Basman's Folly Biographical Chess Books all of which are discussed

all of which are discussed by Müller and his co-author Alexander Markgraf

Women's Champion Annotates - MISS TACTICS

move by move… with a dark square bishop exchange

chess clocks

Direct evaluation with game reference

Basman's Folly Biographical Chess Books all of which are discussedIs the Grob Basman a con artist's bogus operandi, or is the line actually sound? The truthful answer is that the opening is a bit of both! And we can call 1 g4 a "good opening," the same way a mob member calls a hitman colleague "a stand up guy." The engine already prefers Black's chances after 1. g4, so nobody can honestly claim it is White's optimal first move from an empirical standpoint. But is it refuted? The answer is "no," and what we nearly