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How to Beat a Master at Chess?

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
07.16.2011
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How to Beat a Master at Chess?
Yury Markushin
07.16.2011

I have written many articles on the topics of improvement at chess, becoming a better chess player and beating a stronger opponent at chess. Throughout that time I was getting mostly positive responses from the readers. Some agreed with the ideas I presented, some were pretty skeptical at first but then tend to share my thoughts, some completely disagreed (not many, but I cannot completely ignore this category as well).

Regardless of the category you belong to, you may ask does the methods and ideas recommended throughout this website work at all? Am I going to become a stronger chess player if I follow your guidelines? And you’re right, you should be critical and question the information you’re being exposed to.

In today’s article I will show and analyze one of my recent “officially rated” chess games that I played against a National Master (FIDE ~ 2250) and managed to win it using techniques I advocate.

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Little Chess Partner Checkmated!

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
12.24.2009
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Little Chess Partner Checkmated!
Yury Markushin
12.24.2009

Here is the game played against the Little Chess Partner. The online version plays around 2000 ELO on fast PCs, maybe better. I was running Little Chess Partner on AMD Athlon(TM) 4800+ 62×2 Processor, with 2 Gb RAM. Program was set for 10 seconds fixed time search. While playing Little Chess Partner I discovered a few week spots that can be used by one against this program. I will write about that in the next article. Okay, let’s take a look at the position itself. I was playing black.

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Queen’s Gambit for Black

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009
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Queen’s Gambit for Black
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009

This was my first game in the Delaware Grand Prix Tournament Event #4 Round #1. The event was G29, which means 29 minutes per game for each player. Take a look at the game and I hope it will help you to avoid mistakes I have made. How to get the most from this game? First, go over the game moves by yourself and only after that read my comments going over the game 2nd time. Enjoy and learn!

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Sometimes We Blunder

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009
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Sometimes We Blunder
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009

This was my last game in the Delaware Grand Prix Tournament Event #4 Round #5. The event was G29, which means 29 minutes per game for each player. Take a look at the game and I hope it will help you to avoid mistakes I have made. How to get the most from this game? First, go over the game moves by yourself and only after that read my comments going over the game 2nd time. I played White. Enjoy and learn!

 

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Yury Markushin (1800) vs. Parrot (2200)

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009
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Yury Markushin (1800) vs. Parrot (2200)
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009

The game I played against 2250+ rated program. The name of the program is Parrot, it often plays on FICS.

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Yury Markushin vs. Machine

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009
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Yury Markushin vs. Machine
Yury Markushin
11.15.2009

Here is one of my games I played on FICS against relatively high rated opponent. Take a look, it was a good fight! Read the comments below as you scroll through the moves.

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