Improving Your Chess | Workshop #04

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In this week's workshop, we're going to do:

  • Scotch Gambit -- an aggressive line for white in scotch opening. (As @samostically has been saying it to be his favorite opening and wanted hive thematic arena on it, I've selected it for this workshop with illustrative games.)
  • Wild Positional and Tactical Combinations of Middlegame
  • Rook vs Bishop (with and without pawn) Endgames

1.Opening:

(check lichess study links below diagrams for example games)

Scotch Gambit
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Hikaru Nakamura Vs Onischuk, Al
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Jones, G. vs Yu Yangyi
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Jones, G. vs Jakovenko, D.
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Scotch Gambit Brilliancy on LiChess
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2.Middle-game:

White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation of this position. Should you jump with your knight, Exploit pinned bishop or do something even more subtle?

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Black to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. How would you deliver a tactical blow, keeping in mind that your queen and rook are hanging?

Hint: a famous position

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3.End-game:

White to Play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Can black draw this position?

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White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position drawable?

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White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position drawable for black?

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White to play

If you were playing this position, what would be your evaluation. Is this position winnable for white?

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These ideas are must have patterns in your mind for understanding and ultimately playing better chess.

Solving the positions:


Try to solve these positions by

  1. Evaluating the position, finding who's better i.e white or black.
  2. Studying the positions one by one, without rushing.
  3. Calculating different variations no less than 5 minutes each position, for better understanding.


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Credits:

    Positions courtesy of these sources (for my notes) but not limited to:
  • Lichess Database
  • Nunn Chess Openings
  • Keep it Simple Series
  • Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
  • Wesley So’s Chessable Course
  • Grivas Opening Laboratory
  • The Complete Manual of Positional Chess
  • Positional Decision Making
  • Train Your Pattern Recognition
  • Nunn Chess Endings
  • 100 Endgames You Must Know
  • Silman's Complete Endgame Course

Note:

  • Workshops will be published every Wednesday.
  • Positions have been taken from my notes collected over time from various books from my ever-growing chess library.
  • These positions were taken based on their educational value.
  • Lichess Study links have next moves hidden, when you make correct move, moves will start appearing as main variation.
  • Any suggestion and/or criticism highly accepted.


  • Images Courtesy: Thumbnail & logo designed with canva,chess diagrams are lichess screenshots.
Thanks for Your Attention!
-Regards
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Yes! I consider it one of the openings that helped my chess. I love it. I've had beautiful positions playing this line. I have beaten so many strong players too.

Thanks for taking your time to do this. I hope one day @schamangerbert does a theme tournament for it.

Good work!

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Thanks for the kind words! Hopefully, everyone will enjoy the Scotch Gambit!

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