Exploiting Queenside Expansion, with GM Ben Finegold
Recorded on July 16, 2025 in Roswell, GA
Games:
02:42 Sandro Mareco – Surya Ganguly, Spain Club Championship 2017
23:37 Bartlomiej Macieja – Pentala Harikrishna, Bermuda 2005
31:05 Bobby Fischer – Bent Larsen, Interzonal 1958
36:23 Bobby Fischer – Anthony Saidy, US Championship 1966-67
Thanks to David J for sponsoring this lecture. He says: “I want to learn how to punish a6-b5-b4 advances when playing as White and a3-b4-b5 advances when playing as black, teach us the ways!”
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Intro and concluding music: “Da Jazz Blues,” by Doug Maxwell; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mopxtd1dZM. Thank you Doug!
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