Why should we propose a draw?Often a player decides to offer a draw with his opponent out of fear ( rarely because of fatigue ). To improve we must overcome the fear to loss. The difference between a good player and a strong player is that the se...
The chess game is a battle, Napoleon first of a battle studied the psychology and the knowledge of his enemy , to understand his plan. In fact , for his time, he was also a good chess player. When we play a game, we should understand also the ene...
In chess we must to be carefull in each situation, also when the game is almost won or nearly lost. The danger is always around the corner. I'm agree with Aagard when he says , in his books , that we must play like humans and don't like machines...
Santa Chess 2012 is a turn-based tournament ( 3 days for move ) with 96 players. The tournament start with 8 groups , only the first for group go at the final group. I organize this tournament for celebrate my thirth anniversary on chess.com. I...
An important idea in chess is the stalemate, often the chessplayer underestimates this situation or he ignores it. I think that is very important know the stalemate and to have in our memory some stalemate positions. I kne...
Hello everyone, this is my first post in chess.com and I want to explain an important idea in the endgame.Two pawns in the sixth line are more strong to a rook , only a rook can't prevent the promotion of one of these two pawn. Diagram 1 The...
