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I can play the London system exclusively up to what rating?
Problem with London is not that it gets bad at certain rating - problem is that it's very monotonous opening, so you don't get to experience many structures (variety is crucial for improvement).
What ...
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Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
In addition to the other answers, there are a few sites to consider. These include annotation and comment features as mentioned by the OP.
Listudy.org
Upload a PGN and then you play the computer ...
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Opening line that messes up my repertoire
I think best would be to change your move order to 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5.
So:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 leads to benoni structures.
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 is dynamical and not overly theoretical. ...
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Tricky response against the London system
Despite the prevalence "How to CRUSH" (punish, destroy, etc) content, there is no instant death ray for the London System, There is no shortage of videos, websites, and other content with ...
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As a coach what is the process to create a repertoire for a child?
A repertoire is not built overnight, and for most players, having a deep theoretical knowledge is not required. They simply need to understand opening pawn structures.
That said, if this child is ...
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What was the first "Opening Repertoire" book?
1939: White to Play and Win by Weaver Adams. Adams believed that 1.P-K4 (1.e4) wins by force. In this book he presents his recommendations for White against the various Black defenses. For example, ...
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Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
There is already an offline program which has a lot of my ideas implemented:
http://www.chesspositiontrainer.com/index.php/en/features
But there is no good online tool which comes even close to that, ...
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Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
I was looking for the exact same thing and could not find what I wanted so I ended up building this free tool mychessnotebook.com ! It is a text editor which will automatically replace FEN formulas ...
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Black repertoire for players who love the English Opening
The reality is that you cannot force such openings as black, but you can pick openings that may suit your style.
I really think that the Nimzo-Indian/Queens-Indian may suit your style very well. They ...
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As a coach what is the process to create a repertoire for a child?
I know what type of positions he enjoys playing, so opening will be easy to select.
In that case the hardest part is already behind you. Let me suggest the following strategy: Copy the repertoire of ...
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What was the first "Opening Repertoire" book?
In 1561 Ruy Lopez (pronounced Rue-y Lopeth) de Segura (1530-1580) wrote Libro de la invencion liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez, por Ruy-Lopez de Sigura, clerigo, vezino dela villa Cafra. He wrote ...
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What was the first "Opening Repertoire" book?
"How to Think Ahead In Chess" by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld was published in 1951. For white it covers the Stonewall attack. For black its the Sicilian dragon and the Lasker variation of the ...
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Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
https://www.chess.com/openings
This opening explorer is so incredibly comprehensive and intuitive that I cannot imagine anything better. Just make sure you use the website, not the mobile app. The app ...
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What do QGA players usually play when White doesn't play exactly 1.d4 d5 2.c4?
It is a matter of taste
It depends on what kind of QGA they like to play, but assuming they like the main lines, there is a bunch of standard moves Black wants to get in anyway and that they can play ...
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Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
You may have a look at https://chess-repertoire-companion.com
It is free, online and still under development. You can use it from all your devices.
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Resources for an e4 repertoire
At this point in my career, I use Chessable for all my chess book needs. There are many GMs and super GMs that have published their lifetime repertoires. Gustafsson's has a good one,So has another ...
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What tools can I use to help me memorise my opening repertoire?
ChessTempo has an opening trainer where you can input your repertoire. Then it will throw you a random-ish position from it and let you continue.
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What are the best repertoire books for White with the English Opening?
In the Grandmaster Repertoire series, there are three books covering the English opening from white's perspective, written by GM Marin in 2009 and 2010: Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3.
More recently,...
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What are the best repertoire books for White with the English Opening?
For many years the standard work on the English was the four volume series written by John L Watson - "English I: ...P-K4", "English II: ...N-KB3", "English III: ...P-QB4", "English I: ...Other Lines"....
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What was the first "Opening Repertoire" book?
This might be the first one: "Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player" by David Levy and GM Raymond Keene. It was first published in 1976.
Here is another in a similar format: "The Chess Opening ...
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As a coach what is the process to create a repertoire for a child?
It is well worth reading Mikhail Shereshevsky's advice for trainers building a chess repertoire for their pupils.
I am afraid this quite a long quote, but this section can be found online free of ...
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I can play the London system exclusively up to what rating?
Matija Sirk's answer is very good and it's true that learning different sorts of positions will improve your overall chess skill. If your goal is to be the best chess player you can possibly be, and ...
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Classical french for a repertoire
Strongly depends on personal taste and on how much theory you would like to learn.
I have been using the 3. e5 system against the French Defence for about thirty years. [...] I understood that the ...
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dealing with the pirc
As both a Pirc and a 1. e4 player here's a few thoughts, basically my comments expanded.
Firstly you have to understand the Pirc is a counter attacking system, "defence" is in many ways a ...
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Rossolimo attack resources
As you probably know, chessable contains an enormous amount of courses. To find the best fit to your need (here adding the Rossolimo to your repertoir) I would go as follows:
Go to chessable > ...
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Resources for an e4 repertoire
I like Attacking with 1.e4 by John Emms, Everyman Chess, 2001. It recommends the closed variation against the Sicilian, the Bishop's Opening against 1...e5, the King's Indian Attack against the French,...
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How wide or how narrow should be the repertoire of a 1800 Elo player who still wants to continue to improve?
How wide or how narrow should be the repertoire of a 1800 Elo player who still wants to continue to improve?
Say your aim is to improve to ELO 2000. The difference between your level of 1800 and a ...
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Searching for players by primary opening choice
The opening explorer at 365chess dot com shows which player played the position at hand most often, while also showing most recent examples.
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As a coach what is the process to create a repertoire for a child?
Despite there already being some great answers, let me emphasize a few things: Take into consideration that we are not trying to build a repertoire from scratch. Your student probably knows already a ...
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What was the first "Opening Repertoire" book?
I recall reading My System by Nimzovich. That must have predated the 1970ish books noted. Assuming repertoire means what it seems to mean otherwise PCO would have been earlier than 1970ish.
It ...
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