| Game analysis - Interesting positional game with English opening#4 Although the position looks innocuous for quite some time, I believe that Black has let White play his own game for too long. The "Botvinnik cup" setup is a dangerous attacking formation in the long r… | A-Cielbleu |
| Game analysis - An almost perfect game (2200 vs 2300 - 10 ACPL)#2 The game definitely deserves a celebration, in particular because it has some theoretical value. Black makes actually only one mistake in the game, with some other inaccuracies later in an already dif… | A-Cielbleu |
| General Chess Discussion - Fantasy Candidates and the wild card issue#1 Up to now, we have three players already qualified for the Candidates Tournament : Caruana, Ding, Radjabov. The 4th one is almost certain : Giri, by rating. If you read the FIDE Grand Prix standings, … | A-Cielbleu |
| Game analysis - Halloween a month in advance, or false triple zeroes#1 In the following game, a Halloween gambit, Stockfish analysis credited me with a triple zero. https://lichess.org/1eyTP08f/black I've analyzed the game myself and cannot concur with such a flattering … | A-Cielbleu |
| Game analysis - Coach, explain to the student why Black lost without making a single mistake.#3 Congratulations for a very typical "Positionnal Grand Prix". In the spirit of a Saemisch Nimzo-Indian with colors reversed, the queenside is crippled to make the opponent's bishop pair ineffective. Gi… | A-Cielbleu |
| Game analysis - What was White's plan in this opening#2 (1) The move 1.e3 in itself is not bad, as it transposes into interesting lines soon enough. It gives Black a lot of choice, which is in principle a bad idea (because White has to know a lot of very d… | A-Cielbleu |
| Game analysis - Ragozin, trend management and automatic assessment#3 Totally agreed ! It's not a Ragozin, and it is much further away from a Ragozin than I initially thought. It is actually a transposition into a mistreated Stonewall Dutch, with Bb4 and dxc4 (two moves… | A-Cielbleu |
| Game analysis - Ragozin, trend management and automatic assessment#1 I've played a very instructive game today in a slightly modified Ragozin variation. It is interesting in three aspects. Firstly, it shows that this variation, although popular at the highest level (on… | A-Cielbleu |
| General Chess Discussion - Good [white] openings for 1700#22 You have no less than four different approaches to 1.Nf3. You can actually mix them up to some extent to compose a repertoire, but some internal consistency will be needed. 1) The Reti approach : 1.Nf… | A-Cielbleu |
| General Chess Discussion - Good [white] openings for 1700#9 It is impossible to give a good advice without knowing more about your playing style. 1700, formerly playing the London opening, that doesn't say much. What do you play with Black ? Do you like endgam… | A-Cielbleu |
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