Although it is off-topic, here you might see how do I play Bird opening in chess: ==== 1. f4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Rd8 11…

2. Openings - All beginners should focus on fighting for the central squares c3, d4, c5, f4. If you have 3 of them under control, you clearly have an advantage! Therefore, there is a limited scope o…

It will take many hours of work for describing first steps. I minimized goals: I am about to explain basic principles which would be valuable for studying any book or watching any game. ------- 1…

黄子游，你这周去安徽吗？

你是中国人还是俄罗斯人？ТЫ КИТАЙСКИЙ ИЛИ РУССИЯНСКИЙ?

@Twoblackcheckers The opening theory between "straight" and "backwards jumping" variants is not compatible (but I like all variants,). While in "straight" variants, playing single corner opening b…

S1season：我们将举行3+2的比赛，在这个团队的人数满12之后，并且在线人数不小于10。队长将会举办S1赛季的比赛，公开，全程共2小时。

老师，不是3＋2吗？

If you copy (Ctrl-C) the game notation (on the game page), you'll have it with the needless spaces, like so (Ctrl-V): 1 g3-f4 f6-e5 2 h2-g3 e7-f6 3 c3-b4 b6-a5 4 b4-c5 d6:b4 Could you…

@jeffreyq2 {in alphanumeric notation} 2. .. c3:a5 3. e5-f6 e7-d6 (forced, otherwise it is lost due to material deficiency or huge positional disadvantage: normally, in Russian puzzles that option…