Hello, again. I went to Berlin recently for a holiday and, while scouring the Kreuzberg district in search of some outdoor chess boards I found a club that specialised in chess-boxing? I am most perturbed as to what this sport is and if any of you...
Hello, again. I've been off the radar for a while but now I am back and we may resume our series of short tutorials. This time I thought we might again have a look at the Greco mate and what to do if one of the following another move other than Nf...
Hello again, this is my third issue of openings for beginners and I now feel that my pupils are ready to progress to some more elaborate openings. That is why I think I might show you an opening that ends with a mate which is known as the Greco ma...
Hello again. This is my second issue on openings for beginners and today I thought I might show you beginners a good way of dealing with the scandinavian defense. This isn't so much of a developement but instead a good way of grabbing a rook early...
Hello, my name is Michael Bates and I am here to offer a monthly blog containing easy to learn and useful openings and developments for rookies. I thought I might start with a very good development using the universally hated Scandinavian defense ...
Over time, as a reasonably good player, I have dicsovered many different weaknesses that a rookie may possess, for some it is an over willingness to swap queens or a complete unwillingness to swap queens even when there is really nothing to lose, ...
