Openings

Finding the right opening against 1.d4 has always been a difficult task. Keeping the balance...

You can hardly find a more unconventional idea than pushing your g-pawn 2 squares down the board....

The Tarrasch variation of the French Defense is reached after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2.This is one of...

I have played absolutely everything against 1.d4 from the Slav Defense, Queen’s Gambit, Benko...

For more than a hundred years, nothing threatened the leading role of the Spanish Opening among the...

The Janowski Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6. Black...

“Above all, the Averbakh is a very rewarding opening. White’s piece development follows...

Although known for a long time, the London started to catch up in popularity just in the last...

“Over time, my attention focused on the Modern Benoni. In this opening, the bishop on g7 is...

The positions arising from the Open Spanish contain ideas so different from the usual Ruy Lopez...

But Inigo, how can this be good for Black? It was the first thing I asked my good friend and FIDE...

But Inigo, how can this be good for Black? It was the first thing I asked my good friend and FIDE...

"You can't play the Queen's Gambit with Black any more" said Hector, in a bitter...

“The Ruy Lopez is such a classic opening that never gets old. Regardless of what you already...

"A Complete Repertoire for White" While writing the forward to the first volume of...

I rarely use the name Semi Slav to describe this opening, I prefer to call it the Meran due to...

The Modernized Slav Defense presents a fresh and forward-looking approach to one of chess’s most...

The Dutch Defense is an old opening. A seriously old opening. So old, in fact, that in large part...