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7 Feb 2022
NM
Vitamixbrand
Stunners in the Samisch-Benoni/KID complex
The King's Indian Defense is one of the most challenging yet rewarding defenses available to black. …
9 Feb 2022
Adimumbai
Best Openings For White
Hello Everyone, Welcome to my chess Blog. Today we will learn some of the Best opening for White
9 Feb 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
CHESS OPENINGS TUTORIAL : ULTIMATE Sicilian Defence GUIDE for BEGINNERS
Many variations of the Sicilian defence are discussed
12 Feb 2022
Chalengine
You can Crush the Dodgy 4...Qh4 Scotch!
Spend a few minutes reading this blog and you won't lose some cheap ELOs because of the trappy 4...Q…
12 Feb 2022
doni9
Stafford Gambit
The Stafford Gambit
13 Feb 2022
Sefegiru
Opening Tactics - Part 6: Strike When You Are Ready!
Fundamental opening principles dictate the need for quick, harmonious and efficient development of y…
14 Feb 2022
matabichos26
A New Pawn Cube Opening?!
Discovering a brand new gambit in the Alekhine Defense
16 Feb 2022
danbock
When to play the Rxc3 exchange sacrifice in the Najdorf: A data-driven approach
I made my computer analyze 430,000 Lichess games to find positions where the Rxc3 exchange sacrifice…
20 Feb 2022
Tiberian
How to learn an opening
An 8 step approach to learning an opening, if you're ready.
20 Feb 2022
FM
Minckwitz
Book review: The Sicilian Four Knights by David Willis
This is a review by FM James Vigus of David Willis's 'The Sicilian Four Knights'
22 Feb 2022
Sefegiru
Opening Tactics - Part 1: Good Traps -vs- Bad Traps
This is the first in a new series of blog posts on tactics in the opening. Today I will talk about t…
24 Feb 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Queen Sacrifice beauty! Beautiful jewel of a game in the Sicilian Pin variation
Jonathon Tisdall vs Graham Lee has an amazing Queen Sacrifice
26 Feb 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Mikhail Tal's great use of the Rossolimo system avoiding main line open Sicilian
Mikhail Tal - Yrjo A Rantanen
27 Feb 2022
GM
Craze
Dealing With Sidelines - Bird's Opening
How do you deal with unusual early moves by the opponent?
28 Feb 2022
Tiberian
Learning openings for those who don't have time to learn openings
What if you don't have time to learn openings? There's a method (with a touch of madness) for you!
3 Mar 2022
FM
Minckwitz
Book review: Play the Orangutan 1.b4! by Carsten Hansen
This is a review by FM James Vigus of Play the Orangutan 1.b4! by Carsten Hansen
5 Mar 2022
NM
visualdennis
My Ultimate Guide to Chess960
In-Depth Guide about History, Strategies & Opening Tips, Resources for Chess960 and more
6 Mar 2022
FM
CheckRaiseMate
Puzzles vs. Games
These positions are easy puzzles but almost no one got them right in a real game
9 Mar 2022
FM
Saqochess
Immortal game Vaganian in French Defence!
Definitely best game of life Rafael Vaganian!
11 Mar 2022
cFlour
TFW you realise the same openings don't work in Variants
Part 1 of an opening/strategy guide on the new antichess variants on liantichess!
12 Mar 2022
FM
CheckRaiseMate
oh no my metagame
Measuring Eric Rosen's impact on the popularity of the Stafford Gambit
12 Mar 2022
njswift
The Advance Caro-Kann
The Botvinnik-Carls as a low-theoretical approach
14 Mar 2022
bigurb
Top 64 Board positions after move 10
Using Python do so some data analysis on the most common board positions after move 10
14 Mar 2022
CM
Kingscrusher-YouTube
Vassily Ivanchuk's immortal game vs Garry Kasparov
A must-see game showing how the bishop pair can be crushed!
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