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  • Premature resignation misses miracle escape

    There is nothing more frustrating than resigning in a winning position, but in today's game the player can be forgiven because the winning line is truly manaical. However, it serves to remind us that you must consider all captures in every complic... | Read More

  • SOS - Secrets of Opening Surprises

    No time to study opening theory? Shock your opponent with an SOS! With an SOS you deviate early (usually before move 6!) from regular lines in mainstream openings. So you will reach positions you have actually studied without having memorized t... | Read More

  • The Mighty Benoni

    N.N. (1950) - Sam (1850), Bristol District League 2012 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 Not so long ago, the extremely dangerous Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+                     ... | Read More

  • A Cascade of Tactics

    Collopy: “This game was played in a serious manner (about an hour each spent on it) - although without clocks.” David S (2066) – R. Collopy (1722), Friendly match 2012 ECO: E10 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6                     ... | Read More

  • Highway to Chess Hell

    CP said: “This game was played a few weeks ago, at a strong tournament in which I played up into the Open section. I was playing with the black pieces and lost the game after a five-hour struggle that went past 1 AM – to date the longe... | Read More


    • LoL damn sick of waiting...

      Very annoying the waiting... I am 49 years old and just avoiding chess, but reading about it, especially my openings... I am waiting till i turn 50 in a few days, then i am going to turn my 1100 rating into 2200 Master rating. Can an 'old' man be... | Read More

      • crok
      • | May 18, 2013
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    • Exploring Mallorca - Magaluf

      Origin : http://blog.alexipatov.com/2013/05/01/exploring-mallorca-magaluf In October, 2012 , I had a trip to Mallorca, a beautiful island and famous resort, which is located in the Mediterranean Sea and belongs to Spain.   Before I share ot... | Read More

    • Over 30 pictures from Barcelona. March 2013

      Hi, I spent more than two weeks this March in Barcelona, so would like to share with you some pictures from this amazing city. It was my NN trip to the Catalan capital, but nevertheless it was that enjoyable as the first time I came there in 2007.... | Read More

    • Strongest openings for white.

      Hi. I will write in this article about openings for both sides, that will give at least not bad chances for winning. So just remember that you must choose openings according to your style(attacking or solid-defensive). First I'm going to start f... | Read More

    • Not many people know this openning

      So I thought to write something after a long time. This time, we will take a look at "Catalan Opening" one of the few openings ever played in chess.  | Read More

      • Skyplayer
      • | Apr 17, 2013
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      • | 5 comments

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  • A00 to E99

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    This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code. In 1966, Chess Informant categorised the chess openings into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken down into one hundred subcate... Read More »

  • King's Indian Attack

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      The King's Indian Attack (KIA), also known as the Barcza System (after Gedeon Barcza), is a chess opening system for White, most notably used by Bobby Fischer. Its typical formation is shown in the diagram to the right.It is an attacki... Read More »