The games of the final Candidates match of 1977 between Viktor Korchnoi and Boris Spassky in which the positional lines of the French Defense, Winawer Variation were played will be shown. These are the games without 7.Qg4. Instead 7.a4 or 7.Nf3 we...
Last week, when we discussed the way to avoid time trouble, one of the suggestions was "Prepare your openings! Besides an obvious benefit of playing good moves in a theoretical position, you'll also save some time on your clock in the opening!" &n...
Against the Yugoslav Attack, Black has usually used the c-file as the main route of the attack, but recently a b-file attack has surged in popularity. It has been scoring quite well.
The Canadian Open Championship took place in Toronto in the middle of July (9-17). After reading briefly the history of the event, and discovering that my personal hero Bent Larsen won the event twice I started dreaming of adding my name to winner...
Rook and bishop vs. rook endgames might not happen too frequently in a chessplayer’s practice. However, once you get such an endgame in a tournament game then you better know what you are doing or otherwise you will appear a fool. I got an inspira...
Why do we miss some obvious things in chess? Is it just because we are not good enough? Or are there some other reasons – perhaps psychological reasons – why we might miss something that is right in front of our eyes? It seems to me that it is a ...
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Put your skills into practice, and use everything you've learned to win chess games! Tasks: Build your concentration and focus. Watch videos lectures on practical thinking. Learn the ...
In the two years that Alekhine was without the world champion's crown, he finished 2nd place, at Podebrady with 12.5 of 17 half a point behind Salo Flohr. Also in 1936, Alekhine played in Nottingham, where h is game with Capablanca was the first t...
At this point this will be the final article of this little cycle on psychology in chess, but I will return to that topic in the future. After all, chess psychology is a very large field, and one of almost universal interest. Today we are going to...
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Arrive at your final chess destination with the knowledge you need to win! Tasks: Learn the essential principles of the endgame. Master the basic checkmates of the endgame. Learn the fundame...
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Learn to develop long-term, strategic plans and outplay your opponents! Tasks: Improve your piece play. Learn the basics of pawn play. Learn to make a plan. Keep your king safe. Lea...
Target Skill Range: Beginner (Rated 1000-1399) Tactics, tactics and more tactics! Learn what it takes to win using tactics! Tasks: Learn to recognize common tactical patterns. Identify tactics in your games. Do 20-30 minutes of tactics t...
Every master was once a beginner. That is why Grandmaster Sam Shankland has prepared this detailed guide to help you make your first steps in the chess world. Check out the steps and resources and start your path to mastery. Target Skill...
Learning chess can seem like an easy activity. However, you can find yourself lost among all the teaching materials. So as this situation does not happen, we have prepared you a structured list of steps to improve your level. Target Skill Range...
Hello GM thamizhan; I have questions relating to chess studying and hope you can answer these questions: - After reading IM Soltis's Studying Chess Made Easy I understand that in order for a player to improve in chess they ...
The kind of blunders we are going to discuss today is by far the most popular one. There is no chess player who has never experienced this kind of blunder. 4.) Blunders due to time trouble I bet you can immediately remember the painful blunders ...
The final match of the Candidates in 1977 was between Viktor Korchnoi and former World Champion Boris Spassky. Korchnoi won 10.5-7.5. Two-thirds of Korchnoi’s three point lead came from the French Defense, which he used in two-thirds of his games ...
Hi Again, Today will be the third part of my series on converting a material advantage. In the first one, we looked at how to teach a lesson about winning when you are a queen up. In the second, we saw a lesson about winning with an extra rook...
Hello again coaches! If you haven't read Part 1, please go here. Here you find part two of the three part series of lessons on exploiting a material advantage in chess. Like I said in part one, this is one of the most imporant skills for the you...
This article is the first of three I have designed for chess coaches to use in their lessons! Enjoy! One of the most crucial skills your students need for success in scholastic chess is the ability to win once he/she has obtained a large materia...
The adjective that I heard people use describing the endgame we will study today is: weird. I would agree with this description as evaluating the rook endgame that you will see shortly is a challenge even for grandmasters. This is a kind of endgam...
According to researcher Wilse Webb of the University of Florida, “We don’t find that the capacity for things like math or playing chess suffers [due to lack of sleep]. What’s lost is willingness; you would prefer to be asleep. You don’t make error...
Leaving the USSR After the world championship match, Alekhine returned to Paris and spoke against Bolshevism. Afterwards, Nikolai Krylenko, president of the Soviet Chess Federation, published an official memorandum stating that Alekhine should b...
Garry Kasparov was famous for his handling of the Sicilian as Black, but he was also brilliant in his use of the Caro-Kann.
