Opening Advice

On the occasion of the release of my Chessable course about the Bayonet Attack, I present you a very instructive game between two world class players, where many of White’s ideas come to [...]

This recent game of mine, which was played in the team championships in the Hamburg area, will be able to illustrate many of the points I made in part 1. You can also watch this game as a VIDEO. [...]

The charm of the Sicilian Defense After 1.e4, more than 39% of the games follow the lines of the Sicilian Defense. This popularity is well-founded, as the adepts of the Sicilian are rewarded with [...]

Now, let’s apply the model to the question: What do I play against 1.d4? I would fill the four quadrants as follows, omitting openings that are unimportant or about which I am not 100% [...]

In my opinion, it is highly recommendable to take a methodical approach to building the opening repertoire. Being aimless can lead to the following problems: 1. You learn bad openings What is [...]

A couple of months ago, I started a training group for beginning players for a private chess school. When I was asked to provide a repertoire, I had to make a decision about what first move I [...]

  Part II 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4! The Bayonet Attack started to get popular in the 1990s, when 9.Ne1 still was the dominating mainline. [...]

During the last months I worked on a course on the Bayonet Attack for CHESSABLE. It will be available, when the videos will have been produced. The Bayonet Attack arises after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 [...]

This is the final part of my series on the King’s Gambit. For many readers, who are not interested in this topic, it may have appeared to be far too long. However, the thing is, if you [...]

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