Hello everyone! Today I am going to share with you one of the most trending opening systems in chess. One is the London system which has become boring. So to spice things up today we discuss the Larsen opening. This opening is a very unique one. It is an offbeat system where white avoids all…
“In Catalan opening, I feel white is just one tempo short of winning the game!” – Anish Giri. With such a bold statement from not-so-bold Dutch No.1 and Elite Grandmaster Anish Giri, anyone can get inspired to try out the Catalan opening. So what is the Catalan opening? Since when is it popular? What are…
King’s Indian Defense is one of the most popular openings against d4. This opening became popular in the mid – the 1950s. Before that this variation was not very much popular because of limited theory and white domination. Three players, Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Isaac Boleslavsky, and David Bronstein have helped very much to design and restructure…
A gambit in chess is a pawn sacrifice. Sacrifice given to obtain an attack against the opponent king, or get some positional compensation. These gambits give a long-term initiative for the side which uses the gambit. If the side accepting the gambit is able to digest the pawn and manage to consolidate, then the material…
French Defense is a counter-attacking opening used by the black side. I have been playing french for 10 years and this has been one of my favourite openings. My experience with french has been a decent one. I have had my nice victories as well as painful lessons from it. Basic Position of French Defense…