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Ambitious players need openings they can rely on. But what happens when you start to face the serious “booked-up” players you find in tournaments?
Romanian IM and WGM Irina Bulmaga knew she needed to keep an edge if she wanted to make rapid progress and beat ever stronger players. Her approach: master the sidelines.
By employing sound, tricky and lesser-known ideas such as the Reversed KID against each of the main opening moves, Irina was able to able to consistently get great positions against strong players and her rating rocketed from 2100-2300.
Playing sidelines has its ups and downs. On one hand, one uses less time for studying the theory, having more time for improving the other aspects of their chess. On the other hand, the engine era compromises regular use of sidelines. One can simply get a bad position out of the opening if the opponent is super-prepared.
However, IM Bulmaga believes that one needs to play sidelines from time to time in order to make use of the element of surprise. Irina advises not to jump straight into playing mainlines, but start by playing sidelines, which will buy you some time to learn the classics.
In this exclusive preview of her 15 hour Master Method course, Irina discusses the Reversed KID, a chess opening for White that can be played against the French Defense (1.e4 e6 2. d3 or 2. Qe2) or against the Sicilian.
It is simply a fact that the person who gets the opening on their terms has a massive advantage. Make sure that person is you! In the reversed KID, and in general, you must complete your development before launching an attack. The basic idea is to wait for Black to castle, and only afterwards play e5, partially closing the center, cutting the board into two parts, and preparing an attack on the kingside.
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