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Chess, like economy, is about trying to have a competitive advantage over your opponent. This is generally achieved by being the better player. In a more specific sense, you will accomplish it by [...]

    Did you ever asked yourself, whether the Caro-Kann could be something for you? If not, this article might give you some food for thoughts. In my opinion, it is amazing how many [...]

This contribution will help you to get a good idea of what kind of training is better suited for you. I will list the benefits or motivation for both forms of training. At the bottom of this page [...]

After becoming familiar with potential dangers of the Morra Gambit in the last post, you will now be able to understand why I recommend the following three variations. They simply avoid the main [...]

In this post I write about what can go wrong when accepting the Morra Gambit without knowledge or when playing subpar variations. Esserman’s book (see last post) can be considered a decent [...]

After discussing the motivation for declining a gambit, I now want to focus on the other side of the medal. What is the rationale behind the acceptance of a gambit? Reason 1: Scientific Approach [...]

In the previous posts I enumerated the reasons for declining a gambit (despite knowing that accepting it would possibly be stronger). When facing the Morra in 2002 in a rapid game, I wasn’t [...]

Reason 4: Tournament Economy We now understand some of the potential causes of Anand’s behavior, but probably not all. I strongly believe he had accepted the gambit if he only would have [...]

Should I accept a particular gambit or better reject it? This question occupies every tournament player. I will examine it here on both, a general and a concrete level. General considerations [...]

  The following is an overview of my first general interest seminar, which I started holding in September. All those who are unable to attend my events will have the opportunity to purchase [...]