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Trompovsky
Trompovsky
[A45] & Pseudo-Tromp [D00]
Moderators: Bibs, CraigEvans
70 778 Last Post 04/23/25 at 07:00:49
In: Re: Winning with the Trom...
By: alyechin
Torre
Torre
Torre Attack [D03] [A46-48]

16 118 Last Post 09/01/18 at 19:59:26
In: Re: Terrible play... some...
By: Stigma
London
London  (6 Viewing)
London System 2 Nf3 & 3 Bf4, Neo-London System 2 Bf4 inc. Jobova-Prié Attack [A45-48, D00, D02]

96 944 Last Post 01/18/25 at 14:10:19
In: Re: London tactic
By: Kerangali
Veresov
Veresov
2 Nc3 [D01]

27 359 Last Post 05/03/21 at 08:30:07
In: Re: New Bertramisch Video...
By: Dink Heckler
Colle
Colle
Colle. Colle-Zukertort Attack & Anti-Colle [A47-8, D02, D04-05]

50 682 Last Post 09/24/24 at 13:01:46
In: Re: Fischer vs Colle - Ev...
By: cathexis
BDG
BDG
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit [D00]
Moderators: CraigEvans, Bibs
108 3989 Last Post 08/03/18 at 11:57:39
In: Re: c5 against the Blackm...
By: Gambit
Barry
Barry
Barry Attack & Vorotnikov-Kogan-Hebden Attack [D00]

7 107 Last Post 11/13/16 at 18:03:02
In: Re: Spectacular Game in t...
By: abrahampayton
d-Pawn Specials d-Pawn Specials
Tromp, Colle, London, Torre, Veresov, BDG, Barry etc. [A45-49 & D00-05] with IM Richard Palliser
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early ...Nd7 as played by Jaffe and R. Spielmann
Against 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 I'm considering 2...Nd7 as played by Jaffe three or four times in his match against Marshall.  Then if play proceeds 3.c4 e6, transposing from the QGD 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nd7, ...

Started 11/19/25 at 16:42:19 by George Jempty
6 867 Last Post 11/30/25 at 15:06:15
By: George Jempty
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2.g4 vs Nf6
Hi!!!
Does anyone have a decent motives or ideas for the line d4 - Nf6, g4!!

Started 10/03/06 at 13:58:58 by fazza
11 7791 Last Post 10/06/06 at 18:12:55
By: Willempie
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chess is sometimes really odd
yesterday I lost a game due to a bad opening as white ... I mean openingwise I can play almost everything by feeling, any opening ... but originally I wanted to play 1.e4, but then I saw my opponent p...

Started 10/21/13 at 21:38:01 by battleangel (Ex Member)
2 6652 Last Post 10/22/13 at 14:16:35
By: ErictheRed
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A killer chess opening repertoire - new edition

Started 08/17/09 at 11:15:10 by Schaakhamster
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25 30109 Last Post 06/03/10 at 07:13:13
By: tafl
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Gibben's Gambit
I took a quick look to see if this had been discussed before and didn't find any topic's devoted to it.  I guess that's not too surprising since the gambit is almost certainly unsound.  In case your n...

Started 02/21/05 at 01:12:19 by Glenn Snow
11 8420 Last Post 02/28/05 at 10:59:34
By: Dragonslayer
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Stonewall Attack
Last night I surprised my opponent by playing the Stonewall Attack (d4, c3, e3, f4 etc.). Does anybody have (much) experience with this system? Comments? IM- or GM-specialists? Literature?

Started 05/20/17 at 08:06:24 by TD
10 9791 Last Post 06/12/17 at 19:46:30
By: TD
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Question after watching 1...d6 universal:
I just got done watching GM Nigel Davies 1...d6 universal and I have a problem with how he addresses Tromp & Torre systems. Actually my problem concerns the Torre. In his repertoire DVD, the move orde...

Started 05/05/09 at 01:34:05 by FirebrandX
8 5762 Last Post 05/06/09 at 20:59:34
By: FirebrandX
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New Ways in the Barry Attack
Hey All, 
IM Andrew Martin recently published a new chessbase DVD on the barry attack. He covers two newer methods of playing it in addition to some older ways. 
I'm curious if anyone has tr...

Started 02/03/22 at 19:48:40 by FizzySoda
9 4283 Last Post 02/21/22 at 20:27:28
By: TopNotch
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What do you think about this strange opening?
What do you think about this interesting position after 1.d4,Nf6 2.Nf3,e6 3.g3,b5!?
I found many games on megadatabase 2007 and the main variation may be 4.Bg2,Bb7 5.Bg5!? played from Romanishin....

Started 08/28/07 at 21:02:22 by FULLBOAT
6 4302 Last Post 08/29/07 at 23:29:16
By: FULLBOAT
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Modernised Colle by Pavloviç
http://chessbookshop.com/katalog_detail.asp?ant=False&kodknihy=8322&page=1&id=&l...
Thinkers Publishing are making a lot of good interesting books. This one on Colle says out april to mai, and c...

Started 04/01/19 at 04:40:58 by Leon_Trotsky
11 11118 Last Post 06/18/19 at 10:31:35
By: tracke
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Help With Chess Deviants
Hello All:
I must say I can be hopeless with openings sometimes. Especially against the Specials. Here is a recent game:
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5
Now I don't even know if this one has a n...

Started 10/02/07 at 02:30:42 by Gerry1970
11 6857 Last Post 10/10/07 at 12:48:03
By: winawer77
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1 Nf3, d4, b3
What would you call that opening? White plays c4 also

Started 05/16/20 at 22:51:04 by Heuristic
4 3169 Last Post 05/18/20 at 20:39:23
By: Heuristic
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Ideas behind modern chess openings
Hi everyone,
What do you think about the book of Gary Lane? For learning the london system is better this book or the kovacevic book's?? 
Thanks

Started 11/29/06 at 21:20:29 by Karadas
4 3432 Last Post 11/30/06 at 10:45:54
By: GMTonyKosten
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5!?
I have no idea where to put this, because I am even sure what this opening is called, but I saw this in the FIDE Women World Championskap and thought that it looked interesting to take advantage of th...

Started 04/25/15 at 21:20:24 by DenVerdsligeRejsende
8 10238 Last Post 07/04/17 at 05:43:36
By: ErictheRed
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Trying to put a dpawn special rep together
Hi all,
I have played different dpawn specials in the past and have done ok with them in over the board play. Coming back to chess after a little layoff and also having some family obligations, I...

Started 02/12/14 at 15:12:29 by Mtal
9 11941 Last Post 12/10/16 at 09:14:07
By: StevenRusso
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 ...
Hello,
in the last 2 weeks my opponents in online-chess played this system very often.
Is it a new trend ?!
I will avoid the d5-lines, so what is the best for white to play ???
Tha...

Started 02/15/06 at 22:40:05 by Sinatra(Guest) (Guest)
6 4736 Last Post 03/05/06 at 04:47:29
By: Gambit
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An unusual line
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 h6(? what is this?) 3.c4 g5(??? I really dont understand!)
Erm, I once played a game against a certain 2200 player on the internet and he played this opening. This opening looks ou...

Started 05/09/07 at 09:17:48 by sssthepro
5 3934 Last Post 08/20/07 at 13:40:06
By: Smyslov_Fan
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d-pawn Specials and dogmatism
I was taking a stroll through the d-pawn Specials park the other day and decided to see what was going on in the Forum. Well, I hadn't taken more than three steps in with I stepped in a pile of dogmat...

Started 07/04/08 at 23:48:51 by dmp4373
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21 11705 Last Post 07/09/08 at 18:43:19
By: kylemeister
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Black Knight Tango - desperation
Hello all!
Every game I play with black that starts with 1.d4 already disgusts me. I simply cannot get a good position. I always end up with a bad bishop, pieces that do not coordinate, and not e...

Started 11/06/09 at 10:32:32 by dekraan
7 5956 Last Post 11/08/09 at 02:29:43
By: MNb
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A D pawn repertoire for white
Hello Champs,
I just subscribed and I wish to start building a repertoire for white, but I do not know where to start. 
Could you advice me, knowing :
1. I am about 1600 points (on the ...

Started 08/25/13 at 15:53:35 by mani
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19 22084 Last Post 09/01/13 at 07:25:52
By: MartinC
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