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Sicilian Defense is black’s most popular response to 1.e4. It is an opening employed at every level, from club players to top Grandmasters. There are many ways to play the Sicilian Defense and the resulting positions can be very different, which makes it a great opening choice for any player, regardless of their style. In […]

Opening Repertoire: One of the most troubling decisions is to design your opening repertoire. The idea of having a perfect set of weapons against each of the opponent’s possible choices gives us peace of mind. However, there is a huge gap between how we picture this in our head and how it actually works in […]

Opening Traps and Tricks: How many times do we lose a game or get a clearly worse position right out of the opening because we don’t know the secrets and hidden traps in it? As a beginner, it happens many times over the board and it seems like this is the only way we had […]

King’s Indian Attack vs. the Dragon: We are always on the look to learn new opening ideas to surprise our opponents in the future. It doesn’t really matter whether it is an opening that we play or not; we see someone playing something and if it’s enough interesting for us we take a deeper look […]

Sicilian Dragon: This Variation is one of the most popular and important lines in the Sicilian defense. It is also considered to be one of the sharpest and most aggressive openings. This opening was played by many great chess players including Bird, Pillsbury, Paulsen, Kasparov, Topalov, and many more. This is also a must-know for […]

Yugoslav Attack: There is no doubt that the Dragon variation of the Sicilian is still one of the most attractive options for black against 1.e4, especially at the club level and for beginners. The main reason for this is the aggressive nature of this variation where black places his bishop on the long diagonal with […]