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London System – How To Meet Black Bishop Bf5 And Gain Advantage
Bf5 in the London System is a very tricky opening to meet, especially if you don’t know how to react against it. In this article, we will show you how to meet it with the White pieces. By...
What Are Well Known Opening Traps In French Defense? Black and White
There are a lot of cunning traps in the French Defense. Even though it has a reputation of being a solid opening, danger often lurks for the side that isn’t careful. While most of the time, it’s...
What’s The Best Way To Attack The Sicilian Defense as White?
The best way to attack against the Sicilian Defense with the White pieces is the open variation starting with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2...Nc6, or 2...e6) 3.d4. The Sicilian Defense is a dangerous...
What Should Every Chess Player Know About The Sicilian Dragon?
The Sicilian Dragon is one of the most aggressive openings in the Sicilian Defense. We have talked about this in a previous article. Here we would like to go deep into this opening variation to give...
If you’ve read our previous article on refuting Budapest Gambit, you must be aware of the line we recommended with the White pieces against this opening. But we have decided to go a step further to...
What Is A Good Response To The Knight Variation Of The French Defense in chess?
The Knight variation of the French Defense is one of those rare lines played by White pieces to surprise the Black player. It begins with 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 or transposes to the same after 1....