The Modern Benoni is also called the son of sorrow. It is an opening that, more than any other, can be attributed to the hypermodern way of playing chess. The starting position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 can be dated back to the end of the 19th century. But …
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The Grunfeld is one of the most complex and energetic modern chess openings. Throughout chess history it has been a favorite weapon for many dynamic and positional players, including four of the greatest world champions: Alekhine, Botvinnik, Fisher and Kasparov. The opening was invented by Ernst Grunfeld in 1922 and first introduced in his game …
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The Caro-Kann is named after the European masters Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann. Of the two, Caro had the slightly more distinguished playing career, having participated in a number of strong tournaments around the year 1900. It would be fair to say, though, that if it wasn’t for their contribution to opening theory their names …
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We’ll work our way towards understanding the best chess opening move against the Queen’s pawn opening which begins with the move 1.d4 With this move, White makes an attempt to claim as much central territory as possible by first bringing the pawn to d4. Quite often he intends to continue with the moves c4, Nc3 …
The Ruy Lopez is also known as the “Spanish opening in chess.” The Ruy Lopez strategy is quite simple and straightforward. This strategy doesn’t require much brainpower. It is so common that you will see it in friendly games or tournaments. Imagine that you are playing a match against your friend. You play the white …
The Morra Gambit chess opening begins with the moves: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 In contrast with 1.e4 e5 openings, White has very few gambit tries against the Sicilian. The Morra is one of White’s more respected gambits, but is still seen relatively rarely at international level, the feeling being that Black has a few …
The Sicilian Kalashnikov opens with: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 In this opening, Black makes an immediate attack on the d4-knight, forcing it to leave its central post. The Kalashnikov is a very close relation to the Sveshnikov and sometimes it simply transposes. Kalashnikov Mainline 5.Nb5 Once again the knight must move …
The Sicilian Grand Prix Attack chess opening begins with the moves: 1.e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 White prepares to play in a similar manner to the f4 lines of the Closed Sicilian, the major difference being that White will be looking to develop his fl-bishop more actively on c4 or b5. The Grand Prix …
