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Getting home after Saturday's games, I ate dinner and started preparing for Yankovsky. I had a general profile of him already, but I needed to play through a bunch of his games to ascertain what variations he played against my defenses to e4 (c5, ... | Read More
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We continue our analysis of different kinds of blunders and today we'll discuss the most complicated one. The two kinds of blunder that I described in the first two parts of this article can be fixed relatively easily: (1) When you play a game you... | Read More
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LionHeart319 asked:
I’ve been spending hours and hours of study to improve my game, I mean I’m kinda obsessed with the game. But recently (after reading a couple of books, improving my tactics, and solving a lot of chess puzzles), I seem to l... | Read More
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Chess puzzles. Ya gotta love’em. Speaking personally, I can’t get enough of them. Nothing satisfies the soul like solving a chess puzzle that you deem truly worthy of your intellect.
Working chess puzzles actually can give a serious boo... | Read More
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Hello, I would like to show you some interesting chess puzzles, however not typical like "mate in 4". Hope you'll enjoy them, if you'll be interested in them I'll post more exercises like these. So let's start.
First puzzle by unknown:
Game star... | Read More
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Have you ever found it hard to understand the basics of chess and found it mind boggling at the best of times well here are some tips for beginners to help them progress to good novice
1.develop your Knights Bishops etc.. first Before attackin... | Read More
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If you have been a basic member on chess.com for some time, you'd know that there is a "tactics trainer" which lets you do some chess problems at a daily basis. It is a really nice interactive program that gives you a huge variety of chess problem... | Read More
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A high percentage of your chess games will end with endgames. Endgames are different than middlegames because less pieces are on the board; however, many people argue that more thinking, especially long-term, is required than the middlegame.
Many... | Read More
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A friend of mine, let's call him "Jay," recently bought a handheld chess computer because he wanted to practice his chess skill without being tethered to his PC. He placed an order with Barnes and Nobles for the New York Times Deluxe Edition To... | Read More
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Principles of Chess01. Develop your pieces quickly.02. Control the center.03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space.04. Try t... | Read More