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Portisch Lajos does not need any introduction to the chess community, but if you are a beginner, you may want to read more about this amazing player. He was 8 times Hungarian Champion, participated in 20 Olympiads from 1956 to the year 2000 representing Hungary, and won 11 Olympic medals. In his prime, Portisch qualified […]
Benoni Defense and Its Magic. Continuing our series of articles related to Grandmasters from the past, in this article we want to present to you Vladimir Savon. He is a Soviet player who showed great results back in the 70s when he was in his prime. Savon played in 11 Soviet championships and managed to […]
Sicilian Defense: Good chess players have a lot of patterns as an integral part of their chess knowledge. These patterns are accumulated over the years as one’s knowledge of the game expands. Most of these patterns can be found in the games of the classical players, though bear in mind that in modern times players […]
Grunfeld Defense is one of the most popular defenses against 1.d4 nowadays and it has been quite a pain for white since the last decade. Without a real path to an advantage, the legion of 1.d4 players has been constantly switching from one line to another, playing the surprise factor card. Throughout the history of […]
Practical Openings for White: I already touched upon this subject in my previous article How To Train, where I addressed the technical aspects of how to choose an opening, how to study it afterward, and how to use the database and the engine. If you haven’t done so already, I strongly recommend you read it […]
Learn Openings and 5 Habits That Help You With It. It is difficult nowadays to get a good game without having a fair amount of theory knowledge. There is no such thing as an easy game anymore, like almost everybody, as amateur as they are, knows openings. It is probably the most studied phase of […]
Opening: From our very first steps into chess studying we are taught about the importance of the initiative in the game – a concept somewhat difficult to understand at first glance and one that demands a certain degree of comprehension of the game. Let us start with the official definition of initiative; what is it […]
Nowadays there are many chess players who focus a lot on theory and trying to get an advantage, even the slightest one, in the resulting middlegame. With the advance of technology and all the strong engines available, the search for novelties is constant. Many players invest a lot of time in learning long complicated lines […]
Aggressive Openings for Club Players as Black: Following our previous article about aggressive opening suggestions for white, we will present now a few options to choose from when playing with the black pieces. Of course, it can be more difficult to reach the type of position you want. Also, you can struggle with starting an […]
In modern chess having a sound opening, the repertoire is an essential part of achieving success in tournaments. Professional players spend a lot of time working on the openings in-depth, sometimes until the possible endgames that can arise. However, for the club players, spending so much time inserting the moves that everybody knows by an […]
