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Bits and Pieces Opening Study with IM Andrew Martin
     English Opening - October 2003
     Veresov Opening - November 2003
     KID Fireworks Part 1 - December 2003
     KID Fireworks - Part 2
     KID Fireworks - Part 3
     KID Fireworks - Part 4
     The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 1 - January 2004
     The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 2
     The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 3
     The Unexplored Sicilian - Part 1 - February 2004
     The Unexplored Sicilian - Part 2
     Sicilian 2.b3 - The Sicilian Snyder Variation - Part 1 - March 2004
     Sicilian 2.b3 - The Sicilian Snyder Variation - Part 2
     The New Slav - Part 1 - April 2004
     The New Slav - Part 2
     Vienna Backwaters - May 2004
     An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann - Part 1 - June 2004
     An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann - Part 2
     An Unusual Weapon Against the Caro-Kann - Part 3
     Reverse Gear - July 2004
     The Essential Center-Counter - Part One - August 2004
     The Essential Centre-Counter - Part Two
     The Essential Centre-Counter - Part Three
     The Lopez Grip - Part One - September 2004
     The Lopez Grip - Part Two
     The Lopez Grip - Part Three

Opening Traps & Pitfalls:  Légall's Mate

How to Learn an Opening
An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player
An Opening Repertoire for the Positional Player

The Road Not Taken - IM-CC Keith Hayward
          Balogh Counter Gambit
               Part I - Introduction and Overview
               Part II - Janos Balogh, the Man and His Games
               Part III - White plays an early exf5
               Part IV - Balogh's Main Line
               Part V - Remaining Lines
          The Orangutan

French Defense Introduction:  Part I     Part II     Part III
          Online Resources on the French Defense
          ECO Codes for the French Defense

The Search for Dragons & Mythical Openings
     The Latvian Gambit 3...Bc5 Variation
     The Omega Gambit Part 1
     The Omega Gambit Part 2
     Franco-Hiva Gambit - Part 1

Halloween Gambit:  Part 1   Part 2

The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 1
The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 2
John Elburg's analysis

The Latvian Gambit 3...Bc5 Variation

Marshall Gambit of the Slav

The Mokele Mbembe Lives!

Nimzowitsch Defense

Smith-Morra Gambit - A Response To the Sicilian Defense
          Part I        Part II     Part III
          Part IV     Part V     Part VI
          Part VII     Part VIII

The Tamarkin Counter-Gambit in the Zilbermints Benoni

The Study of the Opening:     Part One     Part Two     Part Three   Part Four

ECO Codes

Links to other Opening resources on the Net

Games Collections:  By Opening

Miscellaneous Downloads includes eBooks on:

• The Tactical Grob by Claude Bloodgood

• The Balogh Counter Gambit by Keith Hayward

• Smith-Morra Gambit

Basic Opening Strategy:     Introduction
          Opening Objectives:     Development of the Pieces     Control of the Center
             General Principles:     Introduction
                General Principle #1:  Open with a central pawn
                General Principle #2:  Don't make any more pawn moves than necessary
                General Principle #3:  Develop the Minor Pieces before the Major Pieces
                General Principle #4:  Don't Develop the Queen Too Early
                General Principle #5:  Castle Early
                General Principle #6:  Combine Developing Moves with Threats
                General Principle #7:  Don't Waste Moves
                General Principle #8:  Don't Block the Development of Your Other Pieces

A Collection of Chess Wisdom:  The Opening

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