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The diary of an International Chess Master


    • Pawn Mass Miracle

      Shigeru, one of my students from Japan just posted one of his games with the title: Narrow escape.  He made mistakes and the opponent got a big advantage and captured all of his pieces, but then he put his hopes to the four pawns on the kingside... | Read More

    • Video Lecture: Is the Ben oni the right opening for you?

      Thank you for watching this video. I wish you will enjoy it and learn new things! | Read More

    • Is the Ben-oni the right opening for you?

      I welcome you with love in this lecture. The Ben-oni is a sharp, tactical opening. If you want to improve your calculation skills then this opening will help you. The position is unbalanced from the beginning, so there is a good chance to win for... | Read More

    • New Year 50% discount for the good start

      Hello  I would like to help you to start well your new year in chess. I would like to encourage you to try my chess coaching services to help to create you a study plan for 2013. In the lesson we can: Have a review of your chess history Find... | Read More

    • Improvement tips

      One of my facebook friends asked me about chess improvement. He gave me his permission to show it in this article. I think it can be useful also for other players, so I publish it fully here: Abhishek Marathe hi sir happy new year... Attila Tu... | Read More

    • The 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul finished

      Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Attila Turzo an International Chess Master who organized and held the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul event. The event started at the 11th of January in 2012. I started to play with 1000 players on 1000 boar... | Read More

    • New Statistics of the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul

      I am Attila Turzo an International Chess Master who holds the 1000 Bright Minds Chess Simul event. The event started at the 11th of January in 2012. I started to play with 1000 players on 1000 boards over the Internet on www.chess.com.  I made... | Read More

    • Sergey Karyakin's 3 questions before he moves.

      Stig. a friend of mine and student from Sweden asked me:   "Attila, what is your 3 main questions you ask yourself before you do a move , maybe you could also ask the great player S. Karjakin, if you do the same or not?" I replied him this: "... | Read More

    • World's 6th best rated chess Grandmaster Sergey Karyakin follows me on twitter

      I got this email from twitter:     Attila Turzo, You have a new follower on Twitter.   Sergey Karyakin @SergeyKaryakin http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karjakin-Sergey/326231074131088 http://sergey-karyakin.com/     Followed by КирÑ... | Read More

    • Counterpunch

      Today I played a 3 minutes blitz game against one of the best blitz players of the World.  He is Grandmaster Emanuel Berg, one of the best players from Sweden. He played the french defense, an aggressive line to exchange the light bishops. I p... | Read More