Subtleties in a position
Annotated game on why sometimes the small details win the game in the end
Fool's mate
Fool's mate or Two-move checkmate is an embarassing way to own any chess noob who hasnt had any experience in playing rated chess. This quick checkmate appears VERY rarely in rated tournaments, since white (the losing side, it has to lose) looks l...
Book Review: Streetfighting Chess
I have to admit that when I first cracked the spine of Streetfighting Chess I winced. At first blush, this book appears to be a survey of the author's games and in my noggin alarm bells did ring. Digging into the book, my fears were quickly al...
A Few Things to Ponder
Strength and Weakness with respect to Pieces Question 1) By what system should we measure the Strength of a Piece? Answer: The Strength of a piece lies in the number of positions/Pieces it is attacking i.e. being aimed at. Hence strength is...
Book Review: How To Reassess Your Chess
Imagine, if you will, a man named 'Silman' enters your home, duct tapes you to a chair and precedes to give you a thorough trepanning. He then pours hot lightening through the aforementioned hole in your head and into your skull. Producing a cor...
Chess Gear: New York Times Deluxe Edition Touch Screen Chess
A friend of mine, let's call him "Jay," recently bought a handheld chess computer because he wanted to practice his chess skill without being tethered to his PC. He placed an order with Barnes and Nobles for the New York Times Deluxe Edition Touc...
Learning - part 1 - Openings
You begginers must learn about everything for becoming no longer a begginer, but better than that, you can become a master! A Grandmaster! But, just because you get good like that doesn't mean you have to stop learning. Learning never ends. Here i...
The Philidor's Defense: push the flank, or walk the plank
The Philidor's Defense The Philidor's Defense is an ancient opening, that although has fallen out of favor over the years, is still in practice today. Its earliest practitioners, most importantly Paul Morphy, has scored great victories with...
King's Indian Defense exchange - what do I do now?
The King's Indian Defense is my favorite opening, but it has some tricky quirks in it. Here in the exchange variation, I answer some questions about this line.
Moves
You beginners, always play the Sicilian defense to win!
Hard Time
Man when I first stated chess it was hard. then a got a little better. i mean the people that i played with are really good. I tied once it was a good game to me well just doing the first article have fun on chess.com
Easy comes easy goes
When we see that a player practically gives us a piece is easy for us to get confused, because inmediately we doubt, was a gift or a poisoned apple? Thats why we have to watch out on each single play we do. Thats what chess is about guess the oth...
Team
Do you want to be on a team of chess? Join the Dream Team!
Checkmate types
here are some type of checkmates: 1. FOOL'S MATE is the fastest checkmate available in chess. Of course there is something called Stalemate when: the ki...
THE WALL!
Doesn't everyone just love when you have two rooks and your opponant has nothing? The checkmate process is wonderful and the more I do it, the more fun it gets! If you do not know how to mate with two rooks, your rating is probably under 1000, and...
a new move
If you are a kid and you want to get better at chess and your dad or mom know how to play chess.Then go ask one of them if they know about a new move.and maybe they can teach you a new move!And i asked ...
Hard beginings
When we start something is normally very hard at the beginig, but is incredibly the quantity of people who doesnt know chess, or are even scared of it. Is a science, an art and and a sport, but most people sees it like math, like if it was some so...
Book Review: Mastering The Chess Openings
Mastering The Chess Openings: Unlocking The Mysteries Of The Modern Chess Openings is a two volume set authored by John Watson. The first volume includes sections on opening principles, but otherwise is dedicated to King's Pawn openings, and the ...
Tell the whole story
Every chess position tells a story. At least thats what I like to tell my students when I am teaching them. And when I give them a position and tell them who is to move and win, then they have to tell me the complete story to the end before I allo...
Practical Chess: Novice Nook
Some chess players have a chess coach. The really lucky players have a good coach. What about the rest of us?Well, there is a ton of material out there from which to study: books, magazines, videos, software, websites, and so on. So, just pick ...
General
These are just some general things... for beginners! Make your plan but if circumstances change, formulate another quick! Don't continue, for example, building a pawn formation if the enemy is moving his pieces to attack your king. Don't panic! ...
Minefield
A fairly common tactic, probably other articles on it, but even so... You put your pawns so they are supporting each other, as shown in the diagram. The opponent can only go on black squares, so make sure you have them well covered, otherwise a...
Video Review: Roman's Lab, Volume 1
Freaky fast forward, Batman! Danger, Will Robinson! And as Chessmaster is wont to say while analyzing my chess games, “Yikes!”By the time I had finished watching the first volume of Roman’s Lab I was all geared up to ...
