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In the Falkbeer Countergambit, black immediately challenges the center against the king’s gambit from white. The aggression is taken away from white and given to black. White must be very careful not to play anything incorrectly or black can take over the game very quickly. This is a great defense for anyone that sees the kings gambit often and wants to throw their opponent a loop. Make sure to check out more great chess content at: www.thechesswebsite.com http Chess Software used in the video can be found at www.chesscentral.com and http

In Part 2 of the Evans Gambit we take a look at more lines and concepts from the aggressive Evans Gambit. If you haven’t already checked out the first part I highly recommend doing that first. www.thechesswebsite.com Chess Software used in the video can be found at http and www.chessok.com

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www.thechesswebsite.com The Traxler Counter Attack is a very aggressive defense from black stemming from the two knights defense. Instead of defending the f7 square, black offers to counter attack the weakened square on f2 for white. This opening usually ends in wild tactics and rarely ends in a tie. Software can be found at http

♕ facebook.com ♕ twitter.com Website: www.OnlineChessLessons.net This video discusses a mid-game analysis of the on-going correspondence twitter game between OnlineChessLessons.Net (OCL) and the ChessTweets community. We played an off-beat variation as white against the Najdorf involving Be2 and a very early g4. Black (ChessTweets) responded with an early 0-0 and allowed white to gain space with g5. In this video, I discuss some of my preliminary research (portrayed in other videos on the OnlineChessLessons.Net Youtube Channel on this specific line against the Sicilian) that suggest impeding white’s early gain of space with g5 by the preventive move h6. The current game has headed in an interesting direction and I’ll enjoy to see how plays out. Also make sure to checkout ChessTweets where you can play correspondence games via twitter using the ChessTweets interface. Check them out www.ChessTweets.com http

The Queens Indian Defense is one of the most respected and solid defenses that black has against white’s d4 opening. It is contingent on white playing Nf3 before Nc3 so you might want to have another defense as backup in case white throws you for a loop. www.thechesswebsite.com Chess Software used in the video can be found at http and www.chessok.com

The Alekhine Defense is a hypermodern defense against the e4 opening from white. Black looks to allow white to overextend his pawns in the center and then looks to counter by taking back control of the center using his minor pieces www.thechesswebsite.com Chess Software used in the video can be found at http and www.chessok.com

The Kings Indian Defense is a very common and strong defense from black that looks to fortify his king side safety and then counter attack white’s central control of the board. This is not an aggressive defense from black but still very effective and seen quite often at high level play. www.thechesswebsite.com Chess Software used in the video can be found at http and www.chessok.com