French Defense, part three
In this post we're going to cover the last two main variations of the French Defense. 3. Nd2 or 3. e5. 3. Nd2: When moving 3.Nc3 we have to worry about the...
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French Defense, part two
In the last post we covered the French Defense by having white take d5 on move 3. We showed that this wasn't a very strong position for white. However, there are other...
Four Knight’s Game
The four knights game is an opening that lets both sides develop and contest the center. e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Nc3 Nf6 Bb5 Both sides develop their king pawns. White moves the...
Max Lange
The "Max Lange" opening is a gambit by white. In this opening both sides are still attempting to develop by the book, but white is going to throw in a gambit early...
Two Knight’s Defense
The Giuoco Piano means that white has the initiative for a long time. The two knight's defense is an attempt by black to stop that and have a greater say in how...