Not all that happy with my King Indian Defense play as black so looking at more aggressive ideas and came up with the Benko Gambit as it seems like a fighting game.
From my Burgess Gambit book.
In a positional gambit , a pawn is sacrificed in the expectation that the opponent structure will remain or eventually become so devalued as to make the extra material meaningless (page 65)
there is no specific plan in mind just the expectation that there will be one.
Black must always search for lines of play where he can build the pressure and then and only then regain his pawn. -hopefully with continued positional pressure
Here are some resources, I am looking at.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/benko-gambit6
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004127
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1011439
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1023106
Specific games
Hort Alburt with interest queen sac
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1017084
Taminov Bronstein - delayed benko from benoni ?
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1033851
Ivanchuck K.Gregorian (great improving your queen at end play )
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1059846
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Monday, May 15, 2017
An Updated list of CT-Art 4 for Android (by tactical motifs and number of exercises)
Combinational Theme by Motifs and number of exercises (**** indicates theme main heading)
**** 1.1. Annihilation of defence
1.1.1. Annihilation of the pieces defending other pieces 10
1.1.2. Annihilation of the pieces defending the back rank 18
1.1.3. Annihilation of the pieces defending the king, the most important squares and lines 24
1.1.4. Annihilation of the pawns defending the most important squares and files 7
1.1.5. Annihilation of the pinning pieces 2
**** 1.2. Distraction
1.2.1. Distraction of the pieces defending other pieces 21
1.2.2. Distraction of the pieces defending the back rank 36
1.2.3. Distraction of the pieces defending the most important files 19
1.2.4. Distraction of the pieces defending the most important squares 46
1.2.5. Distraction of the pawns 5
1.2.6. Unblocking the pawns with the help of distraction 5
1.2.7. Distraction of the pinning pieces 6
1.2.8. Distraction of the pieces carrying out the dangerous threats 2
**** 1.3. Decoy
1.3.1. Decoy of a king to a mating net 39
1.3.2. Decoy to a knight fork 42
1.3.3. Decoy to a queen double attack 5
1.3.4. Decoy to a file blow 8
1.3.5. Exploiting a discovered attack 10
1.3.6. Decoy for a pin 21
1.3.7 Other cases of decoy 13
**** 1.4. Discovered attack
1.4.1. Execution of an discovered attack 19
1.4.2. Removal of obstacles 14
1.4.3. Decoy to an attacked file 14
1.4.4. Decoy to a blow dealt by the piece moved away 5
1.4.5. Placement of the attacking piece to the file for attack 5
1.4.6. "Mill" 2
1.4.7. Exploiting an discovered attack in the attack on a king 27
**** 1.5. Opening of a file
1.5.1 The h-and a-files 23
1.5.2 The g- and b-files 10
1.5.3 The f- and c-files 6
1.5.4 The d- and e-files 8
1.5.5 Ranks 5
1.5.6 The a1-h8 (h1-a8 ) dark squares diagonal 10
1.5.7 The a2-g8 (h7-b1 ) diagonal 9
1.5.8 Other diagonals 7
1.5.9 Conjunction of files,ranks and diagonals 9
**** 1.6. Space clearance
1.6.1 File clearance 5
1.6.2 Rank clearance 3
1.6.3. Diagonal clearance 17
1.6.4. Clearance of several files 1
1.6.5. Square clearance 18
**** 1.7. X-ray attack 11
**** 1.8. Interception
1.8.1. Execution of an interception 11
1.8.2 Interception of potentially important lines 4
1.8.3 Double Interception 3
1.8.4 Interception with distraction 7
1.8.5 Interception with decoy 5
1.8.6. Interception with discovered attack 10
**** 1.9. Blocking, encirclement
1.9.1 Smothered Mate 12
1.9.2. Others methods of blocking a king 10
1.9.3 Blocking of the pieces and pawns protecting a king 5
1.9.4 Encirlement 4
**** 1.10 Destruction of the pawn shelter
1.10.1 The king is defended by fianchetto
1.10.1.1 The bishop is absent 20
1.10.1.2 The finchettoed bishop defends a king 17
1.10.1.3 "Sieve" structure. A bishop is outside the "fianchetto" 6
1.10.2 One pawn protects the king 4
1.10.3 Two pawns protect the king 19
**** 1.10.4 Three pawns protect the king
1.10.4.1 the pawns are on f7 ,g7 and h6 13
1.10.4.2 the pawns are on f6 ,g7 and h7 6
1.10.4.3 the pawns are on f6 ,g7 and h6 6
1.10.4.4 the pawns are on f7 ,g7 and h7 25
1.10.4.5 other pawn configurations 1
1.10.5 A king is protected by pawns placed on the sixth and fifth ranks 7
1.10.6 Peculiarities of the attack in a Q-side castling position 11
1.10.7 Attack on an uncastled king 4
**** 1.11 Pawn promotion
1.11.1 Pawn breakthrough 6
1.11.2 Distraction from a passed pawn 8
1.11.3 Interception or blocking 5
1.11.4 A pawn is promoted to a knight 6
1.11.5 Forcing necessary exchanges 8
1.11.6 Both opponents have dangerous passed pawns 4
1.11.7 Passed pawn supports a piece invasion of the back rank 4
1.11.8 Passed pawn takes part in the attack of the king 4
1.11.9 Conjunction of methods 7
**** 1.12 Intermediate move, winning of a tempo
1.12.1 Intermediate move 13
1.12.2 Winning of a tempo 17
1.12.3 "Ignoring" the threat 18
**** 1.13 Play foa a stalemate 14
**** 1.14 Restrictng of material 6
**** 1.15 Pursuit
1.15.1 Pursuit of a king 24
1.15.2 Pursuit of a queen 2
**** 1.16 Conjunction of tactical methods
1.16.1. Exploiting a passed pawn 14
1.16.2. Exploiting a double attack
1.16.2.1 Knight double attack 15
1.16.2.2 Bishop double attack 1
1.16.2.3 Rook double attack 2
1.16.2.4 Queen double attack 8
1.16.2.5 Conjunction of double attacks 4
1.16.3. Exploiting an discovered attack 23
1.16.4. Exploiting a pin 6
1.16.5. Counterblow by a "pinned" piece 4
1.16.6. Attack on a king
1.16.6.1 Threats along the back rank 20
1.16.6.2 Threats along the h-file 11
1.16.6.3 Attack on a King unprotected by the pawns 15
1.16.6.4 Attack on an uncastled king 12
1.16.6.5 "Dragging the King Out" 8
1.16.6.6 A king is protected by a fianchetto 12
1.16.6.7 One pawn protects the king 11
1.16.6.8 Two pawns protect the king 22
1.16.6.9 Three pawns protect the king 20
1.16.7. Combinations to win material 19
1.16.8. Conjunction of threats to attack the king and to win material
1.16.8.1 Conjunction of threats to attack the king and the queen 14
1.16.8.2 Conjunction of threats to attack the king and to attack other pieces 10
1.16,9 Coercing 6
**** 1.17. Chess Tactics Art for Advanced
1.17.1. Attacking the king 97
1.17.2. Stalemate 148
1.17.3. Pawn promotion 198
1.17.4. Domination 186
1.17.5. Positional fortresses and their destruction 87
1.17.6. Draws by perpetual check or by repetition 31
1.17.7. Other ideas and conjunction of ideas 119
Additional information
**** 1.1. Annihilation of defence
1.1.1. Annihilation of the pieces defending other pieces 10
1.1.2. Annihilation of the pieces defending the back rank 18
1.1.3. Annihilation of the pieces defending the king, the most important squares and lines 24
1.1.4. Annihilation of the pawns defending the most important squares and files 7
1.1.5. Annihilation of the pinning pieces 2
**** 1.2. Distraction
1.2.1. Distraction of the pieces defending other pieces 21
1.2.2. Distraction of the pieces defending the back rank 36
1.2.3. Distraction of the pieces defending the most important files 19
1.2.4. Distraction of the pieces defending the most important squares 46
1.2.5. Distraction of the pawns 5
1.2.6. Unblocking the pawns with the help of distraction 5
1.2.7. Distraction of the pinning pieces 6
1.2.8. Distraction of the pieces carrying out the dangerous threats 2
**** 1.3. Decoy
1.3.1. Decoy of a king to a mating net 39
1.3.2. Decoy to a knight fork 42
1.3.3. Decoy to a queen double attack 5
1.3.4. Decoy to a file blow 8
1.3.5. Exploiting a discovered attack 10
1.3.6. Decoy for a pin 21
1.3.7 Other cases of decoy 13
**** 1.4. Discovered attack
1.4.1. Execution of an discovered attack 19
1.4.2. Removal of obstacles 14
1.4.3. Decoy to an attacked file 14
1.4.4. Decoy to a blow dealt by the piece moved away 5
1.4.5. Placement of the attacking piece to the file for attack 5
1.4.6. "Mill" 2
1.4.7. Exploiting an discovered attack in the attack on a king 27
**** 1.5. Opening of a file
1.5.1 The h-and a-files 23
1.5.2 The g- and b-files 10
1.5.3 The f- and c-files 6
1.5.4 The d- and e-files 8
1.5.5 Ranks 5
1.5.6 The a1-h8 (h1-a8 ) dark squares diagonal 10
1.5.7 The a2-g8 (h7-b1 ) diagonal 9
1.5.8 Other diagonals 7
1.5.9 Conjunction of files,ranks and diagonals 9
**** 1.6. Space clearance
1.6.1 File clearance 5
1.6.2 Rank clearance 3
1.6.3. Diagonal clearance 17
1.6.4. Clearance of several files 1
1.6.5. Square clearance 18
**** 1.7. X-ray attack 11
**** 1.8. Interception
1.8.1. Execution of an interception 11
1.8.2 Interception of potentially important lines 4
1.8.3 Double Interception 3
1.8.4 Interception with distraction 7
1.8.5 Interception with decoy 5
1.8.6. Interception with discovered attack 10
**** 1.9. Blocking, encirclement
1.9.1 Smothered Mate 12
1.9.2. Others methods of blocking a king 10
1.9.3 Blocking of the pieces and pawns protecting a king 5
1.9.4 Encirlement 4
**** 1.10 Destruction of the pawn shelter
1.10.1 The king is defended by fianchetto
1.10.1.1 The bishop is absent 20
1.10.1.2 The finchettoed bishop defends a king 17
1.10.1.3 "Sieve" structure. A bishop is outside the "fianchetto" 6
1.10.2 One pawn protects the king 4
1.10.3 Two pawns protect the king 19
**** 1.10.4 Three pawns protect the king
1.10.4.1 the pawns are on f7 ,g7 and h6 13
1.10.4.2 the pawns are on f6 ,g7 and h7 6
1.10.4.3 the pawns are on f6 ,g7 and h6 6
1.10.4.4 the pawns are on f7 ,g7 and h7 25
1.10.4.5 other pawn configurations 1
1.10.5 A king is protected by pawns placed on the sixth and fifth ranks 7
1.10.6 Peculiarities of the attack in a Q-side castling position 11
1.10.7 Attack on an uncastled king 4
**** 1.11 Pawn promotion
1.11.1 Pawn breakthrough 6
1.11.2 Distraction from a passed pawn 8
1.11.3 Interception or blocking 5
1.11.4 A pawn is promoted to a knight 6
1.11.5 Forcing necessary exchanges 8
1.11.6 Both opponents have dangerous passed pawns 4
1.11.7 Passed pawn supports a piece invasion of the back rank 4
1.11.8 Passed pawn takes part in the attack of the king 4
1.11.9 Conjunction of methods 7
**** 1.12 Intermediate move, winning of a tempo
1.12.1 Intermediate move 13
1.12.2 Winning of a tempo 17
1.12.3 "Ignoring" the threat 18
**** 1.13 Play foa a stalemate 14
**** 1.14 Restrictng of material 6
**** 1.15 Pursuit
1.15.1 Pursuit of a king 24
1.15.2 Pursuit of a queen 2
**** 1.16 Conjunction of tactical methods
1.16.1. Exploiting a passed pawn 14
1.16.2. Exploiting a double attack
1.16.2.1 Knight double attack 15
1.16.2.2 Bishop double attack 1
1.16.2.3 Rook double attack 2
1.16.2.4 Queen double attack 8
1.16.2.5 Conjunction of double attacks 4
1.16.3. Exploiting an discovered attack 23
1.16.4. Exploiting a pin 6
1.16.5. Counterblow by a "pinned" piece 4
1.16.6. Attack on a king
1.16.6.1 Threats along the back rank 20
1.16.6.2 Threats along the h-file 11
1.16.6.3 Attack on a King unprotected by the pawns 15
1.16.6.4 Attack on an uncastled king 12
1.16.6.5 "Dragging the King Out" 8
1.16.6.6 A king is protected by a fianchetto 12
1.16.6.7 One pawn protects the king 11
1.16.6.8 Two pawns protect the king 22
1.16.6.9 Three pawns protect the king 20
1.16.7. Combinations to win material 19
1.16.8. Conjunction of threats to attack the king and to win material
1.16.8.1 Conjunction of threats to attack the king and the queen 14
1.16.8.2 Conjunction of threats to attack the king and to attack other pieces 10
1.16,9 Coercing 6
**** 1.17. Chess Tactics Art for Advanced
1.17.1. Attacking the king 97
1.17.2. Stalemate 148
1.17.3. Pawn promotion 198
1.17.4. Domination 186
1.17.5. Positional fortresses and their destruction 87
1.17.6. Draws by perpetual check or by repetition 31
1.17.7. Other ideas and conjunction of ideas 119
Additional information
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Pierce Gambit -worth a look
I won a casual game reverse Halloween Gambit with a lot of fun tactics, I feel that I could definitely play this gambit as well. Need to check this out.
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/12/6/Game23356719.html
also a geeky view of romantic openings
http://scienceonthesquares.blogspot.com/2015/01/practical-chances-and-romantic-opening.html
http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/12/6/Game23356719.html
also a geeky view of romantic openings
http://scienceonthesquares.blogspot.com/2015/01/practical-chances-and-romantic-opening.html
Sunday, April 2, 2017
testing
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017
White to Move-- Page 41 Aagard's Attacking Manual
From this game. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1060665 Yusupov according to Attacking manual 1 has 3 forced wins here. Thinking about the rules of dynamics would lead to the first move.
Comments on the game and an analysis of the position is found at Temposhlucker's fine blog. http://temposchlucker.blogspot.com/2017/03/scenarios.html
Some of Aagard's analysis found within the comments.
Monday, February 27, 2017
CT-ART Android Style
I won't say I am doing the 7 circles but I purchased a 9 dollar CT-ART 4 Android App and are doing some problems. A phone app is super convenient and has additional features that my earlier desktop version. Such as the ability to book mark and take notes in the program. Some are very familar..........
Friday, September 27, 2013
Links to Chessgames.com Game Collections
Chessgames.com has a series of user created Game Collections on various themes. I created this post to put a quick links to them here.
Collections on games from Books on Attacking Chess
Aagaard's Attacking Manual 1
Aagaard's Attacking Manual 2
Vukovich The Art of Attack in Chess
The Modern Art of Attack
Timman On The Attack
Christiansen Storming the Barricade
Christiansen Rocking the Ramparts
Collections on Attacking Openings
Here comes the Elephant Gambit
The Alapin Diemler Gambit and the Reti Gambit against the French
Minchev The King of the Halloween Gambit
Dynamic Danish Gambit
Perenyi Attack
Kneel before the Grob
Goring Gambit
Ruy Lopez- Marshall CounterAttack
The Fabulous Budapest Gambit
Sicilicide Ideas Against the Sicilion
Positional Sacrifices
Bird Opening -Polar Bear
Youtube Polar Bear
As Black
A Wandering Tour through the Traxler Gambit
Icelandic Gambit off the Scandinavian
Scandinavian by John Emms
Scandy Wins by Rookington
Reversed Halloween Gambit
Collections I want to check out
Push Hands technique
attacking
TheAlchemist Brilliancies by Unknowns
Attacking Lessons by Prashla
NasMichael I came to Play
Benjamin Lau ThunderStorms in Blue Sky
Mr Nimzo Modern Romantic Attacking Games
Ulhumbrus Favorite Games
Concentration of Force
players games collection
Alekhine's Best Games
Super Nezh
Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
The Brillant Games of EJ Diemer
Tactics
The Ninth Pawn Chess Course
Patzer2 Game Collections
PB games and puzzles
Tactics
Brutal Attacking Games
Collections on games from Move by Move Books
Chernev Logical Chess Move by Move
Chernev The Most Instructive Games Ever Played of Chess
McDonald Chess The Art of Logic Thinking
McDonald The Art of Planning in Chess
McDonald Giants of Power Chess
McDonald The Giants of Strategy
Gidden 50 Essential Chess Lessons
Understanding Chess: Move by Move
Logical Chess.
www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1016905
Collections on games from Books on Attacking Chess
Aagaard's Attacking Manual 1
Aagaard's Attacking Manual 2
Vukovich The Art of Attack in Chess
The Modern Art of Attack
Timman On The Attack
Christiansen Storming the Barricade
Christiansen Rocking the Ramparts
Collections on Attacking Openings
Here comes the Elephant Gambit
The Alapin Diemler Gambit and the Reti Gambit against the French
Minchev The King of the Halloween Gambit
Dynamic Danish Gambit
Perenyi Attack
Kneel before the Grob
Goring Gambit
Ruy Lopez- Marshall CounterAttack
The Fabulous Budapest Gambit
Sicilicide Ideas Against the Sicilion
Positional Sacrifices
Bird Opening -Polar Bear
Youtube Polar Bear
As Black
A Wandering Tour through the Traxler Gambit
Icelandic Gambit off the Scandinavian
Scandinavian by John Emms
Scandy Wins by Rookington
Reversed Halloween Gambit
Collections I want to check out
Push Hands technique
attacking
TheAlchemist Brilliancies by Unknowns
Attacking Lessons by Prashla
NasMichael I came to Play
Benjamin Lau ThunderStorms in Blue Sky
Mr Nimzo Modern Romantic Attacking Games
Ulhumbrus Favorite Games
Concentration of Force
players games collection
Alekhine's Best Games
Super Nezh
Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
The Brillant Games of EJ Diemer
Tactics
The Ninth Pawn Chess Course
Patzer2 Game Collections
PB games and puzzles
Tactics
Brutal Attacking Games
Collections on games from Move by Move Books
Chernev Logical Chess Move by Move
Chernev The Most Instructive Games Ever Played of Chess
McDonald Chess The Art of Logic Thinking
McDonald The Art of Planning in Chess
McDonald Giants of Power Chess
McDonald The Giants of Strategy
Gidden 50 Essential Chess Lessons
Understanding Chess: Move by Move
Logical Chess.
www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1016905
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