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GM Gserper | Pictures of a chess board and chess pieces are very popular in ads for banks, insurance companies and similar businesses. The companies want to underline their wisdom and strategic thinking. Unlike dice, cards, and other games of chance, chess is a game of skill and a stronger opponent generally beats a weaker opponent. I could be totally wrong here, but it seems to m... | Read More

GM dbojkov | GM Melik Khachiyan's student, WIM Ashritha Eswaran, turned in an excellent performance at the 2016 Continental Women's Championship in Lima, Peru. Khachiyan brings you her topsy-turvy last-round game in which the advantage shifts back and forth before culminating in an incredible mating net. | Read More

PeterDoggers | The world famous chess trainer Mark Dvoretsky died today at the age of 68. The sad news was confirmed by the Russian Chess Federation. Despite a lengthy illness, his death was unexpected. His passing was mourned with a minute of silence before the first round of the Tal Memorial. One day I realised that I look at chess in a different way from previously and with other eyes than tho... | Read More

NM linlaoda | This post will be a little different. We'll be learning from a game of a bullet super-grandmaster a couple of their key traits that we can implement in our own games:Principal #1: take free material if isn't a blunder (it tends to be easier to play with the pawn up)Principal #2: when you have a choice, choose to defend your forces and thus reduce potential threats. This is a very important one tha... | Read More