Playing Against The Caro-Kann Defense

Reference: Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1.e4, Second Revised and Updated Edition Fischer vs. Petrosian 1970 Beograd World-SU 1970 · Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange. Rubinstein Variation...

Chess Openings for Beginners: Dealing with the Seirawan Attack

I am slowly building my opening repertoire and I feel comfortable with my opening as White (The English) as well as my defenses as Black against 1.e4 (the French). I am a bit more unsure when it comes to my defense to 1.d4 as Black. I just recently decided that my repertoire against 1.d4 would include the...

Opening Research : Hyper Accelerated Dragon

Opening Research : Hyper Accelerated Dragon

Ruben Fine's Thirty Rules of Chess

TEN OPENING RULES 1. Open with a center pawn. 2. Develop with threats. 3. Knights before Bishops. 4. Don’t move the same piece twice. 5. Make as few pawn moves as possible in the opening. 6. Don’t bring your Queen out too early. 7. Castle as soon as possible, preferably on the Kingside. 8....

Opening Theory

Online Wiki Book on opening theory.