Play Chess Openings

Welcome to my updated all-time Top 50 list! From 2011 to 2024, I wrote 3492 chess blog posts. Most older blog post games are found in my che...

Here is a partial list of my chess books. Most are available in paperback and ebook in countries with Amazon websites. For more, see  Tim Sa...

This month, we highlight games in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Euwe Variation (5.Nxf3 e6). This is a solid and reliable defense for Black in t...

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (BDG) is an aggressive chess opening that I played for 35 years. It's characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d...

This month, we look at some recent games in which the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit was avoided or declined. Here, we use the move order 1.d4 Nf6 2...