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Asian Individual 201...
Le, who has the highest ELO rating of 2714 in the 76-man tournament, crushed FIDE Master and compatr...
Battles on Both Side...
The following game was played in the Garden State Chess League match between Summit and Ken...
Sidelined in the Mil...
It's tough enough defending against tricky lines like the Milner-Barry Gambit. It's harder s...
The Classical Hippop...
by Michael Goeller
In his book American Grandmaster, GM Joel Benjamin says he was surpri...
The Simplified Pirc...
There are a number of lines against the Pirc and Modern where White seeks an early exchange of...
Part One: The Queen ...
By Michael Goeller
"Mad Dog" is GM Tiger Hillarp Persson's catch-all for anti-Pirc weapons with...
Mad Dog Bites Hippo...
In the following game, GM Joel Benjamin tries out a flexible hippopotamus set-up against IM Marc...
Anti Portuguese...
by Michael Goeller
I have always hated playing against the Portuguese Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3...
Panov Botvinnik (B14...
I have been trying to figure out how best to meet the Caro Kann. I have tried a lot of differ...
Two Rook Sacs in the...
By Michael Goeller
The other day, I played a series of unrated games with a strong player on Chess....
Shirov Goes Caveman ...
Michelangelooo tells me there is now no doubt about who is the highest rated player to have tried th...
Cavewoman!...
I was quite surprised to see GM Kateryna Lahno playing my favorite Caveman Caro-Kann.
Kateryna ...
Caveman Blitz...
Michael Goeller - Mark Kernighan [B12]
Casual 5-minute Game/Kenilworth, NJ USA 2007
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Apocalypse Attack Up...
The Caveman Caro-Kann
Advanced Variation with h4
by Michael Goeller
There are two approaches to t...
Apocalypse Attack Up...
I wrote an article at our site on what I called "The Apocalypse Attack" in the Caro-Kann, which go...
Apocalypse Attack Up...
by Michael Goeller
And I saw heaven opened,and behold a white horse...Revelations 19:11
Lo, I have...
Caro-Kann Defense, F...
There has been a lot of interest of late in the Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3!?...
The Big Clamp...
I have assembled a games collection at Chessgames.com titled The Big Clamp to help me stud...
King's Indian Attack...
While going over FM Steve Stoyko's games with the King's Indian Attack, I was inspired to do a ...
The King's Indian At...
The King's Indian Attack Notes on a Lecture by FM Steve Stoyko
The great thing about an opening like...
Sicilian Dragon Webl...
One of the most popular openings at every level of play, from beginner to GM, is the Sicilian...
Sicilian Dragon Trap...
By Michael Goeller
I dropped by the Kenilworth Chess Club a couple weeks back, where two pla...
IM Marc Esserman Smi...
I have finally annotated the seven available games from IM Marc Esserman's 8-board Smith-Morra...
Youthful Smith-Morra...
By Michael Goeller
I recently discovered an old chess scorebook of mine from a time when I play...
Smashing the Finegol...
By Michael Goeller
The Finegold Defense to the Smith-Morra is one of the more challenging for bo...
Smith-Morra Gambit B...
When I first developed an opening repertoire in my teens, I got most of my information from the o...
Smith-Morra Gambit U...
I have finally annotated the seven available games from IM Marc Esserman's 8-board Smith-Mor...
Guseinov's Gambit Re...
by Michael Goeller
A good chess analyst has to remain objective to achieve good results, but we a...
Guseinov's Anti-Paul...
By Michael Goeller
The line that annoys me most when playing the Two Knights system against the Si...
The Grand Prix Attac...
by Michael Goeller
The analysis that follows is intended in part as a review and criticism of some ...
American Chess Congr...
The American Chess Congress was a series of chess tournaments held in the U...
Artificial castling...
In chess, artificial castling (also called castling by hand) refers to a maneuve...
Algebraic notation (...
Algebraic notation (or AN) is a method for recording and describing the moves in a game of...
Alekhine's gun...
Alekhine's gun is a formation in chess named after the former World Chess Champi...
Australian Chess Fed...
The Australian Chess Federation (ACF) is dedicated to promoting the game of chess&nbs...
Avalanche chess...
Avalanche chess is a chess variant designed by Ralph Betza in 1977. After moving one ...
All Assam Chess Asso...
The All Assam Chess Association (Assamese: ??? ??? ??? ?????) is a registered (under ...
American Chess Bulle...
The American Chess Bulletin was a chess periodical that was published monthly (November-Ap...
All India Chess Fede...
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) (Hindi: ???? ?????? ????? ??????) is central ad...
Grand Prix Attack Bi...
My Grand Prix Attack Bibliography (posted in October 2, 2005) has attracted more tr...
Left Hook Grand Prix...
Matt Pullin put together a great two-part series on what I like to call the Left Hook Grand ...
The Bryntse-Faj...
By Michael Goeller, with games and notes by Dana Mackenzie
The Bryntse-Faj is an intriguing ...
Billy Colias Plays t...
by Michael Goeller
The following games with the Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian Defens...
The Grand Prix with ...
Is an early pawn to a3 merely a waste of time in the Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian or...
Killer Games...
I have recently been playing more blitz than usual, since I have been trying out a number of se...
Fun with the Left Ho...
I have been playing a lot of fun games with the Left Hook Grand Prix with a3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 ...
More Left Hook Grand...
By Michael Goeller
Returning to the Left Hook Grand Prix (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.a...
The Left Hook Grand ...
By Michael Goeller
The Left Hook Grand Prix can arise by 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.a3!...
The Left Hook Grand ...
By Michael Goeller
I have written before about the Grand Prix with a3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4....
