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Chess Openings for Beginners

 

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In this section you will find chess games files to download, and all of these are complying the following conditions:

  1. Every pgn or cbv file is showcasing an opening or specific defense.
  2. They are chess miniatures (chess games with no more than 25 moves) and all of them end in checkmate.
  3.  They are aimed at beginners, but anyone can benefit from its study.

If you don’t know what to do or how to study these collection of miniatures, I advice you to read the following article:

A hardcore guide to study and train your chess openings (1st part)

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The Cochrane Gambit, an alternative against the Russian Defense

Posted by on Nov 14, 2011 in Articles, Attack to the King, Chess Openings for Beginners, Free Chess Downloads, Stories | 4 comments

The Cochrane Gambit, an alternative against the Russian Defense

   I. Defining the Cochrane Gambit -and the other “boring” classic variants. The Cochrane Gambit (which owes its name to John Cochrane, a Scottish amateur who used it consistently) is a knight sacrifice, played by White, in exchange for two pawns in the opening. Also, White gets a strong pawn center and some attack against the Black king, which is unable to castle. It’s not widely used by “big names” (with the honorable exception of the game Topalov-Kramnik, Linares 1999) -but in amateur and lower rated...

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Evans Gambit Miniatures to Download

Posted by on Nov 5, 2011 in Chess Openings, Chess Openings for Beginners, Free Chess Downloads | 0 comments

Evans Gambit Miniatures to Download

Here is a collection of miniatures of the Evans Gambit, the position that arises after: 1.e4, e5. 2Cf3, Cc6 3.Ac4, Ac5 4.b4!?, Axb4 5.c3 The idea behind this gambit is to gain tempi in development, opening lines and building a strong center at the expense of a pawn and winning time stalking the dark squared bishop. Among the fans of this gambit is the English grandmaster Nigel Short, who had no hesitation playing it against the very Garry Kasparov. Kasparov himself has played this gambit, like the stylish win against Anand. This gambit is...

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Scotch Gambit Miniatures to Download

Posted by on Nov 4, 2011 in Chess Openings, Chess Openings for Beginners, Free Chess Downloads | 1 comment

Scotch Gambit Miniatures to Download

Here is a collection of miniatures of the Scotch Gambit, the position that arises after: 1.e4, e5. 2.Nf3, Nc6 3.Bc4, Nf6 4.d4, exd4 5.e5, d5 6.Bb5, Ne4 It´s considered a serious alternative to the “Fried Liver Attack” (1.e4, e5. 2Nf3, Cc6 3.Bc4, Nf6 4.Ng5) and often produces interesting games and full of ideas. They are 54 miniatures games, with no more than 25 moves for each side, and each and everyone of them end in checkmate, or they are just a few moves away to get it. If you don´t know what to do with this resource, I...

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