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Yury Markushin
12.01.2014
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Yury Markushin
12.01.2014

This article is a continuation of the last week’s Top 10 Tactical Tricks Every Chess Player Must Know. This time we are focusing on the most typical sacrifices that occur often in practical games. Why is it important to know about it? Let me tell you, that even if you are a positional player you […]

Yury Markushin
11.24.2014
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Yury Markushin
11.24.2014

Today we will go over 10 most important tactical techniques that every chess player must know. It is a part of the training process to learn about each of these techniques and to be able to apply them in your own games. Once you understand these things I suggest solving tactics and playing practice games […]

Yury Markushin
11.03.2014
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Yury Markushin
11.03.2014

Fabiano Caruana is an American-born Italian chess grandmaster, number two rated chess player in the world. In October 2014 he became the third highest rated player ever, with a peak elo of 2844, right after winning the Sinquefield Cup with impressive 3080 performance. Caruana considered by many the main contender for the world championship title […]

Yury Markushin
10.31.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.31.2014

Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster, current World Champion in all three categories classic, rapid and blitz and a number 1 rated chess player in the world. His elo peaked at 2882. It is the highest rating a human player has ever had. We present 10 of many of amazing Magnus Carlsen chess games […]

Yury Markushin
10.29.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.29.2014

If you want to improve your chess and to become a good chess player, you need to watch out for these 10 things that good chess players don’t do. These are easy to avoid and pretty intuitive things but somehow many chess players miss them. Just keep these things in mind and you will make […]

Yury Markushin
10.22.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.22.2014

Bobby Fischer was one of the most mysterious chess players ever played this game. His sudden appearance in chess world, tremendous tournament domination and the refusal to defend the title makes him, to say the least, a very atypical player. 13 year old Fischer won a brilliancy award which later became known as game of […]

Yury Markushin
10.14.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.14.2014

Today we are presenting a collection of 10 games played by arguably the best chess player of all time Garry Kasparov. He held a World Championship title from 1985 – 2000 when he lost it in a match against Vladimir Kramnik. Kasparov also holds numerous chess records, including being number 1 in the world rating […]

Yury Markushin
10.06.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.06.2014

Today we present to you the collection of 15 best games in the history of chess. These games involve the most amazing ideas imaginable, greatest combinations, superb sacrifices, tremendous positional play and so on. By deeply studying the annotations you will not only enjoy the greatest chess games but will also improve your own chess.

IM Sagar Shah
09.28.2014
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IM Sagar Shah
09.28.2014

Today I have interviewed a 24 year old IM from India, Sagar Shah (2468 ELO), and asked him 10 questions about improving at chess. Sagar has suggested a few things that will be very important for those seeking to make progress at chess. He shared his own insights about training at chess, and suggested a […]

Yury Markushin
09.24.2014
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Yury Markushin
09.24.2014

Viswanathan Anand is the first Indian Grandmaster and the 15th World Chess Champion. Anand learned to play chess at age of 6. In 1983 he won SubJunior Indian Championship with a perfect 9/9 score. In 1987 he became the first Indian Grandmaster and won the Junior World Championship. In 2007, Anand took the World Championship […]