Bird Opening starts with 1. f4. This opening is less popular for white than the 1.e4, 1.d4 or even 1.c4. White’s idea is to control the dark squares in the center without committing to the advance...
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Englund gambit is a queen's pawn opening that starts with 1.d4 e5. The idea is very similar to the Budapest gambit which we saw earlier. But this is really a worse version of the idea because black...
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...
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....