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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.16.2018
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.16.2018

Continuing our series of classics you must study if you want to become a complete chess player, we are going to talk today about one player who built the foundation of the strategic concepts and principles as we know them today, Wilhelm Steinitz. He was born in 1836 in Prague (back then part of the […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
12.04.2017
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
12.04.2017

Everybody likes to see a good attacking game and would love to be able to reproduce it in their games, but it is not always that easy. You have to know how to make your pieces cooperate and seize the right moment to start the pawn avalanche. In this article, we are going to give […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.24.2017
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.24.2017

There is probably little we could say about Alexander Alekhine that is new to our readers. He is considered to be one of the greatest players ever and his games are an inspiration to every chess aficionado. He became the fourth World Champion in 1927, after defeating the Cuban legend Jose Raul Capablanca. He defended […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.24.2017
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WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
03.24.2017

Creating a suitable working plan in order to improve our chess is never easy. It is very important to find the right material, but it is perhaps even more important to know what to work on. This can only be done by analyzing your own games and trying to find your weaknesses. You have to […]