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The Most Aggressive Way To Meet The Najdorf

As always, unconventional, aggresive, and wins a lot. What else can you ask for?IM Lizard1

French Defense Masterclass: Crushing a 2600+ GM

A 2600+ GM gets completely outplayed in the French Defense, and Black executes every thematic idea t…GM Durarbayli

Game of the Week XXXVIII- Alekseenko,Kirill (2693) - Ragger,Markus (2665)

Could you believe it if 8 out of 9 moves by White in the opening of a high-level game were made by p…IM datajunkie

#16: How dreaming of an alien planet made me realise I should play the Najdorf

My Najdorf origin storyGM NoelStuder

Save Time and Energy with a Simple Approach to Sidelines

Throughout my career, I was always happy when my opponents opted for sidelines in the Opening. I int…GetDiscombobulated

The Better Budapest - Nimzo Indian Gambits pt.1

If you like open positions, you may have considered various e5 gambits against 1.d4. In this Blog I'…Michael Jackson dancing on a chess boardTotalNoob69

Out-Scandi the Scandi - Black won't know what hit them

... a gambit that, when refuted, makes YOU the Scandi playerClaude ShannonFM CheckRaiseMate

Entropy in the Opening

Using information theory to quantify the surprise value of chess openingsFM WelshWhiteSinge

A Queens Gambit Trick

Pattern recognition is key to improvement so remember to look out for this trick if the right condit…learningchess6

Ultrabullet Tricks

Bxf7 is a good trickReyEnigma

7 ERRORES en la APERTURA

Aprende estos errores comunes entre principiantesWFM Bullet_House

The Jobava London System: Play it, Counter it, Master it!

Do you want an aggressive, easy-to-learn system that can throw your opponents off balance? Or perhap…NM ChessDoofus

3...Bc5 or 3...Nf6: How Should Black Respond to the Italian Game?

For most 1...e5 players, the choice against the Italian comes down to 3...Bc5 (the Giuoco Piano) and…ReyEnigma

7️⃣TRUQUITOS de mi ESCANDINAVA ENIGMÁTICA

Mi nueva defensa con negrasGather all of your games into a single study for review and referenceTotalNoob69

I created a repertoire, learned how to play, played games... What now?

... a LiChess Tools extension use caseFM Minckwitz

Review: The Perfect Pirc-Modern by Viktor Moskalenko

This is a review by FM James Vigus of Moskalenko's The Perfect Pirc-Modernchess piece in mailFM CheckRaiseMate

March Mailbag

Rapid, explaining opening moves, and counterplayIM Lizard1

Chasing the King Across the Board in King's Indian

This classical King’s Indian attack is so powerful that White’s king is driven from g1 to c3, and co…h6? threating a night on g5noahlz

The Nameless (Completely Unsound) Gambit

Who's teaching this?Key position in Tal - Oll (Riga 1986)TotalNoob69

Destroy the Caro Kann with style

... a beautiful line with a lot of lessons to impartIM CSB7

My BOOK on the CATALAN has been PUBLISHED!

It has been a long time since my last blog post, so I thought the best way to return would be to ann…FM BuendiaChess

Aggressive idea in the Biel Masters + Endgame Masterclass

Le Quang Liem for the third time in his carrer employed this opening idea of g5 in the Steinitz vs M…Course artFM CheckRaiseMate

My Chessable Course Is Out!

A full repertoire for White in 100 lines starting with 1. Nf3Closed Center StrategiesFM mizant83

Pawn chains and direction

A look at how pawn chains influence where to attack in closed positions.