Here is another great chess video covering good bishops vs. bad bishops.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Chess Strategies - Good Bishops vs. Bad Bishops
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Chess Strategies and Tactics- The Windmill
Here is a great chess video showing the power of the windmill in chess.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Chess Mating Patterns
Here is a great chess video for beginners relating to recognizing mating patterns in your games.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Chess Strategy: Developing Outposts in The Middle Game
Here is a great video showing the importance and power of developing outposts for your pieces. Another chess strategy tip for improving your middle game play.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Winning Chess Tactics - Alekhine's Defense
The Alekhine's defense has never held the respect that has been given to the Sicilian defense and the Ruy Lopez because most masters feel is it a bit too chancy. The idea is for black to provoke an advance in the center at the expense of a tempo (lost by black's king's knight)giving black targets to attack with the idea that white's center may become overextended and collapse.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Winning Chess Tactics - Benoni Defense
The Benoni defense is a modern opening against white queen pawn openingsand is known for it's aggressive, tactical and almost reckless nature. Black obtains active pieces and a queen-side pawn majority at the cost of allowing white to expand.
Friday, July 10, 2009
The Dutch Defense - Stonewall Variation
One of the better fighting defenses that black has at its disposal against 1. d4 is the Dutch Defense. Here is a video that shows the Stonewall variation of the Dutch Defense.