25. 18 Reasons to play the English Opening
Most of my students are normal club players. They don’t have a vast amount of time and are forced to follow the rules of pragmatism. Studying sharp and complex main lines normally is not an [...]
14. Creating Imbalances with the Nimzo-Indian
[Event "Delmenhorst"] [Site "Delmenhorst"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Deze, Anton"] [Black "Wahls, Matthias"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2395"] [BlackElo "2440"] [...]
12. Winning Andersson Style
The Swedish GM Ulf Andersson is famous for his extreme dry playing style. In his games, his main objective is to stifle his opponents activities with the help of astute prophylactic maneuvers. [...]
6. My Refutation of the Flohr-Variation
[Event "Hamburg"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wahls, Matthias"] [Black "Behrhorst, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "2285"] [BlackElo "2320"] [...]
5. Play Pattern Openings!
A simple classification would divide openings into two groups: pattern openings and knowledge openings (or memory openings). A knowledge opening implies strong contact between the two armies, [...]
4. The Beginning of a Love Affair
In 1984 I almost won the German junior championship (under 20) with the age of 16. In the end I finished shared first place with even the same Buchholz as the champion Peter Meyer. Alas, he was [...]
2. The Man who defeated Austria
This game might be interesting for some readers because of my explanation regarding my choice of repertoire which follows below. Then, for all friends of endgames, we have got one remarkable [...]
1. Play the “Little Spanish”!
My first international tournament was the international Danish junior championship in Soro. The result was satisfactory with 6/9 taking into account that I was only 14 and playing against the big [...]