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4. g3 Scandinavian White aims for Q side play by softening up Black's Q side pawns. Particularly effective when Black plays ...c6 as most Scandinavian devotees are conditioned to do. 4 games, 1998-2005 Alapin Sicilian Perhaps the best anti-Sicilian, the Alapin allows White to create a strong center and attack. Special thanks to Sergei Tiviakov for showing us how to play this powerful anti- Sicilian. 23 games, 1958-2013 Anti London Black uses a dark square strategy to combat the London System. 4 games, 2003-2015 Bishop b5 Sicilan This is a modified Rossolimo with White having played 2.Nc3. 12 games, 2001-2010 Black plays 1...d6 These games show an interesting, relatively rare, Black response to 1.d4. These games feature many early Queen exchanges, all initiated by White. Amazingly, this exchange favors Black. This anomaly is what first attracted me to this opening. The Black King is safe in the center with the Queens off the board. Since both players are out of book almost immediately, this opening is a true test of chess skill. Almost all of these games reach an exciting endgame. 58 games, 1953-2018 Bogo Indian Beauties Black can score with this opening by exchanging the dark squared Bishops and aiming for a dark squared placement of his center pawns. 30 games, 1927-2014 Caro Kann't A tough opening to beat. These games show how White does it. 13 games, 1926-2010 Chess would not be chess without these games These games show chess at its best. The players displayed increidble imagination, precise positional play and tactical brilliancy. What I would give to play just one game that's even close to one of these. 48 games, 1851-2017 Closed Sicilian Gems Another way to dispatch with the Sicilian infidels. 6 games, 1988-2007 Cool games I like Not necesarily famous games, but I enjoyed playing over them Lots of learning points, tactics, and cool positions. Features mostly Dutch and KG games. 28 games, 1849-2007 Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess Selected games from the book of the same title. 16 games, 1923-1989 Endgames That Need to be Mastered Features Mostly King and Pawns & Rook and Pawns. Lots of Capablanca games, naturally. 49 games, 1883-2011 English Opening Games Selected English Opening Games, focusing on the Botvinnik System. 87 games, 1908-2012 Fort Knox Solid, no frills way to combat the French 17 games, 1902-2017 French Connection The French as Black focusing on meeting 3.Nc3, the most challenging move according to Gary Kasparov, with 3...Bb4, the Winawer variation. 55 games, 1850-2016 French Fried Instructive French Games. What to do, and not to do, against 1...e6. Some awesome combinations and sacrifices by White in these games. 13 games, 1896-2006 Games with Instructive Themes These games will highlight various instructive chess themes such as outposts, rooks on the 7th rank, weak squares, files, diagonals, the art of the exchange sac, and others. The lessons taken from these games can certainly be applied in our games. 32 games, 1913-2006 Hardcore Petrov 71 games, 1842-2009 IQP, Isolated Queen Pawn, Games This collection shows how to take advantage of the dynamic possibilities of the isolated d pawn. If the isolani manages to advance, look out! On the other hand, if it is firmly blockaded, it tends to become a liability that leads to a lost endgame as pieces are exchanged. I find this strategic struggle utterly fascinating. 11 games, 1933-2007 Italian Game The slow, but venomous, Italian. 17 games, 1848-2017

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