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  • Musings of a Chess Teacher, Part 2

    In part one of this series I discussed how a good chess teacher can turn a bunch of opening moves into something that makes sense. This tightening of one’s opening repertoire pays enormous dividends as one becomes more and more familiar with... | Read More

  • On Peak Tournament Performance

    As a player and coach the question of how best to prepare for chess tournaments is constantly on my mind or being posed to me by students and friends. For this blog I am going to share some insights and ideas that I have about tournament preparati... | Read More

  • Q&A with Coach Heisman Jun 7, 2013

    A few years ago at the US Amateur Team Championship East (USATE) I saw a gentleman who was age 93 playing for one of the teams. Apparently the story was that at age 90 he was advised to take up something mentally pro-active, the idea that those wh... | Read More

  • Is Chess a Sport?

    It never fails; in time with Magnus’ chessploits, the debate in Norwegian newspapers’ commentary fields rages red hot over whether chess is a sport or athletics, with no surprising conclusions: one agrees to disagree, definitions do not dimini... | Read More

  • Learn to Attack!

    Last December the chess community celebrated the 100th birthday of Rashid Nezhmetdinov, one of the most creative attacking players in the history of chess.  He is one of my most favorite players and the game we'll analyze today shows why he w... | Read More


    • Putting the Pieces Together

      I have been focusing almost exclusively on calculation and visualization for the past two years.  I believe it has significantly helped my chess, but I won’t know for sure until I get back into playing local tournaments (once my boys get a bit ... | Read More

      • roi_g11
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    • Chess Tactics 101, Lesson 1

      Sharpen your tactics with these tactical motifs to train your brain to recognize the important and powerful tactical patterns that  show up in chess games repeatedly. These are the basic tactical maneuvers used in building complex combinations. ... | Read More

    • Learning Tactics High Rating

      Visit and learn.Please click the following link :http://www.chess.com/tactics/problems?sortby=rating_hard&page=1 ***** Click the numbers under ID# Example : then you can analyze yourself,or if you want to know the solution,Click the arro... | Read More

      • Ninzo
      • | Jun 19, 2013
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    • chess_loves

      Drag the pieces to solve! 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h HELPRESTARTSOLUTION White to move Want more chess puzzles? Want a tactics rating? Check out the Tactics Trainer and 10,000+ tactical puzzles! | Read More

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      • | Jun 19, 2013
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    • 18 june 2013

      training: correspondence chess. made one huge error of inattention. 30 min. chess blog. 20 min. tactics trainer. 30 min. video. 'how to analyse your own games: for beginners!' by David Pruess. Pruess makes the following points. click through the... | Read More

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Video Lessons



  • What You Need to Know Well as a Beginner

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    The Tactics! If you are directed to the wrong page from my profile,please go back. Forks A fork is basically when one piece attacks two. Skewer When one piece attacks a more valuable piece and then a less valuable piece behind it. Pawns can't... Read More »

  • Pawn promotion tactics

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    If you want to promote a pawn first see if the pawn quadrant rule works. It is in my other article. If your pawn can promote without the help of your king and can't be stopped by your opponent, just keep pushing it. But if his king is in the way, ... Read More »

  • Underpromotion tactics

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    In 90% of the cases pawns are promoted to queens. Sometimes though, it would be better to promote to something else other than a queen, like in the following examples: Here is one that involves promoting to a rook: If you think your skills at ... Read More »

  • Queen's Gambit

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    The Queen's Gambit is the starting position of many respectable chess opening such as the Queen's Gambit Accepted, the Queen's Gambit Declined and the Slav Defence. Black in most cases prefers not to capture the pawn as he cannot keep it without ... Read More »

  • Chernev, Irving

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      Irving Chernev (1900-1981) was born on January 29, 1900 in Priluku, Ukraine   In 1904 (some sources say 1920), Chernev’s family emigrated to Brooklyn, New York.   In 1912, Irving Chernev’s father taught him chess.   In the 1930s, ... Read More »