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Category: Opening

Weekly Chess Letter #4

Black to move: find a plan.
White to move.
White to move: where to go with the rook?
Black to move.
White to move.
White to move: is there a defence?

These are the 6 critical moments I have selected for this week’s Chess Letter.

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Author silasPosted on October 26, 2018Categories Endgames, Exercises, Middlegame, Opening, Opening Simulator: King's Indian, Weekly Chess Letter

Opening Simulator: King’s Indian Defence

Black to move. Level 3.

The draft of my next book has been handed in to Quality Chess and will probably come out sometime during the spring or summer of 2019. The book is co-written with Danish IM Andreas Hagen.

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Author silasPosted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018Categories Exercises, Opening, Opening Simulator: King's Indian, Tactics

10 Exercise Questions to The Scotch Endgame

I have added further exercises to my blog – 10 questions to The Scotch Endgame can be found on this page.

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Author silasPosted on April 3, 2017April 3, 2017Categories Early Middlegame, Endgames, Exercises, Middlegame, Opening, Rook vs. Two Minor PiecesTags 12 Weeks to Better Chess, Carsten Hansen

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