Abdur

We left off with this position, and the task of finding a move for Black. Meister played 15…Nd6. Because of the lichess live broadcast, I… Read More »Plans for both sides in the Carlsbad Structure

In addition to the 50+ World Team Championship featured in earlier posts, there is also a 65+ section going on. The US didn’t send a… Read More »Carlsbad Pawn Structure in the World 65+

Last time, I asked you how White could make a draw from the following position: There are actually a couple paths to safety. Neither is… Read More »Coste-Kaidanov: Missed drawing chances.

Rd. 1 of tournaments, both individual and team, often produce mismatches on paper. The Americans at the World Senior outrated their opponents by roughly 400… Read More »Coste-Kaidanov: OCB Ending

We started our discussion of Novikov-Jacimovic from this position, with White to play: White decided to win a pawn with 10.Bxf4? exf4 11.Qxf4, bringing up… Read More »Pawn Sacrifice, Dark Square Control

Last time, I asked you what you would play for White in this position: I’m going to tell you the engine’s top three choices: 10.Nf5,… Read More »Novikov-Jacimovic: Solution, Game Continuation

Today we are going to focus on an interesting moment from the opening of a different game in the USA-North Macedonia match. This game was… Read More »Novikov-Jacimovic: Opening Decision

Welcome to our last installment in analysis of Ehlvest-Nedev from the World Senior Championship. We will finish analyzing some variations that remained hidden in the… Read More »Ehlvest-Nedev: Conclusion

Refreshing your memory: Our study of Ehlvest-Nedev started from this position. Ehlvest played the fantastic breakthrough 20.e5!. I asked you to try to find the… Read More »Ehlvest-Nedev: Hidden in the Notes

Last time, I asked you to think about what to play in this position: Grandmaster Jaan Ehlvest peaked at World #5 in the 1991 FIDE… Read More »Ehlvest-Nedev: Solution