This game is from the 2nd round of my chess club's evening tournament. My opponent is a former state scholastic champion, so I knew it would be an interesting game. When I offered the Petroff Defense, intending to use my favorite Stafford Gambit, White declined with the Four Knights ... an opening that I have not played much against. After the opening sequence, I attempted to chase his Bishop from the c4 square with Na5. My opponent found the tactic and left me a piece down.
I am not normally a fan of chess videos. However, I found an interesting series of presentations on Youtube by a National Master that are presented at a level useful to me as a class player. They met my criteria of being worth multiple views. This is one of them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Good stuff, Ralph.
ReplyDeleteNoticed your book list didn't show the popular Jeremy Silman's books, esp. his "The Reassess Your Chess WORKBOOK", which for some reason I have an extra copy of. It's yours for the asking for being a good sport.
Cheers,
George Morton
gmorton10@comcast.net
Appreciate the offer George, but I have a copy. Silman has never 'clicked' for me, but I retry the book every year or so to see if I've grown into it.
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