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YouTube video by LionChess - Chess Coaching This is Why You Should NEVER TRUST Your Opponent in Chess!

This is Why You Should NEVER TRUST Your Opponent in Chess! 😁

Sometimes the opponent plays a seemingly BRILLIANT move.. but it's actually a blunder!!😲

Link --> youtu.be/k549sTQuJGc

Enjoy! 😍
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Grand Swiss R6: 5 Players Chase Parham in Open, Lagno and Vaishali Sole Leaders GM Parham Maghsoodloo retains the lead, with 5 players in the chasing pack, while GM Kateryna Lagno and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu are the sole leaders in the Women's.

Parham Maghsoodloo retained the lead in Round 6 of the FIDE Grand Swiss, while Kateryna Lagno and Vaishali Rameshbabu are once again the two joint leaders of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss.

➡️ Read our recap, with annotations by GM Renier Castellanos and WIM Raluca Sgîrcea: lichess.org/@/Lichess/bl...

Your phone didn't search for "chess Sicilian Najdorf"?? Fake example 😅

Oh, I agree! You never know for sure whether they made a mistake. You can’t blindly believe them, even if they are a GM. If you did that then you might as well resign on move 1 😅

If my opponent was a GM, I'd assume they had spotted Bxd8 and had something of a response prepared 😅 In this position, Bxd8 Nxf2 seems strong for black, as there is the threat of smothered mate and also the hanging queen. And white can't play Qd4 because of Bxd4.

I think 1.b4 as I explained further on the other site 😅

I saw by now that Nxc6 bxc6 e5 leads to a very fine position 😅

I think white can transpose into a typical Yugoslav Attack by playing f3-Be3-Qd2 and 0-0-0. The move Bc4 may have been premature though.

It's probably Nh5, covering g7 and incidentally trapping the queen 😅

I hope that's not your only condition for having fun 😅

Good luck and have fun!!

I mean, it’s difficult to make a move that doesn’t win in this position 😅

But for effectiveness, Qf5 forces mate in one.

Oh, via c8!

Maybe Nc4-Nb6 to pressure d7?

Just eat everything, no? Don’t touch your pawns?

Rule 1 seems to supersede all the others 😂🤣

Interesting! This may well be a better idea than moving our pawns. Thanks for the suggestion 😄

I thought like this too - maybe we have to start with h5 to prevent g5. If …f5 we can still play g4 and bring our king.

Bd3 Rxd3 Rg1 Kxg1 Rb1 and mate soon

I have no idea whether it's good, but I think Qc2 is the most natural move - the queen often goes to c2 in the Catalan to support the e4 push at some point.

I should add that Alvar Alonso has a video on his youtube where he starts with the Catalan and then sacs pieces to attack the opponent's king. So if you're good enough it doesn't matter 😅

I think your instinct is to "go for the throat" - at least, in all the games you ever post of yourself 😉

The Catalan isn't really a "go for the throat" opening, so there may just be a style mismatch.

Any winning attempt probably has to start with 1…h2. White can take our bishop but then we queen and they don’t 😅

Thank you 😄

I win in tiebreaks. It was tough 😅

Qa1 Kg2 Ne1 and mate soon after 😅

♟️QGD JUNGLES (PART 1)♟️

Kicking off a mini-series on building a strategic White repertoire against QGD:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3

Today’s focus: the main line 6...h6, against which I recommend the rare 7.Bxf6!?(D)

Let’s dive in! 🧵👇

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That does look interesting! I played d5 instead, a thematic break in the center.

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