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Questions relating to the initial moves of the game and their aims
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What to play after 4.d3 in the Two Knights for Black
With the caveat that I've only played it twice, and that was because it was an on line themed tournament (I don't normally play 1 ... e5), but I have had fun with 4 ... h6 to stop Ng5 tricks followed …
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Why Are Openings Named After Countries?
There's a variety of reasons why openings are commonly named after nations (but most commonly would surprise me), maybe due to an individual player of the nation, e.g. Spanish (Ruy Lopez), English (St …
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Looking for an opening line: a rook vs 5 pawns
Is it this line in the Advance Caro-Kann of which you are thinking?
[FEN ""]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6
5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 h5
9. f4 hxg4 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. f5 Rxh4 12. R …
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Chess openings variations on-line
As well as chess.com you might look at its free cousin Lichess
https://lichess.org/analysis#explorer
I've also recently come across
http://www.chesstree.net/
which may be of interest
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Why aren't early opening moves generally given exclamation marks?
To try to give a concrete example consider Sax-Seirawan, Brussels 1988
[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/ …
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2. e5 in the Robatsch (Modern) Defence
OK, not really an answer as it's looking entirely at what I, a complete Pirc addict, would play, there may well be better lines. But unfortunately you can't stick a pgn in a comment, so here's a few m …
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King's Indian Defense - When to play 6...c5 or 6...e5
I'm not a KID expert, but Joe Gallagher GM is, so I'll quote him from "Starting out: The King's Indian":
"If you are going to play the King's Indian with Black you may be a
little confused as to …
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How does the "French Defense, Winawer Variation, Fingerslip Variation" get its name?
According to "The Batsford Guide to Chess Openings" by Leonard Barden and Tim Harding:
"This move had its introduction into master play as the result of a fingerslip by Alekhine against Flohr, at Not …
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How to best respond to an early black Qa5 in the Smith-Morra gambit?
Marc Esserman in "Mayhem in the Morra" gives 3 ... Qa5 a ?! and recommends 4 Bd2 followed by 5 Nxc3 giving "An enhanced Morra Accepted". If you play the Morra I can strongly recommend this book. In fa …
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