Open games

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...

Jan 29, 20223 min read

Greed

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Aug 2, 20202 min read

Bogoljubow - Rabinovich, Triberg 1915

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

Jul 26, 20202 min read

Capablanca - Hodges, New York 1915

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...

Jul 19, 20203 min read

Janowski - Lasker, World Championship 1909

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,...

Jul 12, 20204 min read

Schlechter - Steinitz, Vienna 1898

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...

Jul 12, 20202 min read

Réti - Sterk, Vienna 1910

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...

Jul 12, 20201 min read

Tarrasch - Marco, Dresden 1892

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,...

Jul 12, 20203 min read

Tarrasch - Lasker, World Championship 1908

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...

Jul 12, 20205 min read

Tarrasch - Steinitz, Vienna 1898

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...