Hi All,
Nigel Short is now 2/2 with the Evans in Corus B. I can't help but feel that we may all need to check out his ideas more carefully. Anyone have any idea what he plans against ba5 d4 ed ? ...

I heard Davis recommends this line in his book for black. I play this line with black too.
After 5.0-0 0-0 white has 4 options:
A) 6.h3 B) 6.Bb3 C) 6.c3 D) 6.Re1
In my view black can pl...

Hello everyone, I want to open a (new?) debate, open for everyone who like the theory and/or who plays theses systems as Black.
After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3, do you prefer to play 4..Bc...

A recent article at the Chess Café, referring to a number of pieces in Kassiber, recommends this line: in particular, it seems to think that (i) the Max Lange is now good for White (ii) so is the the ...

For the last few years the Bishop's opening has been my main (actually only!) weapon against 1.-e5.  In short, I have a love & hate relationship with this opening. Hate because of the dead-boring posi...

Movsesian-Adams in the Corus tounament brought us an old gambit:
1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nc6 3.Bc4,Bc5 4.0-0,Nf6 (is 4...d6 more accurate?)
5.d4, Bxd4 (5....cd4 leads to the Max Lange)
6.Nxd4,...
This possition has been known sinds the 18

In Evans Gambit , after
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bxb4 5 c3 Ba5 6 d4 exd4 7 O-O  Ne7
8 Ng5 d5
Instead  of 9 exd5 , one iay play the Sac 0 Nxf7 : it's thematic , but is it sound ,...

From the Publisher:
This book offers a White repertoire against the Open Games. The reader will find the first deep investigation of the modern treatment of the Italian Game and the Bishop's ...

Hi everybody,
I was wondering what could be the reason for the low popularity of the bishop's opening (1.e4 e5 2. Bc4)?   It seems to me that it can be a quite effective transpositional weapon...

Exactly how dodgy is the Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit? (1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nc6 3.Bc4,Nf3 4.Nc3 - although it can also appear in the Petroff)  Morphy played it a lot and it seems to be one of those rare gambits...