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What would you suggest to study/ time management for a business professional. I have roughly 4-10 hours a week to study. What percentage of classical games, studying courses, analyzing your own games, analyzing pro chess players, actually playing chess.

Hi all,

Has anyone seen this idea with Qxd4, Q d2 after Nc6 then b3 bb2, 0-0-0 with g4 ect coming??

Marc

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What are the best chess-related quotes that are coming to your mind? 

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Is an opening 10 or 15 moves for each opponent? When does the Middlegame start?

I usually have 2 hours to study. Sometimes more unfortunately my brain hurts after 2 hours. How do I break up study. Openings middle game end game? Should I play on different days? Should I play first then study? What if I only have 1 hour? Would it be better to study opening one day middle game the next. End game the next then play? What is an example of an amateur routine for improvement? Am I alone on this?

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Hi, Avetik

For the Accelerated Dragon, where do I find the advance section for The Super ...Re8! line?

How do I continue after 12...Bb7 13.h4 Qc7 14.h5 c5? my engines give +- for that position.

Thank you!

5. ...Bd6 6.f5 my thinking was it was good to block the bishop with e5 and c5. Is this logical thinking? It also gets prepared for possible King side attack. I think my chess skills for developing deep plans are flawed anyway to strengthen them? I use ChessTempo, CT-ART, and Chess King.

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1. In your repertoire suggestion for the main line with 12.a4, you say that White should sacrifice the bishop (19.Bxg5) and keep the knight. However, keeping the bishop seems more dangerous to me: Bg5 supports the march of the h-pawn and makes it much harder for Black to shift pieces to the kingside (no ..Re7 or ..Qd8). The combined threat of Qg4 and advancing the h-pawn seems extremely dangerous and much easier to play for White. Engines struggle to defend this position and often propose computer moves (e.g. ..f5 pawn sacrifice) as Blacks only chance of survival. Whats your take on this?

2. In the main line with 12.Re1, you recommend 12...Qa5. However, 13.a4 (with play similar to 12.a4) seems very dangerous, as Bd2 will once again come with tempo. Is this reason enough to prefer 12...Qb6 or 12...Ra6?

Thanks!

Peter