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kingscrusher
Member since Apr-12-04 · Last seen Oct-14-25

I have created quite a few Chess Courses and you can have great discounts using the following page: https://kingscrusher.tv
Please share with friends this course page :)
I am "Tryfon Gavriel" officially on Chessgames.com's database:
Tryfon C Gavriel
and have played a few interesting games thankfully in my time so far :)
FIDE "Candidate Master" (CM)
British "Regional Master"
Ex-National UK Lloyds Bank National Under 18 champion in 1989
?Challenge me for a chess game: https://kingscrusher.tv
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?Twitch: https://twitch.tv/kingscrusher
My Playlist overview structure page:
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
My Greatest Hit Chess Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe
I do a popular youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/kingscrusher - where I am currently trying to do a regular series of instructive games. I sometimes post links to those video annotations on the relevant games here. Please use the "Subscribe" button on my channel page to keep notified of new ones.
Played in the main British Chess Championship twice now, scoring 4.5 and 5 respectively (out of 11 - it is tough!).
I have created various video annotation grouping pages, which may be of interest for you to check out:
Evolution of style
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Candidate move system
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Learn from Kasparov
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Learn from Fischer
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Pawn structures
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Live commentaries
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Opening Traps
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Puzzles
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Brilliances
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
Instructive Games
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
JessicaFischerQueen channel at : -
http://www.youtube.com/user/jessica...
has kindly done some playlists which I have put on this key page for World champions, Uncrowned Kings and other very interesting players :
http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub...
As well as watching my videos, you may also like to try correspondence style chess with a web interface. You can do so atwww.chessworld.net. This has a "Videos" menu with the above links and more.
I'm not named Kingscrusher for nothing. I learned chess at the age of 5 and have been addicted every since. It was through watching my father playing against my brother that I picked up the game.
My other hobbies watching the latest films, Computing, going out, seeing friends, watching TV.
The answer to life, the universe and everything was forty-two according the the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. But maybe for chess players it should be 64!!
When i was nearly 18, I managed to win the UK LLoyds bank Under 18 championship! In later years I attained a FIDE rating through the Lloyds bank Masters tournaments and through other tournaments such as Surrey and all play alls organised through Adam Raoof. Currently FIDE rated 2177. My BCF grading has been fluctuating over the years and is currently about 185 BCF, and I am play for Board 1 for both Barnet chess club and Muswell Hill chess club. My full chess cv can be found here:-
(sorry for the use of Wayback machine!)
https://web.archive.org/web/2019081...
In 2008, I finally qualified for the British Chess Championship by coming 2nd= at the Southend Open tournament with an ECF 206 performance.
University- I studied computing in business and obtained a 2:1 honours degree

My life advice is: have fun and enjoy life to the maximum! - I hope that chessworld.net helps in this goal! :-))))

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   Oct-14-25 Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1938

kingscrusher: Botvinnik the Bulldozer at work!

   Oct-14-25 Botvinnik vs V Makogonov, 1938

kingscrusher: Nice c-file authority shown here.

   Oct-12-25 Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936

kingscrusher: Great exploitation of the light square bishop without a counterpart. Not helped also by the wrong knight recapture. 16...Nfxd5 should have been played because in some variations black then has f6 to kick the e5 knight.

   Oct-12-25 Botvinnik vs T Tylor, 1936

kingscrusher: Nice exploitation of passed pawn and opposite colored bishops don't help black.

   Oct-08-25 G Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1933

kingscrusher: 12.Nxh7 is a big advantage to White: Georgy Lisitsin - Mikhail Botvinnik 0-1 1.0, Leningrad Masters 1933 [DIAGRAM] Analysis by Stockfish 17.1: 1. +- (2.17): 12...Qf7 13.Nxf8 Kxf8 14.Bh6+ Ke8 15.Qg4 Na6 16.Rf1 d6 17.Qh4 Qg8+ 18.Kf2 Be6 19.Kg1 Kd7 20.Qxf6 Qh7 21.Bg5 Bc4 22.Rf2

   Oct-07-25 G Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1932

kingscrusher: I think I am starting to get it. Botvinnik has a good role model for planning as in "mini-plans" because he makes the positions stable first - and often that involves a bind. Here is this game, first a bind on the d pawn. Then the e-pawn. Then mini-plan after mini-plan until ...

   Oct-06-25 V Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1931

kingscrusher: 17...g5 is the most accurate it seems for black to hold equality with best play from White: [DIAGRAM] After Qc5+ although Botvinnik wins, white misses some accurate continuations for advantage in particular 20.Bf3: [DIAGRAM] If Nc5 trying to get coordination with the Queen on ...

   Oct-06-25 A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931

kingscrusher: 32...Bc5 seems more accurate than c2 [DIAGRAM] In the game White had to play 34 Rfxc2 to try and hold.

   Oct-04-25 Botvinnik vs V Silich, 1929

kingscrusher: If 21...Qh4 then 22 Bf4 is crushing - the pawn is in effect pinned to the e5 square - Qe5 if exd3. [DIAGRAM]

   Oct-03-25 Botvinnik vs P Sharov, 1929

kingscrusher: I like how the overloaded Queen is exploited tactically. These Botvinnik games are really a lot of fun and very instructive. Great stuff.

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Evolution of Chess Style

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Aug-01-07		kingscrusher: Welcome all!

Aug-25-07		Silverstrike: Hello! I think I ran into you once, an evening in early 2005, you were playing an away match for Muswell Hill, and didn't know where your lift was?

Aug-29-07		talisman: really enjoyed your analysis of the kasparov game on youtube.

Oct-21-10		kingscrusher: Hi all I'm re-activating my forum here. If you have any questions about Youtube videos, please let me know here. Or any games you think might be worth annotating. I'm currently intererested in the Evolution of chess style in particular.

Oct-22-10		kingscrusher: Updated my video project page for the Evolution of chess style: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclub... If you are interested in the Hypermoderns and Nimzovich, there are quite a few Nimzo videos here now :)

Oct-22-10		kingscrusher: Question: Are "Indian" opening systems inextricably linked with the Hypermodern school ?!

Oct-22-10		wordfunph: <kingcrusher> try to visit <Nf3em> forum, he's the Hypermodern guy..

Oct-23-10		jessicafischerqueen: <kingscrusher> you opened your forum! How exciting. Now I can spam your message box on three different websites. I much enjoyed your last "Evolution of style" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnCN... in which <Yates> hands <Nimzowitsch> his only loss at this great tournament: Game Collection: Karlsbad 1929 I have <Nimzowitsch's> book on this tournament and his annotations are hilarious- he argues that all of the games were won due to the correctness of hypermodern ideology. I think he made a good case for getting a shot at the title. It's too bad he never did. Best regards, Jess

Oct-23-10		jessicafischerqueen: Hmmm if "sniping at the center" is enough to qualify as a hypermodern idea, then the fianchettoed clergymen on the long diagonals should mean that <Indian Complexes> are "hypermodern" by definition. But what about fianchettos on the long diagonal at the same time as you try to occupy the center? Some players don't seem to mind doing this- blocking in their fianchettoed bishops with their own pawns even- with the idea that "later on" the bishops' latent power will become useful on the long diagonals. In that case, I'm not sure about definitions. I should think that "controlling the center without occupying it with pieces or pawns" is a necessary part of the generally accepted definition of <hypermodern chess>? If it is, then <Indian systems> may or may not conform to such a positional strategy.

Oct-23-10		dakgootje: Have you ever done an in-depth series on the English opening? [thus more than simply stating the names of the main variations ;) ]. Or, comparably, do you otherwise know an other chess-video maker who has either done such a series or plays it a lot in live 5-minute games? Did notice you have played it several times in your live vids In any case, both c4 and Nf3 have real potential to throw off an opponent -especially in blitz games- but get little attention; which is why I wonder whether you have any hints or suggestions :)

Oct-23-10		kingscrusher: Hi Jessica! Great to have you post here - welcome! I'm going to try and make the series quite interactive - perhaps I should do a video about the Indian systems, because I think I might be boring everyone including myself just covering every Nimzo Game from Carlsbad 1929... so a break on other aspects of style might be good.

Oct-23-10		kingscrusher: dakgootje: c4 is essentially a Sicilian defence in reverse, often transposing into Catalan's and d4 systems. There is a book called the "Dynamic English" which to be honest didn't help me at all during one British Championship - the ideas weren't that dynamic. I ended up switching to e4 for some time. But now and then I kick out 1.c4 in club matches when I'm not in such a theoretical mood.

Oct-23-10		kingscrusher: BTW, because I saw Hammer at the London Classic last year, I'm very interested to find out he defeated Ivanchuk very recently. I video annotated the game just now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIAz...

Oct-23-10		kingscrusher: BTW, I should also mention Chessbase have given me the possibility of a regular Tuesday night live broadcast slot which is called "Kingscrusher's Radio show". It is scheduled to be every Tuesday night on the Playchess.com server at (19:00) BST (20:00 GMT). I hope maybe some of you can come along on that Tuesaday night hour. I will be going over a couple of my recent more popular Youtube videos that I did in the recent week.

Oct-23-10		kingscrusher: I have made a brief video touching on the naming of "Indian systems" and their relaitonship with some of the founders of the Hypermodern school: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNaG...

Oct-24-10		kingscrusher: A highly entertaining 5-minute game played yesterday on ICC featuring bishops getting trapped, unsound sacs, and general chaos! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3twH...

Oct-24-10		kingscrusher: More info about the term "Indian" as in "Indian Openings" : According to Hooper and Whyldein the Oxford companion to chess, there was in the first half of the 19th century and Indian player Moheshunder, 'the Brahmnin' one of Cochrane's opponents who had defended 1.d4 with 1 ... Nf6 and followed with a kings or queens fianchetto, a development that may be properly called "Indian". The term was later coined then by Euwe in 1924 in his book "Indisch"

Oct-26-10		kingscrusher: Hi all, I hope to see some of you on "Kingscrushers Radio show" on Chessbase's playchess server at 19:00 BST (1800 GMT) - thats in about an hours time. I'm gonna check out the Carlsen Topalov crush. I've got a 1 hour broadcast slot there now on Tuesday evening.

Oct-26-10		kingscrusher: Here is the Carlsen Topalov win which I hope to cover reasonably well and interactively soon. I've included in this PGN some variations: http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=ox6i1... [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"] [Site "1:00:33-0:07:33"] [Date "2010.10.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Magnus Carlsen"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2826"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 (11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Qd7 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Ra8 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Nb3 Nd8) 12. c3 Ra8 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d4 h6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Qc8 17. Nh4 Bf8 (17... Na5 18. Ba2 (18. Bc2 g6 19. h3 Bf8 20. b3 c5) 18... Nc4 19. b3 Qa6 20. bxc4 Qxa2 21. cxb5 exd4 22. Qxd4 Bxb5) 18. Ng6 Na5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 (19... Nxb3 20. Nxd7 Nxc1 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qxc1 (22. Nf5)) 20. Bc2 Re8 21. f4 Bg4 22. Qd3 exf4 (22... Qb7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. h3 Be6) 23. Bxf4 Nc4 24. Bc1 c5 25. Rf1 cxd4 (25... Rd8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Bxh6 Nbd7 28. Be3) 26. cxd4 Qd8 27. h3 Be6 28. b3 Qa5 (28... Nb6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Ba3+ Re7 33. Qh8#) 29. Kh2 (29. bxc4 Bxc4 30. Qd2) ( 29. bxc4 Bxc4) (29. bxc4 Bxc4 30. Qe3 Bxf1 31. Nxf1 b4 32. Bd2 Qa3 33. Qe2 Rc8 34. Bb1 Qb2 35. Qd3 Re8 36. e5 dxe5 37. dxe5 Rxe5) 29... Nh7 30. e5 g6 (30... Nf8 31. Nh5 Ra8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. bxc4 (33. Qg3+ Ng6 34. Rf6 Kf8 35. Bxg6) 33... Kh8 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. d5) 31. d5 Nxe5 (31... Bc8 32. bxc4) 32. dxe6 1-0 Nxd3 33. exf7+ Kf8 34. Bxh6+ Ke7 35. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 36. Bxd3 Kd7 (36... Qc3 37. Bxg6+ Kd7 38. Bxh7 Qxb3) 37. Bxg6 Qa3 38. Rf3 d5 39. Bxh7 1-0 If you have Chessbase light, just do New Game.. Then copy and paste this - and it should all be there including variations.

Oct-26-10		Markcf: Kingcrusher...i really enjoy your game annotations,and have downloaded most of them as i find you a lot easier to understand and not only the way you take ppl through the games,but verbally more than some foreign bloke with a dodgey accent who talks way too fast in broken english too! Keep the vids coming and id love to play you one day?

Oct-27-10		ChessBookForum: <kingscrusher> Welcome! We are well aware of your chess career and your work on youtube. If you have any books you'd like to mention, review, or tell us about, please feel welcome to do so at our forum. In addition, don't hesitate to post links to your video analysis in support- it strikes us that your series on <Kotov's> "Think Like a Grandmaster" would make for a good post in which you give us your written impressions of this volume. Your many videos on the writings of <Aron Nimzowitsch> could similarly be helpful in a post about your favorite books by that great chess master and author. At any rate, we would be very pleased to host any contributions you wish to make. To get to our forum, just click on the pink book avatar.

Oct-27-10		kingscrusher: Hi Chessbookforum and welcokme to my forum. I am biased towards strategic oriented books - and perhaps some of these have elements of the ancient manuscript "The art of war" - e.g. Nimzovich My system - maybe has principles which he has repackaged. For me, Kotov and his "Think like a Grandmaster" actually annoys me considerably. Does anyone really think Grandmasters think like Trees with the candidate move system?! Maybe Soltis, Rowson and other GMs have it wrong when they say that a lot of Kotov's think like a Grandmaster is impractical, and too exhausting to actually use in practice. Also what is the relationship between Kotov's games and style of play and opening choices and the candidate move system. His style looks positional to me - it did when he played at Hastings. I have not seen a greater disconnection ever between a person's writings and their actual games. The one connection I did see with a candidate move system and a practical game was an adjudicated position where the Russians wanted to work within a team to analyse a position. And in that manner it is a systematic way of documenting findings - when analysing a position at leisure and perhaps wanting to assign candidate moves to players as a team effort. It was one of Kotov's brilliances with a queen sac. This was adjudication analysis. I have done quite a few videos about Kotov's book - and mostly I hate it. I prefer strategic oriented books like "My system" by Nimzovich. I.e. addressed at human beings - and not machines, or getting people to think like machines. Here are my videos: http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...

Oct-27-10		kingscrusher: Markcf: I am a foreign bloke myself as my parents are from Cyprus but I was born in England. I have nothing myself against foreign accents and welcome diversity in life, and diversity of idealogies as well. But anyway, each to their own view. I am glad some people can enjoy my own accent on my videos. And my main microphone issues are now behind me since I invested in a better one a few months back. Welcome to this forum.

Oct-27-10		kingscrusher: Finally my Nimzovich annotated games book has arrived. He is absolutely hillarious talking about the style of Rubenstein, saying that he didn't seem to get anything out of the opening, middlegame, endgame, but somehow wins - and then we find in his moves later the deep brilliance that actually he was better all along. He refers to the spectators as fully expecting a draw most of the time when watching his games.

Oct-27-10		kingscrusher: Kotov was apparently assigned to Taimanov has one of the three key Soviet helpers according to the book "Bobby Fischer Goes to War". Unfortunately Taimmanov still lost 6-0 to Fischer. Maybe Kotov hadn't explained the different types of tree properly. Curiously Taimanov comments of Fischer apparently: "Only Taimanov insisted he could win, dismissing Fischer as a mere computer..." BFGTOW Page 77 Thats interesting, because isn't Kotov's My system sort of getting people to think like computers?! Interesting. Also reading Nimzo's Carlsbad 1929 - he writes that he was overprotecting his kingside too much, and could have been punished for his dogmatism!

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