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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Black played actively in the center and gained a solid clamp on white’s position. White’s knights became redundantly played on d2 and b3, unable to maneuver to the ideal square on d5. White went on to blunder by misplacing his queen with 15. Qh3?? and then allowing the queen to be trapped after 17. Bf6. Follow William for fresh daily updates: Follow @OnlineChessLess Chess Master Will Stewart is a Online Chess Coach who maintains a [...]

I responded to d4 with the Nimzo-Indian, and after 4. f3 I played 4. …d5 to stop whie from gaining too much space in the center. White blundered a piece with 11. Nf4?? – however I returned the favor with an equally bad error 21. …axb5. I was unable to recover from playing such a horrible sequence of moves, and proceeded to lose quickly. Follow William for fresh daily updates: Follow @OnlineChessLess Chess Master Will [...]

Chess960 is always interesting, and in this game I was able to close down the center and gain good control of the light squares. Black was able to gain a lead in development due to white moving her pawns a lot in the opening (d4, f4, c3, e3). With 7. …f6 and 8. …e5 I was able to break the center and gain activity for my minor pieces by opening the position. After winning a [...]

I opened with e4 and black played the Caro-Kann Defense – so I played 3. e5, the Advance Variation. I tried to complicate things early with an aggressive set-up in the center, although black was able to achieve a good outpost on d5. Afer 11. h4!? I think black should have played 11. …Nxe3 to exchange one of his knights off. After 12. Bg5 and 13. Ne2 black’s knights became redundant, fighting for the same [...]