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365chess.com also has a database with many games, including grandmaster games. I think you can also store your own games there if you are willing to pay, but I'm not sure because I have a free account…

You were playing a different chess variant yesterday, namely crazyhouse. In crazyhouse you can put back a captured piece of your opponent's as your own. Your opponent took a rook of yours and because …

You mean chess clubs in which you can play over-the-board games once a week, right? I surely think they improve your game. In my view, games with long time controls are the ones from which you learn t…

@szeweningen2: I reached that line a few times by transposition, via 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5. Some players didn't want to play 3.d5 and go into a Benko gambit (or Benoni), and instead replied 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nx…

Play with long time controls, 10+0 is not enough to be able to calculate properly, especially if you are a beginner. Also, training tactics and learning mating patterns may help.

I agree that tactics are very important, but you won't get any tactical possibilities to exploit if you have no opening knowledge and strategic understanding. I think the tactically superior player wi…

I quite like the Benko/Volga gambit and have played it for some time, though the lines with b6 are a bit annoying. Before playing the Benko I played the Budapest gambit, but after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d…

A pity that computer analysis shows that it wasn't all correct, but I can understand that Black lost his way in the complications, especially since it was a blitz game. Nicely done.

Even more surprising is that he'd taken this poisoned pawn in the exact same position before, as can be seen in the opening DB: https://nl.lichess.org/6f4mtcAL#20

You create the opening together. E.g. you can only play a Sicilian if your opponent chooses to play 1.e4. So it's not 'my opening' or 'my opponent's opening', but rather 'our opening'. For example, I …