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I am trying to prepare for an opponent who plays this line (I play the slav as black) and is roughly 2150 FIDE. Would anyone able to play some blitz games against me or discuss the opening? Thanks!

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the engine-free advice!

This weekend I played in a classical tournament and lost in the following position as white against a higher rated opponent (1950 vs. 2150 USCF). Before making a series of bad moves we had the positio…

My friend setup this website that shows historical FIDE rating graphs. It's pretty cool and you can look up any player! You can do something similar at 2700chess, but it only goes back to 1990 and it'…

I frequently use the Master opening book for analysis, but am sometimes surprised when a line I'm looking at is from a Blitz/Rapid game. Opening theory for blitz and classical chess vary greatly, and …

you could change your password to something you wont' be able to remember, write it down, and bury it

Thanks @WilliamShakespeare and @amazingoid for the input!

I'm trying to understand if this position can be drawn with best play by black. What do you think? https://en.lichess.org/study/Mn3UxAlb White is a knight up but will have to trade b-pawns to make pro…

I thought you were joking. Guess not. http://www.tv2.no/a/8123988/