Game of the Week #498
Currently the Prague Open is underway and after six rounds Dutch IM Arthur Pijpers is sharing first. Arthur has a no-nonsense straightforward style and the Sicilian Dragon has always been one of his favourites.
I thought he had switched to others openings recently, but in the fifth round his Dragon was back!
But as our Game of the Week we picked Arthur's miniature attacking game from the third round, which offers instructive training material on creating and exploiting a lead in development.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
C. Acor - A. Pijpers, Prague 2022
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.
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