24 year old Grandmaster Csaba Balogh plays Black against Davor Palo - Interview Series

[GomeZeta]

can you explain me why black decided to take on c3 at 2:05 preferring to Nxd2?I thank anticipately.

[OnlineChessLessons]

@GomeZeta well ...Nxd2 is definitely possible there, but i think the Nc3 is exerting more pressure on the position than the Bd2 (specifically on the center, and black's d5 pawn). also ...Nxd2 would allow white to develop the queen with Qxd2 and maybe enable white to immediately 0-0-0

[GomeZeta]

@OnlineChessLessons thank you.

[MrPRow007]

Thanks!

[AlanWattParrot]

g3 looks foolish, kind of wrong footed white from the get-go

"As for a turning point, I recall some stages of my career when I needed some time to progress to the next stage. For example I quickly reached 2150, but then I had to wait 2 years to move up. Then immediately I jumped to 2350. There again, I had to wait several years for the next jump. Always these kind of jumps happened but I know that it is not only in my career, it is typical for all chess players"

that's how it is for me

[AnImmortalEra]

Happy New Years!

[pauchalo]

Thanks, happy New year!!

[OnlineChessLessons]

@pauchalo happy new years!