Warriors Of Light

We need a few more higher rated players at least 1200 and over in this match starting on 1 June Join here: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1498231/games

Dear Chess Friends! It’s difficult to overestimate the value of the center in a chess game. The pieces can reach any side of the board just in 1-2 moves if they are located in the center. That’s why the player who controls the center usually has the advantage. However, beginners often don’t pay attention to what is happening in the center, but play some random moves with their minor pieces and the queen. And this is your chance! What happens if a player neglects the center? How to take the ...

Dear Chess Friends! Do you know the procedure how players become world champions? The Challenger has to play a match with the current World Champion (currently Magnus Carlsen). But how to define the challenger? For these purposes FIDE conducts the Candidates Tournament, an eight-player double-round robin tournament. FIDE chooses 8 well-performing GMs (according to their algorithm) from the last year and invites them, of course, excluding Magnus Carlsen. This year Candidates Tournament was p...

Dear Chess Friends! I’m a classical chess player. I prefer controlling the center, developing pieces and improving coordination between them rather than ceding the center. And this is what I also teach my students. That’s why, it’s very often when they develop their pieces faster and to the better positions than their opponents. However, sometimes they just don’t know how to continue and how to take the advantage of their lead in development. As a result, the other side tries to equalize or ...

Dear Chess Friends! To sacrifice or not to sacrifice? The eternal question in chess, especially when you are into the attack! However, Mikhail Tal knew the answer. He sacrificed material very often and his intuition was right. Was it his intuition actually?! How to decide whether it makes sense to sacrifice a piece or to keep playing positionally? Let’s learn the answer at our next webinar, where I’m going to reveal Mikhail Tal’s secrets and teach how to recognize that the position changed ...

Warriors, we are way outnumbered and outranked in the match against Paradise Chess Club starting on Sunday. Please join this battle to even the odds. https://www.chess.com/club/matches/warriors-of-light/1229308/games

Dear Chess Friends! Once Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch said: "Knight on the rim is dim”, meaning that knights should be developed to the center where they control a greater number of squares. A knight on the edge of the board controls only 4 squares and some of them can be even occupied with your own pieces. It’s very often when one player puts the knight to the edge file, but the other player can’t take the advantage of it.  How to play in such positions? Of course, you may focus on the other side...