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Many good players suggest the exchange variation. It's a basic attacking formation that's easy to learn. Black does have two good lines which allow him to eliminate his bad bishop and/or pressure you …

If it's unrated and you don't need the practice, then offer the draw.

Famous story about a GM who went to a tournament instead of his honeymoon. Upon return, he found an invitation to another, and since he was already packed, he went. Upon return, he found that his wife…

Let's get an unrated to play a fake match with an established player to give him an artificial inflated rating. Continue with another unrated player, and again, until we get a rating higher than these…

As long as they obey the overlord, neither matters. Fear is best, although love killed more.

Different students learn better in different ways, so the teacher must use all methods.

Both d5 and Nbd2 are book moves. With d5, black can play c4 and post the knight on c5. With Nbd2, black can play cd4 and post the knight on c4. I prefer to maintain the tension. Nbd2.

The Stonewall is easy to learn but hard to defend at the higher levels. Maroczy vs. Tartakower, 1922 (https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1003826) is a good example. The rest have much theor…

As a teen, I was too aggressive and played like Tal. After an eighteen year break, I played too passively and materialistically. I wouldn't start any attack unless I saw the end. Now in my twilight, m…

d4 is book. b4 is bad, forcing knight back into the game.