Dear Chess Friends! Cheating is a big problem in online chess. Each tournament usually has 2-3 participants who use computer assistance. And this is certainly unfair to the other participants. Some cheaters can be caught and disqualified, but ...
Dear Chess Friends! You know it’s a real pleasure to finish a chess game with a brilliant combination in the middlegame. This what I try to achieve in every game that I play. However, sometimes there are no tactics and a player can ev...
My Dear Chess Friends! How often do you have to play with white pieces against Sicilian Defense? According to the statistics 50% of all club players has at least one of Sicilian Defense lines in their black repertoire! Why? Because Sicilian Defe...
Dear Chess Friends! I’m back from a wonderful vacation and ready to conduct next webinar where you can learn something new in chess what will help you to improve your chess performance! I know that many of you feel uncomfortable when the...
Dear Chess Friends! Recently I was conducting a chess lesson to a group of students and asked them to apply the idea of Zugzwang and demonstrate a winning plan in a certain position. Can you imagine how unpleasantly surprised I was when none of ...
Dear Chess Friends! Do you like to sacrifice the material? Amateurs usually sacrifice the material in cases when they see that this sacrifice provides them a full compensation. And how to understand that you get a “full compensation”...
Dear Chess Friends! People always ask me about how to play the endgame: what plan to apply, what to attack and how to not lose the endgame. When we talk about middlegames, first thing that comes to our mind is a kingside attack, second –...
My Dear Chess Friend! This article is written by @jay_1944, a member of Online tournament that I organized recently. And it reflects his impression about the the 4th round of our tournament! Hi all! Week 4 of FM Neustroev's Online Summer Tou...
My Dear Chess Friend! This article is written by @jay_1944, a member of Online tournament that I organized recently. And it reflects his impression about the the 2nd round of our tournament! Hi all! Today is Sunday which means round 4 pairin...
Hey Chess Players! It’s time to play chess! I’m sure you learned a lot from my 43 webinars and courses! Can you imagine we conducted 43 webinars devoted to different topics covering all aspects of playing chess: tactics, strategy, op...
My Dear Chess Friend! This article is written by @jay_1944, a member of Online tournament that I organized recently. And it reflects his impression about the the 2nd round of our tournament! Hi all! Happy to say week two's match had another ...
Dear Chess Friends! You know, guys, strong chess players usually say that the correct assessment of the position - is half the battle! And I agree with them. It’s highly important to get a clear understanding of the assessment of the posit...
My Dear Chess Friends! One local magazine asked for an interview about teaching kids and I decided to publish it here. Interview with FIDE Master Viktor Neustroev - a professional player and coach. July 20th is traditionally celebrated as th...
Dear Chess Friends! When I conduct lessons for beginners, I usually recommend them to play open positions. Why? It’s much easier to find a good move in the open position. Usually open positions also have some tactical opportunities, but wh...
Dear Chess Friends! I know that most chess players prefer to capture the material rather than to sacrifice. But sometimes you can’t really exploit your advantage without sacrifice. It’s fine when you are able to calculate the line fr...
Dear Chess Friends! I know that most chess players prefer to capture the material rather than to sacrifice. But sometimes you can’t really exploit your advantage without sacrifice. It’s fine when you are able to calculate the line fr...
My Dear Chess Friend! This article is written by @jay_1944, a member of Online tournament that I organized recently. And It reflects his impression about the tournament! Hi all! Just finished playing my first game of FM Viktor Neustroev's On...
Dear Chess Friends! I believe every chess player prefers to attack rather than to defend his position! However, usually one player attack, the other one defends the position. If the player, who attacks, succeeds with his active play, he might be...
Dear Chess Friends! You know openings are important. However, if you are 1200 or 1300 Elo, of course, it’s not so important. Because it’s very often when your opponent can deviate from the standard opening line and because of low lev...
Dear Chess Friends! This is FM Victor Neustroev and I'm glad to announce that I conduct our next tournament! I'm sure you were waiting for it. I received several questions about when it starts and who is allowed to play. On Chess.com or other ...
Hey Guys! This is FM Viktor Neustroev and in this video I’m going to tell you my chess story. How I started playing chess, how I became a title player and then a FM. This is the first part of my story where I’m going to focus on my...
Hey Chess Players! I get several requests to play a game from chess players around the world every day! But unfortunately, I don’t have enough time to play with everyone! That’s why instead of our regular webinar I decided to conduct...
Dear Chess Friends! It’s very common when confrontation between Bishop and Knight can decide the game! A bishop is more active when it has open diagonals and to keep it active pawns should be located on opposite-colored squares. You may ...
Hey Guys! This is FM Viktor Neustroev and in this video I’m going to tell you about 5 things (or facts) that you probably didn’t know about chess. I’m sure you’ll find them interesting and what is more important, a knowle...
Hey Guys! I believe every chess player wants to know what happens in his opponent’s mind: what plans he has, what ideas he wants to realize and, of course, what lines he calculates. If only we know the lines that our opponents calculate, w...
