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How to Attack Part 4
Hello everyone! I haven't been posing this series in a long time. This is part 4 which is the end so I'll go a head and test you. -White has tons of pieces over on the king side -White has the open g file for his rooks -White can also exploit th...
How to destroy your opponent 1
Doesn't everyone love crushing your opponent? After I crush my opponent, I sometimes admire the game. There's a saying you have to have at lease more than 2 minor/major pieces to succeed an attack but sometimes only a queen and 3 pawns will send ...
Puzzles to the 1900!
Here are some pretty challenging puzzles, don't get dizzy! And there is no answer key today, this is a real challenge! Try to figure out the winning move(s)!
THE STORY OF MY RECENT BULLET TOURNAMENT
I'm not very high rated. I'm around 1600 which is 150-200 points above average. But you can't compare 1600 to 3200 like Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlson. Usually my 1 min tournaments turn out normal like there is tons of 2000's and I get last pl...
E4 OPENINGS
E4 OPENINGS The most common e4 opening is the Sicilian. The sicilian goes like this: e4, c5, Nf3, d6. This is most popular line. After d6, usually follows d4 or bb5+. The open sicilian which is the d4 line is pretty tactical. Especially the drago...
Time Pressure
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN TIME PRESSURE? I have and it's pretty annoying when you're in time pressure especially when you are ahead. One time I was up a queen but lost on time. One tip is to use pre-moves, if you don't know what pre-move is, you basi...
Endgame with knights part 1
ENDGAMES WITH KNIGHTS PART 1 Knight endgames are tricky, you have to play perfectly so that you won't lose/so you'll win. I've done some knight endgame practice on the chess.com chess mentor/lessons and also in the endgame book from beginner to m...
Endgame pawn rush 3
Endgame pawn rush 2
Endgame pawn rush 1
PUZZLES
][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][P][U][Z][Z][L][E][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][ What are whites plan? [a] Kiss their opponent [b] Gain queenside space [c] Win a pawn [d] castle long and attack the kingside ...
The Stalemate
This dude was playing a game with a beginner, he already had 4 queens, 3 rooks and one more pawn, after the dude promoted, the total beginner smiled and said, "Stalemate" the dude scratched his head and became really angry, here's the game: Then...
How to Attack UPDATED series #2
Today is testing day, if you haven't seen how to attack updated series or my how to attack series 1.0, you can still do this test. I went over the hook last time, the hook occurs when you fienncetto your bishop. This game was not as beauti...
How to Attack UPDATED series #1
In this series, we'll be looking at short games and learning how to attack. This is not for GM's or any master because I know for sure the master's all know these attacking strategies. I recommend people that are lower than 1500 USCF / lower than ...
3-8 move checkmate games I saw at a tournament
I was at a fairly easy tournament with many beginners practicing on the free boards, they were playing 5 minute games. The first one I saw was between what they say "The King of Chess" and the complete beginner that was rated 322. This was a fas...
A bullet game I played
Enjoy this game I won against this 1700 in bullet. ( I am 1600 ) By the way this is my brother's account. I post some other things on my real account. I am white.
Attacking (A great game I for sure know you haven't seen)
Eat the piglets!
EAT THE PIGLETS I know the name sounds very stupid, but it's not, it's a game. To eat the piglets! Well, your thinking, this is not chess, but this is chess. Now lets move on to the chess part, never randomly move your pawns. So lets play a game....
ATTACK! stupid attacks by black
How to think like a master
HOW TO THINK LIKE A MASTER IN CHESS: When your opponent moves, think the following: 1) Does my opponent have any threats? 2) Does my opponent have any checks, captures, and direct threats? These are the things you should right away. If your op...
How to attack part 3
How to attack part 3 is out! Sorry these parts are know are shorter because I got a new job and it includes a lot of work so I don't have time for blogs that long. So going on to the real part, Make sure when you attack check to make sure you ha...
How to attack part 1 of part 3
Hi guys! Welcome back to my how to attack series, if you haven't checked out my first few parts, please do. Let's move on. Ok, when you attack, make sure you are solid, to do this, castle early and develop your pieces to reasonable places. Then tr...
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How to play in a tournament part 2
Last time, we finished off with finding your opponent, now we are going to continue. If you have no idea of what I am talking about, please check out my how to play in a tournament part 1 or read it again. 1) See which board you are on. 2) Go ...
