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Mikenas Gambit</div> <div> 2. Taimanov Line</div> <div> 3. Four Pawn's Attack</div> <div> 4. Nimzowitzsch Pirouette</div> <div> 5. Combined Lines</div> <div> 6. Fianchetto Line</div> <div> 7. Sealing-Sweeping Line</div> <div> 8. Uhlmann-Averbakh Line</div> <div> 9. Aerbakh Line</div> <div> 10. Solid Line</div> <div> 11. Chezh Benoni</div> <bR> <div> Bird's Opening</div> <bR> <div> Bishop's Opening</div> <div> 1. Paulsen's Defence</div> <div> 2. Closed Giuoco Piano</div> <div> 3. Italian Game</div> <div> 4. Closed Two Knights Defence</div> <div> 5. Urusoff Gambit</div> <div> 6. Boden-Kiseritsky Gambit</div> <bR> <div> Blumenfeld Gambit</div> <bR> <div> Bogo-Indian Defence</div> <bR> <div> Budapest Gambit</div> <bR> <div>  Caro-Kann</div> <div> 1. Advance</div> <div> 2. Classical</div> <div> 3. Nimzowitsch</div> <div> 4. Tartakower</div> <div> 5. Larsen/Bronstein</div> <div> 6. Excahnge</div> <div> 7. Gurgenidze</div> <div> 8. Panov-Botvinnik</div> <bR> <div> Catalan</div> <bR> <div> Centre Counter</div> <bR> <div> Centre Game</div> <bR> <div> Danish Gambit</div> <bR> <div> Dutch Defence</div> <div> 1. Staunton Gambit</div> <div> 2. Leningrad System</div> <div> 3. Stonewall Variation</div> <div> 4. Ilyin - Genevsky</div> <bR> <div> English Defence</div> <bR> <div> English Opening</div> <div> 1.Hedgehog</div> <div> 2.Double Fianchetto</div> <div> 3.Symmetrical</div> <bR> <div> Evans Gambit</div> <bR> <div> Four Knights Opening</div> <bR> <div> French Defence</div> <div> 1.Advance</div> <div> 2.Burn</div> <div> 3.Classical</div> <div> 4.Exchange</div> <div> 5.MacCutcheon</div> <div> 6.Rubinstein</div> <div> 7.Steinitz</div> <div> 8.Tarrasch</div> <div> 9.Winawer</div> <bR> <div> Giuoco Piano</div> <bR> <div> Grunfeld</div> <div> 1.Modern</div> <div> 2.Classical</div> <div> 3.Neo-Grunfeld</div> <bR> <div> King's Gambit</div> <bR> <div> King's Indian</div> <div> 1. Averbakh</div> <div> 2. Classical</div> <div> 3. Fianchetto</div> <div> 4. Four Pawns</div> <div> 5. Main Line</div> <div> 6. Panno</div> <div> 7. Petrosian</div> <div> 8. Samisch</div> <div> 9. Yugoslav</div> <bR> <div> King's Indian Attack</div> <bR> <div> Latvian Gambit</div> <bR> <div> Modern Defence</div> <bR> <div> Neo-Gunfeld</div> <bR> <div> Nimzo-Indian</div> <div> 1.Classical</div> <div> 2.Hubner</div> <div> 3.Leningrad</div> <div> 4.Main Line</div> <div> 5.Nimzowitsch</div> <div> 6. Rubinstein</div> <div> 7.Samisch</div> <div> 8.Taimanov</div> <bR> <div> Nimzo-Larsen Attack</div> <bR> <div> Nimzowitsch Defense</div> <bR> <div> Old Indian</div> <bR> <div> Petroff Defence</div> <bR> <div> Philidor Defence</div> <div> 1. Nimzowitsch Variation</div> <div> 2. Sokolsky Gambit</div> <div> 3. Larsen Variation</div> <div> 4. Antoshin Variation</div> <div> 5. Morphy Variation</div> <div> 6. Hanham Variation</div> <div> 7. Bishop's Variation</div> <bR> <div> Pirc Defence</div> <div> 1. Austrian Attack</div> <div> 2. Classical</div> <bR> <div> Ponziani</div> <bR> <div> Queen's Gambit </div> <div> 1. Alatorstev</div> <div> 2. Albin Counter-Gambit</div> <div> 3. Cambridge Springs</div> <div> 4. Chigorin</div> <div> 5. Exchange Variation</div> <div> 6. Queen's Gambit Accepted</div> <div> 7. Ragozin System</div> <div> 8. Lasker Defense</div> <div> 9. Tartakower Defence</div> <bR> <div> Semi-Tarrasch</div> <bR> <div> Semi-Slav</div> <div> 1. Botvinnik System</div> <div> 2. Uhlmann</div> <div> 3. Alatortsev</div> <div> 4. Moscow Variation</div> <div> 5. Meran System</div> <div>     a. Wade Variation</div> <div>     b. The Old Meran</div> <div>     c. Reynolds' Variation</div> <div>     d. Meran Variation</div> <div> 6. Marshall's Gambit</div> <bR> <div> Slav Defence</div> <div> 1. Exchange Variation</div> <div> 2. Queen's Knight Variation</div> <div> 3. King's Knight Variation</div> <div> 4. Central Variation</div> <div> 5. Steiner Variation</div> <div> 6. Smyslov Variation</div> <bR> <div> Tarrasch</div> <bR> <div> Queen's Indian</div> <bR> <div> Reti Opening</div> <bR> <div> Ruy Lopez</div> <div> 1. Berlin Defence</div> <div> 2.Bird Variation</div> <div> 3.Breyer</div> <div> 4.Chigorin</div> <div> 5.Classical</div> <div> 6.Closed Spanish</div> <div> 7.Cozio</div> <div> 8.Exchange</div> <div> 9.Flohr-Zaitsev</div> <div> 10.Marshall Attack</div> <div> 11.Open Spanish</div> <div> 12.Schliemann</div> <div> 13.Smyslov</div> <div> 14.Steinitz</div> <bR> <div> Scotch Opening</div> <div> 1. Classical Variation</div> <div> 2. Scotch Four Knights</div> <div> 3. Mieses Variation</div> <div> 4. Neo-Mieses Variation</div> <div> 5. Steinitz Variation</div> <bR> <div> Sicilian Defence</div> <div> 1. Accelerated Fianchetto</div> <div> 2. Alapin </div> <div> 3. Boleslavsky</div> <div> 4. Closed</div> <div> 5. Dragon</div> <div>     a. Yugoslav Attack</div> <div>     b. Classical Dragon</div> <div>     c. Levenfish Attack</div> <div> 6. Four Knights</div> <div> 7. Grand Prix Attack</div> <div> 8. Kan </div> <div> 9. Lowenthal</div> <div> 10. Maroczy Bind</div> <div> 11. Najdorf</div> <div> 12. Paulsen</div> <div> 13. Richter-Rauzer</div> <div> 14. Smith-Morra Gambit</div> <div>     a. Classical</div> <div>     b. Chicago Defence</div> <div>     c. Fianchetto Defence</div> <div> 15. Sozin</div> <div> 16. Scheveningen</div> <div> 17. Simagin</div> <div> 18. Sveshnikov</div> <div> 19. Taimanov</div> <bR> <div> Three Knights Opening</div> <bR> <div> Two Knights Defence</div> <bR> <div> Vienna Opening</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=392 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B><U>Chess Training</U></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="#opening" TITLE="Chess Training"><U><B>F. A. Q.</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="#chess_links" TITLE="Chess Training"><U><B>Chess Links</B></U></A><B>        </B><A HREF="#photos" TITLE="Chess Training"><U><B>Chess Photos</B></U></A><B>      </B><A HREF="#about_me" TITLE="Chess Training"><U><B>The Coach</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#special" TITLE="Chess Training"><U><B>Special Offers</B></U></A><B>       </B><A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annotated Games"><U><B>Chess Openings</B></U></A><B>        </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Free Chess Lessons"><U><B>Free Chess Lessons</B></U></A><B>      </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>If  you are rated between 1200 - 2100 ELO, </I><I> We are at your service...</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="554" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#0099FF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0099FF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 243 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="071cda90.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  Nick Beqo (left) vs. GM Vitali Golod (right) </div> <div> in St. Nikolaos, Intern. 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Lessons are offered in .pgn, or chessbase format. These files can be easily handled by Notepad, Word,  <A HREF="http://chessbase.com/download/index.asp?cat=ChessBase+Light" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://chessbase.com/download/index.asp?"><U>Chessbase light</U></A>, or <A HREF="http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/softeng.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/softeng.ht"><U>Chess programs and utilities.</U></A> We are  also experimenting with .wmv files!</div> <bR> <div> Annotated games are chosen from the following openings: </div> <bR> <div> <I>The openings from Black's point of view, if White plays 1.e4 </I></div> <div> <B>Sicilian</B> - Alapin,  Closed, Dragon, Four Knights, Kan, Smith-Morra Gambit, Sveshnikov, <B>Caro-Kann</B><B>, King's pawn - </B>King's Gambit, Vienna, Bishop's Opening, Giuoco piano, Evans Gambit, Ponziani, Scotch, Two - Three - Four Knights Defence, <B>Ruy Lopez - </B>Exchange, Open, Berlin, Schliemann<B>, French Defence, </B>and<B> Alekhine.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>The openings from Black's point of view, if White plays 1.d4</I></div> <div> Queen's gambit accepted and declined, Queen's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Slav Defence, Benko, Benoni, Dutch.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The openings from White's point of view, after 1.e4 and 1.d4.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="opening"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B>Opening or Endgame; what part of the game to start with?</B></I></div> <div> Many people think that it is better to start studying chess from the openings. However, my question is: " What is the goal of a chess game?" The answer is : "Of course, to mate your opponent's King". Then, there are other questions: "What does 'mate' mean, and how do you do that?" etc. It is the endgame that teaches how to mate with a Queen, a Rook, a pair of Bishops, a Knight and a Bishop, etc. Another question would be: " When is it possible to win the game, and when not?" Well, it is the endgame that teaches you what is a "stalemate", "pawn promotion", "opposition", "zugzwang", "Square rule", when the position is draw and when not.  How can you start studying openings without first learning these concepts? In every science you start from the elements, and then you go to the complexity; you start from words, and then you go to the sentences; you start from the units individually, and then you go to the whole equipment etc. etc. In life, in general, you go from "simple stuff" to a "more complicated stuff". Let us have a look at an example from the top level:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U><IMG SRC="027dcdc0.png" border=0 width="220" height="220" ALT="Bitmap Image" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> The player with white pieces is GM Leko (2743 ELO), one of the strongest grandmasters in the world, and one of the best grandmasters in endgames. Nevertheless, in the above position that happened in his game against Kasparov, Leko played:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>53. Ne5?? Bd8 54. Nc4 Kd5  1/2-1/2</B></div> <bR> <div> Instead white could win with  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >53. Nf8+ Kd6 54. c7 Kxc7 55. Ne6+ Kc6 56. Nxg5 1-0 </FONT></div> <div> Leko missed the full point!! Maybe he was in "zeitnot", but this is another reason to pay more attention to the endings rather than to the openings - you never fall in zeitnot in the opening!</div> <div> To sum it up, I will repeat a saying of my former coach, GM Tony Miles: "Less pieces, less confusion". I was surprised that not everybody agrees here too. Have a look at my discussion on this topic in the newsgroup <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=814cc90c.0211262030.64a1531c%40posting.google.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=814"><U>"Rec.Games.Chess.Misc."</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="about_me"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I>Hello, and welcome to my Chess Training !</I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> This is <A HREF="http://www.chess.ca/memberinfo.asp?CFCN=120095" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.chess.ca/memberinfo.asp?CFCN="><U>Nick Beqo</U></A>, Chess teacher and coach since 1990:</div> <div> 1990 - 1991: - chess teacher in "Pioneer House", Erseka, Albania</div> <div> 1992 - 1996: - chess coach in O.A.A.H. club, Crete Island, Greece</div> <div> 1996 - present: - private chess teacher, and coach in British Columbia</div> <div> Since 2001 I teach chess online, over the phone, and via e-mail as well</div> <bR> <div> I used to play chess during the period of 1980-1984. Since then, I have played chess very occasionally.</div> <div>  Fortunately, in 2002, I played 19 games with classical time control, and my rating went up to 2211 ELO.</div> <div> I shared the first place in  2002 Keres Memorial Open Section<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>with a performance rating of 2313 ELO<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT></div> <div> From the International Grandmasters that have helped me improve my chess, I would like to mention:</div> <div> GM Suat Atalik, GM Tony Miles, GM Babakuli Annakov, GM Larry Christiansen, GM Petr Kiriakov .</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="photos"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Chess Photos</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="028b82a0.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "These grandmasters are very tricky......"</div> <div> Analyzing with GM Suttles in Keres memorial 2002, where I shared 1st place</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="556" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="256"><div> <IMG SRC="02aa9a90.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> With my teams in Hania 1995</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <IMG SRC="029d9a90.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  Teaching in OAAH Club Crete, Greece</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 90 WIDTH="558"><bR> <bR> <div> The photo above, on the left, was taken in Hania, after the "National Teams Tournament for Children". There, I represented the city of Heraklion with two teams: "Heraklion 1" and "Heraklion 2". The photo got published on the first page of the main Heraklion newspaper " Patris ", Tuesday, August 22nd, 1995, followed by an article, titled: "The two teams of our city with their coach Nick Beqo". </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>                                                                </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="chess_links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Chess Links</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English/links/linksPlayers.php" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.worldchessnetwork.com/English"><U><IMG SRC="024aa410.png" border=0 width="170" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/clinks.htm#learning" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/"><U> <img src="HTMLobj-109/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="332" height="87">  </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.chessville.com/links/links_comp_personal_sites.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.chessville.com/links/links_co"><U><IMG SRC="01ca0300.png" border=0 width="416" height="48" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.chessaid.com/links/sites/?scl=others" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.chessaid.com/links/sites/?scl"><U><IMG SRC="026a13c0.png" border=0 width="417" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://mitglied.lycos.de/stadersv/links.php" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://mitglied.lycos.de/stadersv/links."><U><IMG SRC="01ea1350.jpg" border=0 width="417" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://chessproblem.my-free-games.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://chessproblem.my-free-games.com/"><U>Bruno's Chess Page</U></A></FONT>   <A HREF="http://ccn.correspondencechess.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://ccn.correspondencechess.com/"><U>Correspondence Chess</U></A> </div> <div>  <A HREF="http://members.shaw.ca/chess4us/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://members.shaw.ca/chess4us/"><U>Chess4us</U></A>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.satrancokulu.com/atalik/ataliknews.asp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.satrancokulu.com/atalik/atali"><U>GM Suat Atalik</U></A>      <A HREF="http://www.bigimpact.tv/kiriakovdefault3.asp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.bigimpact.tv/kiriakovdefault3"><U>GM Petr Kiriakov</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.chess.bc.ca/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.chess.bc.ca/"><U>BC Chess Federation</U></A>      <A HREF="http://www.chess.ca/index_e.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.chess.ca/index_e.html"><U>Chess Federation of Canada</U></A></div> <div>  <A HREF="http://www.schackportalen.nu/English/eramportal.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.schackportalen.nu/English/era"><U>The Chess Portal</U></A>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >   </FONT><A HREF="http://www.thechessoracle.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.thechessoracle.com"><U>The Chess Oracle</U></A>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><A HREF="http://chessmastery.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://chessmastery.com/"><U>Links Collection</U></A>  </div> <div> There are some chess cards at <A HREF="http://www.123greetings.com/events/chess_day/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.123greetings.com/events/chess"><U>123greetings.com</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>