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Game analysis - "All Rook and Pawn endings are drawn..."#2

Is there a way to post the board so you can see?


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Game analysis - "All Rook and Pawn endings are drawn..."#1

https://lichess.org/analysis/8/6R1/6P1/5r2/8/7k/8/7K_w_-_-_0_1 I have been doing some Rook and Pawn ending studies and I found this nice study from F. Richter, 1953. In the position, it is white to mo…


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General Chess Discussion - Top 10 Most Popular Chess Opening Gambits#1

Made a video on the most popular chess gambits as voted by chess players. Do the meme openings make it to the top 10? Is the king's gambit the OG of gambits? Find out below https://youtu.be/DEJKVC8H_T0


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Game analysis - Struggle against hypermodern defenses like the Pirc defense? Why not try the Chinese variation!#5

@nynomatica. It sure is a toughie to crack! Even the refutation isn't really a refutation! A difficult variation to meet


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Game analysis - Struggle against hypermodern defenses like the Pirc defense? Why not try the Chinese variation!#3

Yes


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Game analysis - Struggle against hypermodern defenses like the Pirc defense? Why not try the Chinese variation!#1

https://youtu.be/aH088MDEmac The Chinese variation is an off-beat way of handling the Pirc defense. The pugnacious 5.g4 is sure to bamboozle most Pirc players. In my introduction game I show the legen…


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Game analysis - Fight the Ruy Lopez as black with the audacious Schliemann defense!?#1

Struggle against the Spanish game? Can't stand being positionally bullied off the board by some Ruy Lopez know-it-all? Why not fight back with the Schliemann defence by playing the audacious 3...f5!? …


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Game analysis - Want to fight the Ruy Lopez as Black? Why not try the Schliemann!#55

The great Anatoly Karpov, bested by the Schliemann! https://lichess.org/TBxtI5PW


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Game analysis - Want to fight the Ruy Lopez as Black? Why not try the Schliemann!#40

You should definitely give it a try. Lots of fun to be had


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Game analysis - Want to fight the Ruy Lopez as Black? Why not try the Schliemann!#15

I am saddened to see so many people hate the Schliemann without having truly reviewed it. For me the opening offers a lot of activity and very complicated positions that in my view can be give pleasan…


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