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Italienisch für Anfänger

Wie gewinnt man mit der Italienische Partie ?GM Craze

Road To 2300+ - My Breakthrough Tournament

Discover The Things I Did DIFFERENTLY To Achieve A 2400+ Performance As A 2150-Rated PlayerNM MrPushwood

LESSONS: "How come they always play Kb1?"

I remember how this one used to annoy me when I was starting out. All the experts would say speed wa…GM Durarbayli

Game of the Week I-Bernadskiy,Vitaliy (2599) - Tabatabaei,M. Amin (2643)

Allegedly, Radjabov said in an interview during the 2010 World Blitz Championship that “Everyone is …Foundations of Chess StrategyCM Kingscrusher-YouTube

Emanuel Lasker's most brilliant early career game

Double Bishop Sacrifice Brilliancy vs BauerChessboard and pieces... is your internet-connection bad?george_mcgeorge

My favorite Openings

My "top 10" and some advices on OpeningsDinasaurCM Kingscrusher-YouTube

How threats can improve own position and damage the opponent's position

Nearly every move a threat! - Porges vs Lasker - 1896NM Vitamixbrand

The Walk of No Shame (Opening Repertoire Ideas for Bongcloud Fanatics)

If you asked several chess players to make a list of the swaggiest things one can pull off in a game…GM Craze

Basic Ideas Of The Nimzo-Indian

Discover how to play the most solid defence to 1.d4!lighteye

Gambit of Othello, the Moore of Venice!

https://youtu.be/pVS-UMttVcgglasstrekkersage

Correspondence Chess

Opening a new chapter in my chess experienceSefegiru

Opening Tactics - Part 2: Pattern Recognition Is No Substitute For Calculation

This second part of my series on opening tactics is a warning. A warning that pattern recognition is…NM oberschlumpf

What opening should I play? (Part 1)

An attempt to address one of the most frequent question in forumFM xberli

¿Cómo comenzar a estudiar aperturas?

¿Cómo comenzar a estudiar aperturas?Sefegiru

Opening Tactics - Part 3: Miniatures in the Elephant Gambit

Today I would like to show you a couple of fun miniature games (less than 20 moves) with the Elephan…Sefegiru

Opening Tactics - Part 4: Smothered Mates in the Opening

Today I would like to show you some Smothered Mates right out of the opening. While it would sure be…LM TonyRo

A Practical Way to Challenge the Smith-Morra Gambit

Use the Tried and True Taylor Defense to Snatch the Pawn and Scorenohandlebars

The Fischer Defense: An Unsound Response to an Unsound Opening?

If your opponent chooses the fearless King’s Gambit, surely a timid, “high class waiting move” is a …"Warning Sign" by oatsy40Sefegiru

Opening Tactics - Part 5: Deflection Sacrifice on f2/f7

CHEAPO ALERT! Don't fall for these traps!nohandlebars

The Muzio Gambit

The most aggressive variation of one of the most aggressive openings in chessSefegiru

Learn from Defeats - Part 1 (Lichess Rating below 1300)

This blog is an experiment. I pick a sample of randomly chosen defeats of a player who voiced intere…StephanDerrick

GM loses in 5 moves!

What can we learn from grandmasters losing in less than 10 moves!Chess Starting Position.SapotaLegend

Chess Openings for White

The most common openings in chess for white, all shown in this study."Vik" and "Yaz" sharing a hugC4L_PeterJ

Facing Unusual Openings ft. Vik and Vik

Unusual openings are a fact of life in chess -- how do you face them?