Tired of White getting a stable advantage after 1.d4?
GM Marian Petrov recommends playing Benoni Defense, as an unorthodox weapon against 1.d4 players.
Hate theory? Love dynamic play?
If so, GM Marian Petrov has a great opening choice for you.
Play the Reti Opening.
Dutch GM Sipke Ernst will teach you how to win with the Exchange Slav.
Many chess players tend to underestimate the Exchange version of Slav. They believe, quite incorrectly, that Exchange Slav is very drawish and has no winning ambitions whatsoever.
Looking for a quick-and-easy surprise weapon against 1.d4?
Tired of playing the mainlines and getting inferior positions in your theoretical battles? Want to score quick points with Black?
The Dragon Variation is considered one of the best attempts for countering White’s ambitious 1.e4 move.
If you’re playing for a win with Black and won’t settle for a draw… the Dragon Variation is the opening for you.
If you think simple rook or king + pawn endings are all there is to learn when it comes to chess endgames…
You are WRONG!
Endgames are the most technical phase of the game. Where the first move might give you an advantage, the second one might be neutral, and the third one might make you lose the game.
Myth busted: even if you are below 1500, you still need to learn endgames. Period.
Let’s face a fact. If you are spending your waking hours studying the opening theory or solving chess puzzles, and…
… ignoring or stalling your ENDGAME studies, you will never get good at playing chess.
An early n4 move by White and n5 by Black, followed by undermining pawn moves in the adjacent files—and there it is, the true “pride and sorrow” of chess.
Not only can it win you games like a rockstar, it can also lose you games like mere simpletons!
Need an opening that is equally aggressive as positionally sound against White’s 1.d4?
Without studying hours of opening theory… as in the Dragon or the Grunfeld?
Here’s the Tarrasch Defense for you.
Mikhail Tal’s style of playing was maniacal, but there was a method to the madness. Many of his tactical combinations were unsound, but they worked in his hands!
The psychological pressure that he created on his opponents, his brilliant feel for the initiative, and his ability to maintain the momentum, threats after threats, with insane sacrifices and crazy king hunts…
