| General Chess Discussion - Is it possible to force a sharp position against Caro-Kann?#11 Depends on how much risk you're willing to accept and how important it is reach a sharp position. After 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 f3 transposes to a Blackmar-Diemer where black is committed to c6. … | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - I‘m 15 and have a rating of 2600... do you think I can become a GM?#34 2600 in what, bullet? Do you really believe bullet is an accurate predictor of your strength in classical chess? More importantly, why are you asking us? Do YOU believe you have what it takes to becom… | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - Bobby Fischer's opening secrets#1 Imagine finding a dusty old box. You open it up and it's filled with Fischer's notebooks, full of new opening ideas. It's not going to happen, here's what Bobby himself said: Do you have a file of ide… | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - How do you play the Kan Siclian? (Black)#4 Some people Kan't, it's just not for them. | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - I think it's a fallacy.......#9 If you are analysing the games afterwards and figuring out why you lost, that is an obvious route to self improvement and better play in the future. Even the strongest grandmasters lose games, so why … | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - Lichess or Chess#6 Lichess, no question. Chess is driven by monetisation and they appeal to the lowest common denominator. I find the quality here superior, plus we need competition or risk chess becoming a monopoly lik… | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - Does below 2000 rating players do not know how to checkmate the king with many queens?#7 Maybe Black was insulted at having to play this out and engineered the stalemate. Certainly, if checkmate was the objective it was easy enough many moves earlier without all those promotions. | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - Classical games of chess#4 I highly recommend Alekhine's two books, 'My best games of chess' Volume 1 1908-1923 ,and Volume 2 1924-1937. You can go further back in time but Alekhine was the first world champion to emphasize dyn… | lizani |
| General Chess Discussion - Strange combination of openings?#5 Based on your White openings, I cannot see how the French would suit you. Do you really want to play catch up a tempo down in the exchange variation? Or are you happy with the blocked centre in the Wi… | lizani |
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