Online chess community where you can play chess, learn strategies and tactics, read chess news, see book reviews, find rules & tips, get free downloads, and more! http://www.chess.com/ 2007 Chess.com This article is a follow-up on How To Deal With Mistakes In Chess-II Reason 4: You insufficiently posed your opponent "real" problems It is also important to pose "real" problems to your opponent. Real problems are not just problems that lead to...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-deal-with-mistakes-in-chess---part-iiiThu, 10 Sep 2009 04:51:15 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-deal-with-mistakes-in-chess---part-iiiThis article is a follow-up on How to Deal with Mistakes in Chess - Part I Reason 3: You did not play sharp enough yourself and/or did not believe enough in the strength of certain moves Closely related to the previous phenomenon is the seeing o...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-deal-with-mistakes-in-chess---part-iiThu, 27 Aug 2009 01:02:23 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-deal-with-mistakes-in-chess---part-iiAbout mistakes as the defining characteristics of a chess game.In this article I claim that a chess game cannot be won if the opponent does not make a mistake. In that sense it is impossible to have any influence over the outcome of a game. If you...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-deal-with-mistakes-in-chess---part-iWed, 19 Aug 2009 04:57:24 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-deal-with-mistakes-in-chess---part-i The Pubering Brain I just watched a weekly Dutch television show called "Boeken" ("Books"). In it the host interviews writers about their new books. Today the guest was Eveline Crone. She is a psychologist and researches the developing brain. The...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-fight-perfectionism-in-chessSun, 02 Aug 2009 08:29:54 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-fight-perfectionism-in-chessIn the previous articles How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part I: Getting The Lay Of The Land and How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part II: Your Style, I discussed the importance of having a chess opening repertoire and the issue...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire---part-iii-how-to-live-with-itWed, 01 Jul 2009 14:07:07 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire---part-iii-how-to-live-with-itA little while ago I started discussing the subject of building a chess opening repertoire in How To Build A Chess Opening Repertoire - Part I: Getting The Lay Of The Land. I discussed which considerations play a role in building your chess openin...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire---part-ii-your-styleThu, 11 Jun 2009 15:01:22 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire---part-ii-your-styleHi all,Today I did an experiment live commenting two blitz games from the 2007 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup in Odessa. It concerns Harikrishna - Morozevich & Morozevich - Harikrishna.The first video is of bad quality, the second one is already bett...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/experiment-live-commentary-on-harikirishna---morozevich-vv-odessa-2007Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:25:09 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/experiment-live-commentary-on-harikirishna---morozevich-vv-odessa-2007Introduction Are you struggling to define a good opening repertoire for yourself? Then continue reading. Probably one of the most discussed topics in chess is that of having a good, solid, attacking, defensive, broad, specialized, surprising or o...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire---part-i-getting-the-lay-of-the-landTue, 28 Apr 2009 02:29:30 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/how-to-build-a-chess-opening-repertoire---part-i-getting-the-lay-of-the-landHi all, last week I posted Chess Puzzle #4. Below you will find the solution. Enjoy! Waldemar Chessedelic.comChess Improvement for Amateur Chess Players http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/chess-puzzle-4-solutionSat, 25 Apr 2009 12:45:38 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/chess-puzzle-4-solutionHi all,Yesterday Sergey Karjakin managed to win an interesting game against big gun Levon Aronian.Normally Aronian is very solid, but this time he was a bit too vulnerable and must have been baffled by the young Ukrainian's play. Chessedelic....http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/chess-news-35-karjakin---aronian-nalchyk-2009-playing-time-9-minSat, 18 Apr 2009 05:21:58 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/chess-news-35-karjakin---aronian-nalchyk-2009-playing-time-9-min http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/chess-puzzle-4-what-would-you-playFri, 17 Apr 2009 04:07:48 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/chess-puzzle-4-what-would-you-playDuring the 1988 World Cup in Belfort Kasparov managed to play a very nice game against Beliavsky. In his favorite Gruenfeld he seemed to be in problems but corked up some tremendous defence!Enjoy the video. Chessedelic.comChess Education & En...http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/the-worlds-most-famous-chess-combinations-11Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:51:00 -0700http://blog.chess.com/Waldemar/the-worlds-most-famous-chess-combinations-11