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Akiba Rubinstein (1882-1961) was a chess master who claimed he studied chess six hours a day, 300 days a year. Another 60 days he spent playing in chess tournaments. The remaining five days he rested. He never ate in public and w...
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Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825-1874) was one of the strongest English players in the 1850s. He scored more wins than anyone else against Paul Morphy, defeating him 8 times in friendly play. Morphy considered him the strongest chess p...
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The Fried Liver Attack is a continuation of the Two Knights Defense. It is an aggressive gambit where white gives up a knight in exchange for poor king safety for black. This attack has not been proven decisive, especially under slower time cont...
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The Damaino Defense is a uncommon opening that is used by black. It goes like this: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6?. f6 is a horrible move that takes away the g8 knights best square for development and weakens the e8-h5 diagonal, which makes it possible for whi...
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In the Modern Defense, also known as the Robatsch Defense, after Karl Robatsch, Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4. Black's hope is to attack and undermine White's "ideal" position without directly attempting to...
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The term Wing gambit usually refers to when white plays an early b2 to b4 deflecting a black pawn. There are many wing gambits. The first one is the Evan's Gambit, popularized by William Davie Evans. In the 1800's everybody used it and there were ...
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D30: Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) is a chess opening when after White plays the Queen's Gambit:
1. d4 d52. c4Black declines the pawn offered by White and plays:
2. ... e6By declining the temporary pawn sacrifice, Black erects a s...
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The fishing pole trap is a common trap in the Ruy Lopez that has an extremely high success rate. It is a very tempting trap and many players have fallen for it. It is in the Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense. Here it is:
White can refute it with d4 thou...
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The Slav Defense begins with the moves
1. d4 d52. c4 c6The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit. Although it was analyzed as early as 1590, it was not until the 1920s that it started to be explored extensively. Many m...
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The Barcza System is a interesting formation that is kind of like a reversed King's Indian defense, and it can become a King's Indian attack, which is one of its main lines.
Here is the bare bones of the formation:
White can reach this position ...
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