New answers tagged theory
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People (like myself) who occasionally play 1.Nc3 regard this as a main line and are not unhappy to see it. The book by Keilhack mentioned by @mleonard is excellent (as a general chess book) and points out all the transpositional possibilities that White might try to confuse you with. As a counter to some of the remarks made above, White does not always ...
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I believe that we can "visualize" the space, as the area of the board that is available to each player to safely maneuver their pieces because it is the area they control.
In my opinion, an easy way to count how much space corresponds to each player is to add the squares behind the pawn lines in which the pieces of their color can move, plus the ...
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In the Ruy Lopez White usually wants to play with c3 and d4 to claim the center. If you play d3 instead then you lose a tempo if you still want to go for that plan.
Of course it is not the only possible plan but then the question becomes, if you answer 3...Nf6 with 4.d3, why would you not play the Italian instead where you might get a similar structure after ...
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Carlsen introduced 8... Ne7 (after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5) instead of 8...Nb8. He played this in round 12 and then again in game two of the tiebreak. The line was known before but not played at the highest level and therefore not considered a serious approach by black.
You can find the analyzed games here ...
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GM Jonathan Rowson recently answered the question "how does anyone get good at chess?" on Twitter in fewer than 280 characters as follows:
Start young (5), fall in love with chess, get lucky with the characters in your particular chess world.
Keep going, be willing to lose a lot, admire someone, study, play, repeat. Befriend computers.
Lose some ...
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Depends how good you are.
At the GM level it will likely draw a lot more than if you are not even an IM and play at a local club.
The d3 move works well for me.
But then I am not a GM nor are my opponents.
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4.d3
The main alternative to the move
4.0-0, it avoids
Berlin endgame. White
do not seek to squeeze the maximum
from the debut, carrying the weight
fight in the middle of the game. although
elite grandmasters have recently become addicted to this continuation, his theory is still developing (comment from the book practical guide to the Berlin defense. ...
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