A hundred years ago Réti, Nimzowitsch and Alekhine turned chess on its head with one idea: the centre does not have to be occupied with pawns - it can be handed to your opponent and then destroyed with pieces and flank blows. That is how hypermodernism was born.
These openings are not about cramming forcing lines but about understanding and provocation. You invite your opponent to build a big pawn centre and then strike at it from the flanks once it becomes a target. A selection for people who find playing like everybody else boring. Every start can be played through on the board.
Hypermodernism calls for composure: you deliberately give up the centre and have to know exactly when and with what to strike at it. In return your opponent almost always finds himself on unfamiliar ground - and that is half the battle.
It is an approach in which you do not occupy the centre with your own pawns but hand it to your opponent so as to attack it afterwards with pieces and flank pawn blows. A big centre turns from a target into a weakness.
More for those who already understand the basic principles. These openings forgive passivity less and call for a feel for the moment to strike back at the centre. But they free you from cramming long lines.
The Pirc or the Modern Defence with Black, and the Réti Opening with White: they have little forcing theory and plenty of clear plans with a fianchetto.
If you are just starting out, have a look at the rules of chess and how to set the board up.
Everything people usually keep in a spreadsheet is already in the app: pairings, points, tie-breaks, round order. Free, with no subscriptions and no cap on the number of players.
many players, one evening: four or five rounds are enough
the fairest format for six to ten players
not a tournament, just an evening of chess - who is free and who is playing is visible in the app
Vibe Chess runs chess meetups - networking evenings in cities across Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and more. For companies we run corporate chess tournaments, and every city and format is gathered on the home page.
Open the Vibe Chess app - it has the schedule of meetups and chess events across the cities, the registration and your own tournaments.
