French defence Advance variation

Posted on October 17th, 2011 by Richard

I like the French defence. It is my favourite defence as Black vs White 1.e4 and as I play 1.e4 as White I often face it as White and am trying to learn & play the French Advance variation as White.

Off the top of my head now I cannot remember a specific French defence game as Black or White as good examples. I will try & look into this as I think it helps understanding of the openings if you can recall specific games. I do know Bobby Fischer played as White vs the Winawer variation several times. For the Black side I recall Botvinnik had some good French defence games & Unzinger specialised in it (Korchnoi must have played it too!-I will investigate!).

Well here is my latest chess video showing a 5min blitz game in the French Advance. I made several mistakes as White in this game & my opponent certainly made mistakes with a massive end blunder to lose the game!

I intend to learn from my mistakes and improve my chess play & rating!!

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How to improve your chess

Posted on June 28th, 2010 by Richard

Here is a fascinating interview with my chess coach Bob Jones on how to improve your chess:

Bob is a well known local chess player and coach and tournament oraniser. Hear his views on how a near beginner can try to improve their chess rating. He gives sound advice which will help any beginner become a better player!

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Puzzle at poginina.com

Posted on June 13th, 2010 by Richard

This is the puzzle at pogonina.com (see side bar link to pogonina site)

The match is Anand vs Kamsky 1990 and Anand (white) to play and win.

Hint-there is a lot of pressure on h7!

Here is the solution- the game continued 1. Rd1 Bg6 2. Rdd7 Re1+3.Kg2 f3+ 4.Kh3 Kamsky (black) resigns 1-0

However I checked this position out with Rybka engine and it gives a draw! Here is my Rybka 2.2 analysis:

Here is the text/pgn analysis:
[Event "New Analysis-Rybka"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Anand"]
[Black "Kamsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1… Rxa7 2. Rxa7 Rg1 3. Rxa6 Rg2 4. Re6 Rxf2 5. Kg3 Rb2 6. Kxf3 Rb3+ 7.
Ke2 Rxb4 8. Rxe5 Kg7 9. g5 h6 10. Nd5 Rb2+ 11. Ke3 Bf7 12. h4 Rb1 13. Kd4
b4 14. Ne3 hxg5 15. Rxg5+ Kf8 16. Rb5 b3 17. Rb8+ Kg7 18. Rb6 Rh1 19. Ke5
Rh2 20. Nf5+ Kh7 21. Kf6 Bd5 22. Ke5 Bf7 23. Kf6 Bd5 24. Ke5 Bf7
{Draw by repetition} 1/2-1/2
Very interesting! A very complex position- anyone have any more analysis? Let me know!

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