Grandmaster Aman Hambleton recalls two of his defeats, including one against Nikolay Noritsyn, where a 50-move draw rule
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Standard Line and Tiger’s Modern | Modern Defense Opening Theory
Nc3 is the most common way to fight the Modern Defense. We are looking at the Tiger’s Modern
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The Averbakh System | Modern Defense Opening Theory
The Averbakh System, where white expands with the move c4, closely resembles the King’s Indian, and can put
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The Bishop Attack | Modern Defense Opening Theory
The Bishop Attack is a seldom played, but very venomous sideline for white against the Modern Defense! For
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The Three Pawns Attack | Modern Defense Opening Theory
The Three Pawns Attack is a very effective way to fight the Modern, and it leaves black with
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Modern Defense | Ideas, Principles and Common Variations
The Modern is a very complex hyper-modern opening and a great weapon for black against 1.e4! It is
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Don’t Memorize Moves! Understand your Openings | Road to 2000
Caleb Denby shows what can happen when one simply memorizes opening moves without knowing the theoretical ideas behind
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The Austrian Attack | Pirc Defense Opening Theory
Taking up the center is the best way to counter hyper-modern defenses such as the Pirc, and the
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Falkbeer Countergambit | King’s Gambit Opening Theory
The Falkbeer is a very unsound way to decline the King’s Gambit. Black declines a pawn by sacrificing
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DrNykterstein (Magnus Carlsen) Wins 11th Lichess Titled Arena
Watch Anna and me analyze AlphaZero vs Stockfish game here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pbk30_n-sI&feature=youtu.be Link to tournament here rel=”nofollow”>https://lichess.org/tournament/feb19lta Follow me
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