The Italian game is a basic chess opening, that follows the solid basic principles of chess openings by moving knights before bishops, taking control of the center area of the board and keeping the queen at its initial position, while developing strong positions and keeping an eye on black’s F7, which is a vulnerable spot, only protected by the king.
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Micski lives in Copenhagen, which is the capitol city of Denmark, where he's a system administrator of information technology and a semi-professional poker player.
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Continue reading “Trip to Gladsaxefortet in the fall season.”The Sicilian defense, with its Dragon and Najdorf variants, is a strong and complex response to the classic kings pawn chess opening.
Continue reading “The Sicilian defense chess opening: Black fight for center control.”This is the comprehensive procedure on how to use the FreeBSD update utility to safely upgrade the FreeBSD base system to newer minor and major releases of FreeBSD or roll it back. Tested with FreeBSD 13.4. Updated 2024-11-17.
Continue reading “How to upgrade to new minor and major releases of FreeBSD”A well known opening is the Ruy Lopez chess opening. If you do not know much about openings, this one might be worth studying first. I will go through each move, show the final positions of the chess opening and then round off with possible moves from that.
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Continue reading “FreeBSD wallpaper with BSD daemon on red background.”Learn how to play a chess opening, that develops strong positions and attacks by setting up attacks from behind the pawns and castling.
Continue reading “What makes a good chess opening?”Amir V. was a former Persian carpet business owner and a regular live cashgame poker player at Casino Copenhagen, where he was known for his warm personality and famous nit play style. RIP, Amir.
Continue reading “Poker player at Casino Copenhagen Amir V. has passed away. RIP.”Picture of me at the abandonded military landing strip at Flyvestation Værløse.
Continue reading “Bike trip to the abandonded military airport.”Learn about the different chess formats and how to play a nice game of chess vs. friends, other players or the computer at Lichess.
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