Suman Chatterjee - Author at TheChessWorld Blog
Suman Chatterjee, also known as “Rony”, is a chess enthusiast rated 1548 on LiChess and 1300 on Chess.com. He lives in Kolkata, India.
Suman has 10 years of experience as a content creator and regularly contributes to TheChessWorld.
He is also interested in technology, Artificial Intelligence (Ai), and search engine optimization.
Chess Articles by Suman Chatterjee
Tarrasch Defense with GM Marian Petrov [TCW Academy]
Need an opening that is equally aggressive as positionally sound against White’s 1.d4? Without studying hours of opening theory… as in the Dragon or the Grunfeld? Here’s the Tarrasch Defense for you.Mikhail Tal Attacking Secrets with GM Marian Petrov [TCW Academy]
Mikhail Tal’s style of playing was maniacal, but there was a method to the madness. Many of his tactical combinations were unsound, but they worked in his hands! The psychological pressure that he created on his opponents, his brilliant feel for the initiative, and his ability to maintain the momentum, threats after threats, with insane […]The Nimzowitsch Defense with FM Zaur Tekeyev [TCW Academy]
The Nimzowitsch Defense packs a punch of surprise right in the opening but has also got a misplaced knight on c6 in most cases. If you play Black ever in your chess games and your opening needs to have a shock value, this is for you.Kasparov’s Games: 10 Reasons Why Club Players Should Study Them
Kasparov’s games and himself weren’t called the ‘Beast from Baku’ for nothing. He was indeed a “beast”! His style of playing was more like a herd of full-grown African buffaloes and zebras charging toward you… as Thanos said, dread it, run from and it still arrives. His style of chess was extremely powerful, and his […]Vienna Game with GM Marian Petrov [TCW Academy]
Ask any chess beginner rated around 1400-1600… and they will tell you what’s on top of their mind. It’s almost always along these lines: “How to find the best moves in a position?” “How to visualize the chess board better?” And more often than not…Chess Strategy: 10 Must-Know Elements of It
Chess Strategy is what separates a grandmaster from an international master in chess. It’s his level of positional understanding and ability to formulate an accurate strategy on ANY move, in ANY position, and at ANY time. The process is subtle and subliminal—not much on the outside, rather on the inside. If you watch a GM […]French Defense: 10 Good Reasons to Play It
French Defense is not played because most GMs and super-GMs play 1…c5 and 1…e5 to 1.e4 instead of it. On being asked why it is so, Peter Svidler recently commented: “I think the answer is twofold. Firstly, both the Spanish and the Sicilian offer you a much broader scope to choose from. If you play […]10 Reasons to Play the Rapport-Jobava System in Your Next Game
Rapport-Jobava System: Sometimes, even a single move can change the course of a game—even so much as to turn a good opening into a GREAT one! That’s what the move 2.Nc3 does to the regular London System. Not that the London system is a bad opening or such, it has got a few drawbacks where […]10 Reasons to Play Modern Defense in Blitz
Modern Defense, starting with 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7, follows any other hypermodern openings and is highly provocative and dynamic—as much as an opening can get. Black fianchetto a bishop early on the g7-square eyeing on the long dark-squared diagonal running from h8 to a1.How to Play 1.e4 in Rapid and Blitz?
When you are playing a rapid or a blitz game, the idea should be to put pressure on your opponent, both in the position and on his clock! That means while you are expected to play the best move in a classical game, you are better off playing a more complex line that amplifies the […]
