Icannos/chess_studies huggingface dataset:
[Event "fake anti: (2. Nf6) Wrong Knight? No"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/BNwDWLFp/4Gu1SLM8"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Advance Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:36:03"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { A fairly rare second move (2. Nf6) is indeed an actual line, and no it's not garbage. The Nimzowitsch variation is quite tricky in fact, so White must know what he's doing. } 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 { The idea is Black will accept doubled d-pawns only temporarily since Black will play d6 and exchange the pawn with White's e5 pawn and have a nice central control. } ( 4... Nxc3 { Nxc3 is also playable, but I find these positions very pleasant for White. The goal is to advance on the kingside by gaining space, while preventing any counterplay by Black in the center. } 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. h4 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Kb1 h6 11. h5 O-O-O 12. Rh3 a6 13. g4 $1 { And White continues to march the kingside pawns freely. Black has a hard time getting any sort of counterplay due to the thorn on e5. } ) 5. Ne4 { Eyeing the hole on d6 } 5... Nc6 ( 5... f5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qd2 { Transposing to a similar line in the 4. Nxc3 sub-variation above } ) 6. c4 Nb6 ( 6... Nc7 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. exd6 Na6 9. d4 cxd4 10. a3 { Planning b4 and harassing the awkwardly placed knights on a6 and c6. } ) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. exd6 e5 10. Bd3 O-O $2 { Natural but fails to.... } 11. Bxh7+ { Greek Gift works! } 11... Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 ( 12... Kg8 13. Qh5 ) 13. h4 { Threatening h5+, and the Black king does not have a safe square to go. } 13... f5 14. h5+ Kf6 15. Qb3 { Computer gives this plan, which is quite a long term advantage. c5 is coming next. } *
[Event "fake anti: (2. b6) Interesting but Bad"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/BNwDWLFp/6VTsfV8O"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Katalimov Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:36:03"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 { I have played this move several times before, aiming to tranpose to a Kan-like structure. However, I quit it after finding a refutation, which naturally I will suggest in this Repertoire for White. } 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 $1 { An extremely annoying move for Black to deal with because e6 is no longer possible due to the pin. Nf6 is also awkward because of e5. Black could play d6, but that is a hybrid of a Najdorf and a queenside fianchettoed Kan, which does not suit Black well with the dynamics of the position. } ( 6. Be3 e6 { This transposes back to a Kan, which is totally fine for Black. } ) 6... Qc7 { Attempting to play consistent with Kan style, but... } 7. Nd5 Qe5 8. Be3 { Threatens Nf3, and the queen is lacking good squares. } 8... Bxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 { White gets more than enough compensation for the lost center pawn. The bishop will be a monster on f3, and Black is way behind on development. Practically speaking, White is already winning. } *
[Event "fake anti: ** Mr_Penings' Games **"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/BNwDWLFp/bVcmaI9E"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:36:03"]
[Variant "Standard"]

*
[Event "NYC Street Change #2 - Round 1"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr_Penings"]
[Black "arktil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Chigorin Variation"]
[Termination "Mr_Penings won by resignation"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 { A move order that often leads to Kings Indian attack structures. The idea is that Black is reluctant to play d5 now because after exd5, Black has to take back with the queen, which is totally fine for Black, but often to the discomfort of French Defense players } 2... c5 ( 2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 ) 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d3 { Back to the Kings Indian Attack against the e6 Sicilian. } 5... Be7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Qc7 10. Re1 a6 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nb1 $5 { May look weird at first glance. But remember, Black's plan is to create chances on the queenside while White's is on the kingside. So a temporary locking up of the pawns on the queenside/center is favorable for White, even at the cost of 2 tempi. } 12... Rb8 13. Bf4 { Overprotecting the e5 pawn, which acts like a thorn in Black's position. } 13... b5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. h4 { Kingside attack incoming } 15... Nb4 $1 { Great plan by Black, and very common. The goal is to disturb White's piece positioning and create openings for Black to invade. Here the threat is c2, but d3 may also become weak. } 16. Rec1 ( 16. Nf1 $2 { The typical plan of Nf1 fails tactically } 16... bxc4 17. dxc4 d3 { Very ugly and Nc2 is next. } ) 16... Rfc8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Re1 Na5 { Black does not fail to create complications on the queenside. White has to be cautious on when to expand on the kingside and when to play defense } 19. cxb5 { Guarantees the b and c files which Black's rooks are lined up on will be closed. } 19... axb5 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nge4 c4 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Bxh6 { White seizes the initiative! } 25... gxh6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Nxf6 28. exf6 Bxf6 { Forced to stop checkmate on g7 } 29. Qxf6 Bxg2 30. Re5 { Kxg2 is by no means forced. Re5 has the superior threat. 1-0 White wins. } 1-0
[Event "Let\\\\'s Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr_Penings"]
[Black "Dare-Dare"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Chigorin Variation"]
[Termination "Mr_Penings won by resignation"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 { The same idea as the previous game, offering to transpose into a Kings Indian Attack rather than a theoretical French Defense } 2... c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Bg2 d5 6. d3 d4 $6 { Not necessary at all. Black gives me the free c4 square, beautiful for my knight... } 7. a4 { Locking in the outpost on c4 since Black will have a hard time playing b5. Very common idea in the Kings Indian Defense/Attack } 7... e5 8. O-O f6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nh4 { Preparing f4 and even Nf5 as a pawn sacrifice to break open the long diagonal h1-a8 for my bishop } 10... Qd7 11. Nc4 O-O-O 12. a5 g5 13. Nf5 { There it is! Pure pawn sacrifice for piece activity. It really helps that Black has castled long too to add to the pressure } 13... Nxf5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. f4 Bg4 16. Qf2 gxf4 17. gxf4 h5 18. a6 { Further opening up the long diagonal. } 18... b6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Qf6 { Double attack on the Nc6 and Rh8 } 20... Be7 ( 20... Rg8 $1 { Saves both pieces } 21. Bxc6 ( 21. Qxc6+ Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Bf3+ ) 21... Bf3+ ) 21. Qxc6+ Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rdf8 23. Bd2 Kc7 24. Be4 Bd6 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rg8 27. Rf7+ Kb8 28. Rb7+ Kc8 29. Nxd6+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0
[Event "Let\\\\'s Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr_Penings"]
[Black "Apsanity168"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "799"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]
[Termination "Mr_Penings won by resignation"]
[TimeControl "1/432000"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. a3 { Since Black hasn't committed to castling, White should start play on the queenside with the common pawn break b4 } 10... b6 11. b4 f5 12. g3 Qe7 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nh4 { Black's pawn structure is precarious } 15... Qf7 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Nxg6 Qxg6 18. Rxb7 O-O 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne4 { Strong knight vs bad bishop AND up a pawn. The win is smooth from here } 20... c4 21. O-O cxd3 22. Qxd3 Raf8 23. Nd6 R5f6 24. Qxg6 Rxg6 25. Ne4 Rf4 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Reb1 Rf4 28. R1b4 Bf8 29. Rb8 h5 30. h4 Rgg4 31. Nc5 Rxb4 32. axb4 Kf7 33. Rb7+ Kg8 34. Nd3 Rc4 35. Nxe5 Rxc2 36. g4 hxg4 37. Nxg4 Rc4 { Mate in 2 1-0 White wins. } 1-0
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr_Penings"]
[Black "Zkid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation"]
[Termination "Game drawn by repetition"]
[TimeControl "900+2"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]

{ My draw against GM Zierk in the PRO Chess League 2017 } 1. e4 { [%clk 0:15:00] } 1... c5 { [%clk 0:14:37] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:15:00] } 2... d6 { [%clk 0:14:37] } 3. d4 { [%clk 0:15:00] } 3... cxd4 { [%clk 0:14:38] } 4. Qxd4 { [%clk 0:15:00] } 4... Nc6 { [%clk 0:14:32] } 5. Bb5 { [%clk 0:14:59] } 5... Bd7 { [%clk 0:13:36] } 6. Bxc6 { [%clk 0:14:58] } 6... Bxc6 { [%clk 0:13:27] } 7. Bg5 { [%clk 0:14:56] } 7... Nf6 { [%clk 0:12:39] } 8. Nc3 { [%clk 0:14:54] } 8... e6 { [%clk 0:12:06] } 9. O-O-O { [%clk 0:14:52] } 9... Be7 { [%clk 0:12:00] } 10. Qd3 { [%clk 0:14:47] } 10... O-O { [%clk 0:11:02] } 11. Kb1 { [%clk 0:14:03] } 11... Qa5 { [%clk 0:10:35] } 12. h4 { [%clk 0:13:51] } 12... Rfd8 { [%clk 0:09:32] } 13. Nd4 { [%clk 0:13:32] } 13... Rac8 { [%clk 0:08:02] } 14. f4 { [%clk 0:12:53] } 14... Qc7 { [%clk 0:06:01] } ( 14... h6 15. g4 $1 hxg5 16. hxg5 { The open h-file is too dangerous for Black. } ) 15. f5 { Tempting Black to play e5 to get the outpost on d5 for the knight as well as close off the center. As a result, White can freely pawn storm on the kingside [%clk 0:11:56] } 15... Qd7 { Smart to keep the position open for Black's bishop pair [%clk 0:04:54] } ( 15... e5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 ( 16... Qxc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 ) ) 16. Bxf6 { [%clk 0:11:01] } 16... Bxf6 { [%clk 0:04:52] } 17. g4 { [%clk 0:10:57] } 17... b5 { A good practical chance. Black gambits a pawn for the poen b-file [%clk 0:04:07] } 18. fxe6 { [%clk 0:09:31] } 18... fxe6 { [%clk 0:04:05] } 19. Ndxb5 { [%clk 0:09:04] } 19... Bxb5 { [%clk 0:03:12] } 20. Nxb5 { [%clk 0:08:20] } 20... Bxb2 { [%clk 0:02:55] } 21. Kxb2 { [%clk 0:08:17] } 21... Rb8 { [%clk 0:02:50] } 22. a4 { [%clk 0:07:59] } 22... a6 { [%clk 0:02:50] } 23. c4 { White must close the b-file by recapturing with a pawn [%clk 0:07:37] } 23... axb5 { [%clk 0:02:48] } 24. axb5 { [%clk 0:06:57] } 24... Qb7 { [%clk 0:02:27] } 25. Rhf1 { [%clk 0:06:15] } 25... d5 { [%clk 0:02:17] } 26. exd5 { [%clk 0:05:57] } 26... exd5 { [%clk 0:02:16] } 27. Rf5 { [%clk 0:05:41] } 27... d4 { [%clk 0:02:07] } 28. Qf3 { [%clk 0:04:48] } 28... Qe7 { [%clk 0:01:44] } 29. Rd5 { [%clk 0:03:56] } 29... Rf8 { [%clk 0:01:43] } 30. Rf5 { [%clk 0:03:37] } 30... Rfd8 { [%clk 0:01:37] } 31. Rd5 { [%clk 0:03:31] } 31... Rf8 { [%clk 0:01:30] } 32. Rf5 { [%clk 0:03:32] } 32... Rfd8 { [%clk 0:01:00] } 33. Rd5 { 1/2-1/2 The game is a draw. [%clk 0:03:30] } 1/2-1/2
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.06.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr_Penings"]
[Black "Deoxys2008"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "800"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Venice System"]
[Termination "Mr_Penings won by resignation"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:10:08] } 1... c5 { [%clk 0:10:08] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:10:15] } 2... a6 { [%clk 0:10:17] } 3. c3 { Another way to counter the O'Kelly (2. a6) [%clk 0:10:24] } 3... e6 { [%clk 0:10:21] } 4. d4 { [%clk 0:10:30] } 4... d5 { [%clk 0:10:29] } 5. e5 { [%clk 0:10:30] } 5... Nc6 { [%clk 0:10:23] } ( 5... Bd7 { I recommend this move for Black, threatening Bb5 to trade off the poor bishop for White's excellent one. } 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ axb5 { The doubled pawns may actually be a strength than a weakness since it gives Black the open a-file. } ) 6. a3 { Tranposed to an Advanced French, where a6 is not particularly strong for Black. [%clk 0:10:33] } 6... Nge7 { [%clk 0:10:21] } 7. Bd3 { [%clk 0:10:28] } 7... Ng6 { [%clk 0:10:22] } 8. h4 { General rule: IF you see Ng6, think h4. Combo it with Ng5 too in certain cases and Black's position is awkward [%clk 0:10:31] } 8... Be7 { [%clk 0:09:52] } 9. g3 { [%clk 0:09:57] } 9... b5 { [%clk 0:08:53] } 10. Ng5 { Black cannot safely get in f6 or h6 due to the awkward positioning of the Ng6. [%clk 0:09:12] } 10... Bb7 { [%clk 0:08:15] } 11. Qg4 { [%clk 0:07:53] } 11... Bxg5 { [%clk 0:07:46] } 12. Bxg5 { [%clk 0:07:20] } 12... Qb6 { [%clk 0:07:28] } 13. h5 { [%clk 0:06:35] } 13... Nf8 { [%clk 0:06:45] } 14. Be3 { [%clk 0:05:45] } 14... Rg8 { [%clk 0:05:58] } 15. Nd2 { [%clk 0:05:45] } 15... Rd8 { [%clk 0:04:28] } 16. Qf4 { [%clk 0:05:36] } 16... c4 { Thank you for closing off the entire queenside and center! On to the kingside march! [%clk 0:04:19] } 17. Bc2 { [%clk 0:05:39] } 17... a5 { [%clk 0:04:17] } 18. Nf3 { [%clk 0:05:27] } 18... h6 { [%clk 0:04:04] } 19. g4 { [%clk 0:05:29] } 19... b4 { [%clk 0:04:07] } 20. axb4 { [%clk 0:05:37] } 20... axb4 { [%clk 0:04:13] } 21. g5 { [%clk 0:05:46] } 21... bxc3 { [%clk 0:04:13] } 22. bxc3 { [%clk 0:05:49] } 22... Qb2 { [%clk 0:04:07] } 23. Kd2 { Stabilizing the queenside, threatening Rhb1 next to trap the queen [%clk 0:05:58] } 23... Nb4 { Worth creating some complications [%clk 0:02:45] } 24. cxb4 { [%clk 0:05:46] } 24... c3+ { [%clk 0:02:53] } 25. Kd3 { [%clk 0:03:49] } 25... Qxb4 { [%clk 0:02:56] } 26. Bc1 { [%clk 0:03:41] } 26... Nd7 { [%clk 0:01:42] } 27. Ke3 { [%clk 0:02:45] } 27... Nb6 { [%clk 0:01:30] } 28. g6 { [%clk 0:02:42] } 28... Nc4+ { [%clk 0:01:34] } 29. Ke2 { [%clk 0:02:52] } 29... Rf8 { [%clk 0:01:17] } 30. gxf7+ { [%clk 0:03:00] } 30... Kd7 { [%clk 0:01:20] } 31. Kf1 { [%clk 0:02:33] } 31... Nb2 { [%clk 0:01:13] } 32. Kg2 { [%clk 0:02:36] } 32... Qb6 { [%clk 0:01:06] } 33. Nh4 { [%clk 0:02:35] } 33... Nc4 { [%clk 0:00:46] } 34. Ng6 { [%clk 0:02:38] } 34... Qc6 { [%clk 0:00:49] } 35. Ba4 { 1-0 White wins. [%clk 0:02:43] } 1-0
[Event "Let\\\\'s Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr_Penings"]
[Black "morphic6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto"]
[Termination "Mr_Penings won by resignation"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 O-O { 0-0 is quite risky for Black since there is no knight on f6 to act as defense. You will see how White can take advantage of it. } 10. O-O-O a5 11. h4 $1 h5 12. Ng5 d5 $5 { Thematic move for Black to create queenside counterplay at the cost of a pawn. } 13. exd6 e5 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. Qe1 Nb4 16. Nge4 Rc8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Kb1 { Notice Black is down a pawn, but White's king is under more pressure. Ideally I want to continue my attack on the kingside but it's tough. Now I have to utilize my pawn advantage to trade down } 18... Nd4 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bf6 21. Nexf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qxe5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Nxg3 25. fxg3 b6 26. g4 { Now that my king is safer, my material advantage is more visible and decisive. } 26... Qd7 27. gxh5 Rc5 28. Qd4 Rxh5 29. g4 Rc5 30. h5 g5 31. h6 f6 32. h7+ Kh8 33. Rh6 Qd8 34. Rf1 Re5 35. Rhxf6 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0
[Event "fake anti: **Top Grandmaster Games**"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/BNwDWLFp/CBRpWyj6"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]

*
[Event "European Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2019.12.7"]
[Round "17.14"]
[White "Shubin, Kirill"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b3 { Standard Maroc } 12... f6 { Strange move, likely with the intent of retreating the light squared bishop back to f7. But this comes at the great cost of completely shutting down the fianchetto bishop } 13. Bb2 Bf7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Rbc1 Rc8 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nc3 { Simple retreat, but now Black's pawns are clear targets, especially the d6 pawn } 17... Bf8 18. Nd4 g5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 { Notice the five pawns on the 6th rank for Black. They are all vulnerable to attack. } 20. b4 Rb8 21. Ba3 Qc7 22. b5 Nc5 23. e5 $1 { The pawn structure for black is completely falling apart. no pawn can move safely and White threatens exd6, winning a piece! } 23... fxe5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. bxc6 Be7 ( 26... Qxc6 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Bd3 { With lots of threats on the kingside } ) 27. Qe3 Rbd8 28. Bf3 Rd4 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Rb1 Qd6 32. Ne4 Qxc6 33. Ng5 Qe8 34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Ne4 Bg6 36. Qxe6+ Qf7 37. Rb8+ Bf8 38. Qxf7+ ( 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rb7 { White missed a much cleaner win } ) 38... Kxf7 39. Rb7+ Ke6 40. Ng5+ Ke5 41. Bd5 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Bd6 43. g3 h6 44. Nf3+ Kf6 45. Rb6 Ke7 46. Rxa6 Bd3 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Rf7+ Kg6 49. Rd7 Bb8 50. a4 Kf6 51. a5 Be4 52. Rb7 Bxd5 53. cxd5 Bd6 54. a6 Ra1 55. a7 c4 56. Nd4 Bc5 57. Nb5 Ra5 58. d6 c3 59. Nxc3 Bxa7 60. d7 Ke7 61. Ne4 Ra4 62. Kg2 Bd4 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kf4 Ra4 65. f3 Ra3 66. g4 Ra5 67. h4 Rd5 68. g5 hxg5+ 69. hxg5 Be5+ 70. Kg4 Rd4 71. Kf5 Rd5 72. Kg4 Rd4 73. g6 Rd1 74. Kf5 Bg7 75. f4 Rd5+ 76. Kg4 Rxd7 77. Rxd7+ Kxd7 78. Kg5 Bd4 79. f5 Ke7 80. f6+ Ke6 81. g7 Kf7 82. Kh6 Bxf6 83. Nxf6 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "Paul Keres Memorial 2018"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "2018.1.13"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 { Black's knight is lacking good outposts. Ne5 or Nc5 are only temporary strong squares, but they will ultimately be kicked back with f4 and b4 respectively } 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Nd5 { Common idea in the Maroczy Bind structures. The idea is to tempt Black into exchanging a piece for the knight, and as a result, White gets the open e-file to target that backwards e7 pawn. } 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. Qb2 Rec8 21. Re3 b5 22. c5 dxc5 23. Be5 Qd8 24. d6 { The power of the bishop pair is quite visible here. The position is exploding with open lines, both diagonals and files, for White. } 24... Ra7 25. dxe7 Qxe7 26. Bc3 { Queen is out of squares. } 26... b4 ( 26... Qf8 27. Bxf6 ) 27. Rxe7 bxc3 28. Qe2 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "25th Chicago Open 2016"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2016.5.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Nde5 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 e5 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2 Qb8 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 { A beautiful and accurate exchange sacrifice. White gets a dominating knight, while Black cannot actively make use of his extra rook. The finish is amazing } 19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 a5 21. Bg4 Ra6 22. Bxe6 Qa7 ( 22... fxe6 23. Nd7 ) 23. Bd5 Qxb6 24. Qf6 { Now White gets a monster bishop permanently placed on d5. Here is a great illustration that shows why rooks are not necessarily worth more than bishops. It is all situational. } 24... Qc7 25. h4 Re8 26. h5 { Throwing the h-pawn up the board. h6 is also a nice mating net } 26... Qe7 27. Qf4 b6 28. Rd1 Ra7 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. Rd3 Rc7 31. Bd5 gxh5 32. Qh6 Kh8 33. Rf3 Qe5 34. Rf6 Re7 35. g3 h4 36. Qxh4 Rde8 37. Kg2 a4 { Black is desperately trying to open up a file so his rooks can activate. But it is just helpless at this point because of all of White's play on the kingside. } 38. bxa4 Ra7 39. Qh6 Rg8 40. Rf5 Qd4 41. e5 Qg4 42. Qf6+ Qg7 43. Qxd6 { Pawns are being taken from Black one after the other. The White bishop is still there and king is extremely safe } 43... Qg4 44. Qf6+ Rg7 45. e6 fxe6 46. Qxe6 Rg8 47. Qe5+ Qg7 48. Rg5 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "XXVII Mitropa Cup"]
[Site "Olbia ITA"]
[Date "2008.5.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 { Correctly punishing the early g6 by intending to invade on the dark squares } 5... Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. Qc1 h6 9. Be3 { The bishop and queen battery prevents Black from castling kingside. } 9... b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Rd1 d5 12. a4 Rd8 13. Na3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 O-O 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 $5 { The bishop going to f4 and then moving right back to e3 may seem confusing, but there is an important idea here: the d5 square. It is now a permanent outpost for White's knight in the long run. } 18... Rd8 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. f3 f5 22. Qc2 f4 23. Bf2 Bc8 24. Rd1 a6 25. Na3 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rf8 27. Kg2 g5 28. Be2 g4 29. fxg4 Qd6 30. Ndc4 Qg6 31. Ne3 { Hmm.. the knight finally eyes the juicy d5 outpost! } 31... Bb7 32. Bf3 Ng8 33. Rh1 Nf6 34. Rh4 Nd8 35. Nf5 Ne6 36. Be3 Ng5 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. Nc4 Rd8 39. Nce3 Rd7 40. c4 Bf8 41. Nd5 { And finally, 20 moves later, the knight ends up on the dream outpost. It shows how patient Grandmasters can be. They focus on the long term weaknesses in the position rather than quick attacks and threats. } 41... Bxd5 42. cxd5 Kg8 43. Be2 c4 44. Qxc4 Qd2 45. d6+ Kh8 46. g5 Qxg5 47. Qc8 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "World Blitz 2019"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3.93"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo"]
[Black "Mesropov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: King's Indian Attack"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 Qc7 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. c3 Nge7 8. O-O h6 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 { If Black is conceding the center for free, White should just thank him and take it himself. } 10... d6 11. Na3 a6 12. dxc5 dxc5 ( 12... bxc5 $2 { bxc5 leads d6 to being a very vulnerable pawn in a forcing sequence } 13. Nc4 d5 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nfxe5 $1 Nxe5 16. exd5 { Threats everywhere, and the White bishop aiming down the entire queenside. d6 is inevitable and Black is lost already. } ) 13. Nc4 O-O 14. a4 { Maintaining the c4 outpost } 14... Rd8 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd6 c4 21. Qa2 e5 { The knight is strong on d6, but it is not a protected outpost, which means it is just a dynamic advantage and will be kicked off soon. So White exchanges the knight for the potentially strong Black fianchetto bishop. } 22. Ne8 Qb7 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qa1 Be6 25. Qc1 { Immediately taking advantage of the black bishop being gone. } 25... Ng8 26. Rd6 b4 27. h4 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qb5 $2 { Black misses a simple tactic, but it is already a tough position to defend. } 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxe5+ { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "Cork Masters 2014"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2014.3.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: French Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Re8 10. h4 Nf8 11. h5 { Prevents Ng6 as well as possibly threatening h6. } 11... f5 12. Na3 d4 13. Nh2 Bd7 14. g4 Qc8 15. f4 Nb4 16. Rf3 { Rook lift to support the g- and h- pawns. Now if only there can be a pawn break to open up the files... } 16... Bc6 17. Rg3 Bh4 18. Rh3 Bd8 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. Kh1 a6 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nc2 a5 23. Rg1 b5 24. gxf5 { White completely ignores Black's play on the queenside, and for good reason. The White king is on h1, why worry about some miniscule threat on the other end? } 24... exf5 25. Nxd4 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bb6 27. Rg3 g6 28. hxg6 h6 29. g7 Nh7 30. Nxb5 Bxg1 31. Kxg1 Ra6 32. d4 { Slow plan to just march the central pawns up the board to promotion. However, Black has no counterplay on any side of the board } 32... Rb6 33. d5 Qc8 34. Qf2 Rxb5 35. cxb5 { Black sacrifice the exchange back for a little bit of play. But there is just not enough, and White's pawns are already far too advanced to fight back } 35... Qc1+ 36. Nf1 Rc8 37. b6 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.3"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffrey"]
[Black "Anka, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bh6 f6 11. Bxg7 Qxg7 12. Nh2 g5 { White doesn't mind the pawn moves by Black. More pawns pushed means more outposts! f5 and h5 are two newly created outposts. } 13. Nf1 { Knight is on his way! (to f5 or h5) } 13... Nf8 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. h4 Nd4 16. hxg5 fxg5 17. O-O-O Be6 18. g4 O-O-O 19. Nf5 Qf7 ( 19... Nxf5 20. exf5 { Allowing a connected passed pawn is also not favorable for Black either. } ) ( 19... Bxf5 20. exf5 ) 20. Qxg5 Bxa2 21. f4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Be6 24. Qe5 Bd7 25. Qxc5 Kb8 26. Rh6 Qg7 27. Rdh1 Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Qd2 29. Rxh7 Rxh7 30. Rxh7 { The rest is a simple cleanup. Black should never be able to create any perpetual checks on the white king. } 30... Bc8 31. Qe5+ Ka8 32. Rh8 Qe1+ 33. Ka2 Rxh8 34. Qxh8 Kb8 35. Qe5+ Ka8 36. Qc7 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "Open A"]
[Site "Zadar CRO"]
[Date "2007.12.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Anti-Qxd4 Move Order"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. h4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd4 O-O 14. f4 Rfd8 15. g4 { Onwards! g5 will force an open file, so Black has to play Bxd4 } 15... Bxd4 16. Qxd4 e5 17. Qd2 ( 17. fxe5 dxe5 { The position does not give White enough winning chances. The rooks will soon be traded on the d-file, and White's knight is still somewhat controlled by the Bc6 since it cannot advance. } ) 17... exf4 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 { White should not only not mind the loss of the g- and h- pawns, but he should welcome it! No pawns means open files! } 20. Rdg1 { The rooks happily dominate the now-open kingside files. } 20... Qe5 21. Rh4 d5 22. Qh2 g6 23. Rh5 Qd4 24. Ne2 { The queen is running out of squares! } 24... Qg7 ( 24... Qf6 25. e5 Qg7 ) 25. e5 d4 26. e6 { Undermining the base of the pawn chain. g6 pawn is the ideal target since it's lined up against both the Black queen and the king. } 26... gxh5 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nxf4 Kf6 29. Qh4+ Kf5 30. exf7 { Although material count is in Black's favor, the two rooks are no match for the queen in this instance due to the exposed king for Black, and the rooks not being able to create any problems for White's king } 30... Rd7 31. Nd3 Rxf7 32. Qf4+ Ke6 33. Qe5+ Kd7 34. Nc5+ Kd8 35. Qxd4+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ Kd8 37. b4 a6 38. Qxh5 Rf1+ 39. Kb2 Ke7 40. Qe2+ { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "Corus A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2005.1.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Mr_Penings"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.07"]
[UTCTime "03:37:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 { A common maneuver to play Ng4 as well as free up the f-pawn for an f4 pawn break. } 11... Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. Rf2 O-O-O 15. Raf1 Nd7 16. Ne2 { Making room for the queen to invade on the queenside via a5. } 16... f6 17. Qa5 Kb8 18. b4 { White goes all out to break open the b-file where the Black king is at } 18... f5 19. bxc5 fxe4 20. d4 Bc4 21. Qa4 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Qe6 23. c4 Ka8 24. Rb1 Nb8 25. Rd2 Qf7 26. Ng4 Rd7 27. Qb3 Rhd8 28. Rbd1 g5 29. Nf2 Qf5 30. d5 h5 31. dxc6 Nxc6 32. Rd5 Be5 ( 32... Rxd5 33. cxd5 { Black does not want to undouble White's c-pawns, even though it does relieve some pressure on the d-file. } ) 33. Qb1 g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Qxe4 Qf7 36. Nxg4 Bb8 37. Bg5 Re8 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 Rxe4 { White simplifies into an endgame up a few pawns. Notice how White was not just tunnel visioning on the queenside with the attack. Svidler patiently played what the position calls for. Sometimes, a material advantage of a pawn or two is preferable to a wild attacking race on opposite sides. } 40. Ne3 a5 41. Kf1 Re8 42. a4 Ka7 43. g4 Rg8 44. Bh6 Rg6 45. Rh7 Be5 46. Kg2 Bd4 47. Kh3 Bxc5 48. Bf4 Re6 49. Nd5 Re4 50. g5 Ne7 51. Kg4 Nxd5 52. cxd5 Rxa4 53. g6 Bd6 54. Rf7 Be5 55. Kg5 Bb2 56. d6 Rd4 57. Be3 { 1-0 Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event "The Queens Gambit: Introduction"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/rp22tvoJ"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.05"]
[UTCTime "01:16:43"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ In this study I will teach you all about the Queens gambit. Please as always give this study a like and share it with your friends. Also if you like this study you might like my other study about the king's gambit. https://lichess.org/study/PwGduOSn
Hey guys I need your help to get my study trending. Please give it a like. It will help a lot of people. https://lichess.org/study/mDroxo8x } *
[Event "The Queens Gambit: Queens gambit accepted, rook trap"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/Yw44mR2y"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.04"]
[UTCTime "20:37:16"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 { [%cal Gd5c4] } 2... dxc4 { As you see this is called Queens gambit accepted because black accepts the pawn. } 3. e3 { We are attacking the pawn with our bishop trying to get back the material we lost. [%csl Gc4][%cal Gf1c4] } 3... b5 { Now if we take the pawn black will take our bishop. [%cal Gb5c4] } 4. a4 { We know force black to focus on those pawns and we are making black nervous. [%cal Gb5a4,Ga1a4] } 4... a6 { Black defends his defender so if we take that pawn black will just take back. But his defense might also be his undoing... } 5. axb5 axb5 6. Rxa8 { Just like that black's rook is gone. } *
[Event "The Queens Gambit: Queens gambit accepted, trap 2"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/g1p3awBu"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.04"]
[UTCTime "20:42:08"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 { Again black accepts the pawn. } 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 { Here everything seems fine. Wrong. Black is losing. } 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3 { Black can save his rook by going Bb7. But if he does not... [%cal Gf3a8] } 6... Bb7 ( 6... Nf6 7. Qxa8 { You take the rook. } ) 7. Qxb7 Nd7 { And then you take the pawn. } 8. Qxb5 *
[Event "The Queens Gambit: Queens gambit accepted 3"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/XSl3KF7I"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.04"]
[UTCTime "20:47:04"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 { Black ignores us and just continues developing. } 4. Bxc4 { We take the pawn. This evens out the material and if develops our bishop. } 4... g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 { What black does here is called the dragon because the bishop will have a diagonal after black moves his knight. [%cal Gg7a1] } 6. Qa4+ { There are some ways for black to respond. } 6... Bd7 7. Qb3 { And then maybe on the next move white can move his knight to e5 to put more pressure. [%csl Rf3,Gb3][%cal Rf3e5,Gb3b7,Gc4f7] } *
[Event "The Queens Gambit: Queens gambit declined"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/Ir4X0z0D"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.06"]
[UTCTime "15:35:28"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 { As you see this is called the queens gambit declined because black does not accept this pawn but protects it instead. } 3. Nc3 { White develops his pawn but can't take it because of our pawn and queen defending it. [%cal Ge6d5,Gd8d5] } 3... Nf6 4. Bg5 { This pins our knight. [%cal Gg5d8] } 4... Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 { If white gets greedy and takes your queen without thinking... } 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ $132 { White can only defend with his queen. } 8. Qd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Kxd8 { Black is up a knight which gives them an advantage in material. [%csl Gd5] } *
[Event "The Queens Gambit: Queens gambit declined 2"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/qBGz1gt1"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.06"]
[UTCTime "15:41:14"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 { Black is again defending the pawn. [%cal Ge6d5] } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 { Again white pins our knight. [%cal Gg5d8] } 4... Nbd7 { If you try the trap earlier and your opponent is wise enough to not take you pawn... } 5. e3 c6 { Now we can move our queen away. [%cal Gd8c7,Gc7b6,Gb6a5] } 6. Nf3 Qa5 { This move opens up a lot of opportunity's for black. [%cal Gg5d8,Gf6e4,Gf8b4] } 7. Bd3 Ne4 8. Bxe4 dxe4 { Now there is a little problem for white. His knight is under attack but if he moves it he will lose his bishop. White can also go Ne5. [%cal Ge4f3,Gf3g5,Ga5g5] } 9. Ne5 { We also have a plan for this. } 9... Bd6 { White will just make a normal move like... castling. } 10. O-O Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 { In this trade you won a pawn and you are still attacking white's bishop. Thanks to VezirTerbiyecisi for pointing this out and asking me to add what would happen if white went Ne5 } *
[Event "The Queens Gambit: The End"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/Yk8wUA8f/D77W3rnq"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/SABH_Daniel"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[UTCDate "2020.11.12"]
[UTCTime "15:47:44"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ If you are here you have reached the end of this study. Good job. If you liked this study then check out my other study's.
1. Tips and tricks: https://lichess.org/study/JOAQpIZR
2. The Sicilian defense: https://lichess.org/study/GGX7m8rf
3.The Kings Indian defense: https://lichess.org/study/mCorkZLu
4, The Scandinavian defense https://lichess.org/study/WQkatPuS } *
[Event "March 2021 Lichess Bullet Titled Arena"]
[Site "Lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimir Fedoseev"]
[Black "Andrew Tang"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Lichess"]
[BlackElo "2985"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "?"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/p4ppp/2n1pb2/2p5/2P5/P2nRNP1/1P1N1PBP/R1BQ2K1 w - - 3 14"]
[Opening "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[UTCDate "2021.03.22"]
[UTCTime "00:35:41"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2841"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

{ This first puzzle comes from a tense game between Vladimir Fedoseev and Andrew Tang.

White to play and win. } 14. Ne1 Nxe1 15. Bxc6 Rb8 { ...and white wins after recapturing the knight with either piece.
Full game: https://lichess.org/JFKvXNnR/black } *
[Event "March 2021 Lichess Bullet Titled Arena"]
[Site "Lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Andrew Tang"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Lichess"]
[BlackElo "2997"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "?"]
[FEN "2k1rb2/pbp5/3pqBQp/2p5/7P/1PN2P2/PK1R2P1/8 w - - 2 28"]
[Opening "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[UTCDate "2021.03.22"]
[UTCTime "00:46:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "3116"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

{ Tang went on to win this game but Carlsen missed a knockout blow here.

White to play and win. } 28. Re2 Qxe2+ 29. Nxe2 { Full game: https://lichess.org/Itg5EnjQ/black } *
[Event "March 2021 Titled Arena"]
[Site "Lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Lichess"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "?"]
[FEN "4k1r1/4bp2/q3p2Q/3pPp2/3N3P/2P2NP1/1r3PK1/5R2 b - - 0 38"]
[Opening "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[UTCDate "2021.03.22"]
[UTCTime "00:52:11"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "3104"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

{ Black went on to lose but had a big chance here. He is up the exchange but surprisingly there is only one winning move.

Black to play and win } 38... Rxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Qxf1 { Black has only won a pawn but the attack is overwhelming.
Full game: https://lichess.org/zk44wv1m#75 } *
[Event "March 2021 Titled Arena"]
[Site "Lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vincent Rothuis"]
[Black "Andrew Tang"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Lichess"]
[BlackElo "3012"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[ECO "?"]
[FEN "2rrbk2/pp3pp1/4pP2/q3b3/5Q2/2PB2R1/PP3PP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 22"]
[Opening "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[UTCDate "2021.03.22"]
[UTCTime "00:55:31"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]

{ This puzzle is a bit too hard for the puzzle pack, but the solution is too beautiful to leave it out. Tang was absolutely stunned when Rothuis found the only winning move here.

White to play and win. } 22. Rxg7 Bxf4 23. Rh1 { Black can not stop Rh1#. An incredible sacrifice.
Full game: https://lichess.org/81Th2dXg/black } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Introduction"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/gIOq5Mk2"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "16:01:18"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ Hello everyone! Welcome to my new studio. I have done a couple of studies on the Sicilian Defense, and I think you guys like them a lot, so today we will talk about the Sicilian Dragon.

The dragon variant is one of the most popular in the Sicilian defense, and one of the most dangerous for White! It is probably the most aggressive Sicilian of all! So if you are a tactical player this Sicilian is the most recommended for you.

Press the space button to see the first movements of this defense :) } 1. e4 { Play 1.c5 [%csl Gc5][%cal Gc7c5] } 1... c5 { This is the Sicilian Defense } 2. Nf3 { Play 2.d6 [%csl Gd6][%cal Gd7d6] } 2... d6 3. d4 { Capture the pawn } 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 { Now play 4.Nf6 [%csl Gf6][%cal Gg8f6] } 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 { Now you can play 5.a6 and play the Najdorf Variation, 5.Nf6 the Classical Variation, or 5.e6 and play Scheveningen, but today we are going to see the move 5.g6, which kicks off the Sicilian Dragon (do it now) [%csl Gg6,Re6,Rc6,Ra6][%cal Ra7a6,Re7e6,Rb8c6,Gg7g6] } 5... g6 { This is the position of the Sicilian Dragon.
The name of this variant is due to the fact that Black's pawn structure is reminiscent - with a bit of imagination - of the tail of a dragon (and the constellation Dragon).
It is also a suitable name due to the aggressive and dangerous nature of this variant.
Remember all these movements, since in the next chapters I will not help you. [%csl Yh7,Yg6,Yf7,Ye7,Yd6] } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Standart Scheme"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/BYjz8j5O"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "?"]
[FEN "2rq1rk1/pp1bppbp/2np1np1/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[Opening "?"]
[SetUp "1"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "16:12:46"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ This is the standard outline in the opening of the Sicilian Dragon.

After g6, the dark-squared bishop goes to g7, the knight to f6, making way for the king and the h1 rook for kingside castling. On the queenside, the bishop usually goes to his standard square d7, the knight to c6, the rook is placed on the open c column, and the queen goes to c7 or a5 in the future.

In Sicilian Dragon we have many plans, being playing d5, sacrificing material on c3, and bringing the queen to a5 one of the most important. } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Dragon Accelerated"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/BQ16YRSm"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "16:30:17"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { The movements that I showed you in chapter 1 are the ones that lead to the "Sicilian Dragon", but there is a more "accelerated" way to play this defense.
I'll show you (perform the movements I taught you in chapter 1) } 1... c5 { Very well! This is the Sicilian Defense } 2. Nf3 { Play 2.Nc6 [%csl Gc6][%cal Gb8c6] } 2... Nc6 3. d4 { Capture the pawn } 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 { Now you could play Nf6 or d6 and get to the position of the Sicilian Dragon, but to do it in a more accelerated way, play g6. [%csl Gg6][%cal Gg7g6] } 4... g6 { This is the position of the ''Accelerated Dragon.''
If tactic is not your strong suit, I would recommend playing this. } 5. Nc3 { Play Bg7 [%csl Gg7][%cal Gf8g7] } 5... Bg7 { As you can see, although the order of plays is different, the same position is reached.
This variant is called "accelerated dragon", because it is similar to the variant of the dragon, but g6 is made faster. However, there is a variant of the dragon even MORE ACCELERATED, we are going to review it. } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Dragon Hyperaccelerated"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/5IhxMIp8"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "16:44:38"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { What is our first move? } 1... c5 { Very well } 2. Nf3 { Normally we stick with 2.d6, but to play the most ACCELERATED Sicilian Dragon of ALL, then play g6 now. [%csl Rd6,Gg6][%cal Rd7d6,Gg7g6] } 2... g6 { This is the fastest way to play Sicilian Dragon.
Even now we can get to the same position as the Sicilian Dragon, only with g6 MUCH FASTER. } 3. d4 { Capture the pawn } 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 { Play Bg7 [%csl Gg7][%cal Gf8g7] } 4... Bg7 5. c4 { Now play Nf6 } 5... Nf6 { We are ready for kingside castling.
If you want to play the VERY ACCELERATED Sicilian Dragon, and you want to surprise your rivals, the Hyperaccelerated Sicilian is recommended for you. } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Main Line"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/otTQfTsT"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Modern Line"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "16:24:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { Do the plays that I taught you in chapter 1 :) } 1... c5 { Very well! } 2. Nf3 { Now? } 2... d6 3. d4 { What should you do now? } 3... cxd4 { That's right! } 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 { And now? } 5... g6 { Nice job! As you know, this is the position of the Sicilian Dragon. } 6. Be3 { Play Bg7 [%csl Gg7][%cal Gf8g7] } 6... Bg7 7. f3 { With f3, White blocks the annoying Ng4 from Black, who attacks the bishop on e3.
Now play Nc6 [%csl Gc6,Rg4][%cal Gb8c6,Rf6g4,Rf3g4] } 7... Nc6 { Very good! } 8. Qd2 { With Qd2, White wants queenside castling.
Your king is in the center... What should you do? [%csl Bc1][%cal Be1c1] } 8... O-O { That's right! } 9. O-O-O { The 2 sides have castled on opposite flanks.
A great battle is coming! White wants to play against your king, and you against the white king with queenside attacks.
If white doesn't play Bc4, we can play d5 (do it now) [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd6d5,Rh2h4,Rg2g4,Rh4h5] } 9... d5 10. exd5 { Capture the pawn } 10... Nxd5 { We have a good game :D } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Yugoslav Attack"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/ZlVwbXng"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Old Line"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "17:53:20"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { Perform the movements of the Sicilian Dragon } 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 { Nice job! } 6. Be3 { Can you make the previous plays? } 6... Bg7 ( 6... Nc6 { This move is also good, but first you must play Bg7 } ) 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 { This is the Yugoslav attack.
This move (Bc4) prevents Black from making the move d6-d5. The Yugoslav attack is probably the most aggressive thing you are going to face.
You must know very well how to play against this.
Play Bd7 [%csl Gd7][%cal Gc8d7] } 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O { The 2 sides have castled in different places, a great battle of attacks is coming!
How would you activate the tower of a in a better column? } 10... Rc8 { Very well! This is the standard square for your tower.
This is how you must play against the Yugoslav Attack. } *
[Event "游낼 Sicilian Dragon 游낼: Classical Variation"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AvqP0tL1/wcRsxRkS"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LeninPerez"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation"]
[UTCDate "2021.01.27"]
[UTCTime "18:26:20"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { White will not always play in such an aggressive way by queenside casting, there is also the classical variation, which we are going to see in this chapter. } 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 { White now does not want to play aggressively with queenside castling, and prefers kingside castling for a more positional game.
What should you play now? [%csl Gg1][%cal Ge1g1] } 6... Bg7 { Very well! } 7. O-O { And now? } 7... O-O ( 7... Nc6 { Your king is in the center! } ) 8. Be3 Nc6 9. f4 { Do you remember what is the standard square for this bishop? [%csl Gc8] } 9... Bd7 { That's right! This is how you should play against the Classical Varaition.
Now you must continue placing your rook from a on the c-file, and passing your pieces to attack on the queenside. } *