DaBassie's Blog
Chess boards rotated by 90 degrees and occurrences in other sports
This blog post is not about chess. Also, it is pretty stupid. Please, do only read it if you have th…
A mildly funny observation in the King’s Indian
Something about Be2 and Bd3. Admittedly, this is probably not the funniest thing you have ever read …
Can I random walk myself to 2300?
Instead of relying on actual skill, I wondered whether random rating fluctuations are sufficient to …
A radical opening experiment: The results
A few months ago I decided to only start playing openings unfamiliar to me. Now, after a boatload of…
A radical experiment with my opening repertoire
I’m going to only play the openings that I usually try to avoid like death. I’m curious to see wheth…
I played a chess tournament and made these mistakes
A chess-technical and psychological overview of my mistakes in a futile attempt to improve future re…
Another OTB game analysis: the search for early middlegame creativity
After the astonishing succes of my earlier analysis, I found another game I wanted to check. This on…
Analysing one of my OTB games.
Analysing your own games can be an extraordinary confronting experience. I did it nevertheless.
A complete analysis of a single tactic
In this blog I will go through all my thoughts during the process of solving a tactic. This is, let …
Finally understanding the Caro Kann ...Bf5 line (part 2)
The final part in a series of 4 parts. How play might continue when both sides agree on opposite cas…
Finally understanding the Caro Kann ...Bf5 line (part 1)
Part 3 out of X. Everything I ever wanted to know about both players going 0-0-0.
Continuing attempting to understand the Caro Kann ...Bf5 line.
Part 2 out of 3 (hopefully). Looking at sidelines, general ideas and even endgames.
Attempt at understanding the open Caro Kann ...Bf5 line
The title kinda implies that I didn't understand it before I started writing. That's slightly harsh …