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Yury Markushin
04.17.2024
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I have a very special opening for 1.e4 players today. This could be your real chance to take your openings to the next level. After 1.e4 e5 most players would expect something like Ruy Lopez, Bishop's Opening, or perhaps the King's Gambit... But, you play the 2...d4!  See the diagram below:

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Nimzo Semi-Tarrasch Defense for Black
Yury Markushin
04.04.2024
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Nimzo Semi-Tarrasch Defense for Black combines the power of the Queen’s Gambit Declined and the attacking potential of Tarrash and Grunfeld.
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Win with Ponziani Opening
Yury Markushin
04.04.2024
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Learn GM Marian Petrov’s Ponziani Opening fundamentals in just 3 hours. Most chess players don’t even know this opening exists. It is extremely rare, yet powerful.
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Beat King's Indian Defense with Bayonet Attack
Yury Markushin
03.07.2024
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The great news is, IM Sieciechowicz is here with a quick-and-easy repertoire on the Bayonet Attack! And you are one click away from learning it!
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10 Tips to Dominate Chess Tournaments
Dominate Chess Tournaments: Quite often after a serious amount of time of regular training sessions, some people still struggle to show better results at tournament practice. How is it possible, one may think, after studying so much to still perform poorly and sometimes even worse than before training periodically? It can sound strange but this scenario is not rare at all. Chess is a complex game and the victory lies in many factors; some can be trained and others you only learn how to deal with when you grow a more mature mindset.
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5 Things That Every Chess Player Should Work On
Yury Markushin
10.23.2015
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This article is primary dedicated for under 2200 chess players that want to improve their game (sorry those of you higher rated). Many players struggle and don't know where to start and how to improve. Today we will give you some specific pointers and outline the most important topics to work on. Ready to proceed?
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5 Training Methods for Busy Chess Players
Improving at chess takes a lot of work and patience. It cannot happen overnight, but only after investing many hours of training and practicing the newly learned elements. With the development of technology, there are many more materials that can now be easily accessed for study. There are a lot of books, video lessons, articles and databases that are available to any chess enthusiast. However, creating and following a thorough training plan requires time and we know that there are many chess players out there who are not fully dedicated to playing chess but would nevertheless like to keep improving and squeeze studying in their busy schedule.
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