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    • Franco-Hiva Gambit

      FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5   The Franco-Hiva Gambit (C00), with 2...f5, shares some characteristics of the Dutch Defence. The continuation with 3.e5 (declining the gambit) poses no real problems for Black; better is to play 3.exf5 as i... | Read More

    • Dutch Defence(Houdini3 Fritz13)

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    • Dutch, Staunton Gambit

      DUTCH, STAUNTON GAMBIT 1.d4 f5 2.e4   The Staunton Gambit (A82) is probably the sharpest reaction to the Dutch Defence. Through sacrificing a pawn, white hopes to get a lead in development and take  advantage of black's weakened kingside by ... | Read More

    • Dutch Disaster

      In the following game I was playing white against a comrade of mine. Somehow the game ended in only 16 moves, so let's try and see what went wrong for black in the Dutch Defence. I think the main points from the game are: 1: Follow the... | Read More

      • SimaSun
      • | Dec 30, 2012
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    • "Heart-Rensching" And Nearly Perfect!!

      [Blog History] An Official Chess.com/TV Group Blog Entry    Hello again and welcome to another recap of the two latest Chess.com/TV Shows: yesterday's Your Games Analyzed (YGA) and today's BIG Show.  They are hosted, respectively, by GM Mage... | Read More


  • FIDE Geneva Grand Prix Round 10

    Official Website Report - Bela Khotenashvili overtakes Anna Muzychuk in the lead In the tenth round of Neva Fondation Women Grand Prix Georgian player Bela Khotenashvili confidently won against Kateryna Lagno and is half a point ahead of Anna ... | Read More

  • Tata Steel Round Two

    In round two at Wijk Aan Zee the best chess in the A Group tended to come from the players with the black pieces, but this didn't translate into many decisive games. In the biggest matchup of the day, Vishy Anand ran into some opening preparation... | Read More

  • Kramnik Beats Nakamura At Corus

    Round eight at Corus 2010 matched up the leading players against one another in crucial encounters. Vladimir Kramnik (pictured) had to play accurately in the early stages against Nakamura's Dutch defence, but he emerged unscathed and fought back ... | Read More

  • Shirov Goes 4/4 At Corus

    Alexei Shirov extended his lead at the 2010 Corus tournament by recording his fourth win in as many games to reach 4 points out of 4. Shirov's victim today was Jan Smeets, who blundered with 33. Rcd8?? and now becomes the cellar-dweller with just... | Read More

  • Naka Leads, Karpov Struggles

    With just one round to go in San Sebastian, Hikaru Nakamura (pictured) still leads on 6/8, half a point ahead of his nearest pursuer, Ruslan Ponomariov.  But with nerves jangling, there is still all to play for. In round 7, Nakamura was lucky t... | Read More


  • Ruy Lopez

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    Opening: Ruy Lopez (Spanish)ECO: C60ECO Variations: C60 - C99Type: King's Pawn GamePGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5FEN:  r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/1B2p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 3 3 The Ruy Lopez (also known as the Spanish Opening) is a ches... Read More »

  • Legal Trap

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    The Legal Trap is a trap that ocurs in the Philidor Defence.  It ocurs when Black tries to pin a knight to the queen. Black is down a pawn with no compensation.   Sometimes, h3 is not necessary. This example shows an example of t... Read More »

  • Abonyi, Istvan

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    Istvan Abonyi (1886-1942) was a Hungarian master.  He was born and died in Budapest.  In 1912, he played the Abonyi Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.e4) for the first time. In 1916, he played the Budapest Gambit (1.a3 Nf6 2.b3 e5) against  the Dutch surge... Read More »

  • Sicilian Defence

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      The Sicilian Defence is an opening very rich in independent variations to the extent that it is always mentioned along with the mainline variation that follows. Black's purpose of playing 1...c5 is to undermine white's center by taking cont... Read More »

  • ALL IN vs FRENCH DEFENCE

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    A lot of players choose to play the french defence in order to slow down the action in the center and hope to play a quiet position. Ladies and gents, here's how you can go ALL IN against the french, especially in blitz! Read More »