Playing chess is really fun and interesting, but one common issue with amature players is creating blunders in chess games. So how to avoid chess blunders? The best way to avoid chess blunders is...
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 is the Budapest gambit. Black takes a side-line by sacrificing a pawn temporarily and avoids almost all mainline set-ups that occur in the queen’s pawn opening. White is...
Dutch Defense is a queen's pawn opening that starts with 1.d4 f5. Black tries to create an asymmetrical pawn structure and gain control over the e4 square. There are mainly two set-ups for black in...
Colle system is a queen’s pawn opening that starts with 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3. This is similar to the set-ups like the London system and the stonewall attack we saw earlier....
London system is also more like a set-up than an opening line. White has a clear set-up in mind. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0, and we get a set-up of the...
Stonewall attack is not an opening but a set-up that white can choose to play. For example, 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.f4 c5 5.c3 This set-up is called the Stonewall attack. White creates a...
