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

In Lev Alburt’s seminal Test and Improve your Chess he offers an interesting recommendation. The GM, once one of the world’s best players, says we should be willing to invest a few hours into analyzing any given position. This develops the fabled GM memory which is said to hold ten times more patterns than the brain of an average NM. Putting thirty-two pieces into some semblance of order takes quite a lot of work indeed. [...]

Having played the Dzindzi Indian for many years and recently published an exhaustive analysis in DVD and book form, I am frequently confronted with the following question “What do you do if white plays 1. d4 g6 2. e4?” as then it is no longer possible to play the Dzindzi Indian. And it is definitely a good question, as for one reason or another your opponent doesn’t always cooperate with your plans. The answer is [...]

In this video Ron W. Henley examines a game from his own personal collection, showing some of his own ideas on the theory of the Dzindzi Indian. The game shows the power of putting constant pressure on white and using forcing moves to completely ruin white’s pawn structure following by an immediate attack on the white king. White tries to gain counter play for his weaker position by putting pressure on the long white diagonal [...]

The 6. Bg5 Main Line of the Sicilian Najdorf is one of the most thoroughly researched and investigated lines in opening theory, as the naturally forcing nature of white’s aggressive set-up leads to extremely complicated positions very early in the opening and middlegame. The 6. Bg5 set-up also frequently occurs through transpositions from the Richter-Rauzer and other related openings for white against the Sicilian Defense, however leading grandmasters have been unable to arrive at a [...]

In this video, I’ll be covering an extremely aggressive line for white against the Dzindzi Indian, specifically involving rapid attempts by white to break open the center and take advantage of black’s difficulty in immediately achieving fluid development. This video examines important concepts for Dzindzi Indian players of all levels, as it fully demonstrates the necessity for energetic play against white’s weaknesses on the queenside to compensate for white’s activity in the center. I also [...]

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 [...]

In the previous video in this series I discussed one of the more dangerous lines white can employ against the Dzindzi Indian, utilizing a rapid pawn sacrifice with 6. e4!? to exploit black’s temporary difficulty in developing. In that video, I recommended for black to take with 6. …fxe4 however ignore the pawn sacrifice 7. f3 and instead focus on development and activity in the center with 7. …e5! – opening up threats with black’s [...]