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Han Schut
@hanschut.bsky.social
Chess coach, Chessable author, CM/NM
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@HanSchut
Chessable: https://www.chessable.com/author/HanSchut/
Lichess Blog: https://lichess.org/@/HanSchut/blog
I never came across a correspondence game in my local Mega DB.
My chess tools:
- CB and Hiarcs as DB programs
- Mega DB with weekly CB updates
- Corr DB with monthly ICCF updates
- Hiarcs openings book
- SF and LcO
- Forward Chess
- Chessvision.ai
- Qchess.net
- Lichess
- Chessable
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Correspondence players spend days analyzing a position with the strongest engines. You can still find interesting ideas as L’Ami showed in the NIC Yearbooks.
I only look at games post SF-NNUE and use the corr DB to see if there is consensus on the strongest move and any new ideas from top players.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
23... Nf6 24. d6?
(24. Rg4+! Nxg4 25. Qxg4+ Kh8 26. Qd4+ f6 27. d6 Bxg3 28. Qd2 Rf7 and wins.)
24... Bxg3
(24... Qc8! with equality.)
25. Rg4+ Nxg4 26. Qxg4+ Kh8 27. Qd4+ f6 28. Qd2 Rf7 29. Bxf7 Kg7 30. Qd3 1-0
Aronian saw the idea but chose the wrong move order but won after all.
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The knight came from g6.
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
33. Bf6! Bxf6 34. Qxf4 and mate is unavoidable.
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Second introduction video: variations without Bf5 and Early Deviations
youtu.be/aTL4NKZbVUY
Alekhine's Defense Four Pawns Attack: Part 2 - Variations without Bf5 and Early Deviations
YouTube video by Han Schut
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
First introduction video: Variations with Bf5.
youtu.be/Xq9obNz4vLc
Alekhine's Defense Four Pawns Attack: Part 1 - Introduction and Variations with Bf5
YouTube video by Han Schut
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Congratulations! 🎉
You have proven to belong in this class, which should boost your confidence. 💪
Your focus now should be on converting winning positions, a much better challenge than must-win situations against lower-rated opponents.
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
After 13... Rxc3 14. Qxc3, White has Kd2 in the end.
August 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Black won after 13... Rxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 15. Kc1 Bh6+ 0-1
I discovered the tactical motif 15... Bh6+, forcing a white piece to block the escape square of the white king, when I created my course.
August 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
My video on this position and four other examples where active defense and concrete calculation trumps chess principles:
youtu.be/D1XLSEZA58E
Useful chess principle or limiting chess dogma?
YouTube video by Han Schut
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM