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You Can Use This Trick Successfully When Playing Bird’s Opening

January 3, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenTue, January 3, 2023 12:22pmURL:
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Bird’s Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move:
1. f4
Bird’s is a standard flank opening. White’s strategic ideas involve control of the e5-square, offering good attacking chances at the expense of slightly weakening their own kingside. Black may challenge White’s plan to control e5 immediately by playing From’s Gambit (1…e5); however, the From Gambit is notoriously double-edged and should only be played after significant study.
In this brilliant chess miniature we see a Queen sacrifice with which Slovakian GM Ján Plachetka emphasizes the weaknesses of the dark squares! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Jan Plachetka vs Lothar Zinn
Decin (1974)
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04)
1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bb5 e6 6. Ne5 Qc7
7. O-O Bd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. f4 O-O 10. Rf3 Nd7 11. Rh3 g6
12. Qh5 Nf6 13.Ng4
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