A bit of strategy
Me! - sotille https://lichess.org/Z55ncklnmVON 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e5 6.Qd3 h6 7.0-0 Nf6 This is a fairly common...
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Oct 241 min read
A bit of tactics
This was a bullet game where my opponent played a strongly doubtful queen sacrifice, but there was nevertheless a charming tactical...
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Oct 192 min read
Material isn't everything
When you trade pieces, calculating precisely if you will be up or equal material-wise is not always enough; you must correctly assess the...
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Sep 302 min read
Take my queen!
One of the hardest challenges during an attack is consistently finding aggressive moves. Me!- ES_4AEK https://lichess.org/FwnHq2B5#13 1....
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Jul 25, 20222 min read
Winning against the Scandinavian
I am going to present a powerful system with White to fight against the main old line of the Scandinavian Defence. Me!- riga1960...
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Jun 16, 20221 min read
Power to imagination
Realising that my position (White) is nothing to be proud of, I played Qf4 with the hope to target the only weakness in Black's position:...
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May 28, 20221 min read
FIDE Mastering part II
A positional exercise for you! Black is a pawn up but White's pieces are better placed. White moves, what would you play? ............
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May 21, 20221 min read
FIDE Mastering a bit
Today's post is just a tactical exercise and the proof that I can still calculate something! Black moves and wins. .......... .............
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May 7, 20222 min read
Play a story
What I realised after many years of playing, is that the best chess games I played were the ones that looked so "easy" from the outside,...
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Mar 12, 20223 min read
What is a weakness?
How many times did you hear chess players talking about weaknesses? I had a weak pawn structure, he had a weak castle, the weaknesses on...
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Feb 19, 20222 min read
The opening is not everything
Indeed! And you can beat strong players virtually with any opening. Do not beat yourself because you don't know X and Y openings, and do...
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Feb 1, 20222 min read
Showing off!
I have played an interesting game using my regular off-beat openings (basically rubbish but good enough for a rapid game!). There was a...
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Jan 25, 20224 min read
The slow dance
My last post was about how to win fast with dynamic play. https://marcoferrante.wixsite.com/website/post/be-dynamic Unfortunately, you...
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Jan 22, 20222 min read
Be dynamic!
This is how you play when you want to win fast! Me! - TourneyPro (chess.com, 22 Jan 2022) 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4!? Black was probably expecting...
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Mar 9, 20215 min read
The work is done
About one month ago, I received a vocal message from Rony Shalman, a good friend of mine from my time in Israel, a passionate all-attack...
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Aug 30, 20203 min read
Capablanca - Fonaroff, New York 1918
Here we are, at our last post on open dynamic games. This is basically the game that I wanted to show you since the beginning, but I felt...
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Aug 23, 20202 min read
Capablanca - Thomas, Hastings 1919
We are slowly getting there, don't worry. We just need to explore a couple of games more and then we can consider this open games...
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Aug 16, 20202 min read
Capablanca - Marshall, New York 1909
The calm before the storm. By now, you master this position and there is little that I can say to surprise you 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6...
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Aug 9, 20203 min read
Tarrasch - Lasker, World Championship 1908
By now, you should have realised that I am going to torture this position of the Ruy Lopez (and you, my dear reader) a bit longer. But...
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