Hi! A good way to broaden your opening repertoire with little effort, especially when playing White, is to use Reversed Openings of those you play as Black. This way, you will play Openings with similar strategic and tactical ideas you are famil...
¡Hola! En este blog hemos hablado mucho sobre cómo mejorar las habilidades del jugador: comentamos repertorios de aperturas, recomendamos libros y compartimos recursos útiles. Pero ¿qué podemos decirle a alguien...
¡Hola! ¿Estudiás ajedrez? ¿Cuáles son tus fuentes de estudio? En mi experiencia, los libros de autores reconocidos siguen siendo, junto con el aprendizaje con profesor o entrenador, una de las formas má...
Hi! Are you a tournament player who takes opening preparations seriously? If so, this post might be for you. Tournament players, especially from a certain level onwards, aim to prepare for the opponents they will face over the board.&nbs...
Hi! Are you looking for an offbeat but sound defense as Black against 1.d4? Then the English Defense might be a good choice for you. I regularly play the English Defense with interesting results, so I thought I'd write a post about my experien...
¡Hola! Cuando los/as niños/as muestran un interés especial por desarrollar su juego, es posible complementar su formación con libros adecuados, escritos especialmente para ellos/as. Estos materiales utilizan un lenguaj...
¡Hola! ¿Perdés rápidamente o quedás frecuentemente en posición inferior en la apertura? ¿Te sentís abrumado por la cantidad de información y la interminable teoría? ¡Ento...
Hi! Have you ever lost valuable points due to time trouble? Does this happen too often? If so, this post might be useful for you! "Time is gold," the saying goes. In chess, time is just as valuable. Playing under time pressure can cost you man...
Hi! Feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to start improving your chess?You’re not alone — most players struggle with this at the beginning. As a chess coach, I’ve created a structured study program that I use with my studen...
Hi! Are you a gambit player? I wasn´t much of one before, but now I might be, at least for speed chess. In this post, I will delve into my experience with gambits. I never played Gambits in the past with perhaps the exception of the high...
Hi! "How much openings should you play?". This is usually a hot topic everybody has their own say. I recently responded to a similar question on a forum (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/how-many-openings-do-you-actually-use?page=...
Hi! If you are not a fan of opening theory and sometimes ask yourself:-' How to cut down opening study time? ', then Universal Opening Systems might be right for you! In this post, I will not delve into the theory of these systems but ra...
Hi! When you play OTB (Over The Board) chess, it's crucial to gather as much information as possible about your opponent: their rating level, playing style, preferred openings, strengths and weaknesses, tournament situation, and any other data a...
Hi! When in a game most of the pieces have been exchanged, we arrive to the endgame. This phase of the game has some special characteristics that should be learned and practiced in order to convert an advantage or to find resources to save a los...
Hi! Would you like to improve your play ? Then it is a good time to setup a study plan! But how? A coach would be certainly of great help. Don't you have one? Don't worry, let's suppose by a moment I'm your coach! Establish a Study Plan We w...
Hi! Have you ever been in a situation in a game where it was your turn but you didn’t know what move to make? Or maybe you made a mistake in the end after thinking for a long time? Perhaps you couldn't figure out a plan to follow or ...
Hi! Have you ever blundered in a game ? Or have you missed a winning move after an opponent's blunder? I bet you have, so I guess this post might be of interest to you! How can we avoid making such bad moves in our games? By not overlooking forc...
Hi! On August 21st 2023 I decided to start a new training program for myself. A coach also needs to train properly to maintain their playing strength and, of course, to improve. To prepare my plan, I adapted to my own level the guidelines given ...
Hi! I will post from time to time on topics I find useful to develop your chess skills. And the best way I know is by studying games of the greatest players of all time. I will choose well-known games vastly analyzed in the chess literature, so I ...
Hi! After playing mostly hypermodern type openings for more than a year now, I decided to adopt a classic opening repertoire to use as an alternative when meeting strong players in speed chess. In this post, I will comment on the criteria I foll...
Hi! Are you tired of playing the same opening (1.e4 or 1.d4) as White? Would you like to play something different and fun? Then maybe a Flank Opening like the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (1.b3) is for you! This is not a post on the theory of the N...
Hi! Are you willing to play for a fierce counter-attack as Black? Are you ready for tactical complications? Then maybe the Modern Defense (1...g6) is for you! This is not a post on the theoretical aspects of the Modern. Rather, I would sum...
Hi! Sometimes we come across questions on how to increase our rating, how to get out of a rating plateau, how to avoid a losing streak, how to prepare for an OTB tournament...an so on. I will explain what I tell my students and how I work ...
Hi! When you become more experienced and your level of play has improved to an intemediate level (1100-1699 rating), you may add to your repertoire new openings to have options to choose from depending the oponent, your tournement situation, or ...
Hi! From time to time, a question on openings for beginners becomes a topic of discussion in forums. I would suggest players still in the Beginner level (blitz rating less than 1100) to play classic openings where they try to apply basic con...
