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In this DVD, the 79th in the Empire Chess series, GM Damian Lemos focuses on the study of tactics, using 4 Super GM games as a point of reference in order to explain how a Grandmaster thinks. If you want to dominate tactics like the Super GMs, you should watch these videos.
Tactics are an essential part of the game and can improve or resolve problems. However, it is better to study games completely where we can prepare and plan certain tactical strikes. Instead of being stuck in the game from the beginning, we have clearer ideas and key plans for the position. Tactics often complement a strategic idea that is prepared well in advance. You will also learn how to punish an opponent for ignoring certain norms of the game such as development and gaining material in exchange for a loss in tempo and you will see the importance of initiative and prioritizing development over material.
In this preview video you will see a game between strong GMs Milos and Ehlvest in the Kan Variation of the Sicilian Defense. Black played with the plan of a6-Ba7 and then h5-h4, in this variation Black plays with the king in the center and attempts to attack White on both flanks.
Black gained space by advancing the pawns to b4 and h4, if White had played h3 avoiding what Black was doing, the move Nh5 is very disruptive with the idea of Ng3. Black played with e5 and then captured on f4 in order to place a strong knight on e5. White had to control the advance h3 that gave Black a great counterplay, opening the h-file and the h1-a8 diagonal for the d-bishop from b7. Black defended very well against the White threats with Nfd7 and Qe7; then after Bb3 came the strong h3! with a very good position. The key is that after Nxh3, Black recovers material with Rh4 and Rxe4, gaining an important central pawn in addition to opening the diagonal h1-a8 for the bishop. White’s error in calculation, forgetting the intermediate Nxb3, made them lose the game, highlighting that Black played the whole game with the king on e8, which was fairly safe.
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