The Cochrane Gambit was used to good effect as a secret weapon to help my students bring home national titles to Fremont, California. Arising from the Petroff Defense, the Cochrane Gambit is an ultra aggressive line where white sacrifices their knight on move four to draw the black king out early. The starting point forContinueContinue reading “Killer Cochrane Gambit”
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Winning Chess Moves: Koltanowski vs Diller, San Francisco, 1960
Today’s winning chess move involves a way to collect your opponent’s queen on just the fifth move! Unfortunately, you are not likely to find an opponent falling for this famous trap in the Damiano Variation of Petrov’s Defense. Still, as the great California chess ambassador George Koltanowski shows us, it’s an opening trap worth knowing.ContinueContinue reading “Winning Chess Moves: Koltanowski vs Diller, San Francisco, 1960”