tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77270837875624892762024-03-20T15:09:26.094+00:00For Chess AmateurThis Blog is created to help amateur chess players to improve their chess. We will here provide daily/weekly basis studies on different phases of the chess game like game study. endgame, tactics etc.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-30069061502865548022015-05-19T08:14:00.002+01:002015-05-19T08:17:25.539+01:00Teaching Kids - Pin - Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Before proceeding, I recommend you to go through <a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2015/05/teaching-pin-to-kids.html" target="_blank">part -1</a>.<br />
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Following to discussion on part-1, let's move on getting benefits out of pin. Basically there are four ways to get benefited from Pin.<br />
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1. Increase nos of attack on pinned piece.<br />
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Knight on c6 is pinned so you can simply win the piece by playing pawn d4 to d5. This method works very well with absolute pin though you can do the same with relative pin too. But with relative pin, pinned piece is not completely paralyzed.<br />
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2. Illusion<br />
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In this position if there is a no pawn h7, black can be checkmated with Rh8#. But you can break the defence with 1. Qxg6!! as 1... fxg6 is not possible due to the Pin (Bishop on b3 is pinning the f7 pawn). Therefore pawn on f7 is defending g6 is only illusion.<br />
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3. Changing pinned piece<br />
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Here 1. f6 (increasing nos of attack on pinned piece is not the proper one because of 1...g6. But it is often good idea to change the pinned piece in order to break the defence. In this case<br />
1. Bxg7!! - Bxg7<br />
2. f6 wins the queen otherwise it is checkmate.<br />
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4. Gaining a tempo<br />
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White is pawn plus but exchanging everything wouldn't solve the issue, for example<br />
1. Bxf6 - Rxf6<br />
2. Rxf6 - Kxf6<br />
3. b5 - Ke6<br />
4. b6 - Kd6<br />
5. b7 - Kc7 = and Black king is in time to catch the pawn.<br />
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But what happned if white is a tempo ahead in the same position (Pawn is on b5 instead of b4). Obvious white can win the game by swap off all pieces. White can win this position with<br />
1. Rxf6!! - Rxf6 (Now rook is pinned therefore white is able to gain a move with b4)<br />
2. b4 - Kf7<br />
3. Bxf6 - Kxf6<br />
4. b6 - Ke6<br />
5. b7 - Kd7<br />
6. b8=Q wins the game.<br />
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We will discuss a classical game on next article in order to explain "if & but" of pin.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-69465337392713188452015-05-18T19:28:00.002+01:002015-05-19T08:17:12.612+01:00Teaching Pin to Kids<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pinning and winning.<br />
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In chess, a pin is a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece.<br />
<i>Source: Wikipedia</i><br />
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Looks complicated, let me explain it with the help of following example<br />
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On your right hand side<br />
- Black Rook is the attacker<br />
- White Bishop is defender (Defending king by blocking/interposing)<br />
- White King is the more valuable piece than Bishop.<br />
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Therefore Bishop has lost its mobility called PIN. This is called absolute pin as bishop move would be ill-legal move.<br />
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While on your left hand side<br />
- Black Rook is the attacker<br />
- White Bishop is defender (Defending queen by blocking/interposing)<br />
- White Queen is the more valuable piece than Bishop.<br />
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But here Bishop has some mobility as moving bishop is not ill-legal but not advisable. It is called relative pin.<br />
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Pin is possible against square too. Here is an example...<br />
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Here queen on d2 can't move because of checkmate threat on d8.<br />
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On <a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2015/05/teaching-kids-pin-part-2.html" target="_blank">next article</a> we will look at getting benefits out of the pin with the help of classical games.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-27394089650210551062013-05-04T01:00:00.000+01:002013-05-04T01:00:02.423+01:00Annotated Chess Game In French Defence : Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Previous annotated games in French Defence</span><br />
<a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence_20.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kasparov vs Nikolic</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2013/04/annotated-game-in-french-defence-of.html" target="_blank">Bojan Vuckovic (2615) vs Alexander Grischuk</a></span><br />
<a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.in/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence.html" style="line-height: 20px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen, Grand Slam 2012</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.in/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence_13.html" target="_blank">Peter Svidler vs Ivanchuk, Candidates 2013</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence_23.html" target="_blank">Aron Nimzowitsch Against Jose Raul Capablanca</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence_30.html" target="_blank">Bronstein, David vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bg6 5. Nxg6 hxg6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e5 8.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">O-O</span></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See the diagram (^) White is having two bishop advantage and nice center but he </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">must be very careful about black's activity on h file</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>8....c6 9. a4 exd4</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(9... Nxe4 </span></i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">10. Nxe4 d5)</span> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>10. Qxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Nde5 ? <span style="color: red;">12. hxg4 ??</span></b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">See the diagram(^) Now white can</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">not avoid checkmate, but instead of 12. Be2 and white is having better game </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">(</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">12. Be2 Qh4 13. f4 Qg3 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. hxg4) </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Previous annotated games in French Defence</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bishop and Knight alone can not hold the position against queen except one position, which can be arranged on two corner of the board, depending upon which colour bishop you have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see that white king can not enter into the squares marked with green colour. Therefore Bishop can not be captured so position remains draw. Moreover, white is not able to force black into zugzwang. Please note that attacker positions (here white's King and Queen) are irrelevant once defender gets the given position.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Originally position was studied by Max A.K.S. Karstedt in 1903 who has also discovered some other possibilities in Philidor position even but not popular because they are complicated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this article we will see different fortress positions for minor pieces (usually Defender Side) against Queen in pawn less endgame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bishop must be arrange in a way so that stronger side king can not attack them. You can set up the fortress in 4 corners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Giambattista Lolli has given following position in his book Osservazioni teorico-pratiche sopra il giuoco degli scacchi (English: Theoretical-practical views on the game of chess), published 1763 in Bologna. Which has been used in almost every chess endgame book to describe fortress against queen for two bishops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and again with <b>4.... Bg6+ 5.Kf4</b> and Black again gets Lolli Position. and there is no another way to win this game for white. You can your self analyse the position or can take help of computer in case you have any doubts. <b>5...Kf7 6.Qd7+ Kf8 =:=</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-53552092091356426152013-04-17T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-17T01:00:04.923+01:00Opening Tricks and Traps, Part 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-48989623331019208782013-04-16T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-16T01:00:02.008+01:00Annotated Game in French Defence of Leading french expert Alexander Grischuk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Previous annotated games in French Defence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. <span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.in/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence.html" target="_blank">Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen, Grand Slam 2012</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. <span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.in/2013/04/annotated-chess-game-in-french-defence_13.html" target="_blank">Peter Svidler vs Ivanchuk, Candidates 2013</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This game is for french lovers who just love later counter attacks possibilities in french defence.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annotated Game : Bojan Vuckovic (2615) vs Alexander Grischuk</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-53813487527248189812013-04-15T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-21T13:20:04.995+01:00Chess Endgame : Queen vs. Rook Part - 1 Fortress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Practice it has been observed that Queen vs Rook endgame is difficult though it was believed to be quite easy to force win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The Appearance of Computer databases in 1978 caused the ending to be seen in new light.While they confirmed that the queen should win from all normal starting positions, they also showed that it was quite difficult to win if the defender played precisely."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1... Rg7+ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Kg6 Rg7+ </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Kf6 Perpetual checks (4. Kh6 Rh7+ 5. Kxh7 Stalemate trick works) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4... Rg6+ Again Stalemate tricks works well for defender</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In <a href="http://amateur-chess.blogspot.com/2013/04/chess-endgame-queen-vs-rook-part-2.html" target="_blank">part 2</a> we will see winning method for stronger side.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-31989363754002276132013-04-13T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-13T01:00:04.677+01:00Annotated Chess Game In French Defence, Between Svidler and Ivanchuk from Candidates 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I choose this game played in recent and the most toughest tournament in the candidates history ever (Candidates 2013) where Ivanchuk had missed some equalizing chances in his kind of position (Tactical). After penultimate 26....0-0-0, Svidler controlled the game and went on win. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before presenting you annotated game, let me give you the list of some good books on french defence.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-58813246827079494302013-04-11T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-12T18:12:03.823+01:00Endgame : Active King<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the opening and middlegame stage king requires protection but as soon as game reaches to last phase, king activation has significant effect over the result of chess game. For better endgame result you should activate or centralize your king as soon as possible as there are less chances of mating attack due to few materials left on the board where you can use your king as an extra piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mikhail Shereshevsky has devoted a separate chapter on 'Centralization of king' in his book endgame strategy where he gave general rules to ameliorate your chess endgame.</span><br />
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“The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is a mere 'super', in the endgame on the other hand it is one of the 'principals'. We must therefore develop him, bring him nearer to the fighting line.” - Aron Nimzowitsch</span><br />
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An experienced chess player is mostly playing with an extra piece in endgame compare to novice. Let's go through some examples which supports this thumb rule.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here you will find traps which has some practical chances to fall into. I have not included traps or tricks which are easily available on wiki pages and youtube. In every part we will deal with three tricks/traps.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(2) Budapest Defence</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(3) Caro-Kann Defence</span></div>
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<br><br><br>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-77186853188935360572013-04-09T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-09T01:00:00.027+01:00Annotated Chess Game in French Defence: Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">French defence is famous for its solidity and counter attack possibilities in later stage of the game with a view to somewhat cramp position in the opening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game has been taken from the recent tournament (Grand Slam 2012), played between chess genius Calsen as black and Fabiano. Game was full of swindles but at last Carlsen did penultimate mistake under time pressure and lost the game in winning position but the way he handled the endgame was just fabulous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before presenting you annotated game, let me give you the list of some good books on french defence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9056912453/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9056912453&linkCode=as2&tag=forcheama-20">The Flexible French: Strategic Explanations & Surprise Weapons for Dynamic Players</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=forcheama-20&l=as2&o=1&a=9056912453" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0890580103/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0890580103&linkCode=as2&tag=forcheama-20">French Defence by Gligoric</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=forcheama-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0890580103" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857446801/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1857446801&linkCode=as2&tag=forcheama-20">Play the French, 4th (Everyman Chess)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=forcheama-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1857446801" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annotated game : Fabiano Caruana - Magnus Carlsen, Grand Slam 2012</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16739344495084806270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727083787562489276.post-45849316206162798532013-04-08T01:00:00.000+01:002013-04-08T01:00:02.684+01:00Theoretical Positions In King & Pawn Endgame That You Must Know <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The Rubinstein Trap is an opening trap which is named for one of the chess legend Akiba Rubinstein; not because he used it against his opponents but he fell twice into it. You can read more about Rubinstein from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiba_Rubinstein" target="_blank">wikipedia pages</a>.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O7VQPC/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000O7VQPC&linkCode=as2&tag=forcheama-20">Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=forcheama-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000O7VQPC" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a opening trap under 'Queen's Gambit Declined' exchange variation where white capture 'd5' pawn with knight on c3, in return if black black is very much greedy and captures knight then loses queen. If not, trap offers minimum a pawn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Position after white's Nxd5 from the game between Max Euwe and Rubinstein.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See the diagram(^) exd5 can be punished by Bc7 (Winning Queen). Here are two games in which Rubinstein fell twice.</span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Game 1 - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Max Euwe and Rubinstein</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Game 2 - Alekhine and Rubinstein</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">Question to Rubinstein: "Who is your opponent tonight?" Answer: "Tonight I am playing against the black pieces." - Akiba Rubinstein</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recently I have wrote article on <a href="http://chessimprover.com/pressure-and-emotional-instability/" target="_blank">Chessimprover.com</a> (GM Nigel Davies site) about <a href="http://chessimprover.com/pressure-and-emotional-instability/" target="_blank">Pressure & emotional instability</a> which inspired me to write on other hurdles also which are between you and your chess improvement.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fear</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also victim of fear, while playing against higher rated player earlier I thought that if I could draw the game would be better for me but now I do not care. The reason of this change is change in my attitude. How you can change it? well first of all think positive, read good articles about positive attitude, read some inspirational books, worth to watch chess movie 'Knight of South Bronx' & so on. Remember that this all thing are not related to chess but those are having collateral effect in overall attitude. Remember that <i>'You will get what you think'</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emotional Instability</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have wrote detailed article on this at chessimprover which you can read. Some tips I would like to share with you in order to be emotionally stable. Yoga and Meditation are having great impacts on your emotional aspects. Try is as I did.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Expecting too much from you</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been often seen among the amateurs (Including me) that we expect much from us. Like we study very hard for 6 month to 1 years and expecting very serious Elo jump. In reality we need years in order to be good players, In 'BHAGAVAD GITA' (Religious Book in Hinduism) It has been told that <i>"Do your duty and Don't expect for results"</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unorganized preparation</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't do unorganized preparation. Today you like one book or one coach and tomorrow different book or different coach... just don't do that. Search good mentor/chess coach and do what they say, walk on their plans as they are experienced and stronger than you in chess. I don't think that chess progress is possible without good coach; exceptions are always there.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Profound use of computers</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that too much use of computer in your preparation can be a reason in losing interest in chess. Analyse game your self and show then to stronger player than you, take their guidance Prepare opening through studying games of chess legends not just few moves recommended by computers.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ignoring Importance of end-game</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well known cause. We do not get king and pawn or rook endgame in our game so no need to study endgame (Amateurs and Beginners' words). Here you are mistaken as endgame is a tool on which you can play middle-game like ; exchanging pieces, launching attack, simplifying the position etc etc. If you learn endgame, you get to know importance of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not the least 'Actions are much more Important than plans'. I hope you get my point.</span><br />
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It is very much important to have passed pawn in endgame. Sometimes material on the board is even but it may be possible to have passed pawns for both on different wings (King side, Queen side. In endgame it is advantageous to have passed pawn on the side where your opponent has not castled. In general that is called majority on the queen-side. It is advantageous because your opponent king has to travel far to reach your passed pawn by the time you can just take off some of his pawns and gaining material advantages.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Pawn Breakthrough :</span></b><br />
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It is basically a process of creating passed pawn.In simple terminology; finding correct series of pawn moves to produce passed pawn called pawn breakthrough.First we will go through some famous examples then we will dig this topic deeply.</div>
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<span style="color: red;">Remember :</span> <i>You must be having prior knowledge of 'key square' and 'Rule of square' in order to understand pawn breakthrough.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Position 1: White to Move</span></b><br />
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This is very famous example to explain pawn breakthrough. See the diagram(^). White white to move, white can easily win with<br />
1. g6!! hxg6 or 1....fxg6, 2.h6! gxh6, 3.f6 and wins<br />
2. f6! gxf6<br />
3. h6 and promoting the pawn and wins.<br />
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But there is question why white was winning on the given position?<br />
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<li>Black king was too much far from the queening square.</li>
<li>White pawns were more advanced.White won't be able to win if pawn were on the 4th rank and black's pawn on 6th rank.</li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Position 2: White to Move</span></b><br />
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In this position(^), white can win with either with f5 or g5<br />
1. g5 Kb4<br />
2. f5 (threat is to g6 on next move, creating passed pawn on e file)exf5<br />
3. g6!! fxg6<br />
4. e6 and black king is not far from queening square.<br />
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again winning is thanks to white advanced pawn and king's positions.<br />
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In the both diagrams, kings were far from the action. But it is very much harder to evaluate position when king is in action. Let's look at some examples.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Position 3: White to Move</span></b><br />
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In the diagram(^), if black king was far from the action then white can easily win with 1. b6 - axb6 2. a6 but here position is different, as if 2. a6 then Kc6 and black can win even therefore much deeper calculation is required<br />
1. a6! Kd6<br />
2. b6!! Kc6<br />
then pause for moment which one is better b7 or bxa7, yeap may be you got right<br />
3. axb7! and wins (as b7 draws because 3...Kc7 and black can save a day due to stalemate tricks)<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Position 4: Black to Move</span></b><br />
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In the given position(^) with white to move white can win easily Kd4, but if black to move then it is his or her only chance, How he/she can win? with 1....c3 2. bxc3 bxc3 3.Kd3 and white can easily get the black's passed pawn.<br />
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Think for some more time, may be you get that<br />
1....c3<br />
2. bxc3 b3!!<br />
3. axb3 a3 which is not in the reach of white's king.<br />
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So there is no rocket science to learn pawn breakthrough, but below are some examples in the form of puzzles which you should try to solve first then look at the answers.<br />
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