I am going to present a powerful system with White to fight against the main old line of the Scandinavian Defence. Me!- riga1960...

Greed. What a horrible, horrible thing when you play a chess game. When we learn the game, we are taught that gaining material is good...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Triberg was not really an easy tournament (there were actually more tournaments), as the players were interrupted several times and even...

We shall keep exploring an idea introduced thanks to the game Janowski - Lasker, 1909. Our tabiya arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6...

Not yet. We can't move on before we understood a few things more about this position (using proper chess terminology, I shall say tabiya...

Why not capturing in c6 with the bishop? This is what you should have wondered in these last weeks, while you were trying to fall asleep...

This time we are going to sharp our tactical eye with the help of Mr. Réti. We are not going to abandon the Ruy Lopez for a while, so...

We continue with our review of open games (with the help of Mr. Tarrasch). This game is going to be short but it is a very important one,...

We will continue reviewing open position with the help of Tarrasch. Our starting position arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0...

In the next posts, I am going to discuss open games, starting from one of the most topical position of chess: the Ruy Lopez opening, also...