Sunday 27 February 2022

Pirc Player Underestimates Simple Attack

Here in my latest club game against Bourne End, my opponent chose to play the Pirc again 1.e4. I seem to remember seeing some games against the Kings Indian recently where White can have their pawns placed aggresively on d4, e4 and f4. I think that this setup is known as the 'Austrian Attack'? I elected to play this setup, given that I think that the f pawn should not in any way be obsrtucted by the Knight on f3. I have used the 'Saemisch' variation in the past (for White) with limited success, learning it because my old chess mentor, Adam Sobey used to thrash me with the Kings Indian as Black every week! I guess I learned from my mistakes, but I was expecting much more of a Queenside attack from Black in this game! After the King moves on move 20, fxg6 is coming, with the possibility of Knight jumping to h5 for backup ...


As usual, any comments welcome ...

Pirc Game




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My Grand Prix Attack!

Unlike the previous post featuring the Carlsen game, my Grand Prix Attack as White was not contested by a Grand Master thankfully :) However, I remebered the basic pattern that Carlsen used -> I.e. the triangle of Queen, Bishop and Knight ... ! In fact, I even sacrificed my Knight without realising it, but given that this was a bullet game I think that I can be forgiven ... In this game Black probably made the mistake of closing the position after 10. ..d4.


As usual, any comments welcome ...

Greg_B Grand Prix Attack - Bullet Game




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Wednesday 16 February 2022

Carlsen and the perfect Grand Prix Attack

Recently, I was hunting for some advice on how to play the Grand Prix Attack as White. Thankfully I found a scintillating Carlsen Bullet Game to feast on!!
Here the game would simply have concluded - 17. ..g5 18.Qxg5# or 17. ..Ke5 18.Qf4# .... What a corker!!

As usual, any comments welcome ...

Carlsen Grand Prix Attack - Bullet Game




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