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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

NM SamCopeland | GM Ian Nepomniachtchi began the Baku Olympiad with an incredible 7.0/7 before suffering a defeat at the hands of eventual gold medal winner, GM Wesley So. He seems to have continued his form into the Tal Memorial where he began the event by demolishing his Olympiad teammate GM Evgeny Tomashevsky in only 23 moves. Photo Eteri Kublashvili. Between today's victory and his Olympi... | Read More

IM TigerLilov | Getting stuck in a boring position with no attacking chances is a real danger for the competitive player – and it’s easily done. If you’re up against a strong opponent and you take care not to create any weaknesses, you often end up in a balanced position. But would a Kasparov end up in a position like this? Or, if he did, would he let it stay like that? Well, this Saturday (24th September) ... | Read More