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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.02.2021
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.02.2021

Bobby Fischer, an icon of our sport, is perhaps one of the most studied chess players. Robert James Fischer called Bobby is famous for his universal playing style, excellent endgame technique, and his great contributions to chess in the form of chess writings, new ideas in a number of openings, and a new variant of […]

GM Alex Colovic
GM Alex Colovic
12.28.2020
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GM Alex Colovic
12.28.2020

King’s Indian Defense is one of the most complex openings in chess. This is so because it can lead to many different pawn structures with various underlying tactical and strategical ideas. In this article, I would like to explore how the great Bobby Fischer treated the positions in the Mar del Plata variation of the […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
08.03.2019
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
08.03.2019

Indo-Benoni Structure and its Pattern number 1. The Benoni Defense (arises after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 ed 5.cd5 d6 6.e4 g6) is one of the most attractive options to play as black for those players looking for a sharp game. Historically, world champions have employed this defense with great success; […]

GM Alex Colovic
GM Alex Colovic
04.24.2019
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GM Alex Colovic
04.24.2019

Smooth Chess: After the closing ceremony of the European Individual Championship that crowned him a champion, I had a chance to talk with the rising Russian star Vladislav Artemiev. A humble fellow, but one that knows his talents. He knows he is good, though he also knows he needs to work more if he is […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
08.17.2018
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
08.17.2018

You have probably heard a lot about the importance of studying the classics and the many things you can learn from old games. Nowadays, when most of the players focus their training on openings and finding novelties that help them get an advantage from the first moves, this type of training is slightly overlooked. However, […]

GM Alex Colovic
GM Alex Colovic
08.03.2018
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GM Alex Colovic
08.03.2018

Sicilian Defense: Good chess players have a lot of patterns as an integral part of their chess knowledge. These patterns are accumulated over the years as one’s knowledge of the game expands. Most of these patterns can be found in the games of the classical players, though bear in mind that in modern times players […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.31.2018
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.31.2018

Grunfeld Defense is one of the most popular defenses against 1.d4 nowadays and it has been quite a pain for white since the last decade. Without a real path to an advantage, the legion of 1.d4 players has been constantly switching from one line to another, playing the surprise factor card. Throughout the history of […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
01.17.2018
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
01.17.2018

Robert James Fischer (1943 – 2008) is a resounding name in the chess world, and not only. Many non-chess players also know who he was and look up to him as a genius. Although his chess career was rather short, he left behind many brilliancies and original ideas that are thoroughly studied by every chess […]

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
04.05.2017
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Yury Markushin
04.05.2017

Bobby Fischer is an American chess grandmaster. He is considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer showed his skill in early age by already winning very strong players by the age of 13. At 20 he became the US chess champion, winning with a perfect 11/11 score. Soon afterward […]

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
12.14.2016
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Yury Markushin
12.14.2016

King’s Gambit is one of the most popular openings for the past 300 years. It was played by many strongest players including William Steinitz, Bobby Fischer, David Bronstein, and Boris Spassky. It is a true gambit, with many aggressive and super-aggressive lines. This opening may be especially effective at the club level since many players […]