Do you hate endgames? Or know players that do? Well, let me tell you a secret: it is quite possible to meander through your openings and middlegames and, as long as you haven't blundered badly, still have a chance to steal victory in the endgame....
Now let's discuss how to improve your tactics to the level needed for a 2000 player. In principle I agree with de la Maza and others. I want to make an important distinction here between tactical sight and combinational vision. You don't need to ...
In this part, I will give you a supremely effective "hack" for playing the middlegame strongly from a strategic perspective. I'm not the first to suggest this method. First, let me provide my rationale for discussing strategy before tactics. Afte...
In this part, I will discuss choosing openings for Black. This is much more straightforward than figuring out what to do as White. There are "many roads to Rome," as it were. The main question you need to ask yourself is: are you more interested ...
Let's get into more detail about my method. Know your openings thoroughly! Surprise! Openings are important at all levels. Well, unless you happen to be more talented than your opponent. But I’m assuming that some of my readers are not talented....
By Andre Harding USCF Expert since 2008, USCF Candidate Master since 2011. 2009 U.S. Expert Class Champion This is my first blog post, though I have been on chess.com for years. There will be at least a couple of more parts to this series, but...
