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[Event "Opening traps: Greco Attack Trap"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/GmTxHf4Z/DkIAfgzD"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/BDWH"] [ECO "C54"] [Opening "Italian Game: Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Greco Variation"] [UTCDate "2020.01.11"] [UTCTime "17:54:46"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 { This is the much more aggressive variation of the Giuocco Piano, with d3 leading to more solid but less interesting positions. } 5... exd4 6. cxd4 { Gambiting a pawn for some good attacking chances. } 6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 { And we enter the Greco Attack. } 7... Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 ( 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 $13 { In this variation, both sides have their chances, white with the bishop pair and the initiative for black's pawn. } ) 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Qb3 Bxa1 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bxd4 14. Bg6 d5 15. Qf3+ { And white is winning. }
[Event "Opening traps: Semi-Tarrasch Trap"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/GmTxHf4Z/zQhacG4N"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/BDWH"] [ECO "D41"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense"] [UTCDate "2020.01.12"] [UTCTime "10:06:42"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { The Semi- Tarrasch is of course also achievable with the following line: } 1... d5 ( 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 ) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qxd5 $4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd5
[Event "Opening traps: Morphy Gambit Trap #1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/GmTxHf4Z/cEw8Zkwq"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/BDWH"] [ECO "C27"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit"] [UTCDate "2020.01.25"] [UTCTime "02:45:55"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 { This move gambits a pawn for rapid development, and of course to set plenty of traps. } 3... Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Ng5 d5 7. Bxd5 Be6 8. Nxe6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxe5 Rg8 12. Bf4 { White is up a pawn, has destroyed the king's defences and should win easily. }
[Event "Opening traps: Morphy Gambit Trap #2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/GmTxHf4Z/00fcflOe"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/BDWH"] [ECO "C27"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit"] [UTCDate "2020.01.25"] [UTCTime "02:48:36"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Nxe5 dxe5 ( 6... Qe7 7. Bxf7+ Kd8 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Re1 Qg5 ( 9... Qc5 10. Re8+ Kd7 11. Qg4+ $18 ) ) 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bg5+ Kxf7 9. Qxd8 { White is up a queen for two pieces, has destroyed the king's defences and is easilt winning. }
[Event "Opening traps: Morphy Gambit Trap #3"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/GmTxHf4Z/iKiGvTfU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/BDWH"] [ECO "C27"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit"] [UTCDate "2020.01.25"] [UTCTime "02:50:48"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e4 6. Ng5 { White now has an unstoppable attack against the f7 pawn. } 6... d5 7. Bxd5 Be6 8. Bxb7 $18
[Event "Opening traps: Delayed Alapin Trap"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/GmTxHf4Z/Xt8xFKc1"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/BDWH"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin"] [UTCDate "2020.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:28:53"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 { Perfectly logical, going after the e4 pawn. } 4. Be2 Nxe4 $4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxe4 $18
[Event "Catalan: Intro"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/PI9pYj4Y"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "?"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/2PP4/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 2 5"] [Opening "?"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.05.12"] [UTCTime "17:13:57"] [Variant "Standard"] { The catalan is not a system. It is very complex and theory based opening but in the end if white plays accurately they will have a small yet lingering advantage and usually a better pawn structure. This opening is not aggressive by any means but is very positional. If you like playing endgames, this opening is for you. If you like to launch kingside attacks, play other openings. } 5... Nf6 { I will not be explaining many of the more obvious and routine moves. because of this, you should be well versed in the catalan before studying this. For anybody under 1000 i recommend that you not focus on studying openings especially the catalan, a complex and very theoretical opening. } 6. O-O { This study goes deep into the theory of some the more critical lines against the catalan as well as exploring many sidelines and variations. I have tried to make this study as extensive as possible as well as to make it possible to form a complete catalan repertoire around this opening study. } 6... e6 { I will be working on improving this study for a while, if you have any critical lines for me to add please put them in chat. use other resources to learn the catalan, this study is not end all be all. Youtube has many great lectures on the catalan. }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Mainline (Qc2, Classical Line)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/FU7rxoHs"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:47:14"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 { simply going after the pawn, this is preferred over Ne5 because it saves time. } ( 7. Ne5 h6 ) 7... a6 ( 7... b5 { holding on to the pawn } 8. a4 bxa4 ( 8... b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 ) 9. Bg5 { no need to go after the pawns right away. They are extremely weak and impossible to hold on to. This move tries to prevent black from playing Nd5 in order to block the g2 bishop from attacking black's rook in the event that white moves their f3 knight to open up their bishop. } 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ng5 { engine move, gives up the knight for the rook. } 11... hxg5 12. Bxa8 { white is up and exchange and black has doubled pawns. } ) ( 7... Bd7 ) 8. a4 { shuts down b5 } ( 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 { this allows b5 grabbing a lot of space } 9... Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 ) ( 8. Nbd2 { why... why? its a very common move but it lets black keep the pawn and try to play for an advantage } 8... b5 ) ( 8. Rd1 { also a terrible move, black simply keeps the pawn } ) 8... Bd7 ( 8... Nc6 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Nbd2 { no need to take first, simply use your time to develop } 10... Rd8 11. e3 Qxc4 12. Nxc4 ) 9. Qxc4 ( 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 { Since black has traded off their light squared bishop it is no longer as dangerous to trade off white's light squared bishop. Here black has tripled isolated pawns which will be won in the near future. This endgame will be far easier for white althought the engine thinks it is equal. } ) 9... Bc6 { opposing whites bishop. Black often tries to neutralize white's powerful light squared bishop becayse in the open catalan it is extremely powerful. } 10. Bg5 ( 10. Bf4 Bd6 { Not recommended, just play Bg6 } 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 { Blunders practically all advantage } 13... d5 ) 10... Bd5 ( 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 ) ( 10... a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 b6 15. Ne1 { [%csl Rc2][%cal Gf3e1,Rb4c2] } ) 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 { awkward move but the engine and masters like it. I cannot pretend to know the difference between Qc1 and Qd2. } ( 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 ) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 { [%cal Re4f3,Rg2f3,Rd8d4] } 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 ( 15... Bh7 { strong pressure on queenside [%cal Rf6b2,Gh7c2] } 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 { [%cal Gf3e5] } ) 16. Bxf3 { maintains pressure on the diagonal, e3 can be played later to protect the d pawn [%cal Gf3b7] } ( 16. Nxf3 { more natrual but makes it easier for black to develop because the bishop does not control the diagonal. } )
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Second Mainline (Ne5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/kGZF1VJI"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.03.25"] [UTCTime "02:20:22"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } ( 2... Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 ) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } ( 3. g3 { Another move order, its used by Ding Liren but there is little to no difference } 3... Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 ) 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.33] } ( 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2 b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rc1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Ra7 ( 13... Nfd5 14. Na3 Be8 15. e4 Nb6 16. Nc2 a5 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 a4 20. Rac1 a3 21. Ba1 Ra7 22. Qxb5 Qe7 23. Qh5 Rd8 ) 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15. Rxc6 ( 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd5 17. Rcxa6 ) 15... Bxc6 ) 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.28] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.13] } 6... dxc4 { [%eval 0.28] } 7. Ne5 { [%eval 0.12] this line is less complex than the Qc2 lines but is more drawish because many pieces are traded } ( 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 ) 7... Nc6 { [%eval 0.36] } 8. Bxc6 { [%eval 0.19] } 8... bxc6 { [%eval 0.15] } 9. Nxc6 { [%eval 0.28] } 9... Qe8 { [%eval 0.17] } 10. Nxe7+ { [%eval 0.2] } 10... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.21] } 11. Qa4 { [%eval 0.38] } 11... e5 ( 11... c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd3 Bh3 15. Re1 ( 15. Rd1 { this is a huge blunder. } 15... Rad8 16. Qc2 Qb7 17. f3 e4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 ) ) 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 { Qd3 and Qc2 are both good here, Qd3 is more popular but the engine likes Qc2 } 14. Qc2 { white is up a pawn but black has strong attacking chances. White is extremely underdeveloped for the cost of the pawn but if white knows this line they can survive the attack. } ( 14. Qd3 Bh3 { tempting, this gives white too much time though. White wants to move his rook anyways in order to stop Rd8. } 15. Rd1 ) 14... Bf5 15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qd5 18. f3 Ng4 19. Qc3 Rfe8 { [%cal Gb1a3,Ga3c4] } 20. Na3 Qb7 21. Bf4 Qb6+ 22. e3 Qb7 23. e4 Qb6+ 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Mainline 3"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/l3rpqI0T"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.04.05"] [UTCTime "18:25:42"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.33] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.28] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.13] } 6... dxc4 { [%eval 0.28] } ( 6... c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 ) 7. Ne5 { [%eval 0.12] } 7... Nc6 { [%eval 0.36] } 8. Nxc6 { [%eval -0.11] } 8... bxc6 { [%eval -0.29] } 9. Na3 { [%eval 0.09] } 9... Bxa3 { [%eval -0.06] } 10. bxa3 { [%eval 0.08] } 10... Ba6 { [%eval -0.13] } 11. Qd2 { [%eval -0.21] } ( 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rb6 ) 11... Rb8 { [%eval -0.34] } 12. Qa5 ( 12. Rd1 ) 12... Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Rxd4 15. Rfb1
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Open Defense (mainline)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/65gFt4i6"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:36:30"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... dxc4 { [%eval 0.48] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.2] } ( 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 { This is a possibility but it wastes a lot of time, you will be a tempo down the rest of the game and you will be the one fighting to equalize. Do not play this line } ) 5... a6 { [%eval 0.29] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.38] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval 0.43] } 7. e3 { [%eval 0.2] } ( 7. a4 ) 7... Bd7 { [%eval 0.51] } 8. Qe2 { [%eval 0.17] } 8... b5 { [%eval 0.1] } 9. b3 { [%eval 0.1] } ( 9. a4 ) 9... cxb3 { [%eval 0.13] } 10. axb3 { [%eval 0.23] } 10... Be7 { [%eval 0.25] very weak pawns [%csl Ga6,Gb5] } 11. Bb2 { [%eval 0.49] } 11... O-O { [%eval 0.42] } ( 11... Nb4 12. Ne5 Nbd5 ) 12. Rc1 { [%eval 0.13] } ( 12. Rd1 ) 12... Nb4 { [%eval 0.48] } 13. Ne5 { [%eval 0.45] [%cal Gg2a8] } 13... Nfd5 { [%eval 0.58] [%cal Gg2d5] } 14. Na3 { [%eval 0.5] [%cal Gb1a3,Ga3c2,Gc2b4] } 14... Be8 { [%eval 0.44] } 15. e4 { [%eval 0.56] } 15... Nb6 { [%eval 0.29] } 16. Nc2 { [%eval 0.43] } 16... a5 { [%eval 0.5] } 17. Nxb4 { [%eval 0.33] } 17... Bxb4 { [%eval 0.32] } ( 17... axb4 18. Rxa8 Nxa8 ) 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 a4
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Open Defense (immediate c5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/eqrEA4pe"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.06.09"] [UTCTime "01:29:36"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 ( 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 { attacking the knight twice } 8. Qa4+ { forcing Qd2, Bd2 and Nd2 allows immediate recapture of the pawn and Nc6 loses the game. } 8... Qd7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. b4 Bb6 12. N5c3 { simply retreat your knight. gain control of the open file and develop the rest of your pieces, the catalan bishop is extremely strong now. } ) 7. Qa4 ( 7. dxc5 { computer move, just leads to an endgame with little winning chances } 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 ) 7... Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 ( 8... Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Be3 ) 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 b4 { annoying move, two good options [%cal Gc3b5,Gc3e4] } 12. Ne4 ( 12. Nb5 { [%cal Rb5d6] } 12... O-O 13. Nd6 ) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 { still a very complex position. Black's pieces are sort of passive and white has not finished development yet. This just leads to an endgame after pieces are traded as there are no pawnbreaks and little attacking chances }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Classical Line (a6, b5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/1Lu4lWoX"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.06.15"] [UTCTime "06:50:53"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 ( 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 { same ideas as usuall [%cal Gc1g5,Gg5f6,Ge2e3,Gb1c3] } 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 { maintains threat on b7 } 16... c6 17. Nc4 { the pawn cannot be taken because e3 would win the bishop } ) 8... b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 ( 10... Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. e4 { taking the center and threatening the fork } 15... Be7 16. e5 Nd7 17. b4 ) 11. Qc1 Bb7 { threatening the c7 pawn } 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Nbd7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. Rd1 Qe8 { [%cal Ge2e3,Gc1c2,Ga1c1] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Modern Sharp Variation"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/0YggGJ3L"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:45:02"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... dxc4 { [%eval 0.48] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.2] } 5... Nc6 { [%eval 0.45] } 6. Qa4 { [%eval 0.64] } 6... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.26] From this point on, memorize all the variations in this line to avoid making mistakes. I try to avoid this line because it is very hard to play and natural moves are often mistakes. } 7. Bd2 { [%eval 0.21] } 7... Nd5 { [%eval 0.21] } 8. Bxb4 { [%eval 0.52] } 8... Nxb4 { [%eval 0.88] } 9. O-O $6 { [%eval 0.34] Inaccuracy. a3 was best. this move is the mainline because it avoids having to sacrifice the queen } ( 9. a3 { This line is much sharper, I prefer to avoid a3 and just castle. Black has more winning chances here } 9... b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 ( 11... Bd7 12. Kxc2 { forced queen sac, very hard to play for white. I would avoid this line unless you want to do some serious prep } 12... Nxd4+ { [%csl Gf3] } 13. Nxd4 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Kf8 16. N1c3 ( 16. Rd1 { engine prefers this } 16... Qf6 17. N1c3 Qxf2 ( 17... e5 ) 18. Rd7 g6 ) 16... Rb6 17. Rhd1 Qb8 18. Bf3 ) 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 c5 14. Qa2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Rxa1 ) ( 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O a5 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. e3 ) 9... Rb8 { [%eval 0.5] } 10. Na3 { [%eval 0.44] } 10... O-O { [%eval 0.37] } 11. Qb5 { [%eval 0.5] } 11... b6 { [%eval 0.37] } 12. Qxc4 { [%eval 0.37] } 12... Ba6 { [%eval 0.24] } 13. Nb5 { [%eval 0.29] } 13... Qd5 { [%eval 0.32] } 14. Qxd5 { [%eval 0.37] } 14... Nxd5 { [%eval 0.45] } 15. a4 { [%eval 0.5] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Qa4+"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/pKgPyld3"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:46:47"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] Warning: This line is pretty bad for white and throws away all advantage + gives black the initiative } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... dxc4 { [%eval 0.48] } 5. Qa4+ $6 { [%eval -0.08] Inaccuracy. Bg2 was best. Popular move for people new to the catalan, never play this move, it throws away all advantage as white and wastes too much time. } ( 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 O-O 8. Qc2 Bxc5 9. Qxc4 Qd5 ) 5... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.0] } 6. Bg2 { [%eval -0.01] } 6... a6 { [%eval 0.0] } 7. Qxc4 { [%eval -0.28] } 7... b5 8. Qc6 ( 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 ) 8... Rb8 9. Bf4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qxc7 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxb8 Nxb8 18. Qxb8
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, b5 c6"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/8q4DTgUz"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.03.31"] [UTCTime "19:12:15"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.13] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.0] } 3. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... dxc4 { [%eval 0.48] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.2] } 5... b5 $6 { [%eval 0.76] Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } ( 5... Be7 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 ) 6. a4 { [%eval 0.71] } 6... c6 { [%eval 1.14] } 7. Ne5 { [%eval 0.62] } 7... Nd5 { [%eval 0.96] } ( 7... Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nd5 ) 8. O-O { [%eval 0.92] } 8... Bb7 { [%eval 1.18] } 9. e4 { [%eval 0.8] } 9... Nf6 { [%eval 0.81] } 10. b3 { [%eval 0.86] undermining the pawn chain } ( 10. Nc3 a6 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qh5 { Beware, this line is very sharp and involves lots of sacrifices } 13... g6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qe5 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. axb5 Rxb7 19. bxa6 Nxa6 20. Rxa6 ) 10... cxb3 { [%eval 1.05] } ( 10... Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. axb5 ( 12. bxc4 bxc4 { black is temporarily up material but their queenside is frozen and weak. White will pick the pawns back up very easily and use target the queenside. } ) 12... cxb5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Na3 { [%csl Gc4][%cal Ga3c4] } 14... Rc8 ( 14... c3 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 { [%csl Gd4,Re6][%cal Gd4d5] } ) 15. Rb1 Ba8 16. Qa4 ) ( 10... Nbd7 11. bxc4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 14. h3 Nxe5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. axb5 a6 17. Bf1 { [%cal Gf1b5,Yb5e8] } ) 11. axb5 { [%eval 0.76] } 11... cxb5 { [%eval 0.81] } 12. Qxb3 { [%eval 0.74] [%cal Gb3b5] } 12... a6 { [%eval 0.35] } 13. d5 $18 exd5 ( 13... Qb6 14. Nc4 Qd4 15. Nba3 { [%cal Gb3b7] } 15... Bxa3 16. Nxa3 O-O 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Na5 ) ( 13... Bd6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Nd3 $1 { [%cal Ge4e5,Be5d6,Be5f6] } 16... e5 $6 17. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 ( 17... Qxe5 18. Bf4 { [%cal Gf4d6] } ) 18. Ba3 { [%cal Gb3e6] } ) 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Qe3 { [%csl Bd5][%cal Gf1d1,Bg2d5,Yd1d8] } 15... Qe7 16. Ba3 Qe6 17. Re1 $18 { [%csl Be6][%cal Ge3c3,Be1e6] } 17... b4 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc1 { [%cal Ge1e8] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, a6 b5"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/YsUFkcrB"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.04.24"] [UTCTime "16:38:52"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 { closing the diagonal } 8. a4 Bb7 9. b3 { black may be up a pawn but their queenside is frozen and the pawns will be won back quickly } 9... c3 10. e4 b4 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 { White is up a piece temporarily but will probably have to sacrifice a knight to stop the past C pawn }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, trap"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/J7bnIcdU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.03.25"] [UTCTime "06:27:02"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.4] } ( 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. axb5 cxb5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 a6 12. e4 Nb6 ( 12... Nf6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Ba3 b4 17. Bxb4 Qe6 18. Bxf8 Bxg2 19. Bxg7 Nd5 20. Qb3 Bxf1 21. Bxh8 Qh3 ( 21... Bh3 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 ( 24. Re1+ ) ( 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nf6+ ) ) ) 13. d5 Bc5 14. Qc3 Qc8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qf3 Rf8 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxh7 ) 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.28] } 5... dxc4 { [%eval 0.5] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.4] } 6... b5 $4 { [%eval 2.2] Blunder. Be7 was best. This is common when playing against people unfamiliar with the Catalan, whenever b5 is played look for tactics involving the bishop on g2. } ( 6... Be7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 O-O 11. Qc2 ) 7. Ne5 { [%eval 2.13] } 7... Rb8 $4 { [%eval 7.37] Blunder. Ba6 was best. } ( 7... Ba6 8. Bxa8 ( 8. Nc6 Qc8 ) ( 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. Bxa8 Ned7 12. Bc6 ) 8... Qxa8 ) 8. Nc6 { [%eval 7.36] Queen is trapped, } 8... Bb7 { [%eval 7.35] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, c5"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/aXwGLigG"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.04.09"] [UTCTime "03:01:50"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 ( 4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 ( 9... Rd8 { [%csl Gc2,Gb3,Ga4][%cal Gd1c2,Gc2b3,Gb3a4,Gd1b3,Gd1a4] } ) 10. b3 ) 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O c5 { memorize this line, it is important to not make any inaccuracies here to keep a slight advantage } 7. Na3 Nb6 { remember this tactic [%cal Ga3c4,Gb6c4,Gd1a4,Gc8d7,Ga4c4] } 8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qc2 ( 11. Qc3 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gc3d4] } 11... Rc8 ( 11... Nd5 12. Qe1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 ) 12. Ne5 Bd6 ( 12... c4 13. Bb7 Rc7 14. Ba6 { [%cal Ge5d7,Ga6b5] } ) 13. Bf4 ) 11... Rc8 12. dxc5 ( 12. Ne5 ) 12... Bxc5 13. Qb3 O-O
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, immediate c5"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/E6m4vG7z"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.06.27"] [UTCTime "06:38:02"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 ( 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Bxb7 Rb8 { [%cal Gb7f3,Gb7g2] } ) 9. Qc3 ( 9. Qd3 ) 9... b4 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Nbd2 Qe7 { there pawns are future targets [%csl Rb4,Ra7][%cal Gd2c4,Ga1c1,Gf1d1] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Nc6"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/VwPfkgAK"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.04.14"] [UTCTime "20:07:30"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 ( 6. Qc2 { mistake } 6... b5 ( 6... Nxd4 7. Nxd4 Qxd4 ) 7. Ne5 Nb4 8. Qd2 Nbd5 9. O-O { black can keep the pawn } ) 6... Bd6 ( 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. O-O ) 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qxc4
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, exchange sacrifice variation"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/eYeuoqUn"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.06.15"] [UTCTime "06:09:46"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. e3 b5 ( 8... O-O 9. Nxc4 { [%cal Gb1c3,Ge1g1,Gd1c2] } ) 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. f3 { VERY IMPORTANT MOVE!!! Black chooses to sacrifice the exchange for a possible kingside attack on white's weak lightsquares } 12... e5 13. O-O { at this point, black does not have much attacking chances. Black will either try to bail into an endgame and hope to draw or continue to attack and complicate the position. No matter what black does, white should try to trade off pieces and win the endgame up an exchage. }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Bb4+ (a5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/I4wcehBp"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.04.09"] [UTCTime "03:21:53"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.17] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.2] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... dxc4 { [%eval 0.48] } ( 4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qc2 ) 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.2] } 5... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.28] } 6. Bd2 { [%eval 0.29] } 6... a5 { [%eval 0.49] } 7. Qc2 { [%eval 0.39] } ( 7. Qa4+ { rare trick for bullet } 7... Nc6 8. Bxb4 ) 7... Bxd2+ { [%eval 0.36] } 8. Qxd2 { [%eval 0.42] } 8... c6 { [%eval 0.3] } 9. a4 { [%eval 0.53] } 9... Ne4 { [%eval 0.66] } 10. Qc2 $6 { [%eval 0.11] Inaccuracy. Qf4 was best. } ( 10. Qf4 Nd6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Ne5 Na6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rfd1 f6 15. Nexc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 b6 ) 10... Nd6 { [%eval 0.11] } 11. O-O { [%eval 0.1] } 11... Na6 { [%eval 0.15] } 12. Ne5 { [%eval 0.14] } 12... Nb4 { [%eval 0.24] } 13. Qc1 { [%eval 0.16] } 13... O-O { [%eval 0.49] } 14. Na3 { [%eval 0.3] } 14... Ra6 { [%eval 0.32] } 15. Naxc4 { [%eval 0.58] } 15... Nxc4 { [%eval 0.42] } 16. Qxc4 { [%eval 0.44] } 16... f6 { [%eval 0.37] } 17. Nf3 { [%eval 0.43] } 17... Qe7 { [%eval 0.47] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Bb4+ (c5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/BsylNP9i"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.05.08"] [UTCTime "02:11:42"] [Variant "Standard"] { in this line, i recommend avoiding theory and taking your opponent out of book as fast as you can,. } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 ( 6. Nbd2 b5 ( 6... c3 7. bxc3 Bxc3 8. Rb1 ) 7. a4 c6 8. O-O O-O ) 6... c5 { Out of all weapons against the catalan, I hate this one the most. The mainline leads to an uncastled endgame where black has a far easier game. I would reccoment prepping your own sidelines to avoid this } 7. Bxb4 ( 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc1 ( 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Qxc4 { Perhaps the simplist way to deal with this line and avoid bad positions } ) 8... b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 a6 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Bxa6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Nbd7 ) 7... cxb4 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nxc4 ( 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nxc4 e5 { same position } ) 9... Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. d5 b5 12. dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 bxc4 14. a3 Bg4+ 15. Kc1 { unpleasant position for white [%cal Ra8b8,Rf8c8,Rb4b3,Rc4c3] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, Nf3"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/8iKG67QX"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.04.15"] [UTCTime "16:23:38"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. O-O Rb8 { Moving rook off the diagonal and preparing b5, white then prevents e5 } 7. a4 a6 8. a5
[Event "Catalan Theory: open,"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/P0uII4ux"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.04.14"] [UTCTime "20:23:10"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.17] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] [%csl Gg1][%cal Gg1g2,Gg2g1] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.2] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.33] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.28] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.13] } 6... dxc4 { [%eval 0.28] } 7. Qc2 { [%eval 0.13] } 7... b5 { [%eval 0.05] } 8. a4 { [%eval 0.43] } 8... b4 { [%eval 0.45] } 9. Nfd2 { [%eval 0.32] } 9... Nd5 { [%eval 0.63] } ( 9... c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 a5 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Be4 Qh5 20. Qd2 ) 10. Nxc4 { [%eval 0.56] } 10... c5 { [%eval 0.62] } 11. dxc5 { [%eval 0.54] } 11... Ba6 { [%eval 0.94] } 12. Ne3 { [%eval 0.91] } 12... Nd7 { [%eval 0.68] } 13. Nxd5 { [%eval 1.13] } 13... exd5 { [%eval 0.94] } 14. c6 { [%eval 0.76] } 14... Rc8 { [%eval 0.89] } 15. Bf4 { [%eval 0.09] } ( 15. Rd1 $6 { Inaccuracy. Bf4 was best. } ) 15... Nc5 16. Rd1 d4
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, O-O-O"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/Zk902syR"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.06.18"] [UTCTime "21:37:08"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { This is a more modern line and is a strong weapon against the catalan. I personally like this line because although black doesn't equalize according to the engine, black has strong attacking chances especcially in faster time controls. } 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 ( 6. O-O { To avoid this line } 6... Bc6 7. Qc2 b5 8. Nc3 b4 9. Nb1 Nbd7 10. Qxc4 ) 6... Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. e3 O-O-O { The engine says that it is +1 but in reality black has quite a strong attack after h5 h4. Black does not have a light squared bishop so it isn't too dangerous to go into this line. In this position, black has a very high winrate due to the attack on the kingside. } 10. Nd2 ( 10. Qa4 $4 Nd5 11. Qxc4 { White wastes too much time picking up the pawn, now black's attack is now deadly. White's attack is too slow now and practically this is very hard to defend as white doesn't have many pieces on the kingside to defend with. Stockfish still thinks white is better but in both the masters and lichess database black scores far better than white. [%cal Rg7g5,Rh6h5,Rh7h5,Rh5h4] } 11... h5 ) 10... h5 11. Nxc4 h4 12. Bd2 { at this point both sides try to launch an attack. At a very high depth (30) stockfish thinks that white is much better but practically in fast time controls black my be able to successfully attack. [%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5,Ga2a4,Ga4a5,Rh4g3,Rh8h1,Rd8h8,Rg7g4,Rf7f4] }
[Event "Catalan: Open Catalan, immediate b5"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/dO13WuVM"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E04"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Open Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.08.03"] [UTCTime "16:21:40"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. e4 Nf6 10. Nc3 a6 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qe5 Qf6 ( 15... Rg8 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Qxg8 ) 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bg2
[Event "Catalan: __________________________________"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/XhC7e3Yo"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:55:18"] [Variant "Standard"]
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan (main ideas)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/3tWFzGZZ"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E09"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.04.24"] [UTCTime "08:26:25"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 { It is clear they are not going to take you have a few very simple plans. Here, the plan is to play e4 to open up the diagonal for the bishop [%cal Gd1c2,Gb1d2,Ge2e4] } 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 { black tries to fianchetto and develop their bishop, potentially looking for c5 } ( 8... Re8 9. e4 dxe4 ( 9... dxc4 ) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 ) 9. e4 { Taking on e4 would be a positional mistake as it opens the diagonal for the g3 bishop } 9... dxc4 { white has the full center and will have an easier game. dxc4 is more common at lower elos } ( 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 { the bishop now has a deadly long diagonal [%cal Gg2a8] } ) ( 9... c5 { If this happens you might be confused, just take with either the C or E pawn, never the D pawn } ) ( 9... Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 { forcing the knight to a passive square while locking down the center. } 11. cxd5 cxd5 ) 10. Nxc4 Bb7 { future ideas include finishing development and playing e5 [%cal Gc1g5,Gf1d1,Ge4e5,Gc1f4] } 11. Rd1 { long term plans include a queenside expansion/minority attack to soften the queenside. b3 and Bb2 might work in some positions [%cal Gb2b3,Gc1b2] }
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan preferred structure"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/bjacT9jU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "?"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/2PPP3/1P3NP1/PBQN1PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"] [Opening "?"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.04.24"] [UTCTime "08:41:30"] [Variant "Standard"] { At lower elos, the closed catalan is very common. In most closed catalan games, this structure is desired and white will have a slight advantage. }
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, mainline"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/3pYJZRqK"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:54:54"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.33] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.28] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.13] } 6... c6 { [%eval 0.4] } 7. Qc2 { [%eval 0.21] } 7... b6 { [%eval 0.2] } ( 7... Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Bc5 ) 8. Nbd2 { [%eval 0.01] } ( 8. Bf4 { this move although natural is needed for Nd2 in order to push e4, I have no idea why engine likes it } ) 8... Bb7 { [%eval 0.24] } 9. e4 { [%eval 0.26] } 9... Na6 { [%eval 0.36] prevent the knight hop [%cal Ra6b4,Ga2a3] } 10. a3 { [%eval 0.14] } 10... c5 { [%eval 0.11] } 11. exd5 { [%eval 0.25] } 11... exd5 { [%eval 0.35] Many different ways to play this } 12. dxc5 { [%eval 0.36] } 12... Nxc5 { [%eval 0.27] } 13. b4 { [%eval 0.23] } 13... Ne6 { [%eval 0.47] } 14. Bb2 { [%eval 0.37] } 14... Rc8 { [%eval 0.59] } 15. Ne5 { [%eval 0.59] } 15... Qc7 { [%eval 0.27] } 16. Rac1 { [%eval 0.48] }
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, second main line (in progress)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/FqClgmNP"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.08.03"] [UTCTime "04:04:57"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { The closed catalan is not very common in high level play as it is nearly impossible for black to both equalize and play for an advantage. } 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 ( 7. Nc3 { It is clear black does not want to take on c4 } 7... Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 { [%cal Rc8b7,Rc8a6] } 9... Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ndxe4 b5 ) ( 7. Nbd2 ) 7... Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 { as always } 11... c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. dxc5 { avoiding isolated pawn structures, leads to pretty boring position thats quite drawish. } 13... Bxc5 { [%cal Gc4d5,Rc5f2,Gg1f2,Rc8c2] } 14. Rad1 dxc4 ( 14... Qc7 15. Qf5 dxc4 16. Nxc4 { same position, different order } ) 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Qf5
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, Nbd7"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/NMzhmMF5"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.05.01"] [UTCTime "07:19:08"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 ( 7. Nc3 $6 dxc4 $1 { [%csl Rc3][%cal Gd1c2,Gc2c3] } ( 7... O-O 8. Nd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 { [%cal Gf1e1,Gc1f4] } ) )
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, b3 Bb2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/VPwvqfdU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.05.09"] [UTCTime "21:41:08"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 ( 3... c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 { most natural and common move, just protecting the c6 pawn a second time. a4 and b3 look tempting to break up the center but they can wait [%cal Ga2a4,Gb2b3] } 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4 { engine likes b3 for some reason but a4 is more natural (easier to remember) and it scores better. I would recommend a4 first and b3 next. } 8... a6 9. b3 cxb3 { the pawn is going nowhere, you can just protect the d4 pawn while developing } 10. Bb2 Nbd7 { looks like a free pawn } 11. Nxc6 Qb6 ( 11... Qc7 12. Qxb3 Bxc6 13. Rc1 { pin it, you will win it } ) 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bxc6 14. Rc1 { again, just pin it and win it } ) 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Be7 ( 5... Nbd7 6. O-O ) 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, Bb4+ (second mainline)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/QtGWoNmc"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.05.30"] [UTCTime "01:04:08"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { In Bb4+ lines after Bd2 do not ply e3 until you move the dark squared bishop out of the pawn chain. [%cal Gc1d2,Gd2f4,Ge2e3] } 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 ( 6. Qc2 { engine move, transposes to the exact same position } 6... O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O b6 ) 6... O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 { Black has 3 choices } 9... Nbd7 ( 9... Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rc8 14. Qb5 ) ( 9... Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 { [%cal Ga4a5,Ga5b6] } 11... c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 Bf6 ) 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 ( 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 { maybe f4? [%cal Gc4d5,Gb1c3] } )
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, Bb4+ (exchange)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/Knmel2sf"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.03.26"] [UTCTime "05:32:12"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.7] [%cal Gg1f3] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.32] } 5. Bd2 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... Bxd2+ { [%eval 0.37] } 6. Nbxd2 { [%eval 0.5] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.95] } 7. Bg2 { [%eval 0.87] } 7... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.94] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.89] } 8... c6 { [%eval 1.3] } ( 8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 cxd4 ( 10... b6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e4 ) ( 10... c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Re8 ) 11. Nxd4 ) 9. Qc2 { [%eval 1.29] the standard closed catalan structure } 9... b6 { [%eval 1.63] } 10. e4 { [%eval 1.78] as always } 10... Bb7 { [%eval 1.72] } 11. e5 { [%eval 1.65] } 11... Ne8 { [%eval 1.6] } 12. cxd5 { [%eval 1.3] } 12... cxd5 { [%eval 1.46] } 13. Rfc1 { [%eval 1.37] } 13... Rc8 { [%eval 1.46] } 14. Qa4 { [%eval 1.51] }
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, Bb4+ (a5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/NglRKgLb"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:33:12"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Bb4+ { [%eval 0.32] } 5. Bd2 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... a5 { [%eval 0.4] } 6. Bg2 { [%eval 0.16] } 6... dxc4 { [%eval 0.51] } ( 6... O-O 7. Qb3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O ) 7. Qc2 { [%eval 0.25] } 7... Bxd2+ { [%eval 0.16] } 8. Qxd2 { [%eval 0.15] } 8... c6 { [%eval 0.06] } 9. a4 { [%eval -0.12] } 9... Ne4 { [%eval 0.13] } 10. Qf4 { [%eval 0.25] } 10... Qb6 11. O-O Qxb2 12. Ne5 { threatening mate } 12... O-O ( 12... f6 13. Nxc4 ) 13. Na3 Nc3 14. Qe3 Qb4 ( 14... Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Nc3 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rcb1 Qb4 19. Rxb4 axb4 20. Naxc4 ( 20. Nc2 b3 21. Nb4 { these past pawns } ) )
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, Bb4+, Bd6"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/ouJzsuGm"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.06.15"] [UTCTime "06:17:20"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 ( 6. Nc3 { Another idea, the only major difference from the mainline is that the knight is developed to c3 } 6... O-O { Here are the main ideas in this position, always trade the DSB for black's knight because it is misplaced on d2 [%cal Gd2g5,Gg5f6,Ge2e3,Gd1e2,Gf1g2,Ge1g1] } ) 6... c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 { unusual move in the catalan but the bishop is misplaced and cannot move to c3 because it block's the queen from the c4 pawn. The knight belongs on d2 [%cal Gb1d2] } 9... h6 { The bishop has no good squares, it will either get trapped, get captured while ruining white's pawn-structure, or block the pawns or the knight [%csl Rf4,Re3,Rh4,Rd2] } 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 { black simply activates a knight while recapturing, this will be played almost every single time. } ( 10... Qxf6 11. Nbd2 ) 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 { like always, e4 opens up the bishop. In this case, a fork is threatened so taking on c4 is not an option for black. } 12... Be7 { White has no option that will open up their bishop so closing the position is the only choice. } 13. e5 Nd7 { black has to retreat to d7, if they retreat to e8 their knight has almost zero proespects in the near future. } 14. Rfc1 { lining up the battery, this is sort of a waiting move. Computer calls it equal. } ( 14. cxd5 cxd5 { For some reason white has a losing record in this line, for this reason it should be avoided. White should refrain from taking here. } )
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, 6. Qc2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/T3cGnwIU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.05.17"] [UTCTime "07:07:42"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 $6 { Uncommon move, the engine believes black is slighltly better or equal in the following positions. However, it is the best scoring move and has very little theory around it. I don't know why it scores this well but my best guess is that it is unexpected and leads to an unfamiliar positions for black. In this position white plays like how black would play a grünfeld. } 6... c5 7. O-O ( 7. dxc5 d4 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nb3 e5 { This is a line played by Dubov and So } ) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 a5 ( 10... dxc4 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxc4 ) 11. Nc3 Ba6 ( 11... h6 ) 12. Rd1 { White can try to undermine black's center. Surprisingly, black has never won a single game in this position (masters) despite stockfish saying that it is near equal [%cal Rd8c7,Rd8b6,Rd8b8,Rd8c8] }
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, 9. e4, delayed capture"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/X88YBUvl"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2022.04.18"] [UTCTime "04:41:28"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 ( 7... Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b5 9. c5 { open up the queenside in these positions. a4 or a3 is non-negotiable in the future. try to push for e4 as always. [%csl Ge4][%cal Ga2a4] } 9... a5 10. e4 ) 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Nbd7 { in positions where you have three center pawns and black refuses to capture, you can either wait or push forward with e4. } 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 Nc7 ( 13... a5 14. Nf1 Ba6 15. Qd1 ) 14. Nf1 ( 14. Qxa7 { trapped queen } ) 14... b5 15. Qd1 b4 16. h4 a5 { future ideas to attack on kingside }
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, transposition to QID"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/RKJq1KQm"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E18"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch Line"] [UTCDate "2021.06.14"] [UTCTime "20:50:32"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5 { Black cannot capture on c4 due to the pin [%csl Rb7] } 8... Na6 9. cxd5 ( 9. Bf4 { obscure line, possibly transposes to practically the same position if c5 } 9... c5 10. cxd5 exd5 ) 9... exd5 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, g6"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/BKJ4j96L"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.07.01"] [UTCTime "19:36:13"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Qd3 c6
[Event "Catalan: Closed Catalan, Ne4"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/0YZQ95ly"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.07.09"] [UTCTime "17:25:45"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Ne4 { surprisingly common online. } 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 { Important move, the normal Bd2 would give black the bishop pair for no compensation. It would still be playable but it is not nessisary. } ( 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Nbxd2 ) ( 6. Nfd2 { engine move, the bishop now exerts pressure on the knight and after castles black is forced to capture } ) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 ( 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxd4 10. Bxe4 f6 11. Nd3 { also works but i feel like it would be an unusuall middlegame for most catalan players. } ) 8... Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Qc3
[Event "Catalan: closed catalan, Ne4 f5"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/KHwnQ5je"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.08.10"] [UTCTime "14:57:25"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nc3 f5 8. Ne5 c6 9. f3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Rxf1+ 14. Qxf1
[Event "Catalan: __________________________________"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/zeJdSUFI"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [UTCDate "2021.04.07"] [UTCTime "09:48:22"] [Variant "Standard"]
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, KID"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/2fWDWI2R"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E63"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Panno Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.03.26"] [UTCTime "05:19:08"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... g6 $6 { [%eval 0.63] Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } ( 1... e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nc3 ) 2. c4 { [%eval 0.25] } 2... Bg7 { [%eval 0.51] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.05] } 3... d6 $6 { [%eval 0.57] Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } ( 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 ) 4. g3 { [%eval 0.43] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.37] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.29] } 5... O-O { [%eval 0.59] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.52] } 6... Nc6 { [%eval 0.39] } ( 6... Bg4 ) ( 6... Bf5 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nf3 Bf5 { [%csl Gh2] } 9. h3 Nbd7 ) 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.48] } ( 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2 c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg7 ) 7... a6 { [%eval 0.48] } ( 7... e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 { typical KID manuver [%cal Gf3e1,Ge1d3,Gc4c5,Gb2b4] } 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 ) 8. h3 { [%eval 0.52] } 8... Rb8 9. e4 b5 ( 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 { as always, white tries to shred open the queenside and defend against black's kingside pawnstorm. [%cal Gb2b4,Ga2a4,Gc4c5,Gb4b5,Ga4a5,Gc5c6,Gf3d2,Rf7f5,Rf6d7,Rg6g5,Rh7h5,Rf5f4] } ) 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bf4 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rac1 c5 18. Ne4 c4 19. Nc5 Rb6
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, KID (e5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/D8Up24af"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E68"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.04.06"] [UTCTime "06:03:38"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.14] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.28] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.25] } 3... Bg7 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.21] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.59] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.52] This bishop is a very important piece in the KID, try to trade it off. [%csl Rc8] } 6... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.7] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.56] } 7... e5 { [%eval 0.71] } 8. e4 { [%eval 0.58] } 8... exd4 { [%eval 0.56] } ( 8... c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc2 ) 9. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.7] now because d5 hasn't been played, the center is not locked and black cannot launch a kingside attack in the typical KID fashion. However, black's bishop is now open and will be one of black's best pieces. } 9... Re8 { [%eval 0.84] } 10. h3 { [%eval 0.83] } 10... Nc5 11. Re1 a5 ( 11... Bd7 12. Rb1 { getting the rook off the diagonal } 12... h6 13. Kh2 a5 14. b3 h5 { do not try to fianchetto the DSB, it is often a bad idea although it isn't necessarily "bad". In positions similar to this, try to lock black's pawns. If black is able to rip open your kingside you are often losing. [%cal Rc1b2] } ) 12. Qc2 a4 13. Be3 c6 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Bf4 Bf8
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, KID (c5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/oYek3VC0"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav System"] [UTCDate "2021.03.30"] [UTCTime "07:12:35"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.19] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.14] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.28] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.25] } 3... Bg7 { [%eval 0.0] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... O-O { [%eval 0.21] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.13] } 5... d6 { [%eval 0.59] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.52] } 6... c5 { [%eval 0.5] } 7. d5 { [%eval 0.46] } 7... b5 { [%eval 0.74] } 8. cxb5 { [%eval 0.57] } 8... a6 { [%eval 0.66] } 9. bxa6 { [%eval 0.51] basically the benko gambit except you have already castled. Black will try to chip away and pressure your queenside. I personally struggle i this position so I tend to avoid this and similar positions. } 9... Bxa6 { [%eval 0.73] } 10. Nc3 { [%eval 0.9] } 10... Nbd7 { [%eval 0.62] } 11. Rb1 { [%eval 0.76] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Slav"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/kaMtZhKY"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Modern Line"] [UTCDate "2021.06.18"] [UTCTime "20:31:03"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 ( 3... Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 ) 4. g3 Bf5 ( 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 { In any of the following lines, if black chooses to take when you push a pawn the rest of their pawns become weak and you will win them back slowly } 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O { castling is good here, we are in no rush to win back our pawn } 7... e6 8. a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 { if Qxb3, d4 is hanging. according to the lichess database most people here take with queen but that is a huge blunder } 10. Bb2 ( 10. Qxb3 ) 10... bxa4 ( 10... Nbd7 11. Nxc6 Qb6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bxc6 14. Rc1 { bishop is pinned, common theme in slav catalan } 14... Nc5 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Nxb3 { here white's lightsquare are very weak, black might try to attack using the lightsquares but in the absence of a light squared bishop attaxking prospects are not that scary [%csl Gg2,Gf3,Gh3][%cal Rh7h3] } ) ( 10... b4 { we need to stop a5 [%cal Ra6a5] } 11. a5 Nbd7 { [%cal Gb1d2,Gd2b3] } ) ) 5. Nc3 { Important: In most slav positions Nc3 is better than the standard Nd2. This is because black's light squared bishop controls c2 which where the queen normally goes in order to support e4. Because of that, we need to support e4 by playing Nc3 and Nd2 so there is more support for the e4 break. [%csl Ge4][%cal Gb1c3,Gf3d2,Gf1g2,Gg2e4,Gc3e4,Gd2e4] } ( 5. Bg2 { no difference, just different move order } 5... e6 ( 5... Nbd7 6. Qb3 Qb6 ) 6. Nc3 ) 5... e6 6. Bg2 ( 6. Nh4 Bg6 ( 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qb3 ( 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 ) 8... Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 ( 9... Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. g4 Bg6 ) 10. axb3 Be7 11. b4 Na6 12. b5 ( 12. Ra4 Ne4 13. Nf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 ) ) ( 6... Be4 7. f3 Bg6 ) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 { although black has an open file, there are almost no attacking prospects } 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Re8 ) 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nh4 ( 8. Nd2 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 ( 10... Nb6 ) 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nc3 Qb6 ) 8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 { Black could try to use this diagonal to attack but it is hard for black to transfer their queen to white's kingside so attacking usually wont work [%cal Rh8h1] } 10. e4 { The standard pawn break } 10... dxe4 ( 10... dxc4 11. Qe2 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 a6 14. Qxc4 ) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Be3 { Standard move in positions where white is missing an e pawn [%csl Ge3] } 14... Qc7 15. Qe2 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gf1d1,Gd1d2,Ga1d1,Ra8d8,Rd8d7,Rf8d8] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Semi-Slav (3. e6)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/AjHOL4RQ"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Modern Line"] [UTCDate "2021.04.20"] [UTCTime "00:15:54"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O ( 6. Qc2 ) 6... Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd2 { preparing e4 } 8... Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. c5 ( 12. Bf4 )
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Semi-Slav (open)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/Nc45laU6"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.05.20"] [UTCTime "00:23:23"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 ( 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Na3 ) 7... O-O 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. a4
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Slav (3. Bf5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/lF2wJw1O"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Modern Line"] [UTCDate "2021.04.05"] [UTCTime "18:30:28"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... c6 { [%eval 0.4] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.16] } 3... Bf5 $6 { [%eval 0.91] Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } ( 3... e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 ) ( 3... Bg4 ) 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.36] } ( 4. Qb3 $6 { Inaccuracy. cxd5 was best. } 4... Qb6 ) 4... cxd5 { [%eval 0.48] } 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nxe5 Rb8 10. Nxc6 Rxb7 11. Nxd8 Kxd8 12. O-O-O
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Slav (Bg4)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/72wCJZPr"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Modern Line"] [UTCDate "2021.03.30"] [UTCTime "21:58:58"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... c6 { [%eval 0.4] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.16] } 3... Bg4 $6 { [%eval 0.75] Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } ( 3... e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 ) ( 3... Bf5 4. Nc3 ( 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 ) 4... e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 ) ( 3... Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 ) 4. Ne5 { [%eval 0.71] } 4... Bh5 $2 { [%eval 2.03] Mistake. Bc8 was best. } ( 4... Bc8 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 ) ( 4... Bf5 { trappy line :) } 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e4 Bxe4 ( 6... dxe4 7. Bc4 Be6 ( 7... e6 8. Bb5+ Ke7 ) 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qxh8 Nf6 12. Qh3 ) 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Qd7 10. Bxd7+ ) 5. Qb3 { [%eval 2.08] } 5... Qb6 $6 { [%eval 3.13] Inaccuracy. Nd7 was best. } ( 5... Nd7 6. Qxb7 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qc8 8. Qxc8+ Rxc8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 e6 ( 10... d4 11. Nb5 ) 11. e4 ) 6. Qh3 { [%eval 3.32] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 3.33] } 7. Qc8+ { [%eval 3.41] one of my favorite traps } 7... Qd8 { [%eval 0.79] } 8. Qxb7 { [%eval 3.44] } 8... Nbd7 { [%eval 3.84] } 9. Nxc6 { [%eval 3.64] } 9... Qc8 { [%eval 3.8] } 10. Qxc8+ { [%eval 3.8] } 10... Rxc8 { [%eval 3.97] } 11. Nxa7 { [%eval 3.79] } 11... Rxc4 { [%eval 3.6] } 12. Na3 { [%eval 4.01] } 12... Ra4 { [%eval 4.51] } 13. N3b5 e6 14. b3 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, QID"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/KpI4irHX"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E18"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.03.25"] [UTCTime "06:07:34"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... b6 $6 { [%eval 0.91] Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } ( 1... d5 ) ( 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Ne5 g5 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3 b6 24. Nc4 b5 25. Bxd5 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 28. Rc1 Be8 29. Nc5 Bf8 30. Bd3 Nc6 31. Be4 Rdc8 32. Kf1 Ra7 33. Nb3 Rac7 34. Rac2 Bd6 35. f4 f5 36. Bd3 Nb8 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Nc5 Bd6 41. Nxe6 Bxa4 42. Nxg5 Bd7 43. Bc3 { Nakamura, Hi - Anand, V., 1-0, 3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015, https://lichess.org/PaZUBVqw } ) ( 1... e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nc3 ) 2. c4 $6 { [%eval 0.34] Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } ( 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Qd7 6. c3 Ba6 ) 2... Bb7 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.27] } 3... e6 { [%eval 0.36] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... Nf6 { [%eval 0.32] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.31] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.36] } ( 5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 ( 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O ) 6... c5 ) 6. O-O { [%eval 0.25] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.38] } 7. Nc3 { [%eval 0.13] } 7... Ne4 { [%eval 0.39] } 8. Bd2 { [%eval 0.39] } 8... Bf6 { [%eval 0.4] } 9. Ne5 { [%eval 0.22] } 9... Nxc3 { [%eval 0.28] } 10. Bxc3 { [%eval 0.4] } 10... Bxg2 { [%eval 0.33] } 11. Kxg2 { [%eval 0.2] } 11... d5 { [%eval 0.41] } ( 11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd6 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Be7 16. Rd2 ) 12. Ng4 { [%eval 0.14] } 12... Nd7 { [%eval 0.17] } 13. Qa4 { [%eval 0.37] } 13... Be7 { [%eval 0.25] } 14. Rfd1 { [%eval 0.62] } 14... Nf6 { [%eval 0.55] } 15. Ne5 { [%eval 0.59] } 15... Qe8 { [%eval 0.5] } 16. Nc6 { [%eval 0.37] } 16... Kh8 { [%eval 0.25] } 17. f3 { [%eval 0.26] } 17... a6 { [%eval 0.27] } 18. Be1 { [%eval 0.17] } 18... Bd6 { [%eval 0.06] } 19. Rac1 { [%eval 0.08] } 19... b5 $6 { [%eval 0.7] Inaccuracy. Ng8 was best. } ( 19... Ng8 ) 20. cxb5 { [%eval 0.72] } 20... axb5 { [%eval 0.88] } 21. Qxb5 { [%eval 0.7] } 21... Rxa2 { [%eval 0.87] } 22. Ba5 { [%eval 0.65] } 22... Qa8 { [%eval 0.55] } 23. Rd3 { [%eval 0.24] } 23... Nd7 { [%eval 0.3] } 24. Rdc3 { [%eval 0.07] } 24... Nb8 { [%eval 0.0] } 25. b4 { [%eval 0.03] } 25... Nxc6 { [%eval 0.08] } 26. Rxc6 { [%eval 0.16] } 26... Rb2 { [%eval 0.12] } 27. R6c2 { [%eval 0.06] } 27... Rxc2 { [%eval 0.0] } 28. Rxc2 { [%eval 0.09] } 28... Qa7 { [%eval 0.0] } 29. e3 { [%eval 0.0] } 29... h6 { [%eval 0.0] } 30. Qc6 { [%eval 0.01] } 30... Kg8 { [%eval -0.06] } 31. Kf2 { [%eval -0.12] } 31... Qa8 { [%eval 0.0] } 32. Kg2 { [%eval -0.05] } 32... Qxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 33. Rxc6 { [%eval 0.0] } 33... Rb8 { [%eval 0.0] } 34. Bxc7 { [%eval 0.0] } 34... Bxc7 { [%eval 0.0] } 35. Rxc7 { [%eval 0.0] } 35... Rxb4 { [%eval 0.0] } 36. g4 { [%eval 0.0] } 36... Rb2+ { [%eval 0.0] } 37. Kg3 { [%eval 0.0] } 37... g5 { [%eval 0.0] } 38. Rc3 { [%eval 0.0] } 38... Re2 { [%eval 0.0] } 39. h4 { [%eval 0.0] } 39... Kg7 { [%eval 0.0] } 40. Ra3 { [%eval 0.0] } 40... Kg6 { [%eval 0.0] } 41. h5+ { [%eval 0.0] } 41... Kf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 42. Rb3 { [%eval 0.0] } 42... Kg7 { [%eval 0.0] } 43. Ra3 { [%eval 0.0] } 43... Kf6 { [%eval 0.0] } 44. Rb3 { [%eval 0.0] } 44... Kg7 { [%eval 0.0] Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus, 1/2-1/2, Grand Slam Final 5th, 2012, https://lichess.org/IHJjuOuQ }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, QID 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/V3GXChzm"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E15"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Quiet Line"] [UTCDate "2021.04.30"] [UTCTime "22:12:57"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 { important move, it is the best way to protect the c4 pawn. } ( 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 ) 5... d5 ( 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 { preparing d5 } 8. Bc3 { DSB belongs on the long diagonal, the knight belongs on d2 [%cal Gb1d2,Gc3h8] } 8... d5 9. Nbd2 ( 9. Ne5 { just assisting with the recapture on c4. there is no real pressure on c6 } ) 9... Nbd7 { just developing } 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 ) ( 5... Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 ) 6. Bg2 Bb4+ ( 6... dxc4 7. Ne5 Bb4+ ( 7... Nbd7 ) 8. Kf1 Bd6 9. Nxc4 ) 7. Bd2 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 { open c file, rooks belong here long term [%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c2,Gf1c1] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, QID 3"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/SYrtIRAW"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E19"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line"] [UTCDate "2021.05.02"] [UTCTime "20:02:33"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O ( 7. d5 { Anti-QID system, if black snap takes on d5 you will have a perfect position but is black knows theory you could get into very sharp and dangerous positions. [%cal Rb7e4] } 7... exd5 ( 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Na6 9. O-O Nc5 ) 8. cxd5 d6 { a good weapon against the QID. Black is now in a terrible position with a bad fianchettoed bishop. If black plays Bb4 its a bit harder tho. } ) 7... Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 { [%cal Gb2b3,Gc1b2,Gf1d1] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, QID (sharp)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/3YxPmCcF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E17"] [Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Polugaevsky Gambit"] [UTCDate "2021.03.30"] [UTCTime "06:57:17"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... b6 $6 { [%eval 0.91] Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } ( 1... e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c5 6. Nc3 ) 2. c4 $6 { [%eval 0.34] Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } ( 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Qd7 6. c3 Ba6 ) 2... Bb7 { [%eval 0.21] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.27] } 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.39] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.33] } 4... e6 { [%eval 0.32] } 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.31] } 5... Be7 { [%eval 0.36] } 6. O-O { [%eval 0.25] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.38] } 7. d5 { [%eval 0.0] important move, opens up the position } ( 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rd1 ) 7... exd5 { [%eval 0.0] } 8. Nh4 { [%eval 0.43] } 8... c6 { [%eval 0.27] } 9. cxd5 { [%eval 0.33] } 9... Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Dutch"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/RQPY9C0R"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "A81"] [Opening "Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack"] [UTCDate "2021.03.26"] [UTCTime "05:21:00"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... f5 { [%eval 0.55] } 2. g3 { [%eval 0.52] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.76] } 3. Bg2 { [%eval 0.67] } 3... g6 { [%eval 0.91] } 4. c4 { [%eval 0.6] } 4... Bg7 { [%eval 0.65] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.5] } 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.63] } 6. Nf3 { [%eval 0.53] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.69] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.25] } 7... Qe8 { [%eval 0.51] } ( 7... Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Rab1 Bd7 { [%cal Rb7b5] } 13. e4 ( 13. Nd2 ) 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 { White has a very strong attack here } ) 8. d5 { [%eval 0.92] remember this move, this prevents e5 } 8... Na6 { [%eval 0.75] } 9. Rb1 { [%eval 0.73] } 9... Bd7 { [%eval 1.01] } 10. b4 { [%eval 1.02] } 10... c6 { [%eval 1.38] } 11. dxc6 $6 { [%eval 0.78] Inaccuracy. c5 was best. } ( 11. c5 ) 11... bxc6 { [%eval 0.84] } 12. a3 { [%eval 0.74] } 12... Nc7 { [%eval 0.74] } 13. Bb2 { [%eval 0.97] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Tarrasch"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/cVctONEw"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D34"] [Opening "Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.04.15"] [UTCTime "05:51:32"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 ( 5. Bg2 Nc6 ) 5... exd5 ( 5... cxd4 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Qxd4 ) ( 5... Nxd5 6. Bg2 cxd4 ( 6... Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 ( 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 O-O ) 9... Ndb4 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. a3 Nc2 14. Rb1 f6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. b4 Bd4 17. Nb5 O-O-O 18. Nxd4 ) 7. Nxd4 { from here just develop normally } 7... Bb4+ ( 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nb4 10. Be3 N8c6 11. Nxc6 { black cannot try to trade queens here because Nxe7 comes with check } ) 8. Bd2 ) 6. Bg2 Nc6 ( 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. O-O ) 7. O-O Be7 ( 7... c4 8. b3 ( 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qxd5 { neat trick, you are now completely winning } 11... O-O 12. e6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. Qxc4 ) 8... cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 10. Nc3 ) 8. Nc3 O-O { [%cal Gd4c5] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Tarrasch (3. c5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/p8ylox2S"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D34"] [Opening "Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line"] [UTCDate "2021.03.26"] [UTCTime "05:29:49"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... c5 $6 { [%eval 0.51] } 4. cxd5 { [%eval 0.46] } 4... exd5 { [%eval 0.49] } 5. g3 { [%eval 0.34] } 5... Nc6 { [%eval 0.75] } 6. Bg2 { [%eval 0.67] } 6... Nf6 { [%eval 0.59] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.51] } 7... Be7 { [%eval 0.44] } 8. Nc3 { [%eval 0.19] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.53] } 9. Bg5 { [%eval 0.16] } 9... cxd4 { [%eval 0.65] } 10. Nxd4 { [%eval 0.72] } 10... h6 { [%eval 0.58] } 11. Be3 { [%eval 0.75] awkward but neccisary to not have to take back the knight with the queen } 11... Re8 { [%eval 0.76] } ( 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 ) 12. Rc1 { [%eval 0.68] } 12... Bf8 { [%eval 0.78] } 13. Nxc6 $6 { [%eval 0.22] Inaccuracy. Qd3 was best. } ( 13. Qd3 ) ( 13. Qa4 Na5 14. Rcd1 Bd7 15. Qc2 Rc8 ) 13... bxc6 { [%eval 0.24] } 14. Na4 { [%eval 0.2] } 14... Bd7 { [%eval 0.24] } 15. Bc5 { [%eval 0.2] } 15... Bxc5 { [%eval 0.18] } 16. Nxc5 { [%eval 0.17] } 16... Bg4 { [%eval 0.35] } 17. Re1 { [%eval 0.12] } 17... Qa5 { [%eval 0.08] } 18. h3 { [%eval 0.15] } 18... Bf5 { [%eval 0.06] } 19. Qd4 { [%eval 0.24] } 19... Rab8 { [%eval 0.2] }
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Stonewall structure"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/1HnQUpKW"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2021.03.30"] [UTCTime "07:05:35"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { [%eval 0.0] } 1... d5 { [%eval 0.0] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... e6 { [%eval 0.31] } 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.44] } 4. g3 { [%eval 0.09] } 4... f5 $6 { [%eval 0.8] Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } ( 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 ) 5. Bg2 { [%eval 0.58] } ( 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Ne5 ) 5... Nf6 { [%eval 0.71] } 6. Nc3 { [%eval 0.62] } ( 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 ) 6... Bd6 { [%eval 0.61] } 7. O-O { [%eval 0.33] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.48] } 8. Qc2 { [%eval 0.41] } 8... Ne4 9. Rb1 { [%cal Gb2b4] } ( 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ne1 ) 9... Nd7 10. b4 b5 11. cxb5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 cxb5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Rfc1 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rfe8
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Semi-Slav/Stonewall"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/e4pJo8bI"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.04.09"] [UTCTime "01:56:49"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 ( 3... c6 ) 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. b3 f5 9. Ba3 ( 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nd3 )
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Anti-Catalan (counter fianchetto)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/MrD4V8Fa"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E06"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [UTCDate "2021.04.27"] [UTCTime "18:02:40"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 { always take here } 7... exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 { [%csl Rh1,Rg2,Rf3,Ge4,Rd5,Rc6,Rb7,Ra8][%cal Bd1c2,Ga1c1,Gf1e1,Gc1f4,Rb8d7,Rf6h5] } 9. Bf4 ( 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rd1 ) 9... Nbd7 ( 9... Nh5 10. Be3 ) 10. Rc1 c6 { [%cal Gd1c2] } ( 10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb5 ) 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rfd1
[Event "Catalan: Catalan, Double Fianchetto"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/6X4sE8je"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.04.22"] [UTCTime "05:38:36"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 { This is my favorite weapon against catalan players as black. As you will see, } 1... g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 { This is an inaccuracy. This move allows Ne4 from black } ( 7. d5 { This is the saving move for white and black's plans are shut down. Like in the QID d5 shuts down the light squared bishop. } 7... Ne4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Nbd2 Nd6 ( 9... Nxd2 10. Bxd2 { [%cal Gd2c3,Gc3g7] } ) 10. e4 ) 7... d6 ( 7... Ne4 8. Bd2 ( 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. e3 ( 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 c5 { black's bishops are extremely active while white is struggling to defend } 11. Bh6 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Rac1 Qc7 ) ) 8... Nxc3 ( 8... c5 ) 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6 12. Nf3 ) 8. Qc2 { supporting e4 } 8... Nbd7 9. e4 e5 { normal catalan setup } 10. dxe5 ( 10. d5 { this enters a typical KID position after black plays Bc8 and f5 in order to attack. However without the light squared bishop, black may have some trouble attacking white's solid fianchetto kingside. [%cal Ga2a4,Ga4a5] } ) 10... dxe5 11. Rd1 { An idea to pin the knight on f6 with Bg5? Black will have to move their queen. [%cal Rc7c5,Gc3d5] }
[Event "Catalan: __________________________________"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/B7M9j6Q6"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [UTCDate "2021.04.27"] [UTCTime "18:13:48"] [Variant "Standard"]
[Event "Catalan: Benoni (d4 c5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/jTFecyvP"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "A67"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.04.22"] [UTCTime "05:43:18"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 ( 2... Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 ) ( 2... d6 3. c4 e5 4. e4 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O ) 3. c4 Nf6 ( 3... exd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 a6 9. a4 ) ( 3... b5 ) 4. Nc3 exd5 ( 4... d6 5. e4 g6 { [%csl Gf1] } 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 ) 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ ( 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. d6 Be6 15. Nd5 ) 8... Nfd7 ( 8... Bd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 ) 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf1 { [%cal Gg2g4,Gh2h4,Gh4h5] }
[Event "Catalan: Grünfeld/Neo-Grünfeld (early d5)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/dtNdvUCx"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D70"] [Opening "Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with Nf3"] [UTCDate "2021.05.01"] [UTCTime "05:47:51"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 d5 { Inferior compared to the main line of Grünfeld because white gets the center without a fight, and black can't break the center easily... } ( 3... Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 ( 8. e4 ) 8... Be6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 ) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 { [%cal Rc8g4,Gh2h3] } ( 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 ) 6. Bb5+ { white cannot fianchetto here because black intends to pressure d4 and eventually take it. The bishop needs to protect the knight on f3 } ( 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 Bg7 ) ( 6. Be2 ) 6... c6 ( 6... Bd7 { [%csl Ba4,Be2][%cal Ba2a4,Bb5e2] } 7. Be2 Bg7 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 { [%cal Gb1c3,Gf7f5] } 9... O-O 10. Nc3 f5 11. Qb3+ e6 12. Rd1 ) 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O { White has a significant advantage and an easier game, } 10... Bh5 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2
[Event "Catalan: Grünfeld/Neo-Grünfeld 2(main line)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/OAlZZKi1/RutNTWBX"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Derrick1Rose"] [ECO "D76"] [Opening "Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.10.02"] [UTCTime "07:48:59"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O ( 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O ) 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 ( 7... Nc6 8. e4 { Next Chapter } ) 8. Nc3 ( 8. e4 $6 { Not e4 now because it didn't come with a tempo, so black is free to play 8... Bg4 to put pressure on the d4 pawn. } 8... Bg4 $13 ) 8... Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 { [%cal Bc6e7,Bc6a5,Be5e4] } 10... e4 { The best response from black } ( 10... Ne7 11. e4 Bg4 { Best move for black } ( 11... f5 $2 12. Ng5 { [%cal Gd1b3,Gb3g8] } 12... fxe4 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 { [%cal Ge7f5] } 14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 c6 16. Nxe4 { [%csl Gc5][%cal Ge4c5,Ga2a4] } ) 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rd1 cxd5 15. exd5 Nf5 { [%cal Yf5d4,Yc1e3,Gd5d6,Gf3b7] } 16. d6 Nd4 17. Qxb7 Qxd6 18. Be3 $16 ) ( 10... Na5 11. e4 c6 { This is more or less forced because otherwise white will play b3 and the knight will be stuck on a5 and white can follow up with Ba3 } 12. Bg5 ( 12. b3 $2 { [%csl Ra5][%cal Gb3c4] } 12... cxd5 13. exd5 e4 $13 { [%csl Ra1][%cal Rg7a1] } ) 12... f6 13. Be3 { Provoking f6 to give black some weak squares and opening the a2 - g8 diagonal [%csl Bc4,Bd5][%cal Bb6c4,Ba5c4,Bc6d5] } 13... cxd5 ( 13... Nbc4 14. Bc5 Re8 ( 14... Rf7 15. b4 b6 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nc4 { [%cal Rc4e3] } 18. dxc6 { [%csl Gd8,Re3][%cal Rc4e3,Gd1d8] } 18... Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nxe3 20. Rd3 Bh6 21. Re1 $16 ) 15. b4 b6 16. bxa5 bxc5 17. dxc6 Qxa5 18. Nd5 $18 ) ( 13... Nac4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. b3 Nd7 { [%csl Rc4,Gg8][%cal Bd1e2,Bc5a7,Re2c4,Gc4g8] } 16. Qe2 { This is the engine top move, here positionally white is much better. } ( 16. Bxa7 { Winning a pawn is also okay, but white loses some of the positional edge for a rook pawn... } 16... Rxa7 17. bxc4 ) 16... Nxc5 17. Qxc4 Qd6 { [%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8e6,Re6c4,Gd5c6] } 18. Rfd1 { [%csl Gg8][%cal Gd5c6,Rd1d6,Gc4g8] } 18... Kh8 $7 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nd5 $16 ) 14. Nxd5 { [%cal Bb6d5,Bc8e6,Re6d5] } 14... Nxd5 ( 14... Be6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qe2 ) 15. exd5 Nc4 { [%cal Rc4e3,Rc4b2] } 16. Bc5 Nd6 { Common idea to block a passed pawn preferably with a knight } 17. Qb3 b6 18. Ba3 Bb7 19. Rac1 { [%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c6,Gc6d6,Ya3f8,Rb3g8] } 19... Rf7 { [%cal Gb3g8] } ( 19... Rc8 $4 20. Rc6 $3 { [%cal Gb3g8] } ) ) 11. dxc6 exf3 ( 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 exf3 13. Bxf3 bxc6 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. e4 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bb3 19. Rdb1 Bc4 20. Bxc7 Bb5 ) 12. Bxf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 bxc6 14. Rb1 ( 14. Bxc6 { White wins a pawn, but black gets significant counter-play (if he plays actively). } 14... Rb8 $44 { [%csl Rb2][%cal Rb6c4,Bc4b2,Bb8b2] } 15. Bb5 Be6 { [%cal Rg7c3,Ye6a2] } 16. a4 Nc4 ( 16... Rfd8 17. e4 { [%cal Gc1f4] } 17... Bxc3 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. bxc3 Rd1+ 20. Kg2 { [%cal Gg2f3] } ) 17. Nd5 ) 14... Bf5 { [%cal Gf3a8] } 15. e4 { [%csl Re4][%cal Yf3a8,Gf3e4] } 15... Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bb3 { To lure the Rd1 away from the d file } ( 18... Bc4 ) 19. Rdb1 Bc4 20. Bxc7 Bb5 { Three ideas here for white to continue... [%csl Ra7,Rb5][%cal Yf3a8,Yb1a1,Ra2a7,Yg2f1,Rf1b5,Be4e5,Bf3g2,Ba1a2] }
[Event "Íüo^-Éîðê-Ë èîí"] [Site "Íüo^-Éîðê-Ë èîí"] [Date "2021.10.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Neo-Grünfeld 3"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator ",User"] [ECO "D77"] [Opening "Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Polgar Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.10.03"] [UTCTime "03:24:26"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O d5 ( 6... Re8 $6 { If he tries to delay d5 waiting for white to play Nc3 to exchange his Nf6 for Nc3, black will get what he wants here } 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ne5 $1 Qb5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 { [%csl Rc6][%cal Gg2a8] } 12. Bf4 $16 { [%csl Rc6][%cal Ya1c1,Gg2a8,Ya2a4,Gc1c6] } ) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nb6 9. d5 { [%cal Bc6e5,Bc6a5] } 9... Na5 ( 9... Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. a4 { [%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5] } 11... a5 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rc1 exd5 ( 14... c6 { Black is putting more pressure on d5, but white must maintain the tension to keep his space advantage } 15. Qb3 { [%csl Rb6][%cal Gb6d7,Yf1d1,Yd1d8,Gh6e3] } 15... exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Rfd1 $16 Bxd5 $2 20. Rxd5 Qf6 21. Rd7 $18 ) 15. exd5 { d5 pawn is isolated, but we have much more piece activity than black to compensate for that. } 15... Bd7 16. b3 Nc8 { Maneuvering the knight to d6 [%csl Rd5][%cal Gc8d6] } 17. Re1 Nd6 18. Qd2 $16 { [%csl Re6][%cal Gh6g5,Gg5d8,Bf7f6,Re6g8] } ) 10. Qe1 { [%cal Ge1a5] } 10... Nac4 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bg5 $1 { Starting a sequence where white sacrifices a pawn for more activity. } 12... f6 { [%cal Gg5c1] } ( 12... Qd6 13. b3 Ne5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Rd1 $14 { [%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6] } ) 13. Bc1 $1 { This might seem like a waste of time or loss of tempo at first glance; but after black pushed f6, but the loss of tempo is justified because -the dark squared bishop is blocked -the squares around f6 (most prominent being e6) has been weakened -the a2 g8 diagonal has been opened } 13... exd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 { [%csl Rc4][%cal Gc3c4] } 16... Ne5 17. Rd1 Bg4 ( 17... Qe7 18. f4 Nf7 19. Re1 { [%cal Ge1e7] } 19... Qd6 20. Be3 c6 21. Rad1 Qc7 { [%cal Rc8g4,Bh2h3] } 22. h3 { [%csl Ra7][%cal Bd4b5,Bb5a7] } ) 18. f3 c5 { Giving the pawn back is the best response for black } ( 18... Bd7 19. f4 Nf7 20. Ne6 ) 19. fxg4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Qe7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rad1 b6 24. h3 $14 { Freeing the Rd4 from defending the g4 pawn White has the bishop pair and is slightly better } 24... Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qa4 Qe7 28. Qe4 { Centralizing the queen. [%cal Ge4a8] }
[Event "Openings: Introduction"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/jChE8HbU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [UTCDate "2018.01.31"] [UTCTime "23:40:37"] [Variant "Standard"] { Today we will be reviewing openings and it may teach you some stuff or fascinate you! Thank you for watching this! We will be going with plenty of lines to give you a choice. If you want to find out further stuff analyse and I will be doing only one opening per study studies. }
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Najdorf"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/WwpaohjO"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B95"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.01.31"] [UTCTime "23:47:41"] [Variant "Standard"] { First stop- the Sicilian!! } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { This is Sicilian Najdorf with sharp theory. } 6. Bg5 { The sharpest line. } ( 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 ) ( 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O ) ( 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 { Black defended everything so he is fine here. } ) ( 6. h3 { Which i like } 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Be7 9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Be2 ) ( 6. f3 { I used to play this line but now I find it not the best touch for me. } 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 { In this variation it is all about the race. A tempo can decide the whole game here. } ) 6... e6 ( 6... Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O ) ( 6... Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 ( 10... g5 $5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Kb1 Ne5 ) 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Kb1 ) 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 b5 10. Bf3 Ra7 { So I warn you, play this if you want an epic and BIG battle! }
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Taimanov"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/FloGZ45t"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B48"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack"] [UTCDate "2018.02.01"] [UTCTime "00:07:11"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 { This is the Taimanov Sicilian! It can change in some other lines as well. Interesting fact: this is the safest sicilian! } 5. Nc3 Qc7 { Now there is an exciting/sharp line. } ( 5... Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 { All attacking! [%cal Rf4d6,Bb5d6,Yd1d6] } 7... e5 { Black closes the diagonal to keep his pawn safe. [%cal Rg3d6] } 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 { This now turns into a different variation which we will be studying. } 9... b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 { Not letting the b4 take a knight. We will take more looks at this when we are in it's chapter, the name is Sveshnikov Variation. } ) ( 5... a6 { Let's look at a different line instead of Be3. } 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 { The advantage white has is king safety and the little advantage black has is more center pawns. [%csl Re8,Rg1,Yd5,Yc6,Ye6,Ye4] } 9... Be7 { Black is trying to get his king to safety. [%cal Be8g8] } 10. e5 Nd7 $7 11. Qg4 { It seems that white has put his bishops and queen in attack so Black has to play accurate here. } 11... g6 { The bishop is blocked [%csl Gg6][%cal Gd3g6] } 12. Bh6 { White has spotted blacks weakness- the dark squares. Now he has to keep everything closed in the center and try to manage to get his king to safety or exchange some activated pieces like the bishop or the queen. [%cal Yh6f8] } 12... Rb8 13. Qh3 { The threat here is Bg7 and take the h7 pawn when the rook is forced to move. The rook is also trapped not to mention. [%csl Bh7][%cal Rh6g7,Bh3h7] } 13... Bf8 { and now White has to either exchange, keep it there or let the bishop on g7. Black is okay here and you don't have to worry. } ) ( 5... d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 ( 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O { This time instead of violent f3 we pick Be2- a much safer line. Our idea is to push f4 and start our attack without a lot of violence. } 8... O-O { [%cal Rf2f4,Re2f3,Rf1f3,Rf3g3,Rg2g4,Rf4f5,Rc3d5] } 9. f4 e5 { This move lets the f5 square open for the knight and d5 but it gives black some counterplay. [%csl Bd5,Bf5] } 10. Nb3 ( 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 exf4 12. Rxf4 d5 $15 ) 10... exf4 11. Bxf4 { This was one of the advantages from e5, getting the e5 square for the knight. The d6 pawn is not a weakness and cannot be attacked because Ne5 will block the bishop. } 11... Be6 12. Kh1 { [%cal Yb6g1] } 12... d5 13. e5 Nd7 { Now black offers a trade of pawns but white cannot decline it since the e5 pawn cannot be helped. Soon that will probably exchange a few pieces and be drawish but remember the draw is not a draw until you sign the scoresheet so you always have chances. } 14. Nxd5 ) 7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 { Here it is all about the race. } 13. h4 ) 6. Be3 ( 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 { This attacks the c7 square and black can do nothing but take. [%csl Rc7] } 8... axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 { Just ignores the check! } 10... Ba5 { Now it is Nc7 or down a piece for nothing. } 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 { And it's three pieces for a queen. I think this position is unclear though I would rather play with three pieces, just my opinion. I think you can play alone with this. If you are with white, try to avoid some tactics because remember black has 4 minor pieces. With black also be aware of the queen and the rooks, they also can do some damage. } ) 6... a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 d5 { Rushing in the center without even castling!! } ( 10... b5 { If you don't want as much tension. } )
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Sveshnikov"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/bl9QpOsS"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B33"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation, Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.02"] [UTCTime "00:28:30"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 { This is the Sveshnikov line! } 6. Ndb5 { It may look like d6 is a huge weakness bet simple d6 does it and sends the knight away. [%csl Rd6] } 6... d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 { And know there are 2 main options and we will see both of them. } 9. Nd5 ( 9. Bxf6 gxf6 { He can't take with the queen because Nd5 comes with a tempo attacking c7 so the queen has to go back. [%cal Rb5b4] } 10. Nd5 f5 { Trying to move e4 out and get the center } 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 { Now Black has protected f5 and he is in an ok position. For the bishop and double pawns he got the center. [%csl Re4,Rd4,Rf4,Re5] } 14. c3 { Now here the black night is forced to stay due to the f5 pawn which needs to be defended. It's purpose is to make this knight maneuver showed on the board. You can also try to play a4 after you move the knight so you challenge the b pawn and make the a pawn a weakness. [%csl Yf5][%cal Ya3c2,Yc2e3,Ya2a4] } 14... Bg7 { Black of course will try to castle } 15. Nc2 O-O 16. a4 $1 { [%cal Rd3a6,Ra1a6] } 16... e4 17. Be2 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Ra2 { The rook is multitasking, it is attacking the a6 pawn and defending the b2 pawn at the same time. [%cal Ba2a6,Ba2b2] } 19... f4 { [%cal Ye7f5] } 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Rfa1 Kh8 22. Bf1 { And so on... It will be a sharp battle for sure here. } ) 9... Be7 10. Bxf6 { This looks weird but gives the knight a permanent spot on d5 and it's very powerful, like a octopus! } 10... Bxf6 { [%cal Rd5b4,Rd5e3,Rd5c3,Rd5b6,Rd5c7,Rd5e7,Rd5f4] } 11. c3 { The same idea with the knight.All of these ideas will be covered in the position probably. [%cal Ra3c2,Rc2e3,Yf1d3,Ye1g1,Ba2a4,Yf1c4] } 11... O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 { [%csl Re3][%cal Rf7f5,Rg5e3] } 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 { Getting himself ready for f5 } 17. Nce3 g6 18. O-O ( 18. h4 ) 18... f5 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Rd1 { With a very interesting game, battles on both sides! This is what happens in most sicilians, sharp, theory games. }
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Kan"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/qLS7IkW1"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B41"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.02"] [UTCTime "01:51:47"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 { This is Kan! It may look like white is in development much faster than black but that doesn't matter here. } 5. c4 { Vs. Marocecy we will play something called the hedgehog. } ( 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 ( 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bf3 { White will try to attack the rook but black is in time to defend it. [%cal Rf3a8] } 11... Bb7 12. e5 Ne8 13. f5 dxe5 14. fxe6 Bxf3 15. exf7+ Rxf7 { This is a very sharp line and I doubt someone will play it but just in case. } 16. Nxf3 Nd7 17. Bg5 Bf8 ) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 ( 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Bd2 b5 ) 10... Nc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 O-O ) 5... Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 d6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. b4 Bb7 { This is the hedgehog. It may look not very pleasant but there are a lot of ideas here for black. } 13. f3 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Nb3 Bd8 ( 16... Bf8 { Is better since after Bd8 white has a queen side majority, 3-2. } ) 17. Bf4 ( 17. Qxd6 $2 Bc7 18. Qd2 Bxh2+ ) 17... Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. c5 Nh5 { Its fine here for black but white has three pawns on the queenside and black has only 2 so that will be difficult to fight vs. }
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Accelerated Dragon"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/YlP3Eccy"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B35"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Modern Bc4 Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.02"] [UTCTime "02:06:05"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 { This is the accelerated dragon. You need to be careful here. } 5. Nc3 ( 5. c4 { This line prevents the d5 to complicate things. } 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O ) 5... Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 { Here you have a very important decision. You have to choose between letting him play d5 and getting a bit active or not letting him. } 7. Bc4 { Doesn't let him, I would suggest this. Now he has two options. } ( 7. Qd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 Rb8 { And this is bad for white. Black got %100 in Ng4. } ) ( 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 $1 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 ( 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 $15 ) 10... Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5 ( 11... Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 ) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Rb8 14. Qc1 ) ( 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 ( 8... Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. f4 { Which is a good position for white, his pieces are active. [%cal Rf1f8,Yc4f7,Yd5f7,Be3a7,Be3h6,Bf4f5,Be5e6,Ra1e1] } ) 9. Bd4 Qa5 ( 9... f6 10. f4 Qa5 11. Qd2 fxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. Be3 Bxe5 14. Bc4 Nf6 ) 10. e6 Nf6 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Bc4+ d5 ) 7... O-O ( 7... Qa5 ) 8. Bb3 a5 ( 8... d6 9. f3 Bd7 ( 9... Na5 ) 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. h4 a5 13. h5 ( 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Nb6 Ra6 16. Nd5 ) 13... a4 14. Bd5 b4 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Ne2 ) 9. a4 ( 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4 d6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. h3 Be6 15. Rad1 { It is important you follow this line, if you want to play this way. } ) 9... Ng4 $5 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Ra6 13. O-O Re6 14. Rfe1 { Funky lines }
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Dragon"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/5jlvWrQr"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B74"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Tartakower Line"] [UTCDate "2018.02.02"] [UTCTime "21:40:44"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 { This is also close to the accelerated dragon which was on the previous chapter. Here I suggest you to play c4 or Nc3. } 5. Nc3 ( 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O ( 8. Be3 ) 8... Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 { I suggest you play this line if you like having lots of space, but be careful! } ) 5... d6 ( 5... Nc6 { This leads to accelerated dragon so we will play with d6 this time to avoid that. } ) 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 ( 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 { To prevent d5 [%csl Rd5] } 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 { And so on } ) 7... O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 { Again preventing d5 by opening up the queen [%cal Yd1d5] } 9... Be6 10. f4 Qc8 { The g4 square will try to be reached by black [%csl Bg4][%cal Bc8g4,Bf6g4,Bd1g4] } 11. Kh1 { [%cal Re3g1] } 11... Rd8 12. Bg1
[Event "Openings: Sicilian Maroczy Bind"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/TYGlbBCo"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B41"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Maróczy Bind, Réti Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.02"] [UTCTime "22:08:36"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 { There are a lot of variations black can play so we will do some of them. } 2... e6 ( 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 { This is the only way to play maroczy vs. this variation. } 7... g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 ) ( 2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 e5 7. c4 { The same thing as last variation } ) ( 2... g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 ) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 ( 4... Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 { [%cal Rb4e1,Rf6e4] } 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 d6 ) 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 ( 6... Bb4 7. Qd3 $1 Qc7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 ) 7. a3 b6 { Now they prefer b6 instead of d6 but to be honest it really doesn't matter. } ( 7... d6 ) 8. Be3 Bb7 { [%csl Re4] } 9. f3 d6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Nbd7 { And for black this is called the hedgehog. [%cal Rf1c1,Ra1b1,Bb2b4,Bd4b3] } 13. Rfc1 Rac8 14. b4 Qb8 { And we are finally finished with the Sicilians!!!!!! Our next stop: Pirc Defense! }
[Event "Openings: Pirc Defense"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/bqiB5nzv"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B09"] [Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.02"] [UTCTime "22:36:50"] [Variant "Standard"] { Our second stop: The Pirc! } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 { Pirc has a lot of lines so we will go through them. } 2... Nf6 ( 2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 { [%cal Rb7b5] } 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 ( 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. c3 { Trying to exchange the pawns } 8... bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bd3 ) 6... Nd7 { [%cal Rc7c5] } 7. h4 { [%cal Yh4h5] } 7... h5 { Stopping white's attack } 8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Ng5 ) ( 2... e5 { This move, I don't recommend for black. It just wants to exchange queens and then no chances for black unless white blunders or black is a titled player. } 3. Nf3 ( 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 { No way for black to castle. } 5. Bc4 f6 6. Be3 c6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O Kc7 { And so on } ) 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 { which tramposes into another position in king pawns. } 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. f4 Bf8 9. Bf3 ) ( 2... c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Qa5 { The idea is e5 and open up. Also taking the pawn on e4. [%cal Rf6e4,Ra5e1,Re7e5] } 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 { [%cal Yg4d1] } 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 $16 { White has the center and is in a better position, the computer says so too. } ) ( 2... Nd7 { The c5 and e5 pawns are ready to push with the knight. [%cal Be7e5,Bc7c5] } 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 8. Qh5 { Trick!! He can't take on c1 because on f7 is checkmate and he has to give up the bishop. } 8... Qe7 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Ngf6 $14 { The computer says white is better but I disagree, it should only be slightly better because of the bishop pair and who knows what will happen. } ) 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O { Here it is too early to play e5. So you can play Bd3 or Be3. Be3 might look a little nasty because of Ng4 but you can just hide on g1. } 6. Bd3 ( 6. Be3 b6 { This move activates the bishop on c8 and also can access c5. [%cal Bc8b7,Rc7c5] } ( 6... Nbd7 { This is also trying c5 but closing the bishop on c8. [%csl Rc8][%cal Yc7c5] } 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O-O Ng4 { Not to worry here because Bg1 doesn't let the knight take the bishop. [%cal Re3g1] } 9. Bg1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nde2 { Which opens to an interesting position with the weakness on d6. [%csl Yd6] } ) ( 6... c6 { This move however tries to get a queenside attack and keeps the position quiet for now. [%cal Rb7b5,Rb5b4,Rf6e4,Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Yb8d7,Yc8a6] } 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 Qa5 { This move tries to pin the king though no harm will be done, it's real purpose is to play e5. [%cal Ya5e1,Re7e5] } 9. O-O e5 10. Qe1 exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 $13 { [%cal Re8e1] } ) ) 6... Nc6 { Now it's the time for e5. If you play d5 he can just play Nb4 and it will be easier for him to break through with e5 or e6 later. } 7. e5 ( 7. d5 $6 Nb4 8. Be2 { [%cal Rc7c6,Ye7e6,Ye7e5] } ) 7... dxe5 8. fxe5 { Is more preferable then taking with the d-pawn but that is also ok. } ( 8. dxe5 ) 8... Nh5 9. Be3 { [%csl Bd4] } 9... Bg4 { Trying to pin the queen [%cal Rg4d1] } 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O
[Event "Openings: Caro-Kann Defense"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/QreMLMgq"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B19"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.03"] [UTCTime "17:19:19"] [Variant "Standard"] { Welcome to our next stop- the Caro-Kann! } 1. e4 c6 { Believe it or not, I have a Caro-Kann study! Here: https://lichess.org/study/ZINUIYtx } 2. d4 d5 { Now here you have a few good options } 3. Nc3 ( 3. e5 Bf5 { Before playing e6 you play Bf5. } 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3 { You can play this yourself in this position. } ) ( 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 ( 4. Bd3 ) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 { With white you shouldn't be afraid to play with an isolated pawn. } 5... e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 { [%csl Gd2][%cal Bb4e1] } 8... Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 { Ideas are to push the pawns and create counterplay, not being afraid of the isolated pawn on d4. } ) ( 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 { And you get to the same thing as Nc3. } ) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 ( 4... Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 { Now here both sides can develop however they want. I will just lead the main line but you can choose- your choice. } ( 5... gxf6 { I don't recommend this for you. It leaves bad positions. } ) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Qc2 { [%cal Bc2h7] } 9... g6 10. h4 Be6 11. h5 f5 12. hxg6 fxg6 ) ( 4... Nd7 5. Ng5 ( 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Be6 { Protecting the f7 pawn } 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Be3 ) ( 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 { [%cal Bc8e6,Bb6c4] } 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 { With a weird position. } ) 5... Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 { [%cal Rg5e6,Re2e6,Rd3c4] } 8... h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 ) 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 { The two options are different, I prefer Bd2. } ( 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O { With Bd2 no checks or other stuff and you castle earlier. } 12... Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 { Qe2 is better than Qd3, remember that. } 16... Qd5 { Not allowing g4 and whites attack to start to destroy black. } 17. Ne5 Qe4 ( 17... Qxd4 $5 18. Bxh6 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Be3 $13 ) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3 ) 11... Qa5+ { It's the best to go back with the bishop, not the queen. } ( 11... Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 { Black always has a choice to accept it or leave but in this case it is better to accept it for black. } 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 ) 12. Bd2 Bb4 { Keeping the attack on but white declines it with c3. } 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 $1 { If you play bb4 he just got a tempo } 14... Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O
[Event "Openings: Scandinavian Opening"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/SMoTZTa7"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Mieses Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.04"] [UTCTime "13:47:58"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 { Welcome to our next stop- the Scandinavian!! The square black will try to possess in this opening is the d5 square. } 3. Nc3 { Now he has 3 main options. } 3... Qa5 ( 3... Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 { The black queen doesn't need c6 so early in this variation. } 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 { [%cal Bc4f7] } 6... Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 ( 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 { Getting out of the pin } ) 9... Bg6 10. Ne5 ) ( 3... Qd8 4. d4 ( 4. Nf3 ) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 ( 5... e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 ) 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O c6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 ) 4. d4 Nf6 ( 4... c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 { And same thing, just you played the move order different but I told you, the development order here does not matter at all. } ) 5. Nf3 c6 { [%cal Ra5d8] } 6. Bc4 Bf5 { Just development here, no worries that you need to play this because you can play it however you want for now. } ( 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 e6 10. h4 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. h5 Be4 { With a pin on the knight black is fine here. } ) 7. Bd2 { [%cal Bd2a5] } 7... e6 8. Qe2 ( 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 ) 8... Bb4 { Long castle is better than short castle here. } ( 8... Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g3 O-O-O ) 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 { It is better for black to take the knight since with the queen being pinned the knight could do some damage. } 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 $10 { Black might be a little cramped but the knight is very active and soon it will have to be traded for one of the bishops probably. }
[Event "Openings: French Opening"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/0fhknLkX"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [UTCDate "2018.02.22"] [UTCTime "00:42:07"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 e6 { This is the French opening! } 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 ( 3. Nd2 ) ( 3. e5 ) ( 3. exd5 ) ( 3. Bd3 ) 3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { This is the main line } 7... Qb6 ( 7... a6 8. Qd2 b5 { An important rule in this line is not to castle long before he takes on d4. } 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 $1 Qb6 ( 10... d4 $6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Be4 $14 ) 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 ) ( 7... cxd4 ) 8. Na4 ( 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Ncb5 a6 11. Nxc6 axb5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 { With equal rights for both sides. } ) 8... Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 $5 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 { Is very sharp but this is the only good variation }
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: ğŸš„ Introduction ğŸš„"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/g2Xn8Q1H"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Don't forget to give this study a ğŸ’œ when you leave!"] [Black "Follow me to never miss a study creation!"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "?"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [Opening "?"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2019.01.17"] [UTCTime "10:53:26"] [Variant "Standard"] { Creators: Alihene2 Co-Creator: DominusEmpyreus Thanks, everyone for 2020 likes. Let's see if we can get up to 2200! ğ�’¯ğ�’½ğ�’¶ğ�“ƒğ�“€ ğ�“�ğ�‘œğ�“Š ğ�“ˆğ�‘œ ğ�“‚ğ�“Šğ�’¸ğ�’½ ğ�’»ğ�‘œğ�“‡ ğ�“‰ğ�’½ğ�’¾ğ�“ˆ ğ�’¸ğ�“‡ğ�’¶ğ�“�ğ�“� ğ�’¶ğ�“‚ğ�‘œğ�“Šğ�“ƒğ�“‰ ğ�‘œğ�’» ğ�“�ğ�’¾ğ�“€ğ�‘’ğ�“ˆ - ğ��¼ ğ�“‡ğ�‘’ğ�’¶ğ�“�ğ�“�ğ�“� ğ�’¶ğ�“…ğ�“…ğ�“‡ğ�‘’ğ�’¸ğ�’¾ğ�’¶ğ�“‰ğ�‘’ ğ�’¾ğ�“‰. Let's say you start playing a chess game: e4, e5. Suddenly, you realize that you are in a bad position. You keep on playing. The position gets worse until finally, you resign. You did not make any mistakes or blunders in the game, but why did your game get so frustrating? It is most likely because you did not use the correct opening strategies. If you do not know what opening strategies to work on, this is the perfect study for you! Also, do not forget to give this study a ğŸ’œ when you leave, because the more likes we get, the more chance of learning there is. ğŸ˜Š I hope this study will improve your games! }
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: Positonal Play"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/rHlMUpTp"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "D20"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted"] [UTCDate "2019.01.17"] [UTCTime "13:23:09"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 { Positional play is important, this is the queen's gambit. If black captures, e4 is coming. The e5 square should then get invaded by white. } 2... dxc4 ( 2... e6 { Alternative Defending move } ) 3. Nc3 { Here we can look at what squares are guarded by the knight on c3: d5, e4, b5 and b1 } ( 3. e3 ) ( 3. e4 { White now has so many capabilities! Positional play brought us to this great position that will most likely turn out as a win for white. } ) 3... a6 { Black can only successfully guard one square: b5. } ( 3... e5 { Can be also played (if white takes, a queen exchange is going to happen). } 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Nxd1 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 )
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: Pawn control first!"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/zALhyEnv"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "D06"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit"] [UTCDate "2019.01.17"] [UTCTime "14:22:55"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 { Again, the queen's gambit. White could have done Nc3/Nf3, but it is important to have pawn control first. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- White has a nice position here - super! } ( 2. Nc3 { White can choose to do the thing I do not suggest to do: Nc3. The evaluation is -0.1. Not too big of a disadvantage, right? Well, -0.1 can turn into -0.2, when -0.2 can turn into -0.3, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's have a look at what the game will look like if white continues to play like he is right now. } 2... Nf6 { ... as I said: -0.1 turns into -0.2. } 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 { White is going to be soon trapped in a pawn chain. This is what happens if you do development too early! } )
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: ğŸŒ· Learning how use the correct defending moves in the opening"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/z40222xK"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "D30"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"] [UTCDate "2019.01.17"] [UTCTime "14:38:00"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 { D30 Queen's Gambit Declined } 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 { Bg5, an excellent attacking move for white. Black's knight is now pinned, but what is the correct move that defends? } 5... h6 { h6 is a good move to defend - even the best one! } ( 5... Qd7 { You could move the queen to get out of the irritating pin, but it is a bad idea. } 6. Bxf6 gxf6 { Who is better, black or white? ANSWER: WHITE... of course. White doubled black's f pawns but black can easily put later in the game pair of bishops which can be very powerful in open lines,so white's strategy is to make position closed or go for a quick win. } ) ( 5... Be7 { Also a good defensive move! } ) 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 { And black has the bishop pair [%csl Gc8,Gf8,Yf1,Yf3] }
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: See how much irritation your move causes to your opponent"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/kN3OmEoX"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening: Double Duck Formation"] [UTCDate "2019.01.17"] [UTCTime "16:51:39"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. f4 f5 3. Be3 { Ask yourself this question: is this move irritating to my opponent? This position, no, even making the other player have a good mood! } ( 3. c4 { Let's ask this question again. In this position, black is a little bit irritated because if he takes, be3 and then an unstoppable pawn advance! } 3... dxc4 4. Be3 { [%csl Re3][%cal Rd4d5] } )
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: Dominus variation of queens gambit"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/uswBJV4S"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "D35"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense"] [UTCDate "2019.01.17"] [UTCTime "18:04:07"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 Na5 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. e4
[Event "ğŸš„ Great Opening Strategies To Improve Your Games! ğŸš„: -- END OF STUDY --"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ARoXch9g/sqDwDgpA"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Alihene2"] [ECO "?"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [Opening "?"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2019.02.07"] [UTCTime "07:56:28"] [Variant "Standard"] { Thank you ever so much for viewing this study! Please give it a like, because the more likes we get, the more instructive studies will be posted by us! [%cal Ga4a3,Ga3c1,Ga4c2,Gh7h6,Gh6c1,Gc1a3,Ga3a4,Gb3a4,Gh7c2,Gh6h7,Gc1h6,Gh7c1,Gc2h6,Gc2a4,Gc1a4,Gc2a3,Gc2c1,Gc1c2] }
[Event "KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE: INTRODUCTION"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZBwIvgCx/w8GlB8xU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Sidattack243"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [UTCDate "2021.12.19"] [UTCTime "14:20:31"] [Variant "Standard"] { Hey there guys!! Happy to see this study crossing 2000 likes that too in a such a short span!! Really having good response on previous studies too and this really motivates me to make more!! Really Thanking you with a warm heart!! <3 So let's begin! }
[Event "KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE: THE MAIN LINE"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZBwIvgCx/UnJ0S4mM"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Sidattack243"] [ECO "E92"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation"] [UTCDate "2021.12.19"] [UTCTime "14:23:21"] [Variant "Standard"] { Let's watch the mainline first! } 1. d4 { 1) knight to f6 [%csl Bf6][%cal Yg8f6] } 1... Nf6 { We start with developing a minor piece . Note:- It's a bit tricky to play Knight to f6 against e4 as in future white may play e5 and attack a piece on the very next move and we will have to retreat. "SO PLAY THE KINGS INDIAN AGAINST D4 OR ANY OTHER OPENING EXCEPT E4 " [%csl Ge4][%cal Ge2e4,Re4e5] } 2. c4 { Play g6 [%csl Bg6][%cal Yg7g6] } 2... g6 3. Nc3 { We played G6 to create some space for our bishop. Play bishop to g7 [%csl Bg7][%cal Yf8g7] } 3... Bg7 4. e4 { White kiddo says I am attacking you. Let's play d6 and keep him quite for a while. [%csl Bd6][%cal Yd7d6] } 4... d6 5. Nf3 { No worries! Chill and castle [%cal Ge8g8] } 5... O-O 6. Be2 { Play e5 [%csl Be5][%cal Ye7e5] } 6... e5 { Well done !! You might be wondering why these pieces are not developed .... we will have a slow start. It doesn't mean the name says defense so we won't attack you will get it in the next study with what we are going to surprise our friend!! [%csl Rc8,Rb8,Ra8] }
[Event "KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE: THE MAIN LINE PART 2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZBwIvgCx/cmjThUCU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Sidattack243"] [ECO "E97"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.12.19"] [UTCTime "14:38:40"] [Variant "Standard"] { I had to break this chapter in 2 parts so we can also get a short recap of the beginning. Use the hint if you feel stuck. } 1. d4 { 1st move } 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 { Chill and ______ ? } 5... O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O { Play knight to c6...feel's like we should develop a piece now. [%csl Bc6][%cal Yb8c6] } 7... Nc6 8. d5 { Our friend attacks!! We have a square for our knight don't panic. [%csl Be7][%cal Yc6e7] } 8... Ne7 { 3 minor pieces facing the king side ... I feel some fire in these pieces now. Don't worry let's not spoil the suspense :) [%csl Be7,Bf6,Bc8] }
[Event "KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE: CONTINUATION"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZBwIvgCx/pNxNGKGf"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Sidattack243"] [ECO "E98"] [FEN "r1bq1rk1/ppp1npbp/3p1np1/3Pp3/2P1P3/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 1 9"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Classical System, Neo-Classical Line"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.12.19"] [UTCTime "14:52:38"] [Variant "Standard"] { Let's continue from here ! } 9. Ne1 { We should push the pawn here...but our knight blocks the path . Make path for that BRAVE pawn. [%csl Gf7,Bd7][%cal Yf6d7] } 9... Nd7 10. Be3 { The brave pawn is breathing fire!! [%csl Bf5][%cal Yf7f5] } 10... f5 11. f3 { This bishop has 2 diagonals Can we block one ?? [%csl Ye3][%cal Re3h6,Re3b6] } 11... f4 12. Bf2 { Guard this pawn ...Play g5 [%csl Yf4,Bg5][%cal Yg6g5] } 12... g5 { [%cal Ga1c1,Gc4c5,Gd6c5,Gf2c5] } 13. c5 { If you have watched my previous studies you must remember how we coordinate our pieces and go for the king. We got 6 pieces ready . Get them towards the king and don't worry we got a good wall of pawns. Take advantage of the position of black ( Poor development for white) [%csl Bf4,Bg5,Be5,Bd6,Gg7,Gf8,Ge7,Gd7,Gd8,Gc8,Rf1,Re1,Rf2,Re2] }
[Event "KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE: THE BAYONET ATTACK"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZBwIvgCx/yIcRQaBO"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Sidattack243"] [ECO "E97"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack"] [UTCDate "2021.12.19"] [UTCTime "15:05:25"] [Variant "Standard"] { A bit different variation where our minor pieces get developed on better squares! Bit bigger study I can understand I'll keep it short as far as possible. } 1. d4 { I won't help use hints ~_~ } 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 { Chill and _________? } 5... O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 { Ohh this is something new right ? Play knight to e8 [%csl Be8][%cal Yf6e8] } 9... Ne8 10. c5 { F5 now [%csl Bf5][%cal Yf7f5] } 10... f5 11. Nd2 { Good move by white!! Now play knight to f6 . [%csl Ge4,Yd2,Yc3][%cal Bd2e4,Bc3e4,Gf2f3,Re8f6] } 11... Nf6 12. f3 { F4 now } 12... f4 { King is safe Pieces are ready to attack Pawns ready to throw some fire on the king side ..... WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO WIN THIS GAME !!!! [%csl Gf6,Ge7][%cal Yh7h5,Bh5h4,Bh4h3,Bg6g5,Bg5g4,Bg4g3,Bc8h3] }
[Event "KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE: FINAL RECAP"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZBwIvgCx/BcKLk2hq"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Sidattack243"] [ECO "E97"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense"] [UTCDate "2021.12.19"] [UTCTime "15:25:50"] [Variant "Standard"] { The reason I found this opening unique is because we don't worry about our queen in this opening and focus more on minor pieces and pawns. Isn't it interesting ?? So see how much you understood now! } 1. d4 { No hints now } 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 { YOU DID IT !! Studied one of the most complex openings from black side. Go now kick some !! Haven't watched previous studies ? Go here:- https://lichess.org/study/by/Sidattack243 Leave a heart if you really found this study helpful and also let me know in the chat about your experience after watching my studies. Don't hesitate to point out mistakes if you find any. Meet you soon and ENJOY THE WINTER!! }
[Event "Vienna System: Introduction"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/UPHk9bvW/V4hvjyDt"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/raeyment"] [ECO "C25"] [Opening "Vienna Game"] [UTCDate "2021.01.23"] [UTCTime "19:15:22"] [Variant "Standard"] 1. e4 ( 1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 { An alternative way to reach the position. } ) 1... e5 2. Nc3 { The Vienna System opens with these three moves. The rest of this study will be based on the comments made by Levy Rozman on his Vienna tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxENCPcCjU }
[Event "Vienna System: Vienna Gambit: Accepted"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/UPHk9bvW/916j9Kbb"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/raeyment"] [ECO "C29"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"] [Opening "Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.23"] [UTCTime "19:45:12"] [Variant "Standard"] 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.13] } 2. f4 { [%eval 0.0] We have reached the gambit. 3. f4 prepares the gambit for black. They should not accept this gambit or else it will be a losing position. } 2... exf4 $6 { [%eval 0.81] [%cal Ge4e5] } ( 2... d5 3. fxe5 Nxe4 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nxc3 6. dxc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ ) 3. e5 { [%eval 0.46] In this position, black cannot move their knight forward and must retreat. [%csl Rd5,Re4,Rg4,Rh5,Gg8][%cal Gf6g8] } 3... Ng8 { [%eval 0.68] Now we must cover Qh4 to stop the check on our king with Nf3. [%csl Gh4][%cal Gd8h4,Gg1f3] } 4. Nf3 { [%eval 0.55] Black's best move is now d6, but we can play d4 to reinforce our pawn on e5. [%csl Ge5][%cal Gd2d4,Gd7d6] } 4... d6 { [%eval 0.4] } 5. d4 { [%eval 0.75] } 5... dxe5 { [%eval 0.48] If black takes we can pin the pawn to black's king with our queen. [%csl Ge2][%cal Gd1e2,Re2e8] } 6. Qe2 { [%eval 0.48] } 6... Bb4 { [%eval 0.48] } 7. Qxe5+ { [%eval 0.71] } 7... Qe7 $6 { [%eval 1.41] } ( 7... Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qf6 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Qxf4 Qd7 12. O-O-O ) 8. Bxf4 { [%eval 1.28] White has a large advantage in this position and is now ready to castle. [%cal Ge1c1] }
[Event "Vienna System: Vienna Gambit: Declined"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/UPHk9bvW/GNml1OuU"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/raeyment"] [ECO "C29"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"] [Opening "Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.23"] [UTCTime "19:50:16"] [Variant "Standard"] 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.13] } 2. f4 { [%eval 0.0] For black to decline the gambit, they must play d6 and not Nc6. [%cal Gd7d6,Rb8c6] } 2... d6 { [%eval 0.36] } ( 2... Nc6 { [%cal Gf4e5] } 3. fxe5 Nxe5 { [%cal Gd2d4] } ( 3... Nxe4 4. Nxe4 Qh4+ { Empty threat. [%cal Ge4g3] } 5. Ng3 { [%cal Gg3e4,Rh4e4,Re4e1] } ) 4. d4 { Black must retreat with Ng6. Retreating to c6 allows white to play d5. [%csl Rc6,Rc4,Rd3,Rf3,Rg4,Gg6][%cal Rd5c6,Rd4d5] } 4... Ng6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 { White is now ready for a variety of positions. } 6... d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. O-O { White threatens a discovered check with Nxe5 among other moves. [%cal Gc4f7,Gf3e5] } 8... exd4 9. Ng5 dxc3 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Re1+ { It is now checkmate in three moves, but black can additionally lose their queen. [%cal Gd1d8] } 11... Ne5 12. Rxe5+ Kf6 13. Qf3+ Kxe5 14. Qf4# ) 3. Nf3 { [%eval 0.39] } 3... Nc6 { [%eval 0.5] [%cal Gf1b5,Gb5e8] } 4. Bb5 { [%eval 0.21] Play Bb5 before d3 so as to not block in the bishop. } 4... Bd7 { [%eval 0.55] } 5. d3 { [%eval 0.69] If black attacks the bishop with a6 then the knight on c6 can be taken. White's long term goal is to take on e5, castle, and open the f file for the rook. [%cal Ga7a6,Gb5c6,Gf4e5,Ge1g1,Gf1f8] }
[Event "Vienna System: Vienna Gambit: Main Line"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/UPHk9bvW/3D8qSlIG"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/raeyment"] [ECO "C29"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"] [Opening "Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Paulsen Attack"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.23"] [UTCTime "19:57:47"] [Variant "Standard"] 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.13] } 2. f4 { [%eval 0.0] } 2... d5 { [%eval -0.13] In this position, white should take the pawn on e5 to put pressure on the knight on f6. [%cal Gf4e5,Ge5f6] } 3. fxe5 { [%eval -0.21] } 3... Nxe4 { [%eval -0.12] } 4. Qf3 { [%eval -0.17] In this position, black is left with three moves. [%cal Ge4c3,Gb8c6,Gf7f5] } ( 4. Nf3 { While this is the continuation of the main line, black is left with many options. [%cal Gc8g4,Gf8c5] } ) 4... Nxc3 { [%eval 0.0] } ( 4... Nc6 { [%cal Gc6e5] } 5. Bb5 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe4+ 8. Be3 Qxc2 { If black takes here, white can sacrifice the left side to gain the upper hand on blacks king. } ( 8... Qxf3 9. Nxf3 { [%cal Ge1c1] } ) 9. Ne2 Qxb2 10. O-O { [%cal Gf1f8] } 10... Qxb5 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 { While Bg5 is tempting, it is better to put the knight on d4. [%csl Gc6,Gb5][%cal Ge2d4,Re3g5] } 12. Nd4 { Because now if Nxd4, Bg5 is unavoidable checkmate. [%cal Ge3g5,Rc6d4] } 12... Nxd4 13. Bg5+ Be7 14. Qxe7# ) ( 4... f5 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 { White now wants to play d4 but black might play it first. [%csl Gd4][%cal Gd3d4,Gd5d4] } 6... d4 ( 6... Be6 7. d4 { White can also move out the knight instead of moving to d4 to attack the white bishop on e6. [%cal Ge2f4,Gg1e2] } ) 7. Qg3 dxc3 8. Be2 { The white square bishop can be brought up and sacrificed to allow the dark squared bishop to advance. } 8... Nc6 ( 8... g6 9. Bf3 { [%cal Gg1e2,Ge1g1] } ) 9. Bh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ hxg6 11. Qxg6+ { [%cal Gc1g5,Ge5e6] } 11... Ke7 ( 11... Kd7 12. e6+ { [%cal Gd7d6,Ge6e7,Gg6c6] } 12... Kd6 13. e7+ Kxe7 14. Bg5+ { [%cal Gg5d8] } ) 12. Qg5+ ) 5. dxc3 { [%eval 0.0] } ( 5. bxc3 { Taking with the b pawn allows the centre to be rebuilt with the d pawn. [%cal Gd2d4] } 5... Be7 ( 5... c5 { If black plays this, white should no longer play d4. Instead, the black bishop can be punished for not having already moved with Qg3. [%cal Gc5d4,Rd2d4] } 6. Qg3 { [%cal Gg3g7] } ( 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ { Because now it is difficult to defend the d and e pawns and whites king is in check. [%csl Re5,Rd4] } ) 6... g6 7. Nf3 { If black tries this, then our white bishop has two choices. Either trade itself with blacks knight on c6 or with blacks bishop on d3. Long term, white plans to open their f file by castling. White also has an open b file. [%csl Gd3,Gb5][%cal Gc2d3,Ga1b1,Ge1g1,Gf1b5,Gb8c6,Gb5c6,Gc8f5] } ) 6. d4 O-O ( 6... c5 7. Bd3 { The bishop is not trapped in this position, because it can move up to f5. [%cal Gc5c4,Gd3f5] } 7... c4 8. Bf5 Bxf5 9. Qxf5 { And white is fine. } ) 7. Bd3 Be6 ( 7... c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Qc8 13. c3 Qxf5 14. Rxf5 ) 8. Ne2 { White now aims to castle for king safety and to create a long term attack on the three pawns guarding the black king. [%csl Gf7,Gg7,Gh7][%cal Ge2f4,Ge1g1] } ) 5... Be6 { [%eval 0.16] } 6. Bf4 { [%eval 0.0] } 6... c5 $6 { [%eval 0.6] } ( 6... Nd7 7. Ne2 g5 8. Nd4 gxf4 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Qh4+ ) 7. O-O-O { [%eval 0.48] In this position, the rook has the pin on the queen. Moving the bishop to c4 asserts this. If a bishop is on e6 we can develop our knight to h3 and g5. [%cal Gf1c4,Gd1d8,Gg1h3,Gh3g5] }
[Event "Vienna System: Vienna Game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/UPHk9bvW/4hB8Fo2A"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/raeyment"] [ECO "C24"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.23"] [UTCTime "21:03:56"] [Variant "Standard"] 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.2] } 2. Bc4 { [%eval 0.09] } ( 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 { This position is problematic if black plays g5 and the knight on f3 will likely need to be sacrificed to get a direct assault. [%cal Gd2d4,Gg7g5] } 3... d6 { We are now back in the gambit variation again. } ) 2... Nf6 { [%eval 0.21] } ( 2... d6 3. d3 { And continue like the rest of this chapter with a delayed knight f3 and castle kingside. [%cal Gf2f4] } ) 3. d3 { [%eval 0.13] [%cal Gf8c5,Gc5b4] } 3... Bc5 { [%eval 0.13] } ( 3... Bb4 4. Ne2 { [%cal Ge2c3,Gf2f4,Gf4f5,Ge1g1] } ) ( 3... Na5 4. Bb3 ( 4. Qf3 Nxc4 5. dxc4 { [%cal Gc1g5,Ge1c1] } ) 4... Nxb3 5. axb3 ) 4. f4 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... d6 { [%eval 0.16] } ( 4... exf4 5. Bxf4 ) 5. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 5... Ng4 $6 { [%eval 0.93] } ( 5... Bg4 6. Na4 { The bishop is now attacked but d4 must be defended. Note the queen is in a pin so knight on f3 does not defend. [%cal Rg4d1,Ga4c5,Gc6d4] } 6... Nd4 7. Nxc5 dxc5 { [%cal Gc2c3] } 8. c3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 { White now has a very solid centre and aims to castle queenside. [%csl Gf3,Gf4,Ge4,Gd3,Gc3][%cal Gc1d2,Gd1e2,Ge1c1] } ) ( 5... a6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 f6 8. Qe2 a5 9. c3 Qd7 10. a3 ) 6. Ng5 { [%eval 0.65] While it looks like black may have an advantage, white now has a counter attack [%cal Gg5f7,Gc4f7,Gg4f2,Gc5f2] } 6... O-O { [%eval 0.91] } 7. f5 { [%eval 1.28] The bishop is now disconnected from the defence of the g4 knight. [%cal Gc8g4] } 7... Nf2 $4 { [%eval 10.38] } ( 7... Bf2+ 8. Kf1 Ne3+ 9. Bxe3 Bxe3 10. h4 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qxg5 12. Rh5 ) 8. Qh5 { [%eval 10.36] Black is now faced with unstoppable threats. [%cal Gg5f7,Gg5h7,Gh5h7,Gh5f7,Gc4f7] } 8... h6 { [%eval 14.5] } 9. Nxf7 { [%eval 14.18] [%cal Gf7d8,Gf7h6,Gh6g8] } 9... Rxf7 { [%eval 14.86] } 10. Qxf7+ { [%eval 14.92] } 10... Kh8 $6 { [%eval #6] } ( 10... Kh7 11. Bg5 ) 11. f6 { [%eval #5] } 11... gxf6 { [%eval #4] } 12. Bxh6 { [%eval #3] Checkmate is now unstoppable and black can only delay with Nxd3 and a queen sacrifice. [%cal Gf7g7] } 12... Nxd3+ { [%eval #3] } 13. Kf1 { [%eval #2] } 13... Qf8 { [%eval #2] } 14. Qxf8+ { [%eval #1] } 14... Kh7 { [%eval #1] } 15. Qg7#