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Playing well and having a good chess understanding is what every chess player is looking for. However, when it comes to practice this is not the only thing that matters. While when you are training there is no time limit on the exercises you solve and the themes that your learn, during a tournament you […]

Every chess master was once a beginner. Even the great ones like Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen and Kramnik knew less about chess at one point of their career than you may know now. With experience you look back at the ‘old days’ when you first start playing chess and think with irony, I wish I knew […]

Board strategy means making your overall position better. A better position leads to better moves, and better moves leads to a better game. You should always try to make your position better, and try to make the opponent’s position worse. There are three parts to the chess strategy to make your overall position better. The […]

This article is mostly intended for inexperienced chess players, who decided to play competitive chess and looking for some hints. However, even an “occasional” tournament chess player may find some of the ideas discussed and things advised here useful for their chess careers. A very first thing a player needs to understand before he goes […]