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02 Chess openings ♟️

Discover The Weird Vant Kruijs Opening

The Vant Kruijs opening

The Vant kruijs opening is one of the weirdest openings that you will encounter, is not played so often. The starting moves the enter the Vant Kruijs opening seems to go against basic principles of chess.

However, playing out of the theory has its advantages as well, if you know what you are playing you should be great. Also, trying out new things is part of the improvement in any area of chess, so we will give it a try.

There isn’t much theory about this opening because has not been researched a lot, so there … Read more

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Play The Unexpected Evans Gambit!

The Evans gambit

The Evans gambit is one of the multiple choices that white has to play in the Italian game. The Evans gambit is played to avoid those quiet and equal symmetric positions that may arise on the Italian game.

It actually involves some good ideas, along with traps that may destroy more than one that has never studied this opening. The Evans gambit is perfect if you want to have some exciting variations and look for attacking chances.

It’s also very impressive to play this, the move that defines this gambit achieves many things and has many hidden … Read more

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Play The Brutal Budapest Gambit!

Budapest gambit

The Budapest Gambit is an interesting variation for black in which he rapidly plays for more than an equal position. This kind of position is always somewhat risky, and this strategy will not always be the best for black.

But in case you need to play for a win, this is a good way to confuse your opponent a little bit and winning an advantage quickly. The Budapest gambit has been cataloged as suspicious for many masters.

But many of them have also approved of his ways, and some masters have taken this opening to succeed. You need … Read more

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Crush White With The Albin Counter Gambit!

The Albin Counter gambit

The Albin Counter gambit is an interesting way to respond to the queen’s gambit by black. The move that involves this opening is rather interesting, if you are an aggressive player you should definitely like it.

The Albin Counter gambit is not the most popular response to the queen’s gambit. However, it’s been proved by the theory that black stands good chances of winning if using this opening.

You could even ask the Russian grandmaster Alexander Morozevich, who has been using this opening with good success lately. If a player who doesn’t know the theory goes … Read more

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Learn Surprising Hungarian Opening!

The Hungarian opening

The Hungarian opening is an interesting opening line that starts with a very flexible move for White: 1.g3. This opening is also known as the Benko opening, and it has very good ideas behind it.

It’s called the Benko opening too because Pal Benko used this opening to beat Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Tal in the candidates’ tournament of 1925. It’s a move that is listed as one of the “unusual moves” which is weird because it is the fifth most popular move of the world.

This can give you an idea that is perfectly playable and … Read more

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Play The Smart Ponziani Opening

Ponziani opening

The Ponziani Opening is a good weapon against pretty much anything, and it also forces a lot of the opponent’s move. It’s one of the most straightforward, and directly approach to the king’s pawn openings.

It will also give white many attacking chances if paid correctly. The Ponziani opening is not the most famous king’s pawn opening, but its effectiveness can’t be denied. This is one of the easiest and funniest openings to play.

There are many systems that may vary out of this opening, and it offers food opportunities for both sides. The fact that is not … Read more

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Learn The Wayward Queen Attack!

Wayward Queen Attack!

The Wayward queen attack is also known as the Parham attack or the rookie opening. It’s one of the most polemical chess openings there are, and the reason we can see it simply in move two with white.

The thing is that the moves of the Wayward queen attack go against the main chess principles. But they also have a good idea, and many grandmasters have put their hand on the fire for it.

Masters like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura gave it a good try for some time, obtaining decent results. Not too many people took … Read more

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Play The Strange Saragossa Opening!

Saragossa Opening

The Saragossa opening is one of the most interesting openings there are to try out. It may seem normal and simple, but it has a little hidden trick that you can use to get some advantage.

As always, we have to understand that every opening in the book has value, and can be pretty useful to know. We have given too much importance to chess openings in contemporary chess, and that can play against us or without us.

We can simply play the normal variations that we see, the regular Sicilian, queen’s gambit, and etcetera. But if you … Read more

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The Scary Halloween Gambit!

Halloween Gambit

The Halloween Gambit is a daredevil’s opening that will allow you to scare the soul out of your opponents! The name of this opening goes very well with its nature, it is really spooky to play against the Halloween gambit.

However, is not that spooky when you know the theory and the lines and moves to avoid being lost in the first move. The best player of France Maxime Vachier Lagrave recognizes the power of the Halloween gambit.

This is one of a good opening to try, and it’s sure very risky, but it can also give very … Read more

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Play The Solid Stonewall Attack!

Stonewall Attack

The stonewall attack is an interesting setup that you can use pretty much against any opening. Before getting into the matter, something important to say is that the stonewall attack is not an opening, but a setup.

It’s a certain configuration of pieces that you can use to approach any setup by black. The stonewall attack is that kind of setup that makes concessions in the first stages of the game.

But it also achieves certain opportunities for players to get the game into their hands. Another interesting fact about the stonewall attack is that you can play … Read more

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