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Attacking the King

By Yelena Dembo | June 6, 2012 - 21:46 |June 6, 2012 Exercises

It is white to move. Please, look for what is interesting in the position. What would you like to play? How would you continue the attack on Black King?

Now that you have found the win, how many “Dembo-rules” can you count? 🙂

Student’s game

By Yelena Dembo | June 2, 2012 - 20:21 |June 2, 2012 Articles, Exercises, Ratings, Tournaments

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Today I’d like to show you a very interesting game of a student of mine. His name is Ed Dodd and his USCF is 1140. Ed had started studying seriously (and correctly) on his own very recently but has already made a huge progress. Of course, there are some mistakes in this game, some are even very serious ones, but some moves played by Ed show his potential and clear knowledge of certain middlegame methods.

 [Event "WA Open 2012"]  [Site "Shredder for iPad"]  [Date "2012.05.27"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Dodd, Edwin"]  [Black "Bodge, Nicholas"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B12"]  [WhiteElo "1140"]  [BlackElo "760"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Nd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 (5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4) 5... Nxc5 6.  Bb5+ (6. c4 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc4) 6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ (7. Qxd5 Bxb5 8. Qxc5  Ba6 $44) 7... Qxd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O g6 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... a6 $1) 11. Bd4 (11.  Nb5 Qd7 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qd4) 11... a6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. b4 (13.  Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Nxe6 15. Bxg7) 13... Nd7 14. Nxd5 $3 exd5 15. e6 $1 Ndf6 16.  exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ne5+ Kf8 18. Bc5+ Ne7 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nxg6+ hxg6 21. Rxe7  Kxe7 22. Qe2+ Ne4 23. Re1 (23. Rd1 $1) 23... Kd6 24. c4 Rae8 25. cxd5 Nf6 26.  Qd2 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nxd5 28. g3 (28. Qe4) 28... Kc7 29. a3 (29. Qe4) (29. Qe6  Rd8 30. Qxg6) 29... Rd8 30. Qe6 Bb2 31. Qxg6 Bxa3 32. Qg7+ Kc6 (32... Kb8 33.  Qg5) 33. Qg6+ Rd6 (33... Kb5 34. Qd3+ Kxb4) 34. Qc2+ Kd7 35. Qh7+ (35. Qa4+ $18  ) 1/2-1/2

“Knight delivers the last blow”

By Yelena Dembo | May 31, 2012 - 18:03 |May 31, 2012 Exercises

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This is the name of one of the themes from our middlegame and endgame collection. It is very useful and happens very often. The question is only: do you notice it and can implement it yourself? 🙂 If you are not sure how to use or notice it in your games, it is time to study many such examples! 🙂

 [Event "Espana"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2003.??.??"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]  [Black "Kolev, Atanas"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2635"]  [BlackElo "2556"]  [Annotator "Gurevich,M"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "6k1/pb4p1/1q3n1p/2p5/2n1rN2/P7/1PQ3PP/2BR1RK1 w - - 0 28"]  [PlyCount "3"]  [EventDate "2003.??.??"]  [Source "Chess Informant"]   28. Nd5 $1 Qe6 (28... Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rxc5) 29. Rxf6 $1 (29.  Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Nxf6+) 1-0

An “easy, but nice” example

By Yelena Dembo | May 12, 2012 - 06:32 |May 12, 2012 Exercises

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While teaching one of my students yesterday we came across an example which was simple, yet nice. You can apply a “Dembo-rule” – “I would like…” from my first middlegame book to find it quickly! If something looks interesting in the position, always look for what you would like to do and try to make it work! 🙂

It is Black to move.

My dad’s attacks and sacrifices – Part II

By Yelena Dembo | April 20, 2012 - 12:06 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

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This is the second part of my dad’s attacking games and sacrifices, studying which will help you to implement them in your own games 🙂

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest2362982"]  [Black "Dembo, V."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A45"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r3r1k1/1ppb1pb1/p2p4/2PP2np/PPB1Pp1q/2N2P2/5Q1P/2R1RNK1 b - - 0 25"]  [PlyCount "1"]  [EventDate "2012.04.12"]  [TimeControl "120"]   25... Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:05] Guest2362982 geeft op  (Lag: Av=0.39s, max=1.0s)} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Marojla"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B50"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "3r1r1k/1bq2ppp/p4n2/1p3RQ1/2p1P3/2Pn1N1P/PPB3PN/5R1K w - - 0 22"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.04.12"]  [TimeControl "120"]   22. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8  {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Nh6# {[%emt  0:00:02] (Lag: Av=0.58s, max=1.9s)} 1-0

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest1997337"]  [Black "Dembo, V."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E77"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "8/5pkp/3p2p1/2pP4/Q1P5/4rBqb/P5P1/5R1K b - - 0 30"]  [PlyCount "7"]  [EventDate "2012.04.15"]  [TimeControl "120"]   30... Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32.  Rxg2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qh3# {  [%emt 0:00:02] (Lag: Av=0.51s, max=1.6s)} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.15"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest1996139"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B00"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r4rk1/1bqp1p1p/p5p1/3nPP2/1p5Q/3B1N2/PP4PP/R4R1K w - - 0 22"]  [PlyCount "9"]  [EventDate "2012.04.15"]  [TimeControl "120"]   22. f6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh7 {  [%emt 0:00:07]} 24. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Qh6 {[%emt  0:00:01]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 26. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:02] Zeit '  (Lag: Av=0.  16s, max=0.3s) Guest1996139 gibt auf} 1-0

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m"]  [Site "Café"]  [Date "2012.04.12"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Dembo, V."]  [Black "Guest1769619"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C50"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r4rk1/1ppq1p2/p2p1Q1p/5Pp1/4Pn2/2PP3P/PPB2P1K/R5R1 w - - 0 22"]  [PlyCount "1"]  [EventDate "2012.04.12"]  [TimeControl "120"]   22. Rxg5+ {[%emt 0:00:05] . Zaman '} 1-0

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Attacking the King

Student’s game

“Knight delivers the last blow”

An “easy, but nice” example

My dad’s attacks and sacrifices – Part II

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