Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com This is a public service announcement to all of those players who, facing 1.d4! and 2.c4! reply with either 1...d5 and 2...Nf6 or 1...Nf6 and 2...d5. You are choosing an incorrect, inferior defense... The Marshall (or American) Defense   Â...http://blog.chess.com/Draconis/the-ever-popular-and-incorrect-marshall-defenseFri, 22 Jul 2011 08:49:56 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Draconis/the-ever-popular-and-incorrect-marshall-defenseHaving just read yet another comment (in Mig's chess blog) bemoaning the rather sad economic status of professional chess, and the low incomes and status which accrue to its practitioners, I was motivated to contribute my own thoughts on the matte...http://blog.chess.com/Draconis/why-theres-no-money-in-chessSun, 11 Apr 2010 08:04:08 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Draconis/why-theres-no-money-in-chessAnother in the continuing series of the computer disagreeing with GM book analysis.Soltis, The Wisest Things..., p. 13, Karpov - Polugayevsky, QF6, 1974                                     First of all, the G...http://blog.chess.com/Draconis/computer-beats-book-againSun, 19 Apr 2009 07:55:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Draconis/computer-beats-book-again