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Openings and puzzles
The centre, pressure on f7 and Black’s replies, explained on the board.
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Video, explanations and animations by RookHabit. Pieces by Colin M. L. Burnett, distributed with python-chess (GPLv3+).
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Ideas for your next game
Pressure arrows and controlled squares explain how Black activates the pieces in the Italian Game.
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Ideas for your next game
A look at openings in the game sample used for this video.
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1893 / Nuremberg
Siegbert Tarrasch — Romberg
Tarrasch starts without the a1-rook. He sacrifices his queen, opens his bishop’s diagonal twice and offers his last rook to complete the mating net.
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