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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
07.14.2018
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
07.14.2018

French Winwawer Structure: One of the main weapons against 1.e4 is the French Defense (1…e6) and a very popular variation of this defense is the so-called Winawer Variation which arises after the moves: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 The positions arising from this variation usually yield a thick central pawn structure with white […]

GM Alex Colovic
GM Alex Colovic
06.15.2018
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GM Alex Colovic
06.15.2018

Against 1. e4: Here in Part III, we will take a look at Black’s options against 1 e4. As we noted in Part I of our analysis, White generally manages to steer the game towards his preferred lines after most of Black’s defenses against 1 e4. Our task here is to see which of those […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
01.03.2018
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
01.03.2018

Grunfeld, one of the most popular defenses for black today against 1.d4, is employed by both top players and amateurs who like to play active and look for complications with the black pieces. Some of the strong players who have successfully used it are Vasily Smyslov, Viktor Korchnoi, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov (in the match […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
07.12.2017
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
07.12.2017

Opening Systems for Club Players for Black: In our previous article, we have given a selection of opening systems for white. Following the same pattern, we have thought of a few openings the club player can play with black. We have focused on systems that are solid and require less memorization than other purely theoretical […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
02.08.2017
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
02.08.2017

Improve Your Openings! Every chess player, of any level, is constantly trying to improve and show his best chess over the board. In order to successfully accomplish this, it is important to study all three phases of the game: opening, middlegame, and endgame.

Chessbibliophile
Chessbibliophile
11.10.2016
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Chessbibliophile
11.10.2016

My friend, Max has fallen in love. No, not with a rosy-cheeked damsel that you may have imagined. But with Modern Benoni, a brilliant system for Black against d4. This morning he could not help gushing over his newfound love.

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.23.2015
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.23.2015

In our previous article on the Queen’s Gambit declined we mentioned the main plans for white in the Carlsbad structure seen below:

Chessbibliophile
Chessbibliophile
03.03.2015
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Chessbibliophile
03.03.2015

Our columnist offers a glimpse of updates from ChessPublishing.com on recent trends in openings-Ed.  

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
10.01.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.01.2014

There are three most important factors in chess that every player needs to take into account. These are material, space, and time. Most chess players know what the material is: pieces and pawns. Each of the pieces has a relative pawn value that can be assigned to it. For example, a minor piece is equal […]

Chessbibliophile
Chessbibliophile
07.14.2014
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Chessbibliophile
07.14.2014

Chessbibliophile continues his series of reviews on New in Chess Yearbooks, important titles from the point of opening theory-Ed.