Best tactician sees everything | Galchenko - Svane | Blitz chess

FM Matvey Galchenko has been playing top boards all the tournament against grandmasters. He plays 1.f4 which is Bird's opening intending to surprise his opponents. GM Svane Rasmus is the tournaments favourite and definitely wants to get a win. Matvey Galchenko - Svane Rasmus, RTU closing blitz, Blitz chess, Bird's opening The opening was mentioned by Luis Ramírez de Lucena in his book Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con Cien Juegos de Partido, published c. 1497. In the mid-nineteenth century the opening was sometimes played by La Bourdonnais and Elijah Williams, among others. The British master Henry Edward Bird first played it in 1855 and continued to do so for the next 40 years.[1] In 1885, the Hereford Times named it after him.[2] In the first half of the 20th century Aron Nimzowitsch and Savielly Tartakower sometimes played 1.f4.[3] In more recent decades, grandmasters who have used the Bird's with any regularity include Bent Larsen, Andrew Soltis, Lars Karlsson,[4] Mikhail Gurevich, and Henrik Danielsen.[5] #svanerasmus #birdsopening Blitz chess and rapid chess video. Live blitz and rapid chess. Rapid chess and blitz chess tournaments Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.