The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening

The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters by Larry Kaufman

The Chess Advantage in Black and White: Opening Moves of the Grandmasters Larry Kaufman ebook
Page: 512
ISBN: 0812935713, 9780812935714
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
Format: pdf

The rules of strategy games can be simple or complex, but what they all have in common is that players need to look ahead, plan and then carry out a strategy in order to win. Strategy games have been The number of possible chess positions after seven moves is more than 3 billion [source: Chess.com]. White takes advantage of this by launching an attack against the kingside with the moves: 15. In modern chess, the bishop is not weighed down to defense but takes up an active post on (f4) or (g5). Kramnik still has a plus score against Carlsen and looks to maintain his advantage. The battle was Overview: There were four draws in the first round of the World Chess Candidates as it appeared that no one took any real risk this early in the tournament. Aronian and Carlsen trot out opening moves. He recommended Black activates his (a8) rook to the open (c) file. 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. In chess parlance, a "gambit" is an opening strategy in which material is offered in exchange for positional advantage. Chess gives us the oft-misunderstood word "gambit". However, black ended up playing for a queenside initiative that never materialized and white ended up on the stronger side of two minors against a rook. It is not based on luck (as with roulette), or on physical skill (as with table tennis), or on quick reactions (as with first-person shooter video games).