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kingscrusher
Member since Apr-12-04 · Last seen Jan-18-26
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

?Join my Discord: https://kingscrusher.tv/discord

?Quora: https://quora.com/profile/Tryfon-Ga...

?Youtube: https://youtube.com/kingscrusher

?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! :-))))

>> Click here to see kingscrusher's game collections.

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   kingscrusher has kibitzed 4162 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Nov-20-25 Bologan vs Carlsen, 2012
 
kingscrusher: I think 29.h4 is the real culprit for the disaster. Two issues in the White position - the g3 bishop seems locked out of the game. But the bigger one is he rook coming to the 7th rank. The bishop to g3 has caused light square weaknesses in black's camp - so that manoever to g3 ...
 
   Nov-13-25 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2010
 
kingscrusher: I have a bias to ignore these blindfold games as they are not going to be on full strength - but this one seems particularly instructive.
 
   Nov-12-25 Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2009
 
kingscrusher: This seems to be a pretty iconic pawn majority exploiting game with some help from the opponent. Philidor would be proud.
 
   Nov-12-25 Carlsen vs Topalov, 2009 (replies)
 
kingscrusher: The h3 move is very much favoured by Stockfish nowadays. [DIAGRAM] It has no name on lichess opening explorer, as compared to say : Be2 - orthodox variation Be3 - Larsen variation Bg5 - Zinnowitz variation Maybe Be2 should be called the "Stockfish variation" In fact the ...
 
   Nov-11-25 Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2009
 
kingscrusher: 23...Ne4 should help fully equalise for black: [DIAGRAM]
 
   Nov-05-25 Carlsen vs Morozevich, 2006
 
kingscrusher: I played through this game a few times to get a resuable theme - and I think it is like mining through a diagonal - where you already know there are weaknesses (like a Sink-hole in the ground). "Drill baby Drill" as Trump would say! So the way that the h1-h8 diagonal ...
 
   Nov-03-25 Jobava vs Carlsen, 2005
 
kingscrusher: Nice positional exchange sacrifice basically forced by White's forceful moves. The position for black seemed much easier to play with that pawn mass. Just "push the pawns" mostly.
 
   Nov-03-25 Carlsen vs G Tallaksen Ostmoe, 2005
 
kingscrusher: There seems to be two stylistic playing hats in this game - the 1st hat is controlling the center, and hypermodern with double fianchetto. Then things start happening after the rook pivots to h4 - becomes like a Mikhail Tal game. Black needed to play h6 and not c5. The c7 pawn ...
 
   Oct-30-25 T Barendse vs Carlsen, 2004
 
kingscrusher: I remember British GM Chris Ward commenting that a young Magnus Carlsen had found lots of holes in his book on the Sicilian Dragon. So I am not sure it is so much memory of the Sicilian dragon as tearing apart a book in great detail and scrutiny too, to be able to play it very ...
 
   Oct-30-25 Carlsen vs A Diamant, 2003
 
kingscrusher: <MissScarlett> I take it to mean no obvious mistakes or key improvements. But it also means the difficulty of the positions is manageable - Magnus choice of opening reduced counterplay making the position not particularly tactically complex. So Magnus is a clever human in
 
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Dec-29-12  Tiggler: <kingcrusher> Thanks for your video of World v Akobian. You did a great job. To have brought it out so fast after the conclusion of the game, I guess you must have been following its progress. Were you signed on as a member of World Team, to see the ongoing analysis and arguments?
Dec-31-12
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  Annie K.: Happy New Year, <Tryfon>! :)
Jan-01-13  cormier: Happy New Year ... tks G
Jan-04-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: Happy New Year to you too <Tryfon>!
Jan-06-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Tryfon> here is <Sultan Khan> playlist:

"Kingscrusher annotates brilliancies from the Indian Master Mir Sultan Khan, who appeared on the British chess scene in the 1930s and astonished the world by racking up several British Championships and beating world class opposition, notably JR Capablanca, Saloman Flohr, Akiva Rubinstein, and many others."

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Jan-12-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: Thanks Jessica - I will start putting that link on his games.

Cheers, K

Jan-16-13  ShahMaat: ....i learned this game at the tender age of nine.Now i am 66..following these great gm's...i feel like a chicken looking up at circling hawks in the blue heavens.
Jan-16-13  Xaurus: kingscrusher,

TCEC is back!
Should start within a week or so.

http://www.tcec-chess.net

Jan-17-13  morfishine: Hello <kingscrusher>! Excellent video on Aronian vs Anand 2013.

You mentioned 13.Bxh7+ as an alternative for White. I concur and feel this move is superior to 13.Nxh7. Here are my thoughts on this move posted at the game: Aronian vs Anand, 2013

Note: Engine-testing is needed for final confirmation

Best, Morf

Feb-20-13  notyetagm: <Kingcrusher: ... With your permission please may I use other examples from your loose piece collection in other future videos?!>

But of course. Use anything from my game collections that you find useful.

Feb-21-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: <notyetagm:> Thank you so much - there are some members like yourself with a truly amazing and awesome collection of game collections - these really help bring key examples to themes, or provide context to things like Tournaments - thank you so much. Cheers, K
Feb-21-13  notyetagm: B Amin vs A Muir, 2013

<frogbert: yeah, i missed 16. Nxe5! when i made my premature comment on 14. f5 tactics are tricky! you need to get both the idea *and* the right move order... ;o)>

A *fantastic* explanation of the tactical oversight made by GM Amin can be found here -> http://www.chessscotland.com/forum/....

Jun-21-13  TheSlid: Hi <Tryfon> I thought i should say hello here, as a mark of respect, at least. Have been a big fan of your channel for some time and have seen it as the most entertaining source of updates on the current chess scene.

Not to mention the live 5 minute games - a sort of Cassaic Tom and Jerry - basic, funny and true to life.

Innovative stuff.

Jun-21-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: <Tryfon>

New cg.com Historical Tournaments feature?!

People can kibbutz on these pages. I just added your analysis of rounds 1-5 of the great <Nottingham 1936> tournament here:

Nottingham (1936)

Here is the Historical Tournaments page- you can browse this amazing list for historical tournaments from the 19th century up to the present day: Tournament Index

Jun-21-13  TheFocus: <jess> Get over to Game Collection Voting. We have a Fischer tournament nominated. <Buenos Aires 1970>.
Jun-21-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen: lol <The Focus> tracking me down.

I just voted for two of them, but it appears you voted "Nay" for the first one? Do you want me to kill it?

Possibly you might post an answer in my forum.

This is the <MIGHTY KING CRUSHER> forum.

Jul-09-13
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  kingscrusher: Jessica this is brilliant news for historians - we can now kibitz on these historical tournaments

I have added some video annotation links to the special Yugoslavia Candidates tournament of 1959 - which Tal won to be able to challenge Botvinnik:

Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959)

Great stuff

Jul-21-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: Behold this amazing finding!

Bd2! winning by force and not documented anywhere in this classic Fischer game where Fischer instead played Qxa2 and got a lucky break when Keres blundered horrifically with Bb5 ??

Keres vs Fischer, 1959

Aug-28-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Annie K.: Happy Birthday, <Tryfon>! :)
Oct-09-13  MarkFinan: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NaMC8f...

Hi, KC... Just watched your video, posted above, and I wandered what interface you use? Is it just me or do you also think that it's easier to see a game a lot clearer on certain GUI's? (That is what they're called, right? I'm completely computer illiterate!)

Oct-22-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: <MarkFinan:> I have commercial usage permission from Chessbase to make use of Chessbase for videos on Youtube. It is the Chessbase client software.

Cheers, K

Oct-29-13  DcGentle: <kingscrusher>: I must say, I enjoy all your videos, very nice.

As a little thank you I posted a PGN text about the escape of Fontane in R Fontaine vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2007 .

Thanks again!

Ģ

Nov-06-13  talisman: <kingcrusher> will you be doing videos of the upcoming match? I really enjoy your videos. also, I was watching your botvinnik Bronstein series but could not find part 3. thanks in advance.
Nov-10-13
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  kingscrusher: My World championship 2013 Playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Cheers, K

Nov-12-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: My first ever Chessbase article:

"WCh Chennai: it's all about style"

http://www.chessbase.com/post/wch-c...

Hope you like it

Cheers, K

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