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This post was published on my blog, but I’m reposting it here because it’s older and easy to miss, while several newer subscribers likely haven’t seen…
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Are Bad Openings Good For You?
Let me get this one straight - I am not talking about bad openings like 1.e4 f5 or such; no, in this email I want to discuss situations when you mess up…
Jan 10
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Happy New Year!
Another year goes by and a new and hopeful one comes.
Jan 3
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Wrong Mentality
I have written before about the character of openings, how different openings require different treatment.
Dec 27, 2025
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What the Old (and New) Masters Teach Us - Part Two
Continuing the subject of the previous email, here I present some positional ideas from the heritage of the old masters.
Dec 20, 2025
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What the Old (and New) Masters Teach Us - Part One
Every player who has entered the elite studied chess in a profound way.
Dec 13, 2025
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Just Another Equal Position
The engines really don’t care about us, humans, who have to play a position that they happily evaluate as equal.
Dec 6, 2025
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Multilayered Preparation
In today’s email I would like to describe how chess preparation looks like in practice, so hopefully you can pick up something that can be of use.
Nov 29, 2025
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