Beim - Bien calculer aux échecs

Everyone knows that the Petroff is one of Black's most solid options to King's Pawn openings, which has endured for centuries. Most people DON'T know that the Damiano Variation - a subset of Petroff - is equally sound and not a beginner's trap into which we fell. The lines of the Damiano may be tailored from the same cloth as Petroff, yet they are quite different. One "Damiano-is-bad" critic wrote on my page: "...selling the Petroff Damiano line as a sure-fire draw for Black seems to me to be overselling it." Actually, incorrect. You CAN hold a draw with the Damiano if you are willing to put in some work of learning the critical lines and the defensive ideas. When I began to look deeper into the line, I came to the shocking realization that there is zero reason to believe in the "refuted" verdict since the engines are on the Damiano's side, not White's! 235 pages

Lakdawala, 1d6 move by move

Les “Move by move” continuent à sortir à un rythme soutenu : après avoir exploré trois grands sujets (la Slave, l'Espagnole et la Nimzo), la série s'offre une excursion en territoire moins défriché (en fait, presque pas défriché du tout) puisque le 1d6 dont il est question ici n'est ni la Pirc, ni la néo-Philidor, mais la défense Tchèque (ou Pribyl), i.e. d6-c6-Fg4. Sujet original et exposé parfaitement didactique : que demander de plus ?

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