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Tags allow us to label each puzzle in Tactics Trainer with one or more tactical motifs (types of tactics) commonly encountered in chess. Understanding these motifs will help you recognize tactical patterns - both in Trainer, and in your actual g... | Read More
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Just like I promised last week, this time we will talk about the middlegame. The middlegame is the main stage of the game. Studying this part of chess is essential to understanding concepts such as weak squares, a strong center, open files, the ar... | Read More
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The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)
No Losers Here!
Did you ever look at the list of players on chess.com sorted by rating? You look at the first page or two just to see who might have a high rating, then you look up what page y... | Read More
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Greetings CLO readers! The 2009 US Championship is fast approaching, and in two days, it will also be time to enter the third annual Fantasy Chess competition! After reading the rules below, login and go to this url to enter: http://uschess.org/... | Read More
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The Open Fileby Life Master Mike Petersen (Zug)Ratings
My rating is too high. No, I mean it, it’s too high. I have been floating around the top ten in turn-based ratings on Chess.com for quite some time now. It’s almost up to the 2700 m... | Read More