The Chess Tactician

I find that, when playing the Grand Prix Attack as White, having the Bishop aiming at f7 is a very useful lever and establishes a pin.  In m...

It is worth noting here that, when Black overstretched I was able to get move the King into the game by covering the f3 square on move ? ......

The Grand Prix Attack can be a very tricky opening to deal with for the uninitiated.  Here is the end position when I was White and it was m...

The Grand Prix Attack can be really lethal when played properly ...  From researching the web, I can see that chessdoctrine.com has some ex...

Don't advance your pawns too quickly in the grand prix attack, or you will overstretch - which is what happened to Black here ... 

 Today I wanted to practice my chess.  I like 'attacking chess', so the Grand Prix Attack for me is perfect!  The time control was 1...

Unlike the previous post featuring the Carlsen game, my Grand Prix Attack as White was not contested by a Grand Master thankfully :) Howeve...

Recently, I was hunting for some advice on how to play the Grand Prix Attack as White. Thankfully I found a scintillating Carlsen Bullet Ga...

In this final part we will examine some of the 'unorthodox' openings in more detail.  I intend to cover: For White Grand Prix At...

As Black ...what do you like to play? If White plays e4 - then we can choose our favourite response ... It depends as to what type of pla...

I tried to use the Grand Prix Attack in my first club game of 2018.  I had a huge time lead during the 'middle game', but my opponen...

During my last club game Of the season I was able to employ the Grand Prix Attack as White with devastating effect!  I'm not sure if my ...

Here is my fifth game in the Portsmouth Chess Congress 2013 - a Sicilian Grand Prix Attack. I was on the Black side this time, and wanted t...

Here is my fourth game in the Portsmouth Chess Congress 2013 - a Sicilian Grand Prix Attack. I was banking on my opponent not knowing enoug...

In my last club game I had the White pieces and played e4. My opponent elected to play the sicilian ... I played the closed variation with ...

Last week I played a club game against Basingstoke. I confess that I had not properly prepared for Black's 4th and my 5th move response...

Here my two Knights proved to be much better than my opponent's two bishops ... As can be seen from the game, White seems to hem both hi...

I played a Grand Prix Attack game online this evening and won comfortably in 17-moves (opponent's grade 1600 approx). It's easy whe...

This is my first post for a while, and the reason I haven't been posting is simply because I've been playing chess constantly for th...

Here we see a convincing win against the Grand Prix Attack from my colleague Steve. He's had plenty of practice against me over the last...