I had a strange feeling on an online fast game the other day when my opponent played 5.Qf6 on the scotch gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 Qf6). This doesn't seem to be a book move to my mind. I am not sure however of the ebst...
I read that White is happy for Black to exchange bishop on e3 despite the double pawn but I am not sure what else is Black supposed to move in the Italian after 5.Be3 Any one can suggest it ?
I learnt a trick the high price tonight at my local club. I often played the Italian (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 ) and never really realised that you should not play 4.Nc3 as this is punished by 4... Nxe4 which gives Black a sronghold in the cen...
I recently played an Italian opening and my oponent played f6 with Black on the 3rd move. This look to me as an inaccurate move but I could not figure out a way to penalize him for this move. I checked the chess.com game archive and found only ...
I am not very good at remembering opening move sequence and I actually don't think this is how you develop your chess. I recently played an over-the-board tournament andlearnt at my expenses how the wrong move can actually turn back against you ...
Of course, everyone has a plan but is it the best one?and can you keep it all along? In the below position, I was quite happy to disrupt black development with my rook on the 7 and 8th row and I didn't look further With hindsight I should have p...
This principle is now well known. Yet one sometimes forgets it when taken by the game With black, what would you do here ? take the b2 or f4 pawn ? .... Here I chose to take the f4 pawn, afraid of what would happen with the rook on b1 when...
I was reviewing one of my recent turn-based game which i thought worked out quite well. After further hindsight, I completely missed a powerful combination taht was winning a minor piece. I played Nxg5 thinking hxg6 could not work as it was...
I reflected on a Live game I played today where I settled for material when I had the feeling there was a mating attack I let you check. Let me know what you find
I played a game the other day against one of our strongest player in the club. This is in such instance that you pay for any inaccuracy in the opening. Here is what happened: My learning: the order of moves has an importance and I should pla...
I played this game today and analyzed it via the server. It is interesting to see how the computer analysisflags inacurracies when the human mind sees this otherwise. e.g. on 13th move, computer avises O-O-O when the c file is open and all black ...
I played this game in slow time today (30' + 5'') and was quite puzzled with the turn it took. I found the whole position quite disruptive but was happy with my move on the 17th. I read a bit more afterwards but not really sure why some recommend...
