How To Win At Chess, Episode 5

January 14, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This is a new series I’m launching called How To Win At Chess. This is episode 5. We will feature many openings for beginners, intermediate, and hopefully advanced players, as well as discussions of middlegame strategy, tactics, and so on.

0:00 Introduction
0:28 GAME 1 vs. 1237 – LONDON CRUSHER
14:38 GAME 2 vs. 1294 – LONDON OPENING
26:08 GAME 3 vs. 1378- RUY LOPEZ BIRDS DEFENSE
47:20 GAME 4 vs. 1423 – CARO KANN FANTASY
1:03:58 GAME 5 vs. 1537 – SICILIAN 4 KNIGHTS
1:24:21 FINAL GAME vs. 1661 – TROMPOWSKY

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