Introduction On February 26th, 2024, one of the biggest, proudest moments of my professional life (so far) happened – the publication of the Chessable course Gustafsson’s Aggressive 1.e4 – Part 1, which I co-authored with…
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Burn Variation of the French Defence
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After covering the Alekhine-Chatard variation of the French…
The Alekhine-Chatard Attack
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After covering the McCutcheon Variation of the French…
McCutcheon Variation of the French Defense
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After introducing the Classical Variation of the French…
French Defence, Classical Variation – Introduction
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction Back in 2020, I published an article on…
Best French Defence Books
Note: This post is a part of the series of posts about best chess books divided by openings. If you are wondering how I select the books I recommend, or what other openings I have…
What Every Chess Player Should Know About The French Defence
Note: This post is a part of the series of posts about chess openings. Each opening will have two posts devoted to it: „What every chess player should know about XYZ opening and „Best chess…
Best Chess Opening Books (Divided By Opening)
INTRODUCTION A couple of days ago, I talked to a very good friend of mine who also happens to be an ALMOST 2100 rated chess player. He is one of those guys who have an…
Weird Chess Openings
No, this is not a post about the London System. Some time ago, I stumbled on an entertaining question on Quora titled What are the coolest chess opening names. I wrote a short, but a…
Dealing with d4 deviations – Book review
INTRODUCTION Every chess tournament I have participated in has had THAT moment. THAT moment when after refreshing the pairings in the solitude of your apartment and lamenting about how you got the Black pieces again,…