Slav #2 Model Games: The Old Indian Defense - Perspective Rook on the 7th Rank #2 FM Avital Boruchovsky vs. GM Boris Savchenko It Doesn't Take Much to Lose 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pawn Endings have no Secrets #2 Caro-Kann Defense: Fantasy variation #4 The Triangle Structure in the Semi-Slav #3 Model Games: The Old Indian Defense - The Final Cut Rook on the 7th Rank #3 GM Peter Svidler vs. GM Dmitry Jakovenko Well Played Slow Game 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pawn Endings have no Secrets #3 Caro-Kann Defense: Fantasy variation #5 The Triangle Structure in the Semi-Slav #4 Nice Tango in Capelle Rook on the 7th Rank #4 GM Sergei Tiviakov vs. GM Viswanathan Anand Initial and Final Candidate Moves 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pawn Endings have no Secrets #4 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 1 Indian systems: Introduction Model Games: The Samish Nimzo-Indian Rook on the 7th Rank #5 IM Anastasia Savina vs. IM Alisa Galliamova Tabiyas 12: The Trappy Cambridge Springs Defense 29 30           Pawn Endings have no Secrets #5 Openings from the World Championship Matches - Part 2 Indian systems: Introduction Model Games: The Samish Nimzo-Indian #2 Rook on the 7th Rank #6 IM Liu Qingnan - GM Nigel Short Tabiyas 12: The Trappy Cambridge Springs Defense March  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat         1 2 3         The power of passed pawns #2 GM Viktor Bologan vs. GM Arkadij Naiditsch Piece Against Two Pawns Early 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Typical Patterns of Play in the Kings Indian Defense The Chinese Dragon Part 3 A final Word on Pawn Structures in the QGD Model Games: Benko Gambit Declined The power of passed pawns #3 GM Gawain Jones vs. GM Nigel Short Tabiyas 11: Avoiding the Exchange Gruenfeld 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Typical Patterns of Play in the Kings Indian Defense #2 The Chinese Dragon Part 4 Restraint Structures #1 Model Games: Benko Gambit Declined #2 The power of passed pawns #4 GM Tornike Sanidizke vs. GM Pentala Harikrishna A Cautionary Tale 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Typical Patterns of Play in the Kings Indian Defense #3 Caro-Kann Defense: Fantasy variation #1 Restraint Structures #2 Model games: The Benko Gambit - The Black Perspective The power of passed pawns #5 GM Hou Yifan vs. GM Fabiano Caruana Trading Pawns When Ahead 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Typical Patterns of Play in the Kings Indian Defense #4 Caro-Kann Defense: Fantasy variation #2 The Triangle Structure in the Semi-Slav #1 Model Games: The Old Indian Defense - Tony Does Jamison Shots Rook on the 7th Rank #1 GM Francisco Vallejo Pons vs. GM Tamir Nabaty This Time Fast Play Not Punished

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