Nikos Ntirlis (@NikolaosNtirlis)

♟️The h2-h3 trend is real! Let us see how it can help you challenge the Sicilian Defense 😁 Our starting position is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 and we basically pre-move 3.h3 as it works well whatever Black plays on move 2! Here's a 🧵 with some basic presentation of the main ideas 👇 ...

What's trendy in Opening Theory #8 A practical Anti-Catalan weapon for Black! In this thread, I am going to share a "secret" I have kept for years 😊 Undervalued by both the engines and the theoreticians. Time to change that! Details in the thread 🧵 1/ ...

♟️Get Serious with 1.e4! In this new series of 🧵, we will develop a formidable repertoire! I'll share practical, fresh and theoretically challenging lines for White. And I'll invite several strong GMs to comment! Today, we meet the Caro Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5) ...

What's trendy in Opening Theory #2 A simple way to get an edge vs the Caro Kann is: 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3!? In this thread 🧵, I'll share the most popular and best lines for both sides. ...

What's Trendy in Opening Theory #13 The Berlin CAN be challenged. In this 🧵I'll show you how. We start with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 ...

What's trendy in Opening Theory #12 What is the safest and most practical opening against 1.e4? The Petroff! In this 🧵I'll present to you a simple repertoire, which I tested in high-level corr games, and you can start playing today! No kidding! Let's see...👇 ...

♟️New Ideas in the Opening The revolutionary idea of the Niemann-Kramnik team. Recently, Italian makes a claim to dethrone the Ruy Lopez as the best White system after 1.e4 e5. But only this new idea seems to actually manage to do it! What's that? Let's see🧵👇 ...