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How to defend in chess? – The art of the defense in tactical battles

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Here is a new video from my Basic in chess series. Today’s subject is how to defend in chess in the common tactical battles.

HERE ARE THE PGN’s OF THE GAMES THAT I USED IN THE VIDEO:

[Event “Tradewise Gibraltar”]
[Site “Catalan Bay GIB”]
[Date “2012.01.31”]
[EventDate “2012.01.24”]
[Round “8”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Artur Yusupov”]
[Black “Alexey Shirov”]
[ECO “A48”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “72”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. e4 exd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 h6
12. Qb3 Re7 13. Ne5 hxg5 14. Nxf7 Nc5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc5
Rxf7 17. Bxg6 Qf8 18. f4 g4 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rf4 Bc6 21. Kh1 Rd8
22. Rxg4 Bd5 23. Qh3 Rg7 24. Bh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Qa3 Kd7
27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Qxa7 c6 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Ra4 Be5
32. h3 Kc8 33. Re1 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qxf5 35. Rg4 Rxg6 36. Qb4
Rd4 0-1

[Event “Buenos Aires”]
[Site “Buenos Aires ARG”]
[Date “1960.07.12”]
[EventDate “1960.06.23”]
[Round “15”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Carlos Enrique Guimard”]
[Black “Robert James Fischer”]
[ECO “A48”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “116”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 h6 6. Bxf6
Bxf6 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. e5 Bg7 10. Qe2 c5 11. h4 cxd4
12. h5 g5 13. Qe4 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nxg5 d5 16. Qh7+ Kf8
17. O-O-O Nc6 18. f4 Nb4 19. a3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 hxg5 21. h6
Bxh6 22. fxg5 Bf5 23. Rxh6 Bxd3 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 Rc6
26. Rxa8 Rxc2+ 27. Kb1 Rxd2+ 28. Kc1 Rc2+ 29. Kb1 Rc8+
30. Rxd3 Rxa8 31. Rxd4 Rd8 32. Kc2 Kg6 33. Rf4 Kxg5 34. Rf7
Rd7 35. Kd3 Kg6 36. Rf8 Kg7 37. Ra8 b6 38. Kd4 Kf6 39. Rf8+
Ke6 40. Rg8 Kd6 41. g4 e5+ 42. Kd3 Rh7 43. g5 Ke6 44. g6 Rh3+
45. Kc2 Rh2+ 46. Kb3 Rg2 47. g7 Kf6 48. Rd8 Rxg7 49. Rxd5 Rc7
50. a4 e4 51. Rh5 e3 52. Rh3 Re7 53. Rh1 e2 54. Re1 Kf5
55. Kc3 Kf4 56. Kd2 Kf3 57. Rh1 Rd7+ 58. Kc2 Kg2 0-1

[Event “XXI Open Internacional d’escacs de Sant”]
[White “Percivaldi, Martin”]
[Black “Arenas, David”]
[Site “Cotxeres de Sants – Barcelona”]
[Round “7.15”]
[Annotator “Reeh, Oliver”]
[Result “0-1”]
[Date “2019.08.29”]
[WhiteElo “2391”]
[BlackElo “2448”]
[PlyCount “51”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. 0-0 Qb7 11. b4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxb4 13. Ng5 g6 14. e4 Be7 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Qc6 {In the diagram position White, being a
pawn down, delivered a surprising strike: 18.Nxh7. Can you see how after 18…
Kxh7 he intends to regain the Nb8 by force – or even better, how Black refutes
the idea in the end?} 18. Nxh7 { White sacrifices his knight
for a king’s shelter pawn, allowing his queen and bishop to work against the
black monarch… and the Nb8!} Kxh7 19. Qh3+ { 3rd rank
mobility, part 1.} Kg8 {} (19… Kg7 $4 20. Qh6+ Kg8 (20… Kf6 21. Bg5+ Ke5 22. Bxe7 {etc.} )21. Be5 $18 {} )20. Be5 { Threatening mate
on h8 and forcing another weakening of Black’s king.} f6 {} 21. Qg3 { 3rd rank mobility, part 2. The queen move threatens 22.Qxg6+ and
22.Bxb8 – Black’s knight is attacked three times!} Kg7 $1 {Parrying the far more
important threat.} (21… fxe5 $4 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Rb3 $1 $18 {
shows another attractive reason why White went for his sac.} )22. Bxb8 {} e5 $1 { Cutting off the Bb8 – Black wins a piece. If you saw all
this in the position White played 18.Nxh7, you are free to award the move a
“?”. :-)} 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe5+ Bf6 $19 25. Qf4 Rae8 26. f3 0-1

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ginger_gm avatar; Simon Williams @ginger_gm ·
4 Oct 2022 1577345190330875922

(4/4) On another note I could do with some tips on how to get a good sleep. It seems like I am a fully fledged insomniac. 😵‍💫
I was in bed at 1am last night but didn't even manage to get 1 minutes sleep after tossing and turning all night. Been awake for about 40 hours now. 😱

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4 Oct 2022 1577342859849744399

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4 Oct 2022 1577340399835832322

(3/4) I missed one very likely obvious winning move.
Here I played Bg2? but I should just play Qh6!
For some reason I had missed ...Qxh6 Bxh6 ...Nxc3 a3! Which is game over.
In the end I lost 😔 after Johann played excellently.

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4 Oct 2022 1577257221313863680

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