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The Undermining Test | Standard Chess #281 (Tarrasch Defense)

On your chess journey, you will face opponents who like to expand early and aggressively with their queenside pawns, hoping to cramp you on that wing. Fear not, however: you can often quickly undermine the enemy formation with b2-b3 (or ...b7-b6 as Black) against a c-pawn, and a2-a4 (...a7-a5) against a b-pawn. In deciding whether to pursue the latter undermining, see if your … [Read more...] about The Undermining Test | Standard Chess #281 (Tarrasch Defense)

Fighting GMs for the Initiative | Using the Clock as a Weapon #11

In this video, I play five blitz games (3+0) on Chess.com. My goals in this series are to 1) stay even or ahead of my opponents on the clock, and 2) trust my decision-making. Follow along as I try to avoid perfectionist tendencies and apply pressure with the ultimate equalizer in competitive chess: the clock! #Chess #BlitzChess #ClockAsAWeapon Support the channel: … [Read more...] about Fighting GMs for the Initiative | Using the Clock as a Weapon #11

Creating Knight Outposts | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. capa49 (1710)

In this continuation of the "Climbing the Rating Ladder" series I take on players of various ratings levels while pointing out typical mistakes and spots for improvement along the way (possibly my own!? :)). Here I commentate a 5+5 game against a player rated 1710 on Chess.com. My opponent plays a solid yet theoretically less challenge line against my Classical Sicilian, and … [Read more...] about Creating Knight Outposts | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. capa49 (1710)

Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna

Previewing FM Emmanuel Neiman's 2012 work for New in Chess, now a course on Chessable! https://www.chessable.com/tune-your-chess-tactics-antenna/course/23034/?ref=jbrl Support the channel: https://streamlabs.com/johnbartholomew or via PayPal: https://t.co/VBFOLJHt2m Follow me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/johnbartholomew Follow me on Twitter: … [Read more...] about Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna