New Ideas in the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense

It’s always nice when the top chess players in the world use a chess opening commonly seen in scholastic chess. This was the case in Round 9 of the Tata Steel Masters when Women’s World Chess Champion GM Ju Wenjun avoided possible Fried Liver or Lolli Attack complications by using the Polerio Defense (1 e4ContinueContinue reading “New Ideas in the Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Polerio Defense”