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