Over the last 9 days I played my first over the board chess tournament. At the age of 32. I certainly don't have any dreams of becoming a GM or so, but I wanted to check my chess level since I started to study chess on my own in March. It was a ...
It's been a while since my last post. However, I'm still a chess n00b. On the other side I am starting to discover some tactical and strategical aspects that help me more and more in my games. For instance, exchanging the knights for the bishops. ...
Few weeks back, during the Candidates' Tournament in Moscow, there was a certain day when all GMs played the English Opening. Since then, I started to study this opening and play it almost always when I play white. I think that this is a nice open...
One trap that I almost always aim for when playing whit is the legal trap. The reason I like it is because you don't have to focus very much to set up the trap. Instead you can simply develop your pieces using the Italian Game. At a certain point,...
I am fairly new to chess and I try to learn a lot by looking into GM games. The Candidates Tournement in Moscow is a good occasion to keep track on what the best chess players are doing. On March 20th Fabiano Caruana played Hikaru Nakamura and t...
