| General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on all this memorizing#8 What I do to learn a new opening: 1. Watching a few youtube videos about it to get the general setup and ideas. 2. Buying a ChessBase DVD about the opening (but you could also just build your own repe… | DrFiskeson  |
| General Chess Discussion - What's the most challenging/annoying response to openings in your black repertoire?#5 Black: Nc3 Sicilian, c3 Sicilian, London vs Dutch Defense, a4 Najdorf White: Scandinavian, Caro-Kann There are plenty of others but these are the first ones which come to my mind | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - Looking for a sparring partner(1500-1800 rating - long time control)#2 I'm a little higher rated as your preferred rating range (1700 blitz, 2000 rapid, 1950? classical) but if you have 1550 FIDE, we could be around the same strength(I have 1458 FIDE but I think I'm a bi… | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - How do I use the opening explorer?#2 There is no definitive answer for that. You get 3 pieces of information out of the opening explorer 1.The frequency of the moves - 2.The winning rate of the moves - 3.If you turn the engine on - the b… | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - 1.d4 positional player searched...#1 Hello there, I am searching for positional players in my rating range (1450-1600 FIDE) who have a repertoire with 1.d4. This move and positional play in general are quite popular in the local tourname… | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do opponent immediately abort games ?#12 @achja said in #1: > Is it rating or the chess opening choice ? It's both. I do it sometimes when - the opponent is much lower rated - the opening the opponent plays shows that the player doesn't want… | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - Plans against the Caro Kann#1 I have a tournament coming up in 2 days and I still have no general plan how to play against the Caro Kann. Can anyone give me some attacking plans for white and a theory line where black is not compl… | DrFiskeson |
| Game analysis - Is this the worst game on Lichess?#11 Here is a game with ACPL 1990 for white and 2000 for black: https://lichess.org/study/l4LNaFIg/oI9ErZbZ#12 | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - Grand Prix Attack with 2.Be2#10 @Riffecx Maybe there are different names, I saw it in the ChessBase Openings Encyclopaedia and on a ChessBase Dvd from GM Stefan Kindermann, where it was named Python. But anyways I like to play it wi… | DrFiskeson |
| General Chess Discussion - Grand Prix Attack with 2.Be2#5 @Riffecx I don't think that this variation is even part of the grand prix attack, I know this system as "Python". You not only put the bishop on e2 but also a pawn on c3 and the queens knight is devel… | DrFiskeson |
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