The 6 Elements of Chess.
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Hypermodern Strategies
Here is a game from the recent Groningen Chess Festival, FM Heemskerk - GM Skatchkov with full annotations and commentary: This game clearly illustrates the strategy of Hypermodern play. The idea white used was to control the ...
Prophetic Strategy
This unknown game is full of brilliant strategy ideas. Watch how the outpost b7 is utilized, how combinations on one side of the board win a pawn at the other, and the ending, where Black's knight is imprisoned and his king tries to be in two ...
The Singular Strategy of Steinitz
Steinitz's play in this game might seem strange-delayed castling, absurd-looking moves, a quixotic journey of a knight over 5 squares to the edge of the board. But in reality it teaches us a lot about modern chess strategy.
Doesn't gaming isolate children from the real world?
We often think of gaming as a diversion from reality, says David Williamson Shaffer, an education science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of How Vieo Games Help Children Learn, but they're actually more real than so...
The extra chomp
The extra chomp is were someone takes you and you take them back. So its like when you want to trade wait for them to come to you. EXAMPLE questions or comments please post.
Always Question A Move
The longer I have played on this site, the more I have become aware of my opponents' moves. Sometimes it will just seem like somebody is giving up a piece for no reason, but when that happens, you have to ask yourself, "...
10 Things to Learn from a Beginner.
What can I say after playing my first 50 games? Like many people I learn chess from a Parent and mostly played my siblings and the odd game here and there with friends and on computer software. I could always handle myself w...
Stealthy Pieces
In many of the games of chess that I have played, the ones where the opponent cannot see your true intentions are among the best and most satisfying. I remember playing one game against a fairly equal opponent. My queen was hidi...
Castling
Most chess players know about this that castling has 3 advantages. 1)The player could get his king to a corner easier which is very advisable. 2)The player can have his rooks protect each other much better provided there is no space between b...
What is Blockading? Part 2 of 4
In the last article I gave an example of what blockading is. Now, I will write about the sister of blockading named restraining. The first step is to restrain a pawn from advancing. If you think about it, this makes sense. It's a lot easi...
What is Blockading? Part 1 of 4
When you blockade a passed or isolated pawn you put one of your pieces in front of the pawn to accomplish two things: Stopping the pawn from advancing and,launching a plan to eliminate the pawn. &nb...
Alekhine's Gun
Most chess players know that it is a good idea to double rooks on an open file or rank (especially the 7th, where there may be pawns waiting to be eaten!), but what if your opponent's defences still hold? Well, if your Queen is still on the bo...
The Power of Two Rooks on the 7th
Rooks always work best together! In fact, it is often worth it to sacrifice a pawn or more to get two rooks together on the 7th rank. Check out the following example:
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