SHOPWORN - Understanding the Scandinavian

SHOPWORN - Understanding the ScandinavianThe appeal of the Scandinavian Defence is easy to understand: it is very forcing Black is virtually guaranteed to get his desired structure. There are no annoying Anti Scandinavians to study! But for many decades the Scandinavian was regarded with some suspicion, as Black apparently loses time recapturing on d5. Modern players have a different view. The great Danish player Bent Larsen kickstarted the revolution with his provocative assertion that it

VOLUME 26 - Nimzowitsch: My System VOLUME 1

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That often happens when the player is too busy at trying to improve in one aspect of the game

The Stonewall has been tested extensively at Grandmaster level and has passed every test with flying colors

The House of Staunton Standard Traditional Coral Ash Root / Bird's Eye Maple Wooden chess board features Coral Ash Root (dark) and Bird's Eye Maple (light) squares with a Coral Ash Root frame

Lesson 8: Relative values of the chess forces

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Max Illingworth - Sicilian: the Illingworth Gambit

Spassky barely escaped with his life when evacuating from the Siege of Leningrad as a young boy

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Saemisch Variation 3