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hi i wanna start read chess books, my list are : 1. My System 2. Silman's complete endgame course 3. Italian opening is it good to read all of them in the same time t.ex. one hour each , or finish one then read next one ??

hi i played benko gambit against 1.d4 can you recommend me a good system against 1.c4 thanks

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If anyone would like to help with this chess opening, and what I could of done better? I open with d4 all of the time! I have NEVER NEVER seen this before. This guy broke ALL of the rules of chess! c pawn first? Q out on 2nd move? More pawns than needed in first 10 moves? I could not believe what the hell this guy was playing? So yes, Blitz chess, keep your opponent guessing see if you win on time, or they make a mistake! Still... this loss left me angry!