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Trompovsky
Trompovsky
[A45] & Pseudo-Tromp [D00]
Moderators: CraigEvans, Bibs
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
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  (1 Viewing)
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  (3 Viewing)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit [D00]
Moderators: CraigEvans, Bibs
108 3989 Last Post 08/03/18 at 11:57:39
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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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KID vs. d-pawn specials
I want to adopt Yrjola & Tella's proposed repertoire in An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black against 1 d4 (which consists of 1 ... d6), but I don't like their plan against 1 d4 d6 2 Nf3, wh...

Started 03/04/05 at 03:07:35 by HgMan
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By: alumbrado
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D-pawn specials repertoire as White!
Hello,
What do you think of the following repertoire as White, starting after 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3:
2...e6 3.Bf4 - the London System. I will probably play it with 4.e3 and 5.Nbd2 (or even an early...

Started 05/19/08 at 07:39:40 by Chevalier
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22 12181 Last Post 06/19/08 at 02:15:34
By: MNb
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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 28570 Last Post 06/03/10 at 07:13:13
By: tafl
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How to Succeed in the Queen's Pawn Openings
What do John Watson and Eric Schiller recommend against the accelerated London System, 1 d4 d5 2 Bf4, in their book How to Succeed in the Queen's Pawn Openings?

Started 11/21/07 at 03:08:20 by Anonymous (Ex Member)
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18 15048 Last Post 12/29/07 at 22:52:31
By: dsanchez
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Time for updated playable eBooks for Tromp, Colle
Tromp eBook is 5 yrs old and Colle is 4 yrs. Some good developments happened in these years and couple of excellent books came up. Eric has shared a whole lot of details in this Forum on Trom.
[b]Is it not th

Started 07/05/09 at 12:49:45 by saubhikr
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By: saubhikr
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d-Pawn opening prep questions
Hello ! I am currently trying to play chess seriously, and am working through two Soltis books : One, Black Defensive System for the Rest of Your Chess Career; and White Opening System Combining Colle...

Started 06/08/09 at 15:13:06 by Damien Calloway
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25 15444 Last Post 06/12/09 at 05:46:28
By: TN
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Jobrava london vs lines with bf5
Hi all,
For those jobrava london players out there, I feel like I do not get much vs lines with bf5. So let's say d4 d5, nc3 nf6, bf4 and for. I do the usual f3, and then push my pawns, eventuall...

Started 05/31/21 at 19:13:47 by Darthmambo
4 3086 Last Post 07/02/23 at 07:30:06
By: Avatar
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dangerous weapons - rubbish openings
I have just purchased two of the dangerous weapons series and already have several lines which fit into my opening repertoire.
Clearly the author's enjoy writing these books.
What would be i...

Started 05/03/09 at 01:01:03 by flaviddude
10 5614 Last Post 05/04/09 at 12:23:08
By: TN
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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 9565 Last Post 07/04/17 at 05:43:36
By: ErictheRed
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Pelletier DWD: Anti-Système de Londres
http://www.variantes.com/jeu-echecs-nouveautes/49788-dvd-pelletier-anti-systeme-...
How crazy has deep opening preparation become, that this new DWD by Pelletier focusses on beating t...

Started 03/26/19 at 00:43:51 by Leon_Trotsky
3 3984 Last Post 04/02/19 at 23:15:43
By: Leon_Trotsky
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Repertoire to learn with?
Hello
I am an average level hobby player looking for advice on creating a repertoire that I can use without too much theory.
I have been playing 1.e4 up until now and I do well against bad p...

Started 06/24/11 at 11:33:59 by BlunderOnBoard
6 5913 Last Post 06/29/11 at 09:04:13
By: Vass
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Question to IM Richard Palliser
Hello IM Richard Palliser,
2 month ago you wrote about the chigorin (http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/8/apr13.htm). You rated the move 6... e5 with "!", but why? How would black answer, 7. ...

Started 07/03/13 at 11:30:13 by manfred89
6 5966 Last Post 07/05/13 at 09:33:21
By: GMTonyKosten
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Rizzitano or Cox ?
Which book would you recommend to a Slav-player who wants to work on his repertoire against d-pawn specials ?

Started 06/14/08 at 16:16:06 by nyoke
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18 10209 Last Post 06/28/08 at 20:21:04
By: Anonymous - Ex Member
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Maybe this section's due for a new name.
I just think that there's nothing "special" about many of the lines here.
How about "d-Pawn Deviants"? Sounds naughty.  Like you were supposed to play c4 but you wanted to rebel.
Thanks to J...

Started 12/22/06 at 06:23:16 by J-dog
14 8416 Last Post 05/22/07 at 12:27:36
By: nyoke
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The surprising Pawn Push variation.
I've been playing on Lichess recently and was surprised when playing Black against Stockfish I faced this move...1.d4 Nf6 2.d5?!
I doubt many people in here get this but for surprise value this o...

Started 09/02/20 at 17:07:42 by HagenWatch1
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By: kylemeister
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what do you play against d5?
I was wondering what my fellow d pawn plays play against d5? For myself I am not sure what to do. Should I play a queens gambit (with mknight on f3 which rule out some exchange lines.) Or try one of t...

Started 02/12/14 at 21:17:30 by Mtal
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15 15744 Last Post 09/08/14 at 22:36:05
By: kylemeister
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80/20 london system video
Hi all, anyone watch the 80/20 video on the London by IM Eric Rosen? Just wondering how it was. Thanks.

Started 07/11/18 at 02:07:46 by Mtal
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By: Mtal
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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 10362 Last Post 06/18/19 at 10:31:35
By: tracke
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Proper way for black to play against stonewall
friends
There are lots of books and vedios to play against a particular opening.So can you recommend a line against stonewall.I was crused by this line in blitz games..So please recommend some li...

Started 08/13/13 at 08:32:02 by chandrashekharkoravi
5 6153 Last Post 08/15/13 at 18:13:00
By: chandrashekharkoravi
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Eric's Repertoire
Eric,
Looking at some of your recent games, I noticed that after 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 you have played 3.e3 in all three games where the position occured in the ChessBase database.
Do you not ha...

Started 08/13/04 at 11:33:45 by RedIvan
2 3567 Last Post 09/17/04 at 15:24:57
By: Markovich
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