Classic Bishop Sacrifice
Harder Bishop Sacrifice
Lev Polugaevsky was a difficult opponent for Tal, I think the decisive games went 9-2 in Polu’s favour. So, even if there is a local hot-shot player whom everyone is scared of, maybe you are their difficult opponent. Certainly, you should try to be just that! Tal maybe had three: Polugaevsky, Keres, and Korchnoi.
Double Bishop Sacrifice
Mates Annihilation of Defensive Barrier/Obliteration/Demolition of Structure Clearance/Line Opening Decoy/Attraction/Removal of the Guard Defensive Combinations Deflection Desperado Discovered Attack Double Attack Double Check Drawing Combinations Fortress Greek Gift Sacrifice Interference/Obstruction Knight Fork(s) Overloaded Defender(s) Paralysed Piece(s) Pawn Promotion/Pawn Breakthrough Perpetual Check Pins Queen Sacrifice Simplification Skewer Stalemate Undermining/Removal of the Guard Underpromotion Weak Back…
Phiona Mutesi, the ‘Queen of Katwe’ featured on BBC2 yesterday, played this game in the 2012 Olympiad: There’s a little bio of Phiona at ChessGames https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=127569
First on the King’s-side: Then on the Queen’s-side: Marshall’s most famous game was this one, not a Queen’s Gambit: When the last move was played, spectators threw gold coins onto the board. Maybe they were settling bets, but I like to think they were appreciating the move!
Thank you for filling in the opening questionnaires online, and I’m sorry we didn’t get time to look at your responses on Saturday. But here is what I might have said: Systems for White Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4)My main recommendation for a first opening system, leading to an open game with chances…
The point of analysing your game is to see where you need to improve for next time, not to see if the computer disagrees with you, or to produce a set of notes suitable for a magazine. N.B. You are allowed to disagree with the computer. Computers will tell you what the best move and…
