HeyJaredJonathan Speelman
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- Sep 16, 2026
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Jon Speelman: Beware the Centaur's Hooves (opens the original)
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GM Blohberger presents a complete two-part repertoire for Black: practical, clear, and flexible – instead of endless theory, you’ll get straightforward concepts and strategies that are easy to learn and apply. One topic I often come back to here is opening preparation in the age of the computer and the consternation caused when the opponent manages to catch you in the grip of a "centaur" - their collaboration with a chess engine. Of course sometimes it is a human idea which you then examine with
Jon Speelman: Castles by the trees and Fluffy Ducks (opens the original)
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In almost every chess game there comes a moment when you just can’t go on without tactics. You must strike to not giving away the advantage you have worked for the whole game. [Note that Jon Speelman also looks at the content of the article in video format, here embedded at the end of the article.] I'm starting today with a position which Jonathan Mastel showed me a fortnight ago. This was at "Folk by the Oak", the annual one-day folk festival at Hatfield House a few miles north of London, which
Jon Speelman: Two legs good, four legs better! (opens the original)
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In this course, you will learn the foundations and key ideas of the Vienna Game and discover a variety of systems that make you extremely difficult to prepare for. [Note that Jon Speelman also looks at the content of the article in video format, here embedded at the end of the article.] I'm misquoting Animal Farm because, in our case, it really is true. Analysis with the help of computers - becoming a "centaur" - is enormously helpful both in terms of speed and accuracy. In addition, while analy
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