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In the Pirc, the natural recapture 9…dxe5? runs into 10.Qd6!, and White scores heavily in master games. Here is a simple habit that spots this kind of trap before you fall into it.
In 2000 the Berlin endgame helped decide a world championship. A quarter of a century later it is still on the board at the top level, in 4,330 master games and counting.
The Berlin endgame is famous as a drawing line. Here is how White turned it into a win against the world champion, move by move, with Stockfish 19 checking every turning point.
What the French is for, White's four main answers and how each scores, Black's main replies, and the two pawn breaks every French player needs. Built on 179,938 master games.
Club players often swap on d5 to avoid French theory. In 179,938 master games it is White's lowest-scoring main move, and Black wins more often than White.
Two quiet pawn moves take the sting out of Black's main plans, and one natural recapture walks into 10.Qd6. What 1,053 master games and Stockfish 19 say.
In 1976 Efim Geller sacrificed his queen against the world champion, and Karpov saw it coming. A year later Karpov answered with a queen sacrifice of his own. Two games, verified move by move.
Four different move orders reach the same Catalan position, and every one of them finds the same 45,726 master games. What a transposition is, and how to use it in your preparation.
