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This video covers an absolutely insane blitz chess battle, featuring two of today’s best YouTube chess personalities: Kingscrusher as white and the ChessNetwork as black. I thoroughly recommend my readers/fans to check out these two awesome YouTube chess channels. This game starts off with Kingscrusher playing e4 and subsequently responding to ChessNetwork’s Sicilian Defense with the Closed Sicilian Attack (notably employing a variation with Nf3 that Boris Spassky used to play in the 1960s and [...]

As white, I played quickly to clamp black’s Ba8 with 4. d5 and 5. d5 which lead to a space advantage for white. 10. …c6! really confused me as I realized my position was very loose in the center. I decided to sacrifice a pawn for development and retained good play in the center. 14. …Ng4 was inaccurate and allowed white to regain the pawn on d5 with an initiative in the center. Based on [...]

Ernaldo 2100 — GM Ron W Henley 2879: Dzindzi Indian: Against my Dzindzi Indian, White essayed 6 Bd2, followed by a plan of 7.f3 and 8.Qc2 clearly building for the 9.e4 advance. I chose to counter by staking my claim in the center with 8…e5!? My 9…f4 locked the center and gained black space on the kingside. With 11.g3 and 12.h4 looked to undermine my dark square pawn chain. White connected his Rs with 14.0-0-0 [...]

Game 1: Azzuri 1600 – GM Ron W Henley 2870 Against my Accelerated Dragon, White played 7.f3 and 8.Qd2, which allowed immediate equality with 8…d5! White responded by exchanging knights on c6 and pawns on d5, but this just gives black pawn control in the center. With 17…e5 I established the e5/d5 pawn duo and after 25.fxe5 fxe5 I secured a connected passed e-pawn. I took over the f-file – 26…Rf8 and 29…Be5 began aiming [...]

I played the opening very energetically and put good pressure on black with 4. f4!? – sacrificing a pawn for superior development. Black gave the pawn back with 6. …Qe7 and white was left with an enduring initiative in the center. Complications in the center left black down a piece, however white sacrificed the piece back for an attack with 15. Nxf4!? White’s speculative attack broke through and won decisive material. Follow William for fresh [...]

Game 1: Shafkat 1569 – GM Ron W Henley 2879 Sniper Sicilian – Opening Against 1.e4 I attempted my favorite Accelerated Dragon Sicilian, but I used the Sniper mover order with 3…Bg7 to avoid the 3…cxd4 4.Qxd4 variation. After White’s 4.Be3 I played the sharp 4…Nf6!? With 5…Nxe4 I recouped my pawn, and 6…Qa5+ followed by 7…Nxc5 and 8…Nxd3+ allowed me to win a pawn and score the B pair. I should have followed 14…Qxb4 [...]

I opened with e4 and black played the Pirc Defense. I employed a flexible move order, however black took advantage of my lengthy maneuvers with the aggressive 9. …b5! although after 10. …b4 11. Nb5!? I was able to achieve some interesting pressure on the queenside. Black fought actively with 12. …h5!? and went on to sacrifice a piece with 15. …Nexd5!? I think white had more than ample compensation for the piece, although I [...]