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Forgetful old Cole loses a pawn, then more stuff, then wins. https://lichess.org/EgMSfPtq/white#0

Aren't 'theory' and knowing opening lines rather different?

I'm always impressed by how poor many opponents are at end games. They often get beaten by little me.

"free site excuse" - Well, I think that is a very reasonable excuse. If we were paying, then it would be reasonable to want the site monitored more. As it is, I think it unreasonable to badger Lichess…

King's gambit - can be great fun - although not played at world championship level, players like Boris Spassky could play it to great effect.

@nDie_Zatoichi said in #25: > I think it's the same as with any game/sport: Is knowledge of baseball history going to make a modern player better? > > > But you don't really need any comprehensive kno…

I find that a lot of players (at my humble level anyway) do not know simple endings such as Queen/King, Rook/King against King. Here, any old book will do fine. I would also argue that even a book as …

I would start by beating the masters, then beating the international masters (have I got it the right way round?), then go three rounds with a grandmaster. Then invite him to a game.

I doubt if it was, but the Sicilian should have been a gambit you couldn't refuse.

Learn rook and king ending, rook and queen ending. I learned from Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals, although I'm sure there are other more modern low level books (although Capa should still be relevant…