Are you Ready To Make The Board Explode With The Center Counter? – IM Andrew Martin

July 23, 2015 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Make the board explode with the Center Counter!

In the video “Center Counter Carnage!” by IM Andrew Martin, we take a look at the seemingly “inferior” opening 1.e4 d5.

This opening did not have a good reputation until Viswanathan Anand played it in a World Championship game against Garry Kasparov. Because of this, the reputation for this opening has increased a lot and it is now played a bit more, even at higher levels of chess.

At the beginning of the video, Andrew shows us the starting moves for the opening: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6. This is followed by looking at the moves that White can make to steer the game in a few different directions, as well as the best responses by Black for each option. Each of the opening lines for Black are sharp and the aim is to have an active, complicated position from the very beginning of the game.

What aggressive move-orders can Black play in order to stir up the position? What kind of attacking set-ups can he use in order to cause problems for White? Watch the video to find out!

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