An illustrated introduction to the Dragon variant of the Sicilian Defense chess opening with theory, positions and possible moves.
Continue reading “The Dragon variant of the Sicilian Defense chess opening.”Category: Chess
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This is a test of positions and games in RPB Chessboard plugin for WordPress.
Continue reading “Test of RPB Chessboard plugin for WordPress.”The noir style is achieved by converting the original picture to greyscale and then increasing contrast and brightness as necessary. This can be done in open source photography workflow application and raw developer Darktable.
Continue reading “Self portrait photoshoot with chess theme in noir photography style.”Learn, how you can handle a Bowdler attack from white, when playing the Sicilian defense chess opening as black.
Continue reading “The Sicilian defense vs. Bowdler attack.”If white’s first move is the queen’s pawn, then you can use this trap to capture white’s queen in the Englund’s gambit chess opening.
Continue reading “Trapping whites queen with Englunds gambit chess opening.”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.
Continue reading “The Italian game chess opening: Strong development.”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.”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.
Continue reading “The Ruy Lopez chess opening: Start attack immidiately.”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?”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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