| General Chess Discussion - against the alapine d5 or Nf6?#6 For what it's worth Evgeny Sveshnikov, a leading expert in the Alapin variation, considers 2...Nf6! to be the best answer. See for exemple his 2010 book "The complete c3 Sicilian". | Pitrinu |
| General Chess Discussion - How to play against the accelerated kings indian#4 Maybe trying to force a Saemisch against this particular move order isn't the best thing to do? I think 5.dxe5 might be worth investigating at least, because 5...dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.f4 ! should be a b… | Pitrinu |
| General Chess Discussion - Sicilian Najdorf, English Attack 8...h5 *Question*#14 Hey ReverseLogic that was a nice game but I'm not sure about about 9...h5 in this particular position. As other people pointed out the ...h5 idea has been played in a number of top GM games (mainly in… | Pitrinu |
| General Chess Discussion - Chessbooks#12 Most opening book go out of date a few years after their release, but Polugaevski's 2-volume "The Sicilian Labyrinth" is pretty awesome. It doesn't deal with much theory, but it explains all the thema… | Pitrinu |
| General Chess Discussion - Chessbooks#11 As far as engames go, I have always neglected them too much and recently acquired some books about it to cover those holes. I can recommend Dvoretsky (famous gm trainer)'s "endgame manual" which cover… | Pitrinu |
| General Chess Discussion - Chessbooks#10 Speaking of other books about middlegames, I also spent quite some times with Ludek Pachman books about tactics and strategy. The english translation of the books titles must be something like modern … | Pitrinu |
| General Chess Discussion - Chessbooks#9 Hey just throwing my two cents, as topics about chess books come up up regularly in here. I think "My system" is a classic book every beginner should go through at least once, even it is not sufficien… | Pitrinu |