Mina Shokry's Blog

• Weak squares and a pretty mate.

  After I wrote my first blog entry about "Power of pinning" at http://blog.chess.com/minashokry/power-of-pinning, again, I speak about another common mistake that even some experienced players may make which is weak squares. A weak square is defin... | Read More

  • minashokry
  • | May 6, 2010
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• Power of pinning

  Pinning is one of the most powerful skills of mid-game. Some players don't realize power of pinning. They can easily leave their pieces to be pinned or don't make use of chances to pin opponent's pieces.To players who undervalue pinning, I present... | Read More

  • minashokry
  • | Mar 1, 2010
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