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AntiChess

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  1. Santanu_Borah (1085?) - Stockfish level 1
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Benko

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  1. Queenside attack, bishop outpost to block queenside files, free piece
  2. knight entry, queenside defense, queen blunder
  3. Rook on e file, target weak squares, prevent checks
  4. Bishop exchange and queen-knight mate on h7, knight move to deflect rooks
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Benoni

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  1. Old Benoni, impulsive moves, no calculations
  2. center play, entering enemy camp alone, blundering queen, piece activity
  3. Santanu_Borah (1682) - chess-Army_KCI (1817)
  4. Santanu_Borah - g67081
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Blitz theory

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  1. Geza Maroczy - Efim Bogoljubov
  2. Chapter 2
  3. Chapter 3
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Budapest defense

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  1. Budapest defense, piece mobility and defense, against passed pawns
  2. Trapping piece missed, wrong queen exchange, controlling open file, passed pawn
  3. understanding piece activity and coordination, exploiting opponent's inability
  4. Santanu_Borah (1695) - Michi3KF (1705)
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Caro-kann

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  1. Advanced variation, losing tactical blows
  2. Tedious defense against advanced passed pawn, hanging piece
  3. Caro Kann: Higher rated, no mistake
  4. Classical: neglected king safety
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Catalan

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  1. Misplaced rook, fork, passed pawn
  2. Not seeing positional continuation with multiple square possibilities
  3. Qa4+ line, play Bd7, c5, capture Bxb2, missing double attack, better knight move
  4. In Bg2 line, start with Bb4+, whole game shifts towards queenside, knight attack
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Chess960

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  1. Release the queen and bishop, defend weak squares around the king
  2. Winning by fork
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Chessdojo Sicilian Themes

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  1. Furman - Pruess
  2. Dueling pawn majority
  3. Exchange sacrifice on c3
  4. The advance b4-b5 and d5 pawn break
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Chigorin defense

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  1. Chessyqueeny - dm66pl
  2. Chessyqueeny - bkardes
  3. ahmad0077 (1966) - Santanu_Borah (1954)
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Colle system

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  1. Davidjb - Santanu_Borah
  2. avneets13 - Santanu_Borah
  3. Win by capturing hanging piece
  4. Losing series of exchange, Bxh7 sacrifice
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Crazyhouse

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  1. Play d4-Nf3-Bc4, solid structure without exchange in opening
  2. Ruy lopez exchange, keep f8 bishop, mating attack with pawn, rook and minor piec
  3. TalMikhai (1290?) - Santanu_Borah (1261?)
  4. Santanu_Borah (1351?) - MaratAbay (1697)
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Drill 4

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  1. Kangaroo Defense, weak squares, free pawn, knight dominance
  2. Semi-slav, flank pawn attack, center control
  3. Pawn endgame, opposition
  4. Queen for rook and knight imbalance
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Drills

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  1. Bishop endgame 1
  2. Bishop endgame 2
  3. Bishop endgame 3
  4. Bishop endgame 4
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Drills 2

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  1. Queen endgame 5
  2. Queen endgame 6
  3. Queen endgame 7
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Drills 3

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  1. Rosen v Agdestein 2009
  2. Onischuk v Samhauri 2012
  3. Dominguez v So 2014
  4. Wei v Haast 2015
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