Sunday, February 7, 2010

NM Ricky Merano

This is Rhal's first session with NM Ricky who has trained now-GMs Bong Villamayor and John Paul Gomez. The training focuses on Rhal's handling of the opening, particularly the Ruy Lopez and the Hungarian Defense. Rhal's games vs Gio Mejia in Jakarta and vs Stephen Pangilinan in Xavier were analyzed. Then they played a game of Ruy:

W: NM MERANO, Ricky
B: SOL CRUZ, Rhal Jr.
MERALCO, Pasig City


Result: 1-0

6... Bc5
The position is Tiviakov vs Ponomariov in WCh 2001, Svidler vs Anand in Amber 2006, Adams vs Shirov in WCh 2007.

14... Nf4
Do not trade active pieces for inactive pieces.
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach

Rybka: 14... d5!? 15.exd5 Nxd5

16... g5
One of the most common weaknesses occurs when an ill-advised pawn move is made in front of the K.
The Modern Art of Attack

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