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The Chessbug Opening Repertoire Part 1
The Guiding Principles One of the eternal questions of chess players, in all levels, is, “What will be my opening repertoire?” Towards the New Year, 2008, we at Chessbug decided to start a project that will eventually suggest to our readers a full opening repertoire for both White and Black. This repertoire was carved for the needs of amateur players, from beginners to those who have ELO rating of 2000.… Read More
The Chessbug Opening Repertoire for Black Part 2
Repertoire for Black We start with the hardest part of the repertoire – what to play as Black. While White can play almost everything and survive the opening, Black has a bigger chance of never making it to the middlegame (brrrr...) … Read More
Tips For Beginners
The Chessbug Opening repertoire for White Part 3
Repertoire for White For White we wanted an “all in one book” repertoire that will not be based on mainlines of 1 e4 or 1 d4. For this reason we decided against Palliser's book, which in general we recommend but we were afraid it may be out of date relatively fast, as it covers mainlines played by the world's top players...Read More
Chess Product Reviews:
2008 Endgame Mania First I would like to refute the myth so many endgame books start with, “there are hardly any books on the endgame.” There are actually many books on the endgame and many that came out in the last 10 years …That is why I concentrated here only on those products that I found outstanding… Read More
CT- ART 3.0 Every competitive hobby has its basic techniques, the techniques that have to be practiced forever. In basketball it is shooting hoops, in soccer – dribbling around cones and in American football – tackling cruel metal scarecrows. We, chess enthusiasts, are much luckier than other sportsmen, for two reasons. First, we do not have to get out of our chair in order to practice technique, and second… Read More