chess opening - volga-benko gambit

The Benko Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defense arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5

4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6


5... Bxa6
(5... g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nf3 Bxa6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O)
6. Nc3 g6
(6... d6 7. Nf3 (7. e4? Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O) 7... g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O)
7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O *


4. cxb5 a6 5. b6!?


5... e6
(5... Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. O-O);
(5... d6 6. Nc3 Qxb6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2) 9... O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. O-O)
6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Qh5 *



Sample games played using the Volga-Benko Gambit with ... bxa6

[Event "Figueres op 8th"]
[Site "Figueres"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Rd1 Bc4 15. b3 Ncxd5 16. Na2 Ba6 17. a5 Bb7 18. axb6 Rxa2 19. Qxa2 Nc3 20. Qa7 Be4 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 Nxb1 23. Be1 f5 24. Rxb1 Bxb1 25. Ng5 d5 26. Ne6 Qd6 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. f4 Bd4+ 29. Bf2 Qf6 30. e3 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Qc3 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Bxd5+ e6 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch playoff"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Rb1 Bc4 12. Nd2 Bxa2 13. Nxa2 Rxa2 14. Qb3 Ra8 15. Qb5+ Nfd7 16. b4 Na4 17. Rb3 Nc3 18. Qd3 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Qa5 21. Rc4 O-O 22. Bf3 Rae8 23. Qf4 Nd7 24. e4 Rc8 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe3 Qa4 28. Bb2 Qc2 29. Ba1 Nxf3 30. Kxf3 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bxa1 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Nf3 Rc3 34. Qe1 Bf6 35. Qb1 Qd3 36. Qd1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. O-O Nb6 12. a3 Nc4 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. bxc5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxc5 19. Nd2 Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Ne4 1/2-1/2


Sample games played using the Volga-Benko Gambit with ... b6

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e4 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nca3 Ne8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 Be5 26. Rh3 f6 27. Be3 g5 28. g4 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 Ne5 32. Bh6 d3 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Nxg6 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. Bf8 Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Qb4 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Ra4 Qb7 14. h3 Ne8 15. O-O Nc7 16. Nc4 Nb5 17. Bd2 Nd4 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Nb6 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bd7 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Re1 b4 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Ng6 27. Nc4 Qa6 28. Ra2 b3 29. Ra3 Rb4 30. Nd2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 c4 32. Nb1 Ra8 33. f3 Rb5 34. a6 Rb6 35. a7 Bd4+ 36. Bf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rb7 38. Ra4 Ne5 39. Nd2 Raxa7 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41. Nxc4 Rc7 42. Ne3 Ra1 43. Rd2 Rac1 44. Ke2 R1c2 45. Kd3 Rxd2+ 46. Kxd2 e6 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. Nc4 Rc2 49. g4 exd5 50. exd5 Kf8 51. Kd4 Ke7 52. Kd3 Rh2 53. Nd2 Rxh3 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Nxb3 Rxb2 56. Nd4 Ra2 57. Nf5+ Kf6 58. Nxd6 Ra5 59. Kd4 Ra3 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Rb4 62. Kd3 Rf4 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Ne4 Kxd5 65. Ng3 Ke5 66. Ne4 Rxe4+ 67. fxe4 f6 68. Kd3 Kf4 69. Kd4 Kxg4 70. Kd5 Kf4 71. Ke6 Kxe4 72. Kf7 g4 73. Kg6 g3 74. Kf7 g2 75. Ke6 g1=Q 76. Kf7 Kf5 77. Ke7 Qd1 78. Kf7 Qd7+ 79. Kf8 Kg6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Bd2 d6 14. Bc3 Bf6 15. Qh5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rbb8 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. b3 Be7 25. Rc1 a5 26. Re3 h6 1/2-1/2

solution to FICS timeseal problem

From time to time I experience login difficulty at FICS - Free Internet Chess Server. That is, after trying to connect using BabasChess (FICS client), this message appears:

"Timeseal: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond."

After experimenting with some settings, I came up with this solution:

1. Click File then Connect...

2. Click Advanced...

3. Put a check mark on the Use alternate server tcp port (23) then click OK.

4. Then click Connect.

live blitz game 006

Here's another 3-minute live blitz game on FICS, I played white against the Queen's Gambit Accepted. You can refer to the notation below for your review. Enjoy!

[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[White "masterpogi"]
[Black "pistolino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1206"]
[BlackElo "1279"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. b3
(7. axb5 cxb5 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. b3)
7... Bb4 8. Bd2
(8. Qc2 Nf6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Bxc4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfb1)
8... cxb3 9. Qxb3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 bxa4 11. Qxa4 Ne7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Nd5 14. Ba5 Qb7 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Ne5
(16. e4 Nf4 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. Bb4 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Bd6)
16... Qd6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. Rxc8+ Black resigns 1-0

chess opening - king's indian defense 7... Nbd7 and 7...Na6

This is the continuation of the King's Indian Defense. Previously, I've discussed the Main Line 7...Nc6. This time, I'm covering 7...Nbd7 and 7...Na6. Check the video below!
The line begins with:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O

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7...Nbd7Old Main Line: The Knight aims to settle on c5.

8.Re1 c6
[8...Re8 9.Bf1 c6 10.d5 c5 (10...Nc5? 11.b4!) 11.a3 Nh5 12.b4 b6 13.Rb1]
9.Bf1 a5
[9...exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Rb1 a5 12.f3 Nc5 13.Be3 Nfd7 14.Qd2 Ne5 15.Rbd1 a4 16.Nc2 Qb6 17.Qc1 Bf8 18.Nd4 Qb4 19.Ndb5 Be6 20.Nd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 Qxb5 22.cxb5]
10.Rb1 Re8 11.d5 Nc5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nd2 Bh6 14.a3 cxd5 15.cxd5 Rf8 16.Nc4 Bxc1 17.Qxc1 Ne8 18.Qe3 Rc8 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Na6 *


Sample games played using the King's Indian Defense with ... Nbd7

[Event "URS-World"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 g5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Qd2 h6 19. h4 gxh4 20. Bxh6+ Kg8 21. Rf1 Ng7 22. Bg5 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. Bf6 Re8 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nh5 27. Kh2 Ng3 28. Rf2 Re5 29. Bf3 Qe7 30. Bg2 h3 31. Kxg3 hxg2 32. Kxg2 Be4+ 33. Kg1 Bg6 34. Qf4 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Re3 36. Rf3 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Re3 38. Rf3 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Bc2 40. Rf1 Be4+ 41. Kg3 Bd3 42. Rf3 Bxc4 43. Qxc4 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Rc1 45. Qe2 1-0


[Event "URS-World"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Qd2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 Nef6 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf3 Neg4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Qe8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Bd3 Ne3 20. Rae1 f4 21. Nd1 Bg4 22. Nxe3 fxe3 23. Rxe3 Qh5 24. Be4 Raf8 25. Qd3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qg5 27. Kh1 Rf4 28. b3 Rh4 29. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Johannesburg"]
[Site "Johannesburg"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1981.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RSA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2 a5 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Ndb5 Re8 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Bf1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf2 Rf8 18. g3 Nf6 19. Qxf5 Ng4 20. Qxg4 Ng5 21. Qh5 Be8 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. Nxc7 Rxf3 24. Nxa8 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Bxc3 27. Nc7 Bg6 28. Nd5 Be4+ 29. Kh3 Bxb2 30. Rab1 Qf2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Nf4 Bf5+ 33. g4 Qf2 0-1

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7...Na6

[7...c6 8.Re1 exd4 9.Nxd4]
8.Be3
[8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8;
8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5;
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c5!]
8...Ng4 9.Bg5 Qe8! *


Sample games played using the King's Indian Defense with ... Na6

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.10.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Be6 15. a3 Nf7 16. b4 c6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc7 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Rb1 b6 21. c5 b5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bd2 e4 27. Na5 Rc8 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Nc3 Nxc3 30. Bxc3+ Bg7 31. Bd2 Ba2 32. Rc1 Be5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Bxc4 Kg7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Bxb5 Bd4 37. c6 Kf6 38. Rd1 Be5 39. Ba5 Re7 40. Bc4 f4 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Linares 22nd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 Qe8 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nb4 11. Be2 a5 12. Rb1 Na6 13. Bg5 Bd7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 Bg5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. a3 Nc5 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Qd3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 f5 24. c5 Qb5 25. h4 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Ra2 27. Rbe1 Qa4 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qc7 Qc2 30. Qb6 Bg7 31. Qe3 b5 32. Rc1 Qb2 33. Rf1 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Qe2 h6 37. Rg4 h5 38. Re4 Bh6 39. Ng5 Bxg5 40. hxg5 Rxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kloosters"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 Nh5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Rfe1 Nc5 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. g3 Bd7 19. c5 Rad8 20. b4 Bc8 21. Bf1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nb1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nbd2 d3 26. Bxd3 Bxh3 27. e5 Qd7 28. Ne4 Nf4 29. Nd6 Bg2 30. Be4 Qg4 31. Rd4 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qxd4 34. Kxh3 Bxe5 35. Nc4 Bc7 36. Kg2 Qd3 37. Qc1 h5 38. Ne3 Be5 39. Nc4 Qc3 40. Qxc3 Bxc3 41. Nd6 Rd7 42. b5 Kf8 0-1

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chess opening - king's indian defense 7... Nc6

This is the King's Indian Defense, where Black allows White to control the center with his pawns, with the view to challenge it later with ...e5. This video focuses on Black's 7th move ..Nc6. I will deal with 7... Nbd7 and 7... Na6 on my succeeding post. Watch the video below!

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6


8. d5 Ne7 9. b4

(9. Nd2 a5 (9... Ne8? 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4) (9... Nd7? 10. b4 f5 11. Ba3 Nf6 12. f3 Bh6 13. c5 Be3+ 14. Kh1) 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. f3)

9... Nh5

(9... a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 Bh6 13. a5)

10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6

(11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18. fxe3 fxe3 19. Rcxe3 c6 20. Kh1 d5 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3)

12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 *



Sample games played using the King's Indian Defense 7... Nc6

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.02"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 e5 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Re1 Nh5 10. b4 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc5 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. h4 Rd5 25. Be3 Rc6 26. a4 a6 27. Kf1 Rcd6 28. Rb1 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Rc4 Kf7 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. Ke4 Bf6 34. Rc5 Bxh4 35. Rxe5+ Kf7 36. Rd5 Re7+ 37. Kd4 Rc7 38. Rc5 Rd7+ 39. Kc4 Be7 40. Rc8 b5+ 41. axb5 axb5+ 42. Kc3 h5 43. Bc5 Bf6+ 44. Kc2 h4 45. Rb8 Rd5 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rb6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grundfos Young Masters"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Bogner, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Nh5 13. c5 Nf4 14. Bc4 Kh8 15. g3 h6 16. gxf4 exf4 17. e5 hxg5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bb2 Bd7 20. Qd2 Ng8 21. b5 dxc5 22. d6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 24. Re7 Qa5 25. Rae1 a6 26. Qg2 g4 27. Qd2 g5 28. h4 gxf3 29. hxg5 f2 30. Kg2 fxe1=N+ 31. Qxe1 f3+ 32. Kxf3 Nh5 33. Qh4 Be8 34. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Pardubice op-A"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "2005.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szymanski, Marcin"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2005.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 e4 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Bb3 Rf5 23. Re2 Qc3 24. b5 Raf8 25. h4 Kh7 26. Red2 Rd8 27. Qg3 Be5 28. Qh3 Qb4 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxb5 31. Rxe4 Rdf8 32. Ree1 Rxf2 33. Qd3 Qc5 34. Qd4 R2f5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. g4 Rf4 37. Bxd5 Rxg4+ 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Rd7 Kf6 40. Rxa7 Rb8 41. Re2 h5 42. a4 Rb6 43. a5 Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Rf4+ 45. Kg3 Rbb4 46. Bh3 Rxh4 47. Rf2+ Kg5 48. Rxe7 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 Rbxh3 50. Rc7 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Re1 53. e7 Rg4+ 54. Kh2 Rge4 55. Rxc5+ Kh6 56. Rc7 Ra1 57. Ra7 h4 58. Rg2 g5 59. Ra8 Ree1 60. Rg1 Re2+ 61. Rg2 Ree1 62. Rg1 Ra2+ 63. Rg2 Rxg2+ 64. Kxg2 Rxe7 65. Rh8+ Kg6 66. Rb8 Re3 67. Rb6+ Kh5 68. Rb5 Ra3 69. Rc5 h3+ 70. Kh2 Kh4 0-1

live blitz game 005

Here's another 3-minute live blitz game on FICS, I played white against the Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defense. You can refer to the notation below for your review. Enjoy!

[Event "rated blitz match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[White "masterpogi"]
[Black "greyfrog"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1197"]
[BlackElo "1250"]
[ECO "D07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e4 (5. Ne5 Bh5 (5... Be6 6. e4) 6. f3 Nfd7 7. Nxc4) 5... Nc6 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Ne5 8. Qd1 (8. Qg3 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O e6 12. Rd1 Bb4 13. Qg3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rg8 15. Bg5) 8... Qd7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg5 (10. Bg3 e6 11. dxe6 Qxe6 12. Qa4+ Qc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxc4) 10... b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 (12. Bxc4 bxc3 (12... a6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. O-O O-O 16. Nd4 Be5 17. Nf5 Bxb2 18. Qg4 Bxa1?? 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Qxd7) 13. Bb5) 12... Nxe4 13. Be3 c3 14. bxc3 (14. Bb5 Qxb5 15. axb5 cxb2 16. Rb1) 14... bxc3 15. Bb5 Qxb5 16. axb5 e6 17. dxe6 Rd8 18. Qc2 Nd2 19. Qxc3 Bd6 20. Bxd2 O-O 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Bh6 (22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Nc3 c6 24. Qe6) 22... Be5 23. Qe3 Bxa1 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. O-O Rxf7 26. Rxa1 Rdf8 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Rd1 Rxf2 29. Nb4 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qd4+ (32. Qc6 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kg7) 32... Ne5 33. Re1 {Black forfeits on time} (33. Nc6 Kg8 34. Nxe5) 1-0

white's opening part 1 (benoni defense)

This is the Benoni Defense, where Black challenges the d4 pawn and provoking White to advance. White accepts Black's invitation to gain territory, and avoiding transpositions that would arise if he allows ...c5xd4.

1. d4 c5 2. d5





PGN used in this video

[Event "benoni defense"]
[White "erichess"]
[Black ""]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A77"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 (8... Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qc2 a6 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4 exd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Bb2 f5 19. Bf3) (8... Nbd7 $2 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qxd6) 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Na4 Qxa5 19. Bxg5 Bh5 20. Rg3 Bg6 21. Nc3 b5 22. f4 b4 23. f5 bxc3 24. bxc3 Be5 25. fxg6 fxg6 (25... Bxg3 26. gxf7+ Kg7 27. hxg3 Rf8 (27... Rec8 28. Qf2 $18) 28. e5 Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Bh6+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg7#) 26. Rgf3 *


Sample games played using the Benoni Defense

[Event "?"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen,C"]
[Black "Nielsen, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. a5 h6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bb2 g4 18. Nd1 Nh5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Bxe5 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bxe5 22. Ndc4 Bf4 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. Nxd7 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rxd7 26. h3 h5 27. Ra4 Re5 28. hxg4 hxg4 1-0


[Event "?"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjelm, N"]
[Black "Yu Mingyuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2419"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. Re1 h6 15. a5 Rb8 16. Nf1 b6 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ng3 Ng6 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. f3 Nh4 21. Ne3 Nh7 22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Bd2 Bd4+ 24. Be3 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Ng6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Ne5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Bxa6 1/2-1/2


[Event "?"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1986"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miles, A"]
[Black "Winants, L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2340"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Nd1 15... b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Ndc4 Rb4 19. f3 Nf4 20. Bd1 Rf8 21. Na5 Qc7 22. Nc6 Rb6 23. Bd2 Rxc6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. b4 Ne8 26. g3 Ne6 27. Nf5 Bf6 28. bxc5 Nxc5 29. Ne3 Nc7 1-0


[Event "?"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dydyshko,V"]
[Black "Stempin,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2380"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Ra3 a6 14. a5 Rb8 15. Re1 g4 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Nd1 Bd7 18. h3 Qf6 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rh3 Qg6 24. Bd2 Re5 25. f4 Rxd5 26. f5 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qg4 28. Nf2 Qf4 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 1-0

chess tactics 002

This is my second chess tactics posting. I decided to give the position on the diagram below a comprehensive study.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e5 Qg6


White to move
The queen is threatening the pawn at g2. Should white bring out his light squared bishop?

8. Nf3 d5 9. Bd3 Qxg2? (9... Qg4? 10. h3 Qh5 (10... Qxg2 11. Rh2 Qxh2 12. Nxh2) 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bc2 Qg6 13. Bxg6) (9... Qh5 10. Qa4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O) (9... f5 10. exf6 Qxf6) 10. Rg1 Qh3 11. Rxg7 Bf8 12. Rg3 Qh5 13. Ne2 dxc4 (13... f5 14. exf6 Rg8 15. Rxg8 Qxf3 16. Bg6+ Kd7 17. Rxf8 Kc7 18. Be8 e5 (18... Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh2 20. f7 Qxf2 21. Qf1 Qh4 22. Rg8) 19. Ng3 Qf4 20. Qd2 Bh3 21. f7) 14. Nf4 Qxf3 15. Qxf3 {+-} *

black's opening part 5 (two knights defense - bogoljubow variation)

This is the bogoljubow variation of the two knights defense. White decides to pin the pawn at c6 on his 8th move. This is in relation to my previous post on the two knights defense.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3

live blitz game 004

Here's another 3-minute live blitz game on FICS, I played black against the King's Indian Attack opening. You can refer to the notation below for your own review. Enjoy!

[White "SineCosine"]
[Black "masterpogi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 g6 (3... e4 4. Ng1 d5 5. d4 Nf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nh3 O-O {white has a cramped position and is behind development}) 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. h4 Ne7 12. Kh2 Nf5 13. Bh3 Qe7 14. Ne4 Be6 15. Bg5 Qd7 (15... f6! 16. Bd2 Nd6 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qf3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c6 20. h5 f5) 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nd4 18. Bxe5 Bxh3 19. Rg1 Bg4 20. Qc1 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxg1 (21... Nxe5 22. Rf1 Qc6+ 23. f3 Rae8 24. Qf4 Qxc2+ 25. Kg1 Bh3 26. Rf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nxd3+) 22. Kxg1 Bh3 23. Qh6 f5 (23... f6!) 24. Qf4 Qd5 25. f3 Rae8 26. Re1 Qc5+ 27. d4 Qxc2 {White resigns} 0-1

black's opening part 4 (semi-slav defense - anti-meran gambit 5. Bg5)

This is the anti-meran gambit, a variation of the semi-slav defense. A queen's gambit declined with 5. Bg5, pinning the black knight to the queen. This is in relation to my previous post on the semi-slav defense.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5

live blitz game 003

This my first 3 minute live blitz game on FICS. Fortunately, I am able to win after making some stupid moves like breaking the castling rule. Watch it and enjoy!

black's opening part 3 (two knights defense with 4. Ng5)

The Two Knights Defense

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5



PART 1



PART 2

black's opening part 2 (kga - fischer defense)

This is my 2nd posting regarding openings. I'm always in trouble when my opponents use the king's gambit against me, especially in a 3 minute blitz game where time is very crucial. This study helps in making accurate and sound moves against the king's gambit.

Thanks to the brilliant Robert J. Fischer (1943-2008) for this opening.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6



PART 1



PART 2

black's opening part 1 (semi-slav defense)

Here's one of my opening studies based on my blitz games. I learned lots of flaws in my openings, so i decided to go over every opening that i'll encounter.
I'll start with the semi-slav defense, which i should have played on my last game. I will discuss more variations of the openings (for white or black) in the future.

live blitz game 002

This is a 3-minute rated blitz game on playchess.com. You can see here that i need to work on my opening. I'll be posting about the semi-slav defense later and other openings that i'll encounter along the way. Have fun!

live blitz game 001

My first (non-rated) 3 minute live blitz game on playchess.com.
I included a game review at the end of the clip. Enjoy!