As much as I love the picture of teddybear playing chess against a girl on a beach, I must let this picture go. I do not have the copyright. If someone knows who has it, please inform me, I would love to purchase the right to use it on a chess blog that hardly anyone reads.

So, I had to replace it. What to do? Famous question uttered by Spanish players in blitz games when they run out of time. I had to ransack my apartment and enlist Plüschtiger and Plüschwelpe.

If you can not see the board properly, it is the anti-French wing attack: 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 d4 (best thing) (this is the position on the board)...