Mastering Pattern Recognition in the Opening
Pattern recognition is an important tool in modern chess, as it helps you to understand better the characteristics of a position. Particularly when you have been confronted with a surprise opening system played by your opponent, it helps when you can just
Svidler recently faced 3.h4 in the Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour against Richard Rapport, but lost in 18 moves as his Benko-Gambit approach didn't work out well.
This time Svidler opted for the King's Indian setup, but Sam came well prepared and even though objectively speaking his position wasn't better at all, the American seemed to fare better in the complex middlegame and duly punished one bad blunder of his opponent.
Exercise: Thanks to a powerful sequence of moves White is able to win by force. Do you see his idea?
You can move the pieces on the live diagram!
Strategy Training: How to Make a Plan
In every game of chess, there comes a moment when one is confronted with the question: what should I do now?
Special attention will be paid to Intermediate Moves, Quiet Moves, Sacrifices on Empty Squares, Mating Patterns, Ignoring Opponents Threat, Calculation in Defence and Method of Comparison. Plus 50 interactive examples to test your knowledge.
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