Hi people. I bet you've all heard Tarrasch's famous sentence : "Nobody ever won a game by resigning" While there is some obvious truth in that quote, Tarrasch does have a point here: sometimes we resign in drawn or even won positions. The most ...
In chess, there are a lot of tactical motifs ; double attack, obstruction, skewer, x-rays.... Today we will look at pins. First, what is a pin ? Here is a basic example : In this position, white's bishop on b5 pins the knight on c6; it can't mo...
Chess are full of tactics, and tactics, even in life, have similarities with chess.This might seem a bit weird at first, but I'll illustrate it with an example. Imagine you're a marketing manager; your hole job is to sell your product. You will do...
In chess, there are different tactical motifs such as interference, double attack, forks, back rank mate, removing the guard, clearance.... In this post, I will talk about discovered attacks. The most frequent type of discovered attack is the dis...
Compositions always make us think a lot. If we do find the solutions, it's after a very long thought. Here are some compositions; tell me which one was the hardest in the comments. Good luck! Composition 1: This one is a mate in three for whi...
In chess, the first thing anyone learns is tactics. However, chess is not 99% tactics and 1% strategy. It's both of them mixed together ! Despite that, tactics are very important. Chess is an unfair game and 60 best moves can not win a game while...
Everybody feels good when placing a beautiful tactic on the board. However, before playing it, you have to find it: Here are some rather simple puzzles.
