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The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters Larry Kaufman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games

I am hoping that if you see a real game played out by grandmasters, instead of being scared and going on the defense, you might look to make your pieces active and counter balance the weakness in your camp. As the name suggests, the idea here is to play a dodgy opening with the sole intention of gaining a psychological advantage over your opponent. On the twentieth move, the Indian grandmaster launched tactical operations in the centre, preventing his opponent from stabilising the situation and strengthening his advantage. When the first row between a .. So, call it a blend of calculation and positional play if you like, but know that in strategy you can at times do poor seemingly positional decisions now to get a great positional advantage five moves down the line. He recommended Black activates his (a8) rook to the open (c) file. White has just played the blunder . Chess Strategy:The Chess Advantage in Black and White : Opening Moves of the Grandmasters (Mckay Chess Library) by LARRY KAUFMAN. Five minutes allows – I feel – a little amount of calculation at least. For one turn only, a pawn has the option, known as en passant, of capturing an enemy pawn that has just made a first move of two squares to avoid being captured by moving only one; the capture occurs as though the pawn had moved only one square. In modern chess, the bishop is not weighed down to defense but takes up an active post on (f4) or (g5). The board is positioned so that a light-colored square is in the corner to the right of both players, each of whom is provided with 16 pieces, or chessmen, of black or white color. Running out of time to think, Gelfand decided to simplify things Following the opening, White acquired moveable pawns in the centre and an advantage of two bishops; at the same time the Black positions had no weaknesses. Is an exceptionally versatile opening choice for black, however the Maroczy Bind can give you trouble if you aren't familiar with effective plans to break down white's space advantage. The Maroczy Bind is a very direct In the following chess vide excerpt, viewers will see one of the most exciting chess matches ever played, complemented excellently by commentary from experienced Grandmasters Daniel King and Glenn Flear. White takes advantage of this by launching an attack against the kingside with the moves: 15. I usually have to open the book from somewhere in the middle, and then flap backwards or forwards for pages near the beginning or end of the book, but if you do that, the book will stay open without a problem. A very solid choice of openings. I'm staggered at watching players bash out moves during those games and I find the pace just too much.