Chess Tutoring, Chess Coaching, Chess Classes with NM Will Stewart

SeanGGodley Vs Nguyen Vu: Sean opens up flexibly with c4 and nc3, however Vu commits very early with 2. …e5?! White is able to exploit black’s inaccurate plan by opening the center with 8. d4 — to which black responds incorrectly by prematurely relieving the tension in the center by initiating exchanges ending in 9. …exd4?! — giving white a free hand to increase his space and pressure. White patiently builds his advance and after [...]

Carlsen played d4 and Shirov’s response came as no surprise as he played the active Meran Defense. Carlsen’s early 13. Nd4!? provoked a slower response from Shirov, beginning his time-trouble issues with 16 minutes spent on 13. …e5. Carlsen’s strange and rapid play began to immediately affect Shirov, as he spent a costly 43 minutes on 16. …Bc5. Carlsen played extremely quickly and strove to create maximum tension and complications to take advantage of Shirov’s [...]

This is our THIRTEENTH of many live bughouse videos we’ll be releasing. Bughouse is controversial amongst the chess community but like all things, a little bit of moderation is key, and I don’t think it hurts your chess game. More importantly I think it gets kids into chess, teaches you about positional play and teamwork as well. I’m releasing these videos for fun and hope you all enjoy them. My friend Kazim Gulamali is one [...]

About GM Merab Gagunashivilli (from English wikipedia) Watch the stunning game where he plays GM Evgeny Shaposhnikov (MUST SEE) My interview with Gagunashvili When did you learn chess? I learned at age 6. I worked very hard at it. When did you play your first chess tournament and how did you do? My first tournament was when I was 6 year old, but it was some local tournament in Georgia – let’s say a not [...]

This is our TWELFTH of many live bughouse videos we’ll be releasing. Bughouse is controversial amongst the chess community but like all things, a little bit of moderation is key, and I don’t think it hurts your chess game. More importantly I think it gets kids into chess, teaches you about positional play and teamwork as well. I’m releasing these videos for fun and hope you all enjoy them. My friend Kazim Gulamali is one [...]

This game took place in 1985 in Tashkent. It involved the Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Van der Wiel Attack (B12). Enjoy! By Chess Coach Will Stewart (USCF 2256, FIDE 2234). Follow William on Facebook and Twitter Thank you to http://www.chessclub.com for letting us use their interface.

This game is a brilliant classic from way back in 1982 when Goldin was one of the most successful chess players of the Soviet chess machine. The game opens with a standard Queen’s Indian and then transforms itself into a really interesting game. Watch how 27. h6 turns the game in Goldin’s favor. We caught up with GM Alexander Goldin and he was kind enough to give us an interview telling us how he became [...]