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Taking a look at the Black Sheep
The black sheep is something that is a weakness in one's own position. Most players never recognize this however this is necessary to know as it limits the range and power of his/her's pieces. Let me demonstrate this by showing games played by two masters. The game...
Why should The London System be played?
The London System is seen by most players as a sluggish framework, where white just goes for his typical set up paying little mind to blacks moves. When in doubt, such a methodology is innocuous for black, I wouldn't prescribe it for somebody truly attempting to...
3 Great Romantic Chess games
I'll show you the fine romantic artistry from 3 lesser-known old masters, embodied in 3 great games. I'll also give a cursory introduction of the players. Amos Burn Amos Burn learned chess in 1864 at the age of 15-16 and was coached by title holder Wilhelm Steinitz....
Ignatz Kolisch | Romantic Chess Part 4
Today's blog will cover a lot of games because Kolisch is such a strong player with a phenomenal technique. It's a shame that most people don't even know him, forget the games part! With this intent, I plan to show at least 5 games of his. With that said, let's move...
Joseph Blackburne | Romantic Chess Part 3
Conceived on December 10, 1841, Blackburne claimed to have learn chess in 1859, between the ages of 17-18. By and large in match play he fared incredibly inadequately against his counterparts however he had fine exhibitions against them in competition play. Were not...
Mikhail Chigorin | Romantic Chess Part 2
Mikhail Chigorin was without a doubt one of the romantics' school record-breaking extraordinary professional, who designed the Chigorin Defense (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6!?), the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez. Maybe most endearingly, he was the special case to the...
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