Middle Game

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
08.01.2016

The art of simplification over the chess board is one of the aspects every player must learn in order to reach a higher level. Knowing which piece of your opponent you need to trade, when is the right moment to execute the piece exchange, or what pieces of your own you need to keep or […]

Yury Markushin
07.20.2016
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Yury Markushin
07.20.2016

Middlegame is a very important part of the game. It is not only important because that’s where the majority of the games get decided, but also because the understanding of the middlegame is directly proportional to one’s rating. Many chess professionals suggest spending more time on fundamental middlegame understanding, for improving your overall chess. Today […]

Yury Markushin
07.01.2016
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Yury Markushin
07.01.2016

One of the most difficult decisions in the game of chess is executing the right trades at the right moment. Many beginners trade pieces deliberately during the game and only start thinking about the consequences when it’s already too late. In this article, we are going to approach this subject and give you some tips […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.30.2016

The truth in chess is often very relative. As beginners we are taught that the knights should be developed to the center where they control a greater number of squares; this is a fact. Another lesson we learned where we were starting to discover the insights of the game is that knights on the rim […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.23.2016

One of the main strategies in chess is not only to achieve a goal through a plan but also to prevent your opponent from achieving his goal, whatever it might be. The same goes when it comes to the pieces on the board; we should always try to drive our opponent’s pieces into bad squares […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.18.2016

An effective way of improving quickly in chess is by learning the most common patterns of play and recognizing them during your own games. Grandmasters usually recommend beginners examine games by strong players as a way of improvement. However, for beginners this might be confusing; how to improve just by going through games?  

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.10.2016

One of the fundamental elements in the game of chess is the pawn structure on the board. Every player who wishes to succeed in achieving a higher level needs to have a good understanding of when a pawn structure is ‘weak’, ‘strong’, or irrelevant to the position. In the Grandmasters games, we can see how […]

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
05.04.2016

In this article, we continue our series of attacking patterns by having a look at the most common ways of attacking our opponent’s castle when he has played a fianchetto. The idea is to learn the standard means of launching your attack.

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
04.25.2016

A very important concept to understand and dominate very well is the concept of “outpost”. Every player who wishes to improve his level must recognize the outposts in the position right away and of course, make the best to exploit this element to his advantage.  

WGM Raluca Sgircea, IM Renier Castellanos
04.15.2016

Very often before a game, a player feels anxious about how to win his game against his respected opponent. Usually, this leads to spending too much time thinking about what opening he should use in order to achieve a considerable edge quickly and not suffer much to win. This kind of vicious cycle happens to […]