The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 3

Hello everybody,In our last post we have studied Black's 2nd reply as a 5th move alternative, Variation B: 5...Bc5 including the sub-variations, Variation B1: 7...d5!? and Variation B2: 7...d6 in the Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations.Today we will go for Black's 3rd reply as 5th move alternative, Variation C: 5...b5 which will include two sub-variation i.e Variation C1: 6...Bc5 and Variation C2: 6...Bb7. We will study only Variation C1 today which will again include two sub-variation as Black's 8th move alternatives, namely Variation C11: 8...Bb7, Variation C12: 8...Rb8 and Variation C13: 8...Bg4.So, let's start with Variation C11: 8...Bb7Let's...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 2

Hello friends,Let us continue our journey into the Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations without wasting any time. In the last post we have studied Black's first reply, Variation A: 5...d6. Today we will study Black's second reply as a 5th move alternative, Variation B: 5...Bc5. In this Variation we will study Black's two 7th move alternatives as sub-variations i.e Variation B1: 7...d5!? and Variation B2: 7...d6.Let's start with Variation B1: 7...d5!?Now we will go for Variation B2: 7...d6Well, well, well....it seems that White can be a lot better here. Do let me know what do you think about this.Go through the variations again and again and try...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations Part 1

Hello everybody,Today we are going to start a new chapter on the Ruy Lopez from White's perspective, the Moller and Arkhangelsk Variations. Lets plunge into it right away:1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0The Arkhangelsk Variation (5...b5 6 Bb3 Bb7) and the Moller Variation (5...Bc5 or 5...b5 6 Bb3 Bc5) represent ambitious plans of development by Black. In particular, the variation 5...b5 6 Bb3 Bc5 has in the last few years become increasingly popular at the highest levels, so much so that it's even threatening to become Black's main reply to the Lopez . The closely related Arkhangelsk went through a similar vogue , although on a slightly...

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Video Coverage of World Chess Championship 2008

Here is a exclusive video coverage of World Chess Championship 2008. Hope that you all will find them ineresting.Let me know what you think :) swfobject.registerObject("worldChamp", "9.0.0", "/common/expressInstall.swf"); --> !-- --> !--      If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through  "Subscribe by Email"  and have articles & a  Everyman Chessbase eBook delivered right to your inbox! OR "Subscribe to Chess Blog Feed" in a Fead Reader of your choice OR Subscribe to a href="http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/ChessBlog"...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann Part 3

Hello everybody,We will continue our study of the Deferred Steinitz. In the last post we have reviewed Black's 5th move alternative (Variation C1: 5...f5) in the Deferred Steinitz. Today we will study Variation C2: 5...Bd7. This variation will include two sub-variation based on Black's 6th move alternatives and we will study both of them one by one.So let's start with Variation C21: 6...Nge7:Now let's move on to Variation C22: 6...g6:So, interesting isn't it? This concludes our study on Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and the Delayed Schliemann.Do tell us how you liked it. Your comments are most valuable to us.From the next post, we will start...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann Part 2

Hello everybody,We will start today, the Norwegian Variation, Variation B: 4...b5Now let's move on to Black's next 4th move alternative, The Deferred Steinitz, Variation C: 4...d6. Here, Blacks has two alternatives for the fifth move, of which we will study the first one, Variation C1: 5...f5 So, White can definitely be better under these circumstances.We will study Variation C2: 5...Bd7 in our next post.Until then, stay tuned.Thanks a lot. Enjoy!!     If you liked the article kindly Digg it, Stumble it, Add to Technorati, bookmark it and please consider subscribing through  "Subscribe by Email"  and have articles...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Deferred Steinitz, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann Part 1

Hello friends,We will start a new chapter today which involves Black's attempt to harass White's bishop on b5. Pay attention.1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4In this chapter we will look at Black's fourth move alternatives to 4...Nf6, including the Delayed Schliemann (4...f5), the Norwegian Variation (4...b5 5 Bb3 Na5) and, most importantly, the Steinitz Defence Deferred (4...d6).The last of these options is basically an improved version of the Steinitz Defence. One of the reasons for this is that Black is ready at any moment to escape the pin on the a4-e8 diagonal with a timely ...b5. This can be seen to the full effect if White tries to follow...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Berlin Defence Part 4

Hello everybody,This will be the concluding discussion on the Berlin Defence. Today we will study the remaining two of Black's 9th move alternative, Variation B23: 9...h6 and Variation B24: 9...Ke8. Let's start without wasting any time.Variation B23: 9...h6Now let's move on to the next and last possible reply from Black, Variation B24: 9...Ke8You might find the above variations a little difficult to follow, but my advise to you will be to follow one sub-variation at a time and make the positions clear in your head, and then only proceed for the next one. The truth is, this is where The Ruy Lopez gets more and more interesting inspite of...

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The Ruy Lopez for White - Berlin Defence Part 3

Hello and welcome everybody again to our study of The Ruy Lopez from White's perspective. It has been quite a long time since we had the last episode of our study. In fact, all of you know that there was this big event, World Championship 2008 that kept all of us very very busy in our chess quest. The most busy person from our side was of-course, my friend Chessyman who worked day and night to bring to you the live games and coverages, full with interesting and accurate analysis of each and every game. To tell you the truth, I was tuned to this blog throughout the event, watching and studying the analysis provided by him. And I must tell you...

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