Many newer chess fans go to know GM Emil Sutovsky for the first time this week due to his off-the-board moves as Director General of FIDE. His on-the-board moves are some of my favorites as he won many brilliant games in the 2000s. His game agai...
Hi chess enthusiasts! I think you already know that I enjoy a lot working with endgames. At the same time I consider they are very important for players who want to continue progressing. Today we are going to keep on improving with this thematic, ...
In this post, I will share some beautiful endgame studies and composed problems on the theme of checkmating with a lone Knight! Of course, the motif of the opponent's king being trapped in a corner by their own pawn, allowing a smothered mate...
Next topic is a strong king. This piece could be very active mostly in endgames. Then the king is one of the strongest pieces. From this rule there are some exceptions. One of them is famous game Short - Timman Tilburg 1991. ...
Dear Chess Friends! You know every chess player wants to play better, but it’s very often when he repeats the same mistake many times, because he doesn’t even suspect that he is making this mistake. Would you like to know what typica...
As I wrote in my Preview, the Candidates unfortunately did not finish. Or is it perhaps fortunately? In this post I will give my thoughts on the whole mess that started before the tournament and is still ongoing after its postponement. ...
A few weeks ago there was an innocent beginner post on r/chess asking for guidance on the Alekhine Defense. The question was about Alekhine opening theory: Why does black play 2...Nd5 and not 2...Ne4 against e5 Why is this main-line? ...
Chess.com launched in May of 2007. Since then, we have had a pretty steady growth pattern each year where traffic increases, then flattens out during summer for USA/Europe, before growing again. We've grown from 20-50% every year since starting ou...
Good Afternoon my friends. I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that you are all well in these turbulent times. Sorry - quite a bit of reading to do again! A couple of articles ago I showed one side of the great dichotomy that was Karl Ernst A...
The Digital archive of Russian Chess Federation has, among other things, a handwritten notebook featuring Alexander Alekhine's earliest correspondence games. Even at 10 years old, the young Alexander seemed to be ambitious: on the title page, he w...
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I want to show you one masterpiece. White is winning. Try to use engine if there is no way to calculate in mind. Please post a comment with the solution
Queen is very valuable piece. Such strong that not in all cases has to stay in the center of the board. There are two examples which shows where queen has to stay. This is the game from Slovak Extraleague. I want to win this game, because my opp...
How do you set problems against the Grunfeld Indian Defence?This is one of the main questions that 1.d4 players face when constructing their White repertoire. Fortunately, the 2020 FIDE Candidates tournament gave us some clues as to what migh...
Chciałem Wam zaprezentować moją partię sprzed 8 lat, którą rozegrałem podczas festiwalu Cracovia. Grałem ze znacznie lepszym przeciwnikiem, a ze względu na to, że była to ostatnia runda turnieju postanowiłem zagrać bardzo odważnie i kreat...
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Rooks are pieces which loves open file. I hope that after you read my article you will understand how to put rooks in the center of the board and on the open file. That is my game which I played at 2012 during XXIII International Chess Tourna...
Division 1 is having the best season in the history of Live Chess World League. Records are broken on every week as the teams continue to surprise us! Almost every team increased their maximum number of participants. Russia might be...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is renowned for his dynamic and aggressive style and his fast tactical eye. These days his speed of calculation has even made him an internet meme more than a few times. In one of his most famous wins, Nakamura used only a few...
After a long gap, I decided to resume with the blog posts here. While I was having a session with one of my students, I realized that the stoic ideas could serve as a great markers to chess players. Some of you may already know what Stoicism ...
Given that we’re living through crazy times, it’s not surprising that I find myself playing some crazy games. Here’s my latest example. This game is from Round 4 of the tournament Красунчик "Яни Капу". @nutaras named the tourna...
I want to show you one of my game, played 7 years ago, which contains many usefull positional ideas, sacrifices, tactics motives and also blunders The main purpose is to show you two knights and active king in the edgame, which are mor...
This time I try to show some ideas linked to energy of mass pawns. First game is played in King's Indian Defence. White creates attack on queenside and black on kingside. Both sides try to use pawns to open up the field for pieces. Player who can ...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the now-postponed FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 captivated the chess world. This event recalls another match between top players during a similar public health crisis. The year was 1918, and the emergency...
Bishops are strong pieces, also useful in open position. Very important are when we have both bishops on the board in open position and our opponent has bioshop and knight or two knights. We call it the pair of bishops. We could start from my ga...