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The Search for
Dragons
& Mythical Chess Openings
with Clyde Nakamura |
"Some
players have believed that chess is almost dead. That there is no more
to be discovered in the openings. That you have to memorize 20 moves deep
to play a correct game of chess. I do not believe that this is true.
There are still many new and exciting opening lines to discover. Chess
is still vast and unexplored..." |
The Road Not Taken
with
IM-CC Keith Hayward |
"When it comes to
chess openings, I prefer to play less popular, less traveled lines. For over two
decades, I have mostly played
solid, sane opening choices. However, recently I have been experimenting, again..." |
BDG Zealot
with Leopold Lacrimosa |
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is a
chess opening characterized by the
moves: 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3,
intending f3 on the next
move. |
Halloween Gambit
by Paul Keiser
Part 1 Part 2 |
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 when Black is
expecting a normal Four Knights Game move as 4.Bb5, White surprisingly takes
the pawn on e5...
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Critical Lines in
the Halloween Gambit |
Paul Keiser has updated his exhaustive analysis of this fascinating and
unorthodox chess opening... |
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The Adorján Gambit |
1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 e5 with analysis by IGM András
Adorján |
The Latvian Gambit
for the Black player after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!? |
The Latvian Gambit
Revisited - Part 1
- Part
2
John Elburg's analysis
The Latvian Gambit 3...Bc5 Variation
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Marshall Gambit of
the Slav |
The Marshall Gambit, named after the famous American player Frank
Marshall, involves sacrificing the e-pawn for open lines:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Ne4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 |
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The Mokele Mbembe Lives! |
by Clyde Nakamura: 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4 |
Smith-Morra Gambit
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 |
Part I Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI Part VII
Part VIII |
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Nimzowitsch
Defense |
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
dxe4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 f5 7.Nh3 |
The Tamarkin
Counter-Gambit
in the Zilbermints Benoni |
This gambit immediately tries to put the question to White’s speculative
play by attacking the b4-pawn: 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.b4 e5 |
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From
Neo-From to King's Gambit: 1.f4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5!? |
A theoretical survey of Neo – From and King's Gambit, by
Correspondence Chess specialist Aaro Jalas. |
