yes! you heard me right , FUN is a SERIOUS learning tool . to master chess as an adult you must study the game like a kid . avoid pressure , forget about the ratings, get excited , be enthusiastic , be motivated , be happy and just focus on lear...
Its 6 years since i got my initial rating of 1797 , i have not featured in any FIDE rated tournament since then , however i intend working towards Chess mastery for now and play in a tournament . preferably a 9 rounds event with a strong field ...
when you have figured out where you would like to be , the next step is to figure out how to get there !! the target is to go from 1797 to 2300 ELO on or before 1/12/2018 , this really should not be about just gathering ELO points but to first ...
I am CM Akinseye Akinleye (Akinov) a FIDE Candidate master with a standard rating (OTB) of 1797 , quite low for a CM who should be at least 2200 ELO , yeah i got my FIDE title from a FIDE Zonal tournament where i got my Ffirst (Initial) FIDE ra...
Here is my my Reading list to improve the thinking process -
Stage one
1.The ABCs of chess - Pandolfini
2.Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom - Schiller
3.Grand master at work - Kotov
4.The amateur’s mind – Silman
5.How to reassess your C...
In this Lesson we look at Blunders and their posible causes , there are games where a player has executed his opening play to come out with a good advantage in the middle game and again transit into a winning end game , but many of those games ...
This Post shall be updated ..... frequently with Wei yi's handling of White vs the sicilian !!
Five-time World Champion , and Chess legend Super GM Viswanathan Anand won the 2014 edition of the London Chess classics , his first London Classic title after defeating British Grand master Michael Adams in the fifth and final round on Monday.
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Category prizes
Rank after Round 6
Remark: Rank 1,2,3 get no category prize.
Group A
Rk.
SNo
flag
Team
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
9
FRA
France
10.0
115.5
18.5
41.0
2
6
ROU
Romania
10.0
115.5
17.5
41.0
3
13
HUN
Hungary
10.0
114.5
17.5
45...
Category prizes
Rank after Round 6
Remark: Rank 1,2,3 get no category prize.
Group A
Rk.
SNo
flag
Team
Team
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
7
CHN
China
10.0
117.0
17.5
44.0
2
29
SRB
Serbia
10.0
116.5
17.0
46.0
3
11
NED
Netherlands
10.0
114.5
17.5...
AFRICA's top 10 teams********* (After 6 rounds) !!After six rounds at the ongoing 41st World Olympiad ,which past the half way line of the tournament, teams from Africa have performed on different levels of expectation.The EGYPT team clearly the h...