Chess Movies 1: Quick Tricks
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Bruce Pandolfini
Bruce Pandolfini is one of the world’s most sought-after chess teachers and one of the most widely read chess writers working today. His role as analyst for PBS’s coverage of the 1972 match between chess superstars Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky first launched him into the public eye. His coaching of chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin was portrayed in the book and film Searching for Bobby Fischer. He is a regular columnist for Chess Life, the bible of the chess world, and continues to coach young players professionally and consults for CEOs from numerous Fortune 500 companies. Pandolfini also created over 300 hypothetical games as a consultant for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit. He lives in New York City.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It's a wonderful compilation, and Pandolfini's lucid walk-throughs result in insights you don't get with other chess instructors. Highly recommend, even for highly rated players: each of the traps contained in "Chess Movies" snared a grandmaster or three, so there's no downside to really understanding these inside and out.
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Chess Movies 1 - Bruce Pandolfini
2010
(1) Marec Vokac vs. Peter Bazant
The Orangutan Opening [A00]
Czech Republic 1996
Animal House
Among the various animals that have lent their name to chess must be included the Orangutan. It’s said that name was thought up by grandmaster Savielly Tartakover in 1924, when he was a participant in the great New York Tournament of the same year. Early one day during the event he visited the Central Park Zoo and encountered, for the first time in his life, a live orangutan. He was so struck by the creature (who wouldn’t be), that he decided to do something different in his chess game later that day. Thus was born a colorful way of describing a first move that others have attributed to a different animal, a human one by the name of Sokolsky.
1.b4
A quieter way to flank the queen-bishop would be 1.b3.
1...d5
Black could have played another common response, 1...e5.
2.Bb2
As expected, White appropriates the long diagonal.
2...Nd7
Black hopes to support e7-e5 and avoids 1...Nc6 2.b5.
3.Nf3
For now, White has e5 under control.
3...Ngf6
Perhaps 3...f6 did not quite suit Black’s temperament.
4.e3
White prepares to develop the king-bishop.
4...g6
Black could also opt for moving the e-pawn, 4...e6, attacking b4.
5.c4
White opens lines for further attack.
5...dxc4
Black’s d-pawn was threatened, so he exchanges pawns.
6.Bxc4
But now White’s bishop comes to a commanding diagonal.
6...Bg7?
This is a mistake, allowing a shot, which White doesn’t miss.
7.Bxf7+!
On 7...Kxf7, there follows 8.Ng5+, and Black loses his queen or gets mated. (1–0)
(2) Darryl Johansen vs. Vladimir Budde
Larsen’s Opening [A03]
Germany 1986
Nothern Exposure
There are many opening principles and injunctions. They all have their place, with some having greater import than others. The principle warning against making too many pawn moves in the opening is often violated, and it’s a common reason for losing a game in less than ten moves. Unless a pawn move contributes to development, is clearly desirable or necessary, it shouldn’t be played because its consequences are permanent. Once a pawn loses the ability to control a square, that square, and any of the vulnerable lines of attack it may be on, become very attractive to enemy usurpation, as the upcoming example is about to illustrate.
1.b3
White hopes to influence the a1–h8 diagonal.
1...Nf6
Black develops and obstructs the long dark diagonal.
2.Bb2
White’s dark-square bishop is now in place.
2...d5
Black opens a diagonal for the development of the queen-bishop.
3.e3
White clears the line for his king-bishop to enter the fray.
3...e6
Now Black’s king-bishop can develop along the a3-f8 diagonal.
4.f4
White continues his central dark-square play.
4...g6
This move needlessly weakens the kingside dark-squares.
5.g4
White would like to attack the pinned knight, but this is risky.
5...Bg7
Now 5.g5 can be answered by 5...Nh5.
6.Be2?
This is a blunder. Much better was 6. Nf3 to guard h4.
6...Nxg4!
Oops! If 7.Bxg4, then 7...Qh4+ followed by 8...Bxb2; and, if 7.Bxg7, then 7...Qh4+ mates. (0–1)
(3) Rafael Rodriguez Lopez vs. Lutgarda Gonzalez Perez
Reti Opening [A07]
Canary Island 1996
Lost Horizon
In preparing for competition we try to study our opening setups very well. This allows us to play them relatively quickly, saving time for complications that may arise from unexpected moves. But in relying on rote memory, and moving so rapidly, because we think we know our way and don’t want to waste time needlessly, we can miss subtle differences, one small change to the next, and such things can make all the difference. That’s why we shouldn’t rush through the opening. Even when we think we know the way, we may not, so it can’t hurt to make sure we really do.
1.g3
There are many transpositional possibilities here.
1...d5
Black takes the opportunity to occupy the center.
2.Nf3
White decides to stop e7-e5 for now.
2...Nf6
Black plays a non-commital developing move.
3.Bg2
White is ready to castle kingside.
3...Bf5
Now e7-e6 can be played without locking in the c8-bishop.
4.0–0
White is now prepared for action.
4...Nbd7
Another scheme was to play for c7-c5, Nb8-c6, and Qd8-d7.
5.d3
Blunting the f5-bishop and releasing the c1-bishop.
5...e6
Also playable was e7-e5.
6.Nbd2
White hopes for e2-e4, but needs further groundwork.
6...Bc5
Black stops 7.Re1, in light of the consequences.
7.Re1?
Too bad White couldn’t read the previous note.
7...Bxf2+!
If 8.Kxf2, then 8...Ng4+ wins the queen. White must lose at least the Exchange. (0-1)
(4) Jesus Nogueiras vs. Neuris Delgado Ramirez
English Opening [A13]
Cuba 2000
Two for the Road
It’s a question of opportunities, and a knight developed to the edge simply has fewer chances of getting many. But like any generality, this has less significance when applied to specific instances. That is, it may not be great to place a knight on the outer lane most of the time, but the present game does not reflect most of the time. In the next contest, the queen’s knight jumps to a3, but not as a final resting place. It soon goes to a better post. Once there, it meets up with a fellow traveler from the other side. Together, they form a dynamic tandem that can’t be stopped.
1.c4
You don’t have to be from England to play the English Opening.
1...e6
This reply makes it unlikely that Black will flank the f8-bishop.
2.g3
But White can still flank, and this is what he does.
2...Nf6
By this move Black refrains from playing a Dutch Defense with 2...f5.
3.Bg2
White’s bishop aims to exert pressure on the a8-h1 diagonal.
3...d5
We’re entering the domain of the Catalan Opening.
4.Nf3