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Often, you memorize a specific opening line ten or more moves deep from either experience or study (i.e., I know Evans Gambit to about fifteen moves and Sicilian Najdorf to even more in some cases). But then, your opponent deviates from the main... | Read More
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The Danish Gambit is a very aggressive line in the King's Pawn Opening. Beginning 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3, black immediately has the chance to gain a pawn, but if he does so, white will be able to easily gain the initiative. If accepted, this a... | Read More
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Evans Gambit, named after the Welsh sea captain William Evans, is a fairly strong gambit in Giuco Piano (Italian Game) originating in the 1800s. Morphy, Fischer, and Kasparov have all played famous games using the Evans Gambit. Below, I h... | Read More
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Occasionally, the enemy king will be stuck in the center, unable to castle, while the enemy queen is busy making empty threats. When this occurs, you must be able to capitalize on the weaknesses.
Game 1:
In this correspondence game, I play as ... | Read More
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In amateur games, one will often see openings such as the Four Knights Game or occasionally an Italian Game often with the "trap" response of 3... Nd4. However, games like the Queen's Gambit or the Symmetrical English are not as popular as 1. e... | Read More