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In my previous articles I devoted a lot of time to opening traps. We saw different kinds of traps (good ones , bad ones) and we discussed how to avoid those nasty traps. But what if you deliberately want to fall into your opponent’s trap? Sounds...
This is the best series of tactics I have ever seen, and the coolest ending.
Hello, I would like to show you some interesting chess puzzles, however not typical like "mate in 4". Hope you'll enjoy them, if you'll be interested in them I'll post more exercises like these. So let's start. First puzzle by unknown: Game star...
Take the Knight Take the night, if it's on Black it can only move to White, and if it's on White it can only move to Black. It's as simple as that. Trace it's moves in a circle with it at the center. That way you won't be surpris...
white to move..mate in 3 moves there's also a different way to mate it..
(Editor's note: Due to a lengthy tour of European tournaments, GM Bhat will miss a couple weeks in his column. For those interested in his results and some of his games, you may wish to check out his blog, http://vbhat.wordpress.com/ . You should ...
Kingside castling is performed to activate the H-rook and to shelter the king behind a wall of pawns, away from the dangers of the centre of the board. The king is still vulnerable to attack. One of the most elegant and well-known ways of ...
Originally a second part to last week's article wasn’t even planned and yet, as you can see, it is here. What made me change my mind? It is that ‘Rush Hour 3’ movie. Well, actually not even the whole movie, but this particular part of the movi...
A few weeks ago, I played this game. Demonstrating the danger of underestimating an opening - and also your opponent. My rating, from quite a few years ago now, since I've stopped competing regularly, was quite a lot lower than my opponent's. Ho...
These days you can find a TV game show about anything. Well, almost about anything. There is no game show about chess. Call me a hopeless nerd, but I would love to see the face of the contestant who gets a question “ What chess player having a ...
After king has castled,attacking the g2 pawn (usually with rook) to destroy enemy's defenses is a method that we are going to analyze with some examples. At the first diagram black is threatening Qa1 mate but white takes adv...
Some combinations and tactics with queen and rook and how these pieces can give winning possibilities. For some other variants check "MOVE LIST" At the first example white threatens Qxc7+ and Qb7 mate.Also white's b...
Below i have two interesting examples about how someone can penetrate king's defenses.Enjoy! Don't forget to check "MOVE LIST"
In the first part of the article last week we discussed the hidden danger of innocent-looking openings. The idea is to take off guard an opponent who mistakenly thinks that a very modest (sometimes even primitive) opening is equivalent to a lack ...
We will see with some examples of how useful is the invasion of one (or two) rook at the 8th (or 1st) rank.
Below we see an instructive example about the strength of the passed pawns.The game was played in Madrid at 1934.White seems better as he has his rook at the 7th rank and black's Bishop is blocked from his own pawn.But black has to move...Don't fo...
Gharamian - Perrett European Cup 2008 White to play! Everthing hangs. It does not take a detective to see what Black played last move (Bishop on e5 took pawn on b2), however, it does take an entire police force to catch ...
One thing that I try pretty hard to do after playing a tournament these days is to go through all my games and annotate them. There are various things I'm looking for, but here's a quick list: (1) Did the opening go according to plan? If not, fig...
Here's an interesting tactic: the Cross-Pin. It is a simple, yet deadly variation of the pin, in which a player simulateously pins one piece to two or more other pieces. It is usually utilized by the bishop and the queen, and can be used as a doub...
Bishop - When two Bishops are invading the enemy territory, a good hand will ensure the enemy pieces go one by one. The Bishop is adept at cleaning lone pieces and are best at faraway attacks ( open spaces ), unlike the Knight. Bishops ...
Hello everyone! First, let me thank all readers of my column for their feedback. It gives me a lot of food for thought and also allows me to address your questions and concerns. Here I would like to answer a very simple and yet a very important ...
