Here is my first digital diary post outlining the chess study I did for the day.
This is part of my Climb To 2000 series.
Rating 1668
Puzzle Rush Score 30
Today I looked over a game played by the legend Garry Kasparov. Here is that game.
One thing that stood out to me when I was going over the game was the similarities with the Ruy Lopez after the sixth move 6.Bb3 a5 While this is clearly different to the Ruy Lopez. There are similar ideas of attacking on the kingside (which Garry Kasparov does an excellent job of). I haven’t played against the Alekhine defense much, but I could see myself liking these types of positions as white.
I also enjoyed watching the first day of the Chess 9XL Tournament on the St Louis Chess Club YouTube. The tournament has many great players in it, including Garry Kasparov.