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GrandmasterROOK
GrandmasterROOK
Location: London, United Kingdom
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ChessPracticer
ChessPracticer
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rnj455_iran
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GM_GS
GM_GS
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GS72000
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  • The Power of Positional Chess, Pt. 3

    In my last article I discussed “fetish chess moves.” I consider a move to be a fetish if it’s out of the ordinary, has serious positional clout, and gives the person who played it such deep pleasure that his reaction can almost be called org... | Read More

  • The "Simplest" Thing in Chess (Part Six)

    I hope the previous five parts of this article managed to convince you that the King and Pawn endgames are very complicated.  Therefore, a decision to go for such an endgame is a major commitment and shouldn't be taken lightly. In the fi... | Read More

  • Throwing Away Your Queen

    Any real fan of chess can tell you that, in many ways, chess is a lifelong addiction. Hundreds or even thousands (in some case, tens of thousands!) of chess books take over an apartment or house, chess sets can be found in bathrooms, bedrooms, kit... | Read More

  • "Dynamics of Chess Strategy" by Vlastimil Jansa

    My first review in the "My Bookshelf" column was "Dynamic Chess Strategy" by Mihai Suba. The title of the book I am reviewing this week is almost identical. Yet the books are completely different. Both books are modern middlegame books, and both f... | Read More

  • The "Simplest" Thing in Chess (Part Four)

    Last week we analyzed the game Koull - Stanciu where the leader of the Scotland's women Olympic team resigned in an absolutely drawn position. Unfortunately, such a case of the 'ultimate blunder' is more common in pawn endgames then you might thin... | Read More


    • Ruy Lopez

      This is the Ruy Lopez   Well the Ruy Lopez is a interesting opening in my opinion, but leaves the queen side completely un developed. The Ruy Lopez should be studied after the Italian opening. In the exhange variation,you give yor opponnet d... | Read More

      • Kong360
      • | May 21, 2013
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    • Tip 1: don't play Bg5

      The first tip I want to give is about the opening. Possibly I should have started with endgames, but it doesn't matter. There is a famous piece of advice from Lasker (it appears in Common Sense in Chess) which says: don't play Bg5 before the oppo... | Read More

      • Flatfish
      • | May 19, 2013
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    • Fischer defeats Najdorf playing the Najdorf

      Miguel Najdorf born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki near Warsaw, Poland, April 15, 1910 – died in Málaga, Spain, July 4, 1997) was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster, famous for his Najdorf Variation. He also made major contributions to... | Read More

      • NimzoRoy
      • | May 19, 2013
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    • Two Knight Raiders to Joust in 14th Death Match

      Two Texas Tech Knight Raider teammates will square off in Chess.com's 14th Death Match this Sunday, May 19th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific. The match could be the "Modesty Cup" as neither player gives himself a ringing endorsement in blit... | Read More

      • MikeKlein
      • | May 17, 2013
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    • The Magical Colle Bus

      Dear friends if you ask chess players about the Colle system you will usually get a negative response.  Its drawish, its boring, its unambitious, its not played at grandmaster level etc etc, all nonsense.  The whole secret of playing the Colle s... | Read More


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  • Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

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    Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, born October 21, 1990, is a French Grandmaster.  In 2002, he was 2nd in the World Under-14 Championship.  In 2005, he became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 4 months, the 7th youngest GM in history and the 2nd young... Read More »

  • Carlsen, Magnus

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    Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian child chess prodigy, was born Nov 30, 1990, and gained the Grandmaster title (2004) at the age of 13 years, 4 months and 27 days.   He became the 2nd youngest GM in chess history, behind only  Sergey Karjakin and Pari... Read More »

  • Bagheri, Amir

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    Amir Bagheri was born in Iran on October 19, 1978.  In 1998, he won the Iranian Under-20 Championship.  In 1999, he qualified for the FIDE World Chess Championship, but did not play because of visa problems.  He played in the 2000 World Chess F... Read More »

  • Borki Predojević

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    Borki Predojević is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster and the youngest Grandmaster ever from his homeland.He was born in April,6  1987. in Teslić,Bosnia and Herzegovina.Predojević was European Champion U-12 in 1999 and U-14 in 2001.He won the Wo... Read More »

  • Torre, Eugene

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    Eugenio "Eugene" Torre, traditionally considered the strongest chess grandmaster the Philippines ever produced, was born in Iloilo City, Philippines on November 4, 1951.  In 1974, the young Torre became Asia’s first grandmaste... Read More »