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Many chess players have a wrong idea about opening preparation, how it should be done and what you should expect from a good opening repertoire. They think that by memorizing a few lines in some opening they would be able to win game after game easily. They think that the cause of all their failures […]

Most chess players know that opening plays an important role in game’s outcome, but not many know how to choose the opening which is right for them. It always surprised me how chess players can spend hours shopping for the right chess board and pieces, but only spend a few minutes deciding what opening to […]

This article is a continuation of Rapid Chess Improvement: Evaluation of Positions, which covered the main things a chess player needs to work on in order to improve the game. Opening repertoire is a very tricky thing to work on. You do not want to spend too much time studying opening lines which you may […]