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LCB, Issue #077 --, Plot Your Way through the Pawn Islands
LCB, Issue #077 --, Plot Your Way through the Pawn Islands
3.c4
White goes for the Maroczy Bind, seen in many openings. Nc3 when it comes will give the first player firm control of the light squares o...
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LCB, Issue #078 --, Tactics vs Strategy, Who Wins?
LCB, Issue #078 --, Tactics vs Strategy, Who Wins?
Queen's Indian Defense
4.g3
Fianchetto Variation. A popular move for White in the Queen's Indian. His Bishop will contest Black's Bishop for the long...
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LCB, Issue #091 --, Manage Your Imbalances with Skill
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January 01, 2023
Lapoc Chess Board, Issue #091 -- GOTM #61
Who knows how much a piece is worth. When I first learned to play chess, pieces were given arbitary values.
Bishops ...
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LCB, Issue #079 --, Turn from Prey to Predator
LCB, Issue #079 --, Turn from Prey to Predator
Transposing to Queen's Gambit Declined lines.
3...Bb4
4.e3
6.d5 b5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5
Kortschnoj chooses to weaken the threat on the flank but knows that...
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Chess Orb C2 Submission
As an experienced chess player, I hated Anti-Chess at first. It felt like those beginning days of chess when the school's 4th grade savant cleared the
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LCB, Issue #087 --, Entomb Your Opponent For Total Supremacy
LCB, Issue #087 --, Entomb Your Opponent For Total Supremacy
Dragon Variation
White will push forward annexing space.
9...Rc8 10.f5!?
An energetic move, but not an infallible one. Black must respond i...