11/27/2017 – In this Simon Says Simon Williams takes a look at new ideas from new games that have been played recently. Expect lots of crazy sacrifices! Watch live from 18:00 CEST (12 Noon EDT).
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In this type of structure Black has played a number of ideas, but the ever creative Richard Rapport comes up with something super special... What did Richard play?
White to move
This is one position you may encounter in today's Simon Says.
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Simon WilliamsSimon Williams became a IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008. For the last 15 years he has concentrated on teaching, playing and making instructional chess DVDs. He also has a lot of experience commentating about chess. Being the regular commentator at the strongest and best open tournament in the world, Gibraltar. Simon Williams is the author of numerous chess books. His first chess book. 'Play the Classical Dutch' got voted, in New in Chess, as one of the top 10 chess books of all time. His playing style is very aggressive, preferring attacking chess to positional grinds. No wonder he produced two widely acclaimed ChessBase DVDs on the King's Gambit. More information about Williams can be found on his website.
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