Get ready to play in a chess tournament this weekend.
Here's a little video to help you get your engine started. (-or to just learn a little more about the game.)
Almost always, when the Queen Pawn meets the Queen Pawn in the center, White supports with the Queen Bishop Pawn. While this forumation is not as deadly as its brother formation on the Kingside, it is more strategic and hence more practical.
I usually play this. I note that the QB pawn usually moves up next to the Q pawn no matter what Black does.
Get ready to play in a chess tournament this weekend.
Here's a little video to help you get your engine started. (-or to just learn a little more about the game.)
The Stonewall has pawns on KB4, K3, Q4, and QB3. Either Black or White can move into this formation. In my experience, it is really hard to bust this formation. I recall Max Euwe's book on the middlegame had an extensive chapter on how to bust this formation.
This is one formation I recommend for beginning players.
As I was wandering through the chess blog landscape I found this article by Chessvibes regarding some new research into body language that may be important to chessplayers. Check it out!
My favorite quote from the article: "Wouldn’t that be a huge consolation to us patzers? It’s not our fault – our bodies give us away!"