Jul 25, 20222 minWinning against the ScandinavianI am going to present a powerful system with White to fight against the main old line of the Scandinavian Defence. Me!- riga1960...
Jun 16, 20221 minPower to imaginationRealising 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:...
Feb 19, 20222 minThe opening is not everythingIndeed! 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...
Feb 1, 20222 minShowing 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...
Jan 29, 20223 minGreedGreed. What a horrible, horrible thing when you play a chess game. When we learn the game, we are taught that gaining material is good...
Jan 25, 20224 minThe slow danceMy last post was about how to win fast with dynamic play. https://marcoferrante.wixsite.com/website/post/be-dynamic Unfortunately, you...
Jan 22, 20222 minBe 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...
Jul 5, 20202 minDecision making: Ex. no.7Here we are, the final exercise! This time, I am going to present the entire game. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.0-0 a6 6.Bd3...
Jul 5, 20202 minDecision making: Ex. no.6In the previous post, we had an example of what we could call “active prophylaxis”. In that particular example, the king move was...