“Mind Your Intuition!” - Episode #9
A world champion missed a winning move...
Test yourself - can you find it?
Alekhine's adventures can easily become Netflix's next top series.
When WWII broke out, Alekhine, already aged 48(!), left an international tournament to enlist the French army, as a sanitation officer!
After the fall of France, however, he tried to escape to the US, but the Nazis took custody of his wife, forcing him to surrender, and he reluctantly became Germany’s senior chess player. Ouch.
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From a game between Alekhine vs Euwe, Rotterdam 1937.
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“Cunning Tactics!” - Episode #139
This very short video is a must if you want to test a few nice tricks.
Test yourself - can you spot them in advanced?
From a game in Antakya, 2010, between Elisabeth Pähtz (Germany) and Jolanta Zawadzka (Poland).
As we wrote yesterday:
"Don't let Pähtz's innocent look deceiving you - she has some cunning tricks up her sleeve!"
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“Offensive Withdrawal” - Episode #103
This short video is a must if you want a great example of the “Offensive Withdrawal” concept.
Taken from a game in Mexico, 1980, between Filguth (Brazil) and Madero (Mexico).
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“Exploiting an Opponent's Weakness” - Episode #63
Mikhail Botvinnik was the teacher of world champions such as Karpov, Kasparov, and Kramnik.
One of Botvinnik's famous games was when he was 17, playing at the “Leningrad Chess Championship" against Sharov 👑
“Exploiting an Opponent's Weakness” - Watch this short video and test yourself!
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“This Train Has Several Stops!” - Episode #55
We are 22 moves into the game,
Janssen, in White, has to be very careful now.
Sokolov played one move and forced Janssen to resign!
A pure piece of art that every chess fan should see.
“This Train Has Several Stops!” - another episode of creative moments in chess history.
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“Keep an Open Mind!” - Episode #69
A beautiful trap, involving creative chess & deep psychology.
In 1988, J.Waffenschmidt & H.Eidinger met in Baden-Baden, Germany:
We are at move 12, the game is still young, but something interesting, very interesting, is about to happen.
If you have just a bit of chess experience, you will see why the Black Queen is in a dangerous position. With both bishops, Knight, Rook and Queen on the White side, it can very quickly become a killing zone for the White’s Queen.
Mynnnat Chess weekly episode - “Keep an Open Mind!”
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“A Creative Trap!” - Episode #88
A beautiful trap, involving creative chess & deep psychology.
Let's fast-forward 36 moves, Karpov, in White, has a spare Pawn and is focusing on pushing up his B Pawn.
He ddin't see a big threat - and decides to push his B Pawn further up.
What a mistake.
Can you find the brilliant trap?
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"A Top Level Blunder” - Episode #38
We are humans. We all blunder.
Sometimes even the masters.
It is not too common, however, to see a major blunder at top chess levels.
Here is a nice example, followed by a brilliant sacrifice to win the game.
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Solution for our "Unstoppable Knight" puzzle:
This is a great example of the "forcing moves" concept.
Puzzle in the first comment.
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Smothered Mate Example - Timman vs. Short.
Solution for our "Smothered Mate" puzzle:
"A smothered mate" is a rare checkmate delivered only by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.
This very common example is taken from a game between Timman vs. Short, The Netherlands 1990:
Puzzle in the first comment.
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"Forcing Moves” - Episode #56
You must see this video if you are still not experienced with the “Forcing Moves” concept!
White to play and win, using “Forcing Moves”.
Can you find the sequence?
From a game between Aleksandrov (Belarus) and Reinderman (Holland), Holland 1992
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The Grünfeld Defense - Short Tutorial
The Grünfeld Defense by Black is pretty popular and requires White to know the basic mainlines.
You must see it so you won’t get caught by surprise!
Even though this defense was played before, it’s called after Ernst Grünfeld, who used it in 1922 when defeating the future world champion, Alexander Alekhine, in Vienna.
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“Never Lose Hope!” - Episode #17
Mynnnat Chess presents the greatest chess moments of all times:
And today: “Never Lose Hope!”
Eduard Gufeld is one move away from losing the game. Is there still a way?
You must see this beautiful sequence.
Taken from a Blitz game between Efim Geller and Eduard Gufeld, Moscow 1961
💡 Did you know?
Gufeld was the official “chess trainer for the Soviet armed forces” for two decades!
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The Scandinavian defense - Full Tutorial
You must watch this short video to get familiar with the very basic answers by White. Don’t get caught by surprise!
The Scandinavian defense is one of the oldest recorded openings, played in Valencia back in 1475, years before Columbus re-discovered America!
It may be the first recorded game of modern chess.
Part of “Openings for non-professionals” series.
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“Calculates One Step Ahead!” - Episode #136
Blunder or a brilliant trap? 🎯
Mynnnat Chess presents short clips of the greatest chess moments of all time.
And today's episode: “One Step Ahead!”
Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess minds ever, setting a trap for James Sherwin.
You must see this short clip to be aware of wrong intuition and understand the power of Discovered Check
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“Too Late or Too Early?” - Episode #68
Mynnnat Chess presents short clips of great chess moments.
And today: “Too Late, or Too Early?”
In the Actual game Bartolovich resigned, even though he could've saved himself by forcing stalemate.
You must see this short clip to understand the power of Forcing Moves and Stalemate in chess.
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The Albin Counter-Gambit - Full Tutorial
All Queen's Gambit Fans!
The Albin Counter-Gambit is one of the boldest answers by Black to the Queen’s Gambit, mainly among non-professional players.
Watch this video to avoid some embarrassing beginners mistakes!
This is part of our “Openings for non-professional players” series.
In this series we are covering some rather esoteric openings, so you will not get caught by surprise.
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The Englund Gambit - Full Tutorial for Beginners
The Englund Gambit is called after Swedish player Fritz Englund (died 1933)
Black's idea is to avoid the traditional closed queen's pawn games and create an open game with tactical chances, but at the cost of a pawn.
This gambit is rarely played at top levels - but you will see it in many blitz games of non-professional levels.
A great way to struck an amateur opponent! 🎯
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The Budapest Gambit - Fajarowicz variation: 🇭🇺
The Budapest Gambit - Fajarowicz variation: 🇭🇺
It's the second chapter of our chess series:
"top chess openings for non-professionals"
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The Budapest Gambit - Full Tutorial for Beginners
The Budapest Gambit - Full Tutorial 📗
It's the first chapter of our new chess series:
"top chess openings for beginners"
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