Clock is a very important aspect of practical chess. You may be a very good chess player but lose a lot of games because you getting short on time and making blunder as a result. In order to perform at your best, good time managing technique is required. What do I mean by that? Let’s say you have 75 minutes with 5 seconds delay for 40 moves and 30 minutes for the endgame (it is a typical time control for many tournaments).  At this time control a player should spend just under 2 minutes per move for the first 40 moves. 

I have been asked many chess questions lately via my Facebook and Twitter accounts. Here is a list of selected questions with answers which maybe interesting for the general chess audience. If you have your own questions to ask you can send it on my email, Facebook or Twitter.

I have also received questions on languages other than English; I wasn't able to reply, so please use English when sending me questions.

You will ask me why did I post 12 Q&A as a separate topic and not in FAQ? Because this are mostly practical chess related questions, where one wants to improve. You may have the same question as other chess players, so read on...

Here is another cool article written by the WGM Natalia Pogonina, where she continues the nemeses and customers theory and talks about three basic chess characters as Positional, Tactical and.. Calculator. Natalia also analyzes her game against 2448 FIDE rated WFM (!?).

One of the reasons behind the “nemeses and customers” theory is that each chess player has his own style. It reminds me of the “Rock, Paper, Scissors” game where there is no one dominant item.