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  1. Ruy Lopez
  2. Italian game
  3. Scotch game
  4. Philidor Defense
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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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Ruy Lopez

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  1. central pawn push, king side attack and defense, free pawn, passed pawn
  2. developing the queen, missing mate with queen-bishop, missing forcing move
  3. Traps_And_Poisons (1293) - Santanu_Borah (1677)
  4. Santanu_Borah (1672) - Vansh_2510 (1274)
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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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Patterns

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  1. Pinning knight
  2. Chapter 5
  3. Interference
  4. Against discovered attack
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QGD

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  1. QGD/London, kingside attack
  2. QGD, attack build up on f file
  3. QGA, weak pawn, weak square, passed pawn
  4. QGD, against IQP, passed pawn
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QGA

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  1. Theory
  2. QGA, normal, undefended piece and pawns neglected
  3. Rock bottom of classical rating, missing back rank, graceful draw
  4. Missing fork, pin, defending own pieces, passed pawn
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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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Sicilian closed

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  1. Closed Sicilian, attack on castled king with fianchettoed position
  2. Closed Sicilian, free pawn, pawn protection, exchange sacrifice, open file
  3. Sicilian closed, space, exchanging pieces, queen move, attack on castled king
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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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Sicilian Najdorf Be3

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  1. centralize pieces, win by fork and pin
  2. Improving pieces before exchanging, defending kingside attack, bishop-rook endga
  3. Avoid e5 before developing minor pieces, avoid moving to threatened square
  4. Don't play e5, counter attack on queenside missed
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KID

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  1. Close the center, don't block the bishops, missed free pieces
  2. Piece improvement, material gaining check calculation, passed pawn
  3. free pawns, exchanging when down on material, self-pin
  4. KID, losing advantage, connected passed pawn, inaccurate queen sac, lucky win
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Sicilian Najdorf Bg5

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  1. Lack in development, exchanging defending pieces, kingside attack
  2. Missing pin, wrong visualization, lucky win
  3. wrong pin
  4. Winning with Bg5, taking risks against higher-rated, knight sacrifice
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Slav

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  1. Hanging pieces, wrong bishop, blunder to non-forced recapture, lucky win
  2. Failed attack on kingside, unable to calculate under fear of losing materials
  3. auto-pilot knight move to e5, bishop vs rook, possible draw missed
  4. Queen Bishop on a2-g8 diagonal, moving from castling, missing mates
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