hi guys!
i have started to play the benko lately (lots of nice new books on the topic!) but i'm not really sure how to proceed after the flank openings. after 1.d4 nf6 2.c4 c5 3.nf3 i play the va...

A strong opponent played as black 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 Nf6?! (not in Delchevs book) against me on FICS, I continued 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 de 6.fe cb 7.e4?! e5! 8.Nxe5?! Bd6 and black was happy. 
What is...

I've been playing 1.c4 all my life, but I want to add in 1.Nf3 to my repretoire. I feel like it shouldn't be too different, but are there any key lines i shoudl be aware of that will be different if i...

Hi, does anyone have any opinion on the following move order aiming for Grünfeld-like play with White:
1.Nf3 c5. 2.d4!?
I realise that Black can now play 2...cxd4 3.Nxd4 e5 and White will ha...

I never liked the suggestion of Kosten in "The Dynamic English" versus variation below:
1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dc4:
Kosten recommended 
5.Qc2, but now 5.- Be6 6.Ng5 Bd5 7.e4 h6 looks really fine for black according to ...

I'm looking for references on the so-called Smyslov-Larsen Attack which, I believe is :
1. Nf3 something 2. b3 i.e. A Nimzo-Larsen Attack prefaced by 1. Nf3
Maybe this line has not had any c...

i have read the pdf extract. anyone have some more detailed information about the book. 
/Zak

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7, 
where White is not going to play d4 (that would be a Queen's Indian Defense) 
while Black also refr...

Hello everyone,
i always thought that the main line with 5.Qa4+ and Qxc4 would give white a pleasant advantage, but during preparation for a corr game a realised, that black equalizes comfortably...

Hello! Does anyone here play the Herrstrom Gambit, 1 Nf3 g5?!
The Accepted version goes 2 Nxg5 (not capturing is yellow cowardice, of course) e5 and that is when the fun starts.