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This is a game I just won against the London, and there's a few lessons to be learned from it. What are the lessons? Don't pre-move, don't tunnel vision, and be very careful when there's a weird pawn under your house. Thank you for listening. (Annotating my games feels weird, but it's probably good in the long-run.)

F in the chat He said "see" on like 10. qb6+ i think (not shaming i just thought it was kinda funny) (The "no thanks" looks meaner than it actually was sorry)

Only for beginners (sub-1000), & don't use engine How does white promote the pawn? you don't need to give lines, just what's the plan for white?

Please check this forum first of all: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/contribute-to-togo-opening-theory Now we will take a deep dive into the mysterious Togo-Fiji Opening. First of all its name comes from the mass amount of people which have Togo flags in this club, and the Fiji part comes from my flag, origin of this Togo-Fiji Opening, stems from this thread by Viznik: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/togo-openings-challenge We also had a lot of determination by parkerkorb who wrote this forum: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/togo-opening-w-complete-variations Now I will present to you the meaning of this opening, the whole reason it was created. You are aiming for an aggressive structure with pawns on c4 and e4 like the Whale variation, except you also want to quickly eliminate the black pawns that enter the center, so only you have central control. In fact the Togo-Fiji Opening itself starts off with this exact plan: The main variation by far, is exd4, in total though there are 5 variations, exd4, Nxe4, Bb4+, Be7, and d6. As of now exd4 has much more theory than the rest of the four. And now I will introduce to you my idea after the main move, I call it the Cricket Gambit. That is my idea in the Main Line. I also have another brilliant idea sacrificing four whole pawns, for huge activity and a huge lead in development: You sacrifice four whole pawns!!!! That is unheard of before. Now everyone please comment on the first forum I gave the link to, you will be able to contribute to theory, and I will also write about others' ideas. Thank you for reading!

Hello everybody! I've decided to learn the Ruy Lopez, I'm sick of the same old king's pawn opening. So I'd like to discuss the Ruy Lopez. I wanna master this opening! I'm going to just give all the main ideas that I've learned so far and then you guys can take over and talk talk talk everything Ruy Lopez! So you've got the beginning of the Ruy Lopez (or as I'm going to call it further, the RL): Then black has two main moves, a6 being the most common. Sometimes the bishop moves to a4. If the bishop takes the knight that turns it to the RL exchange variation. At this point white has a nice bunch of pawns on the kingside which is better than black's group of queenside pawns. This means that white has the better pawn structure and may even have a passed pawn, resulting in an endgame advantage. Even after the bishop/knight exchange, white can't take the e5 pawn with the knight because of: However, bishop to a4 is a more common move than bishop takes knight: This can result in the closed RL. Next white can just play h3 and black chooses what to do next. By now white's main plan is to push the d-pawn. Then white's b1 knight can move to g3 (d2, f1, g3) But black also has plans. He can move either knight to let the c/f pawns move, or he can try to establish a center with the d-pawn. Since it's black's turn, though, black chooses how to continue. One of the most common things to do is Nb8, starting the Breyer Variation of the Closed RL. The idea is to later move the knight to d7, a better square. This also allows the c-pawn to move, along with defending the d5 pawn. The Breyer Variation's start looks like this: Another thing is the Chingorin Variation, which starts with 9...Na5. The point of this is to push the bishop, and after it retreats to c2, black can push the c-pawn. After white's move black can play Nc6. So yeah! I'm really sorry for such a long forum post, I didn't realize that it would be this long! So if you have anything to say about the Ruy Lopez, please share it! Maybe once I learn enough, I can even make a blog post about it. Thanks!

From now on ML stands for Main Line From now on TF stands for Togo-Fiji TF: ML, Cricket Gambit: TF: ML, Blockade System: TF: ML, Advance Variation: TF: ML, Modern Variation: TF: ML, Cricket System: TF: ML, Classical Variation: TF: ML, Viznik Attack: TF: ML, Cricket Attack: And more will be there because of the other thread: Contribute to Togo-Fiji Theory!!. Also I named that one variation the Viznik Attack because it looks like the Lemming

i call this provking gambit

white has more and the position black has is very bad but there are very few things black can do to win but if black does the write moves black can make it an even position

most likely not best play but idk

how do I stop making careless mistakes against me 2100 opponents help sometimes I would +1, and then its -2 in one move

What is the easiest opening to learn (By name, not just frickin e4), for white and/or black? Th-nanks

1 Mistake, 1 Blunders * including 1 Intentional Blunder*, Ladder Checkmate, 1-0 I say thats a pretty good game, I give thanks to everybody. Especially KeSetoKaiba for making me a better student, giving me multiple games and helping me analyze and give great advice. Heres the game:

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THE LEMMING THE LEMMING THE LEMMING IT WORKED SO SPECTACULAR IT WAS SO AMAZING!!! This is the Lemming Defense: Rodent Variation, or the “A-File Pawn Push”, the goal is to get your dark squared bishop lined up with white’s rook, and to ultimately push your a file pawn to expose the rook by white moving their pawn. When white traded off their knight, I knew it was showtime for the rodent (a pawn) to do its job and push down the file. IN A RATED GAME, THE LEMMING DEFENSE DOMINATED D O M I N A T E D The rook trap was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. NO, it was THE greatest thing I’ve ever seen. THIS ONES FOR ALL YOU LEMMING DEFENSE HATERS IT WORKS AND ITS ACTUALLY OVER POWERED

Tonight is a special night, folks. @MoonWarrior_1 was gracious enough to play a rapid game against me, so how did I take advantage of the opportunity to play such a high-rated, top-tier player? By playing the Lemming Defense, of course. Look, I was going to lose anyway... why not do it in a fun way? Spoiler Alert: The Lemming Defense sucks. But I mean ... it's also ... actually ... somehow kinda good? Instantly I had already doubled my pawns on the a file after 1. e4, na6 2. Bxa6, bxa6 - but, I mean, that's the whole part of the Lemming Defense, for some reason. So after 3. ne3, I sat there for awhile thinking about what Mr. Lemming (I did research and still have no idea who this is named after, maybe it's named after the actual rodent?) was trying to accomplish by doubling his pawns 2 moves in. I figured the idea was to get the bishop to control the vertical file (is that a thing?) so I played Bb7 to prop my light-squared bishop and take control across the board. Such a weird position, really a terrible one, but it wasn't ... that bad? In fact, it seemed to have an odd element of actually being ... good? The really sad part for me is I blew the game by erroneous blunders that had nothing to actually do with the Lemming Defense, so I really feel like I let it down. I blundered my Knight in mid-game, allowing Moonwarrior to go +4. To be fair, my position was pretty bad, but it really wasn't bad enough to make the blunders I did. Interestingly enough, before the end game, I noticed that since I had my bishop sitting on b7, I brought over my other bishop to c7 and actually had a direct line of attack on white's king, causing him to move in the corner. Was this actually the goal of the Lemming? Striking, to say the least. And then, I saw it. A possible smother might idea, was the Lemming going to be the savior and prove to be the most dominate opening of all time? No, because moonwarrior is a literal God of chess and saw it too, and defended it perfectly. From there, I proceeded to fall for his trap thinking I could take his knight, not realizing my pawn was pinned. He forked my queen, and quickly checkmated me. I let you down, Mr. Lemming However, the idea is still very interesting. Because will moonwarrior is a super good, high-rated chess player, I wonder if someone lower rated (like me) would have seen it. Had he not seen it, this is what I was going for: And honestly, I don't feel like this is all that improbable of a checkmate. At my level, I don't know how certain I'd be someone would see that. They may just see the knight under attack and move it, forgetting about the bishop lingering on b7. Is this the true power of the Lemming Defense? is the Lemming Defense ... actually .. good? I think it's worth the try ... in unrated games.

I sat here for 40 minutes trying to craft a situation where trading a queen with two rooks Is either good or bad, and honestly couldn’t come up with an answer. what do y’all think? Should you trade your queen for two rooks or not? Why?

The Togo Opening is a new chess opening which was recently formed by this club, it received its name because of the people who have to Togo flag. Now everyone can contribute to the theory of this new opening! Here is the Togo Opening: I have already contributed to one main variation which is this: Togo Opening: Cricket Gambit: Now make your own and I will make them official variations under your name!

Togo Opening: Queen's Enforcer *Normal Variation* Togo Opening: Defensive Stand Togo Opening: Four Knights Castle - Bishop's Dragon Togo Opening: Queen's Devil Fork *Risky* Togo Opening: Bishop's Criminal *Quick Castle* I used icyboyyy starting 2 moves, and then did the rest. icyboyyy: https://www.chess.com/member/icyboyyy Enjoy the Togo Opening!

This came to me in a dream last night after I played the Lemming Defense for the first time. So there I was late at night thinking; “what is the Lemming trying to achieve?” ”Who even is Lemming?” Then I realized, it’s probably named after an actual Lemming. Like the rodent. And what do Lemming’s do? Well the same thing any rodent does, it sneaks out and steals food (pieces) on the outskirts without anybody noticing, until it becomes a big enough issue that you have to actually deal with it. And, Google defines “Lemming” as: A person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction So, we can assert that the main goal of the Lemming is to be: •sneaky like a rodent and make moves with minimal detection with a goal to take seemingly minor pieces that in the long run cause a major problem •do it in an unthinkable, destructive fashion with lots of movement In the first game I ever played the Lemming against, I noticed my bishop propped on b7 for the entire game posed an actual real threat against a short side castle. This became especially true when white’s f pawn was vacant from f2. So for starters, an opening idea with the Lemming could try to achieve two things: •Put the bishop on B7 •Remove (eat like a rodent) the f2 pawn At the cost of: doubling pawns on the a file. However, as you can see in the game above, we can double white’s pawns as acting as a rodent. This may prove easiest against bishop pawn openings, such as this example of a what I call the Delayed Lemming Defense against the Carro-Kann: of course while my gameplay is not perfect and needs polishing, the base ideas presented by the Lemming Defense are there: •attack on short side castling •use the a file pawn to push to expose the rook on the king side (this idea can be doubled on the h file, as well to open up white’s castled position) After further study of the Lemming, I have realized it ultimately accomplishes many goals while remaining extremely passive, yet ready to STRIKE AT ANY MOMENT! The Lemming Defense accomplishes: •Attack on short castle •Option to open both vertical files by incorporating Lemming Defense: Reversed Delayed Benko Attack for black by playing g6, Bf7 •The possibility of pinning white’s knight to the rook, winning either the knight or the rook •A closed position that black has the tempo in •The ability to open white’s castle with a Lemming rodent pawn on the h file, much like we did on the a file All this for the cost of one, or two, pawns that are doubled up, and well likely earn back Here’s an interesting possibility that could’ve happened in my first ever Lemming game, unfortunately my opponent (rated 1900+) defended it, but as you can see the lingering bishop on B7 + the rodent sneak to expose the f2 square is a REAL threat! THE LEMMING NOT AS CUTE AND HARMLESS AS IT APPEARS IT WILL SNEAK AROUND THE BOARD AND STEAL YOUR BREAD CRUMBS HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A LEMMING? NOBODY HAS, AND IT WILL ALWAYS LEAVE PEOPLE SAYING “WTF” AS IT GOES ABOUT IT WAY.

I had one mouse slip and I blundered bad at the end...