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Speed up time controls if you want more balance

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Seems to happen at least once each time I cycle through the moves analyzing a game I've played. Something to do with the CPU using processing power maybe? Very odd and distracting

After a certain level, chess books are a waste of time, sorry to say

c3 is simpler to play, Maroczy is eternally unpleasant though.

@joddle The choice black has in some of these lines is also a part of it. E.g. three systems in main line Steinitz and three in Classical var, and that's not even touching the Winawer. I've played the…

@ThunderClap Heh. 3.Bd3 actually has a lot of bite to it if black is not careful, but it's something that I'd also feel comfortable playing in a tournament game. My issue is with the differing distrib…

French should be close to 1/8 of e4 games in master play. The exchange is a cheesy line. And 5.c4 only works well against 4. Bd6, although black must also be wary of c4 if the symmetry is maintained t…

It's the third most common defense to e4, hardly rare

I'm not even lumping KIA into this category, but seems like everyone second game is an Exchange, wing gambit or something even more off the wall