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Tips & Notes

Sicilian Defence

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 e5 7 Nf3 Be7 8 Bc4 O-O 9 O-O Nc6 10 Bb3 Be6 11 Bg5 Nd7 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Nd5 Qd8 14 Qe2 Nc5 15 Rad1 b5 16 Ne3 Nxb3 17 axb3 Qc7 18 Rd3 Nb4 19 Rd2 Qe7 20 Rfd1 Rad8 21 Nf5 Bxf5 22 exf5 Rfe8 23 c3 Nc6 24 Qe4 Na5 0-1 in 53 moves.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be2 e6 7 a4 Nc6 8 O-O Be7 9 Be3 O-O 10 f4 Qc7 11 Kh1 Re8 12 Bf3 Rb8 13 Qd2 Bf8 14 Qf2 Bd7 15 g4 e5 16 Nf5 exf4 17 Bxf4 Be6 18 Rad1 Ne5 19 Bxe5 dxe5 20 g5 Nd7 21 Nd5 Qc6 22 Bg2 Qc5 23 Qh4 Qxc2 24 Rc1 Qxa4 0-1 in 42 moves.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Be3 e5 7 Nb3 Be7 8 Qd2 O-O 9 O-O-O Ng4 10 g3 Nxe3 11 Qxe3 b5 12 f4 Bb7 13 Kb1 Nd7 14 Bh3 b4 15 Na4 Bc6 16 Bxd7 Qxd7 17 Nb6 Qa7 18 Rhe1 exf4 19 gxf4 Rae8 20 Nd5 Qxe3 21 Rxe3 Bd8 22 Nxb4 Bxe4 23 Rde1 f5 24 Nd2 Ba5 0-1 in 46 moves.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 e6 7 Qd3 a6 8 O-O-O Bd7 9 Be2 Rc8 10 Nxc6 Bxc6 11 f4 Be7 12 Bf3 O-O 13 Kb1 Qa5 14 h4 Rfd8 15 f5 Qc7 16 Rhe1 h6 17 Bf4 b5 18 fxe6 fxe6 19 Ne2 e5 20 Bg5 Bd7 21 Bxf6 Bxf6 22 g3 b4 23 Nc1 Be6 24 Rd2 a5 ... a4 0-1 in 40 moves.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 g6 4 g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 d6 6 O-O Bg4 7 h3 Bxf3 8 Qxf3 Nf6 9 d3 O-O 10 Qd1 Nd7 11 f4 c4 12 dxc4 Na5 13 Nd5 Nxc4 14 c3 Ndb6 15 Qe2 Rc8 16 Kh2 e6 17 Nb4 Na4 18 f5 Re8 19 fxe6 fxe6 20 Nd3 Qb6 21 h4 Qa6 22 Rf2 Ne5 23 Nf4 Nc5 24 Qxa6 bxa6 0-1 in 40 moves.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 O-O 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 O-O-O Rc8 11 Bb3 Ne5 12 Kb1 Nc4 13 Bxc4 Rxc4 14 g4 b5 15 b3 b4 16 Nce2 Rc7 17 Ng3 Rc3 18 Bh6 Bxh6 19 Qxh6 e5 20 g5 Ng4 21 fxg4 exd4 22 Rxd4 Qa5 23 Rd5 Qa3 24 Rc1 Rc6 0-1 in 36 moves.

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Bg5 Qb6 7 Nb3 e6 8 Qe2 a6 9 O-O-O Qc7 10 g4 b5 11 Bg2 Bb7 12 f4 Be7 13 Kb1 h6 14 Bh4 g5 15 fxg5 Nd7 16 e5 Ndxe5 17 Ne4 O-O-O 18 h3 d5 19 Nec5 hxg5 20 Bg3 Bd6 21 Bf2 Nc4 22 Rhf1 Bxc5 23 Nxc5 Qe5 24 Qxe5 N4xe5 (0-1 in 61 moves)

Nimzo - Indian Defence (Invented by GM Aron Nimzowitsch in 1920)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 ... The strugle b/t White's pawn center. Doubled White pawns on C file. Directive for Black "First restrain, then blockade, finally destroy".

4 e3 o-o 5 Bd3 c5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 o-o Bxc3 8 bxc3 d6 9 Nd2 b6 10 Nb3 e5 ... It is important to prevent White gaining space by means of g4. 11 f4 e4 12 Be2 Qd7 13 h3 Ne7 14 Qe1 h5 15 Bd2 Qf5 16 Kh2 Qh7! 17 a4 Nf5 18 g3 a5 19 Rg1 Nh6 20 Bf1 Bd7 21 Bc1 Rac8 22 d5 Kh8 23 Nd2 Rg8 24 Bg2 g5 25 Nf1 Rg7 26 Ra2 Nf5 27 Bh1 Rcg8 28 Qd1 gxf4 29 exf4 Bc8 30 Qb3 Ba6 31 Re2 Nh4 32 Re3 Bc8 33 Qc2 Bxh3 -+

Bogolyubov - Nimzowitsch (Carlsbad 1929)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Nf3 Bxc3+ 5 bxc3 b6 6 g3 Bb7 7 Bg2 O-O 8 O-O Re8 9 Re1 d6 10 Qc2 Be4 11 Qb3 Nc6 12 Bf1 e5! 13 dxe5 Nxe5 14 Nxe5 Rxe5 15 Bf4 Re8 16 f3 Bb7 17 Rad1 #

Reti - Nimzowitsch (Berlin 1928)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 e3 c5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 a3 Bxc3+ 8 bxc3 b6 9 Bd3 O-O 10 cxd5 exd5 11 O-O c4! 12 Be2 Bg4! 13 Re1 Bh5 14 Nd2 Bg6 15 Qd1 b5 16 f3 a5 ? (Re8!) 17 e4! dxe4 18 Ne4 Bxe4 19 fxe4 Nxe4 20 Qc2 f5 21 Bf3 Qf6 22 Rb1 b4 23 cxb4 ? Qxd4+ 24 Be3 Qd3 25 Qxd3 cxd3 26 b5 Ne5 27 Bxe4 fxe4 28 Bd4 Nc4 29 Rxe4 Nxa3 30 Re7! Rf4! 31 Be5! Nxb1 32 Bxf4 Rd8 -+

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Bd3 d5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 c5 8 cxd5 exd5 9 Ne2 b6 10 O-O Ba6 11 Bxa6 Nxa6 12 Qd3 Qc8 13 f3 Qb7 14 Ng3 Rad8 15 Bb2 Rfe8 16 Rae1 Re6 +- ... Not pawn move c5 - c4 in this structure. You may find it useful to keep the c file open.

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 c5 8 Nf3 Qa5 9 Nd2 Bd7 10 Nb3 Qa4 11 Qb2 Na6 12 e3 c4 13 Nd2 O-O 14 Be2 b5 15 Bd1 Qa5 16 Bc2 Rfe8 17 O-O Rab8 18 Nf3 Qc7 19 Ne5 Be6 20 f3 Nc5 21 Bd2 Na4 22 Qb1 Qb6 23 Qe1 Nd7 24 Qh4 Nf8 25 e4 f6 26 Ng4 Ng6 27 Qh5 Qf7 28 Rae1 Rbb8 29 Ne3 Ne7 30 Qh4 f5 +- Not pawn move c5-c4 in this structure. You may find it useful to keep c file open

Capablanca's Variation (White)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 c5 5 dxc5 Nc6 6 Nf3 Qa5 7 Bd2 Qxc5 #

4 .... O-O 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 b5! 4 .... c5 5 dxc5 Na6 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 Qxc3 Nxc5

Capablanca's Variation (White)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 Bg5 ? dxc4! 6 Nf3 b5 7 a4 c6 8 Bxf6 Qxf6 9 axb5 cxb5 10 Qe4 Qg6! 11 Qxa8 Qc2 12 Qxb8 O-O 13 Nd2 Qxb2 14 Rb1 Qxc3 15 Rxb4 Qc1 0-1 15 .... Bxd2+ 16 Rxd2 Qc1+ 17 .... Qc3+ (Draw)

Kasparov - Korchnol (1989)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Bg5 h6 7 Bh4 c5 8 dxc5! O-O 9 e3 Nbd7 10 Bd3 Qa5 11 Nge2 Bxc3+ 12 Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13 Nxc3 Nxc5 14 Bc2 g5 15 Bg3 Be6 1-0 in 35 moves. White has advantages of the Bishop pair. Black King's wing is fractured.

Kasparov - Spassky (1990)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Bg5 h6 7 Bh4 c5 8 dxc5! Nc6 9 e3 g5 10 Bg3 Ne4 11 Nf3 Qf6 12 Bb5! Nxc3 13 Bxc6+ bxc6 14 a3 Ba5 15 Be5 Ne4+ 16 b4 #

Lautier - Piket (1990)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 O-O 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4 7 Qc2 f5 8 Nf3 d6 9 b4 Nd7 10 e3 a5 11 Bb2 axb4 12 axb4 Rxa1+ 13 Bxa1 c5 14 Bd3 cxb4 15 O-O Ndf6 16 Qa4 Bd7 17 Qxb4 Bc6 18 Nd2 Qd7 19 Nxe4 fxe4 20 Be2 d5 21 c5 b5 22 Bc3 Qf7 23 Qb1 Ng4 24 Be1 Qe7 25 g3 Qf7 26 Bd2 Qg6 27 f3 Black has an active position.

Mohr - Christiansen (1990)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 O-O 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 b5! 7 cxb5 c6 8 f3?! Nd5 9 Qd2 f5 10 Nh3 cxb5 11 e3 Nc6 12 Bxb5 Na5 13 Qd3 Rb8 14 b4 Rxb5! 15 bxa5 Ba6 16 Bd2 Rb6! 17 Qc2 Rc6 18 Qd1 Qh4+ 19 Nf2 Qg5! 20 g3 Nxe3 21 Nh3 Qh6 22 Qb3 Ng2+ 0-1 OR

15 Qxb5 Nb3 16 Rb1 (1) 16 ... Qc7 17 O-O Nc3 18 Qd3 Ba6! 19 Qxa6 Nxb1 20 Qd3 Nxc1 21 Qxb1 Rc8 with play for pawn.

(2) 16 ... Qh4+ 17 Nf2 Nxc1 18 Rxc1 Nxe3 Black for exchange. OR 17 g3? Qxh3 18 Rxb3 Qg2 19 Rf1 Qc2 (0-1)

Whiteley - Keene (1968)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 Nc6 5 Nf3 d6 6 Bd2 O-O 7 a3 Bxc3 8 Bxc3 Re8 9 e3 a5? (e5!) 10 Bd3 e5 11 dxe5 dxe5 12 O-O? e4! 13 Bxf6 Qxd3 14 Qxd3 exd3 15 Bc3 Be6 16 c5 Bb3 17 Rfc1 a4 18 kf1 Rad8 19 Ke1 Rd5 20 Kd2 f5 21 Nd4 Ne5 22 Nxb3 Nc4+ 23 Kd1 axb3 24 Bxg7 Rxc5 25 Bd4 Rc6 26 Rab1 f4 27 Rc3 fxe3 28 Rxd3? 0-1 in 40 moves.

Spielmann's Variation (late 1920s) | Diez del Corral - Korchnoi (1978)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qb3 c5! 5 dxc5 Na6 6 e3 Bxc3+ 7 Qxc3 Nxc5 #

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 a3 Bxc3+ 5 bxc3 b6 6 f3 Nh5! 7 Nh3 e5 8 Nf2 O-O 9 e4 Nc6 10 g4 Nf6 is good for Black.

1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 d5 3 Bxf6 exf6 4 e3 Be6 5 Nd2 c6 6 Bd3 f5 7 Qf3 g6 8 Ne2 Nd7 9 O-O Bd6 (Nf6 ... Ne4!) 10 c4 Nf6 11 Nf4 O-O 12 cxd5 #

Gheorghlu - Stein (1965)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 f3 d5 5 a3 Bd6! 6 e4 c5! 7 cxd5 exd5 8 e5 cxd4 9 Qxd4 Qe7 10 Bf4 Nc6 11 Bb5 O-O 12 Bxc6 Bc5! 13 Nxd5 Nxd5 14 Qxd5 Rd8 15 Qe4 bxc6 16 Ne2 Ba6 17 Be3 Rd5! 18 f4 Rad8 19 Bxc5 Qxc5 20 b4 Qb6 21 Rf1 Rd2 0-1

Psakhis - Plaskett (1985)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 c5 5 Bd3 Nc6 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 e5 8 Ne2 e4 !? 9 Bb1 b6 10 Ng3 Ba6 11 f3 Bxc4 12 fxe4 d6 13 Qf3 O-O 14 e5 dxe5 15 Qxc6 exd4 16 cxd4 Re8 17 Nf5 g6 18 Ba2 gxf5 19 Bxc4 Qxd4 20 O-O Qxa1 21 g4 ? Nxg4 22 h3 Qc3! 23 Bxf7+ Kxf7 24 hxg4 Rad8 25 Qh6 Kg8 26 gxf5 Qg7+ 0-1

Johner - Capablanca (1929)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Bd3 c5 6 Nge2 Nc6 7 a3 Bxc3+ 8 bxc3 b6 9 O-O Ba6 10 e4 Ne8 11 Be3 d6 12 Qa4 Na5 13 Rfd1 Qc7 14 Rac1 Rd8! 0-1 in 48 moves.

Yusupov - Karpov (London 1989)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Bd3 c5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 Nc6 8 Ne2 b6 9 e4 Ne8 10 O-O Ba6 11 f4 Na5 12 f5 f6 13 Nf4! cxd4! 14 Qh5 exf5 15 exf5 Nd6 16 Rf3 Qe8! 17 Ng6! Bxc4 18 Bf4 Bxd3 19 Rh3 Bxf5 20 Qxh7+ Kf7 21 Rg3 Ne4 22 Ne5+ Ke6! and Black win.

Crouch - Suba (1990)

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Nf3 c5 5 g3 O-O 6 Bg2 cxd4 7 Nxd4 d5 8 Qb3 Bxc3+ 9 Qxc3 e5 10 Nb3 d4 11 Qa5 Qe8! 12 Bg5 Nc6 13 Qd2 Nd7 14 f4 f6 15 Bh4 Nb6 16 Qc1 exf4 17 gxf4 Bg4 18 O-O Bxe2 19 Re1 Rd8 20 Qd2 d3 21 Rac1 Qh5 22 Bf2 Bf3 23 Bc5 Bxg2! Exchange sacrifice puts White King in firing Line. 24 Bxf8 Bf3 25 Bc5 Qg4+ 26 Kf1 Be2+ 27 Kf2 Re8 28 Rc3 Re4 29 Bd6 Qf3+ 30 Kg1 Nxc4 31 Rxc4 Rxc4 32 Rc1 Rc2! 0-1

Shimanov (2550) - Salgado Lopez (2630) in 2011

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 d5 3 c4 e6 4 g3 Be7 5 Bg2 O-O 6 O-O dxc4 7 Qc2 b5! 8 a4 b4 9 Ne5 Qxd4! 10 Bxa8 Qxe5 11 Bf3 Ba6 12 Bf4 Qa5 13 Nd2 b3 14 Qc1 Qb4 15 Be5? Nd5 16 e4 ?? Nc6! 17 Bxg7 Kxg7 18 exd5 Nd4 19 dxe6 ? Qxd2 (0-1)

On Center and Developing

Border squares are not good for Knights.
The pawn is not a fighting unit in the sense that his crossing of the frontier is to be feared by the enemy. So the attacking force of the pawn is small compared with other pieces.
In the opening one or two pawn moves, not more.
Exchange with consequent gain of tempo. Not exchange an enemy piece which has not moved.
A pawn or mostly center pawn hunting in the opening is a mistake.
Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished

On Open File

A file is said to be open for the Rook when no pawn of his is in it.
Try the converging attack, attack the obstructing pawn with several pieces.
In flank lines i.e a, b, g & h files, the advanced post should be occupied by a piece of heavy metal. Center lines are c, d, e & f files.
Into the endgame stage, we are disposed to regard the 7 and 8th Rank as endgame advantages.
If the objective flees, the Rook must attack him from the rear.
7th Rank absolute with passed pawn.
Doubled Rooks give perpetual check.
Combined play in the 7th & 8th Rank.
The King who is threatened by an enveloping attack must maintain contact with the nearer Rook as long as possible.
The King who is threatened must struggle towards the corner, the Rooks must and will drive him from it.

Positional Play

Over protection is the very difficult strategy of the center.
The positional player protects a point not only for the sake of that point.
Do not be always thinking of attack ! Safe guarding moves, indicates by the demands made on us by the position, are much more prudent.
The center should be occupied by pawns.
A pawn is by nature, by his stability, a good center builder, but he is also an obstruction.
A GM can take in at a glance, without counting, how many pieces there are.
A GM must be able to assess a position accurately and correctly.
A GM must be able to calculate rightly and quickly all the significant variations.
A Bishop should have long diagonal. A passed pawn of c or f files also helps in victory.
If the stronger side has no pawns, generally do not win.
In opening, active operation of both sides should develop a logical coordination of pawn and pieces and at the same time, they should disturb the coordination of the enemy forces.
Limiting the mobility of the enemy pawns and pieces.

Fight for Center in Opening. Build up a plan.

The opening is won by the player who brings major pieces (Q, R, B, N) into play faster.
It is important to try to capture squares with pawns, especially the central squares.
If the defending King is in a White square corner with a Black squared Bishop or Vice-Versa, it is impossible to mate it with King and Rook.
The ability to calculate long variations. To assess a position correctly. To exploit an advantage accurately. To find the psychologically correct solution. Confidence & stability during play.

The passed Pawn

In general a King or Queen would also be a poor blockader.
Every healthy, uncompromised pawn majority must be able to yield a passed pawn.
Free passed pawn is such a dangerous "criminal".
A minor piece (Knight or Bishop) can stand up to an attack, in case of need he has only to call up aid.
The advance of a passed pawn from the ideal position must take place only at a moment when a strong blockader by enemy pieces is impossible of execution.

On Exchanging

We exchange in order to open a file without loss of time.
We destroy a defender by exchanging.
Selling one's life as dearly as possible.

In Endgame Strategy

When endgame is entered, let the King set himself in motion and strive to reach the center of the board.
The Rooks' proper place is behind the passed pawn whether it be his own or an enemy one.
The advancing pawn must stay in close contact with his own people.

The Pawn Chain

The pawn in the chain are pawn of a higher order. To conceive of the pawns in a chain as blockader would then appears to be quite correct.
The pawns are best fitted for building up the center, since they are the most stable. On the other hand, pieces stationed in the center can very well take the place of pawns.

Rook Ending

Being in the center the King is subjected to dangerous, especially when one of the sides open up the files placing his Rook on them.
With the pawn on d7, the long side will be on Right and Short side on left. So for a attack, black Rook should be on the edge of the long side i.e on h file and black's King should be on the short side on b7.

Fight for Center in Opening. Build up a plan.

Chess experts do not doubt that in most situations there is more than one strong continuation and everyone chooses his own "strongest" more guided by his own experience, evaluation, abilities, even his own character.
Play for mate from the first move is an wrong approach because in the initial position there are no real conditions for making the opponent's King. Firstly you develop your pieces acc. to a certain pattern to achieve some superiority in a certain area of the Chess board.
By taking our own games as examples we can generally learn rather more. Our own games are nearer to us than any others. We played them and we solved the problems which were put in our way. Where we went wrong, they remain unnoticed and may only be brought to light by analysis.

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