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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 Ginger_GM | GM Simon Williams explores the much misunderstood role of diagonals in the attack with two brilliancies. Can you find the key diagonals and how two of the greatest players ever, David Bronstein and Akiba Rubinstein, exploited them? | Read More

PeterDoggers | Today the Tal Memorial took off with what proved to be a one-man Shakhriyar Mamedyarov show. Azerbaijan's number-one grandmaster won the blitz opener with 7.5/9, two points more than runner-up Levon Aronian. Mamedyarov setting up the pieces again after one of today's blitz games. The Tal Memorial is a super tournament remembering the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal (1936-19... | Read More

NM ChessNetwork | This is video #22 from the "Beginner to Chess Master" playlist. The Vančura defense is an important rook and pawn endgame drawing idea that is specific to a rook pawn on the 6th rank. This concept is well beyond the beginner stage, and is likely one you would only find applied efficiently in a game between two skilled endgame players since it requires prerequisite rook and pawn endgame knowledge.... | Read More