IM Renier Castellanos - Author at TheChessWorld Blog
IM Renier Castellanos is a Spanish chess player and coach who was born in 1982. He had a peak FIDE rating of 2528 and has 2 GM Norms.
He also holds the title of FIDE Trainer.
He has also won several tournaments in Spain and abroad.
He is also a popular online instructor who teaches chess students of various levels and ages on online platforms.
He has produced many chess courses and videos on topics such as positional chess, openings, endgames, and tactics.
Chess Articles by IM Renier Castellanos
Chess Notation: The Complete Guide
Chess notation is the language of chess and you will eventually need to learn it if you want to continue down this road and make your journey easier. One of the first things you learn when starting out is how to read each square. Each of the 64 squares has a unique name and you […]10 Ways to Pressure Your Opponent
Chess is a game that’s played on and off the board. On the board, players have to show their skills, understanding of different positions, pawn structures, tactical motifs, and much more. However, that’s not the only war. Chess is also played at a psychological level; the mindset you enter a game with is of great […]How to Set up a Chessboard?
Chessboard is a battlefield where all of this happens: Chess is a fascinating game, full of possibilities. The two armies – the white and the black one – put up impressive battles. Some of them are long and full of strategy where one of them is conquering territory after territory. Others are pure fire and […]Ulf Andersson: 10 Things We Can All Learn from His Positional Chess
Ulf Andersson is one of the legends of our game. At his peak, he has reached number 4 on the rating list. He is famous for his great positional style and his strategic masterpieces. He contributed greatly to developing the theory in the Hedgehog line of the Sicilian, with both colors. This is one of […]Bobby Fischer: 4 Best Sacrifices Played
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 […]Chess Puzzles: 10 Reasons to Solve Them Daily
Chess puzzles and their solving, seeing many instructive games, and learning typical ideas are very important in this game. As in any other sport, hard training is always the key to improving your level. If you want to become a better player, you need to get your chessboard out, set the pieces, and start training. […]Best Sacrifices Played by Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal, the eighth World Chess Champion, is well known for his aggressive and imaginative style of play. His ability to take the game into his territory, his unpredictable style, and the impressive tactical ideas he found in his games brought him the nickname “The magician of Riga”. Most of his games are full of […]Best Chess Opening Moves: Complete Guide
Opening Moves: The possibilities in chess are countless and they grow with each move that we make. In spite of the millions of games that have been played, it is very difficult to find two that are exactly the same. We have to make a choice right from the start and this choice will usually […]Best Gambits for Black to Play: Complete Guide
Gambits for Black: The best ones. Finding the right opening can be a lot of hard work and it usually requires deep investigation before you can finally settle for the most suitable one. If you are an attacking player who likes to play the unbalanced position, it might be especially difficult to choose an opening […]Attacking Player: 10 Reasons to Become One
Attacking player is a delight to watch and probably everyone who watched such masterpiece players wished they could do the same in their games. But everybody is different and each player has their own style. There are players for whom the sense for wild positions comes naturally. And, they feel like a fish in the […]
