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The Traxler is so sharp, even we GMs get grilled when trying to solve the puzzles from the arising positions :(

Pretty sure I covered the position after 4.Bh4 recently, I believe I gave 4...e6 with the point that 5.e4?! fails to 5...g5, so White ends up with a rather tepid setup after 5.e3 c5 (no more Nb5). Con…

Benoni ASMR: Put the opponent to sleep Average London enjoyer: Wait that's my job BenonI Wall: Good luck putting your bishop on f4 after ...e5

This also applies well to poker. (With players folding or checking too much out of 'respect' too much for the opponent, or conversely, giving them too much credit for bluffs)

Fun story, this was the game that finally convinced me to stop playing the King's Indian (which I'd played almost exclusively for the 5.5 years up to this game). I'd prepared this sideline with 12...N…

[Event "Asian Nations (Regions) Men Online Cup"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.10.25"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Illingworth, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "might"] [EC…

I updated the Study for 2026 with 'Questions And Answers', which I'll use to answer different questions people ask. Since it's a free Study I'll likely update this in batches rather than one at a time.

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Nice study, don't forget Ntirlis's 3.h3 in Part 2