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Wiki`s corner provides info for the everyday beginner,amateur ,and intermediate. I choose from time to time topics on chess mainly and sometimes not on chess. So kick back and relax with these blogs that may be useful for your chess strategy.Cool If you have a question or complement, message me or post a note. thx


    • That`s A Surprising English Attack!

      This game was a team match game between Five for Fighting(which I currently joined to avoid slight inactiveness ) and Chess-0-Matic(which I`m an admin of). It was played between me(mid 1100) and a mid 1500(  sourabhagarwal1 ). I won the game ... | Read More

    • An English Draw

      The game I`m about to show you is a game I just finished recently. It was between me and a 1400(A friend on chess.com named Samsch). His best wins were him beating 1900 "regularly"(no timeouts) and a 2000 on time(he says that guy`s rating is now d... | Read More

    • The French Defense: Semi-closed games

      Hello! It`s been a long time since I put up a blog but I go to middle school. Anyways, let`s go to the main part of my blog. The French Def. is played the moves e4 e6.               The opening came from a correspondence match Lo... | Read More

    • Zukertort Opening : Knights belong on B3

      Today`s blog is on the Zukertort opening. The Zukertort is played by the move Nf3.              Some commonly seen moves after Nf3 are: Nf6- Can transpose to Petrov Defense d5- The QP defense; the move I do as black when playing ... | Read More

    • Strategy and Tactics

      Today`s blog will have a game that you`ll be surprised at. This game was played by J.H. Blackburne in a exhibition of simultaneous blindfold play in which he announced a forced mate in 16.( If black played differently at any point, he loses more q... | Read More

    • Endgame Postions

      Today, I`m doing an endgame postions blog series thanks to the school library book Learn Chess Quickly by I.A. Horowitz (no, I`m not a beginner but an amateur and I`m 11.) We`ll start with one with black winning with heavy amount of material but a... | Read More

    • Legal Trap and Legal`s mate

      Legal Trap can arise from the moves:  This trap is named after Sire de Legal. Blackburne, British master and one of the world`s strongest players in the latter 19 th century,employed this trap a lot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9gal_Tra... | Read More

    • Shocker or No shocker!

      Now here is a game with a "shocker" : Thx for viewing and gg to Computer2-Medium! | Read More

    • Some nice games:Part 2

      This game was unrated in live chess and it was against a 1700 in blitz. I found a way to win. After this game, the opponent because I had to go. http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=372538777 ^ That was the loss and the game I had to leave in.... | Read More

    • QID: What line should I play?

      There are many different lines, here are a few to look at: Miles Variation: Fianchetto Traditional, Nimzowitsch Var., and Tinman`s Line: Spassky System and Kasparov Var,: Thx for viewing! | Read More