We all have lost games where we were winning. We all have won or save games where we were losing. Of course we are lot happier when the latter happens. In such positions the minds of the players are operating differently. The one ...
Every player at the beginning of his chess carrier thought that the positions with opposite color bishops are draw. So avoiding such positions seemed very good strategy if one is playing for a win or if one was trying to draw that was what he was ...
We have all studied the games of the great Mikhail Tal, his combinations and beautiful combinations. I admire his ability to turn almost any position into tactical battle where every piece is "hanging" and with every move comes new excitement. Eve...
Before every game every chess player sees his opponents games, sees the opening repertoire of the opponent and he prepares according to it. Nowadays that preparation goes until the move twenty or even more in some main critical variations....
We all have heard about Carsen’s technique, how he can win every possible position even when most of the players would agree on draw. That is his biggest strength. He has very big knowledge, great intuition and is physically very well prepared. Th...
The majority of the players I know are spending most of their time learning new openings, practicing calculation, solving combinations and improving their technique in complex endgames. All that is understandable and useful. Year ago I saw one ...
Tata Steel 2014 has finished. This year it was in different format, there was no c-group instead there were Challengers and Masters Groups. In the strongest group it was notable the absence of three very strong players Magnus Carlsen, Vladim...
We all want to review our games, some of us want to see again how they won the game, how they gave mate, or conducted great combination with sacrifices, others want to see what they did wrong and how they can avoid the same mistake again. I pe...
During the past two weeks we saw many interesting games in London. We all saw one great tournament, with lot of exciting games. Finally, after fourteen rounds it’s over. The finish was quite unexpected and very strange. Facing the last roun...
Many of us for very long time were waiting for The Candidates Tournament to begin. We expected and still expecting many interesting games, many opening novelties and above all fighting chess. All that currently is happening in London! O...
There is no doubt that all chess players in TOP 10 are extremely strong. If you see current rating list you will see that Nakamura, Morozevich and Grischuk are not among them, despite the fact they are also very strong players. But, they are...
Chess is game based on principles, but sometimes irrationality predominate creating crazy chess games and showing us the beauty of chess. I never saw this games with engine, because I’m sure that Houdini will find many mistakes, and I just wanted ...
We all have heard of the great chess champion Mikhail Tal, I think that every chess player enjoyed while watching his magnificent sacrifices and mating attacks. To many, Tal's style of play still isn't understandable. When seing his games one can...
I first saw these composition when I was nine years old. I'm still remembering it because it has great simbolism. It simbolises the war between the Army of Napoleon and the Russian army, and the great battle of Berezina river. The black King on b...
