| General Chess Discussion - The Preemptive Chess Plan#3 From my experience, you want to 1) Play to your own strengths. So if you also main 1. e4, you should play that. If you main 1. d4, you should play that. You dont want to play a black defence a tempo u… | RubinsteinSimp |
| General Chess Discussion - Why Stafford Gambit is so popular?#15 To come with a short explanation: Fashion Tricky openings are always around and definetly dependent on what kind of new sources there are. Eric Rosen popularized the stafford, making it one of his tra… | RubinsteinSimp |
| General Chess Discussion - give up chess forever.#3 It is time for a break. It is important to measure how much happiness you get for a win compared to a loss, and if it is not a good ratio, stop playing that time control. Either try some other things … | RubinsteinSimp |