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The 1.d4 series

jonnyjupiter
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Hi all!

Sorry I've been away for so long - I've been very busy with work and chess has had to take a back seat for a couple of months.

To make up for it, we've launched 2 new tournaments:

1) The last in our exploration of the Sicilian Defence - the 2. c3 variation, also known as the 'Alapin Variation'. A good one to learn if you want to avoid having to keep up with the latest in Najdorf/Dragon/Scheveningen etc. theory.

2) The start of our d4 series - the main line Slav.

We'll be going through all the main responses to d4 in the coming months, starting with the most common 1. ... d5 responses and then moving onto the Indian replies (King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian), but at the same time we'll run a series looking at the more daring replies to 1. d4 such as the Dutch, Benoni and Grünfeld.

Don't despair, those 1. e4 fans amongst our merry band! We'll start our discussion of the French Defence (my personal favourite) next month.

So, join in, play well and learn all you can!

Please post your favourite games from previous tournaments for us all to enjoy whenever you have the time.

JJ

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