Recently, I was reviewing and updating my training material for the topic of central control. While doing so, I found a true treaure from GM-practice. You can also find the game with analysis on my youtube channel:
The sicilian defense is known for being one of the most fighting and aggressive openings. Preperation with white might be difficult, there are not only aggressive and straight forward variations such as the Dragon. There are Najdorfs, Sveshnikovs...
Very recently, Gregory Serper published an article on playing for a win with the black pieces. In this article the author cited Bagirov. The following game reminded me of this citation.
In the gripping encounter between Nisipeanu and Bosiocic, Bosiocic found himself confronted with the daunting challenge of facing the former super-GM, Nisipeanu, known for his rock-solid playing style that has proven difficult to crack even for th...
Absolutely, here's a refined version: The European Team Chess Championship culminated in a riveting victory for Bulgaria in the Women's section. In a pivotal final round, Bulgaria found themselves facing off against the formidable chess powerhous...
Most players dream about winning a game with a beautiful attack in Tal' style. Developing the pieces'ä to natural squares and suddenly starting an attack by sacrificing a piece. However, most people would say that these times past long ago. The d...
I personally, have never been a big fan of playing against the Caro Kann. The structure is super-solid and black has generally much more experience and knowledge at hand. Therefore, I took a look at many different lines. One thing, which caught m...
While watching the Serbian Team championship I came across a very interesting encounter. Every player following the world blitz or rapid events has seen Indijc quite often. I cannot remember when he was not competing on the first boards. Recent...
Hi guys, I was watching the games of the Junior World Championship, when I came across the game Defromont (2400)-Nesterov (2550). What I found particularly interesting is, how black makes it look easy. White never had any sort of chance of comin...
Willkommen zu einer Serie von Artikel über die zahlreichen Trainingstools von Chess.com. Als Trainier betone ich immer, wie wichtig das selbstständige erarbeiten von Inhalten, neben der Trainingseinheiten ist. Dabei gibt es verschiedenste Webseite...
Welcome to the first part of this serious where you will see instructful positions, mistakes and ideas which appeared in my students' games. All games were played OTB and with at least 90min time First of all I want to start not in the beginni...
