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General Chess Discussion - When can you play h4 in the Queen's Gambit?#5

I like to play it in the exchange variation, right after Black plays h6. Just ignoring the attack :-) https://lichess.org/CFLYynUbXJ0Z would be a random example, just the first I could find. I must ha…


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General Chess Discussion - how hard is it to really get a title, even if it is CM, asking people with titles?#11

For me getting to that level came naturally with the years since I always kept playing (OTB) and sometimes learning from defeats ;-) When my rating got close, say, around 2180 it became a tad stressfu…


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General Chess Discussion - Progressing from 1400-1600. This is my study plan.#11

Good luck, I would add playing through some annotated (instructive) games to it!


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General Chess Discussion - Book Suggestions#6

All books mentioned so far are great/legendary ;-) To identify some patterns I’d recommend the Chess Pattern Recognition books, fun read! I also like The Chess Toolbox a lot, the Greek gift you asked …


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General Chess Discussion - Good mate to leave under 2000 category#3

Yeah, really nice final position, attacking king, queen, both rooks AND delivering a smothered checkmate :-)


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