Recently, we have been lucky to have interesting regulations in the largest chess events. In the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League tournament October 3-12, 2024, the pace of play was 20+0. This led to absurd situations, among others, in ...
Today is a Christmas present. Text about what we can gain by playing chess. This is also one of the examples of how I work sometimes. In this way, I created regulations in the Polish Chess Federation. And I wrote "Master Strategy" using a simi...
Dziś prezent gwiazdkowy. Tekst dotyczący tego co możemy zyskać grając w szachy. To też jeden z przykładów jak czasem pracuję. Tworzyłem w ten sposób regulaminy w Polskim Związku Szachowym. A i "Mistrzowską strategię" napisałem wykorz...
The inspiration to write "Chess Master's Strategy" was the book "Стратегические приемы в шахматах" by Anatoly Terekhin. Then expanded by the addition of co-author Walery Bronzik. Incidentally, an interesting similarity to my extended version, i...
Hello On the covers of my books, I try to combine the motifs of my passions, i.e. chess and music. The previous covers refer to the albums: Genesis Foxtrot and Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman. Since one of my musical fascinations i...
Strategy - the magical side of chess 10 tasks to test your strategic skills Evaluate the position. Find the best continuation. Problem 1 White to move White wins by playing 1.Bd5, forcing the weakening of the opponent...
Strategy - the magical side of chess 10 tasks to test your strategic skills Evaluate the position. Find the best continuation. Problem 1 White to move Problem 2 White to move Problem 3 Black to move Problem 4 White to...
Strategy - the magical side of chess Improving the position of a badly placed piece Finding the best move is not always easy, especially if we don’t have a well-defined plan. In such situations, it is often recommended to try to impro...
Strategy - the magical side of ches Peregrination of the king Peregrination – a journey, especially a long or meandering one. The king usually becomes an active piece only in the last stage of a game. If the king becomes ac...
Strategy - the magical side of chess. Trading Trading (exchanging) pieces and/or pawns is one of the key elements in chess.Even though not as spectacular as a combination, sometimes it has a similar effect and may constitute an introduction to...
Strategy - the magical side of chess. 1.4. The disappearing move The concept of the maneuver is that a pi...
Strategy - the magical side of chess. 1.3. The shuttle Maneuver that aims to force our opponent to weaken his pawn structure and worsen the position of his pieces. The concept of the maneuver is that a piece moves to a square from ...
Strategy - the magical side of chess. 1.2. Weakening the pawn structure Weaknesses are an important element influencing the evaluation of the position. Pawn weaknesses can constitute a bigger problem than piece weaknesses. Pieces can easier be m...
Strategy - the magical side of chess. 1.1. Restricting the opponent’s pieces The strength of pieces changes, depending on the position. Pieces that can’t spread their wings are obviously weaker than those that can do it. We must, the...
Problem When it comes to playing a game of chess everybody will face the problem of how not to overlook their opponent’s move or a sequence of moves leading to the unintentional loss of their piece or pieces – a situation when the sa...
Part of my new (soon to be published) book ( "Chess Master's Endgame Strategy" - Witalis Sapis - Sawit 2024 ? )
My advice for beginners and others. "I’m the one to do you good, Out of sleep, out of food Only thinking nights and days, How to make the best chess aids...*" in the original version, the fox thought about helping animals.... ...
