Exploring Fischer\ Exploring Fischer's Openings #3: Four Knights Game
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Video duration: 239 seconds

Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical play in a four knights game. The match was played in 1955 against Ames.

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Exploring Fischer\ Exploring Fischer's Openings #6: King's Gambit Accepted
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Video duration: 648 seconds

Exploring Fischer's strategies in, and versus, various openings. This video looks at Fischer's play in the King's Gambit Accepted opening (ECO C33). The match was played in 1968 against Minic Dragoljub at the Vinkovci tournament.

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Chess Lesson: Evans Gambit Opening Chess Lesson: Evans Gambit Opening
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Video duration: 591 seconds

Explores the Evans Gambit Opening book lines with possible variations. The video includes a match of Bobby Fischer's that highlights the use of the gambit.

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Chess Lesson: The English Opening Chess Lesson: The English Opening
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Video duration: 468 seconds

Explores the English Opening book lines, along with possible variations.

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Chess Lesson: Danish Gambit Opening Chess Lesson: Danish Gambit Opening
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Video duration: 475 seconds

The Danish Gambit opening allows for rapid attack development for white. This video explores the book line moves, along with possible counter-play by black.

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Chess Endgame Study: Triangulation Chess Endgame Study: Triangulation
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Video duration: 657 seconds

This video explores the chess tactic triangulation, a technique that allows you to obtain the opposition from the same position at the cost of a tempo. The video contains basic examples, leading up to the technique being used at the grandmaster level of play.

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Chess Lesson: Alekhine Defence Chess Lesson: Alekhine Defence
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Video duration: 591 seconds

Exploring the Alekhine's Defence played by black in countering the king's pawn opening, one of the most common openings used by white in online and over-the-board play.

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Chess Traps #1: Ruy Lopez Mortimer Trap Chess Traps #1: Ruy Lopez Mortimer Trap
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Video duration: 241 seconds

This video explores the Mortimer Trap which is attributed to the player James Mortimer. This trap can be played by black in the Ruy Lopez opening. If white falls for the trap, the white player will be subject to a positional nightmare.

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Chess Match: jtrain (1744) vs jrobi (1474) Chess Match: jtrain (1744) vs jrobi (1474)
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Video duration: 650 seconds

This video explores a chess match that highlights some flaws in my positional analysis that I had to overcome in the mid-1400's rating range in order to improve my overall game. Seemingly small positional mistakes can be costly.

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Chess Lesson: Ruy Lopez Opening - Berlin Defence Chess Lesson: Ruy Lopez Opening - Berlin Defence
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Video duration: 611 seconds

Explores the Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence opening (ECO C65-67).

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Grandmaster Chess Tactics #1: Can you spot the line? Grandmaster Chess Tactics #1: Can you spot the line?
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Video duration: 289 seconds

This video series is going to focus on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a tactical line used by William Steinitz against Johannes Hermann Zukertort in the first World Chess Championship played in 1866.

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Grandmaster Chess Tactics #3: Can you spot the line? Grandmaster Chess Tactics #3: Can you spot the line?
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Video duration: 260 seconds

This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features an interesting tactical line by V. Anand in a match he played against A. Morozevich in 2007.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.

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Chess Traps #2: Sicilian Magnus Smith Trap Chess Traps #2: Sicilian Magnus Smith Trap
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Video duration: 346 seconds

This video explores the Magnus Smith Trap, coined after the three time Canadian Chess Champion Magnus Smith. It's a trap that white can play in the Sozin (also known as Fischer variation) of the Sicilian Defence.

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Chess Match: lakekayak (1562) vs jrobi (1489) Chess Match: lakekayak (1562) vs jrobi (1489)
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Video duration: 657 seconds

This video explores a chess match that highlights the importance of looking for positional possibilities and capitalizing on your opponent's positional mistakes.

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Chess Traps #3: King\ Chess Traps #3: King's Gambit Declined Trap
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Video duration: 368 seconds

This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.

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Exploring Fischer\ Exploring Fischer's Openings #2: Sicilian vs. King's Pawn
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Video duration: 477 seconds

Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at one of his defences against the King's Pawn opening. The match was played in 1966 in Santa Monica against Wolfgang Unzicker.

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Grandmaster Chess Endgames #1 Grandmaster Chess Endgames #1
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Video duration: 647 seconds

This video series explores endgame play by the very best at chess. This video analyzes an endgame that took place between Fischer as white and Cardoso as black in 1958, with Fischer creating a strong endgame position and capitalizing on it through solid positional play.
For a PGN copy of the game covered in the video, please visit htt://www.jrobichess .com

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Grandmaster Chess Tactics #4: Can you spot the line? Grandmaster Chess Tactics #4: Can you spot the line?
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Video duration: 565 seconds

This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess tactics. This particular video features a very interesting and crushing tactical line by Paul Morphy in a match he played against Louis Paulsen in New York, 1857.
The full match PGN is available on my chess blog which you can access from my main YouTube channel page.

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Chess Tactics #1 Chess Tactics #1
Posted by: jrobichess

Video duration: 192 seconds

Posting a tactical position from a recent match of mine on FICS. I am planning on posting these types of videos when I get interesting positions from my matches. It's black to move - see if you can find the mate before I go over the answer!

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Exploring Fischer\ Exploring Fischer's Openings #4: K.Indian Defence vs Q.Pawn
Posted by: jrobichess

Video duration: 550 seconds

Exploring Fischer's opening strategies versus various openings. This video looks at his tactical use of the King's Indian Defence against a Queen's pawn game. Of particular interest is Fischer's strength in maintaining the tension of the position until an opportunity arises. The match took place in 1971 against Mark Taimanov, with Fischer winning.

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