The Semi-Slav, like most other openings, is all about understanding the typical pawn structures, pawn breaks and piece
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The Semi-Slav, like most other openings, is all about understanding the typical pawn structures, pawn breaks and piece
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The Caro-Kann has several thematic strategic ideas which can be applied to almost all variations; the e5 pawn
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This was a great game for training attacking ideas revolving a weak color complex. I didn’t play it
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The Benoni is always played by aggressive players who want interesting, sharp positions. I don’t want that. I
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I faced the Jobava London System again, in the same position I had several games ago, and I
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There are very few variations of the Caro-Kann I fear entering. This one is the worst, scariest and
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Attacking the b pawn with the queen is a very common pattern in openings where the bishop leaves
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The Caro-Kann, a solid opening by its reputation, actually leads to mad positions majority of the time. This
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Some games are perfect for tactical training. This main line Tarrasch was full of puzzle-like positions most of
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I love the London System. But I hated it waaay before I started playing it myself, and trying
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