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
My 15 year-old-student Eline Roebers (World Champion Girls U14 2020) impressively managed to win the Brugse Meesters (Belgium) with a stellar 7½/9 performance.
In the 6th round she played a brilliant attacking game with the white pieces in a Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5, and managed to defeat her 200 points higher-rated opponent Nikolas Wachinger. The game contains quite a number of spectacular sacrificial ideas and other thematic plans for both sides. Enough reason to have a closer look at the ins and outs of this incredibly sharp variation.
Exercise: The following position already offers White a chance to seize the initiative in quite a spectacular way. Do you see how?
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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