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Today I will share with you the 15 facts about getting better at chess. These are fairly simple ideas that for some reason missed by chess players of all levels. If you understand these facts, your understanding of the game in general, training, losing games will change.
Today we will focus on the positions that appeared in the games of the World Champions and Contenders: Alekhine, Karpov, Korchnoi and Kramnik. They came up with brilliant attacking possibilities and successfully defeated their opponents. Now it’s your turn to find yourself in their shoes and to come up with the best moves.
Kramnik needs no introduction. He is one of the most elite chess players during the past decade and keeps going strong. Kramnik’s most significant accomplishment is taking away the world championship title from Garry Kasparov, in 2000. Kramnik kept the title till 2007, when he was defeated by Anand.
Chessbibliophile continues his series of reviews on New in Chess Yearbooks, important titles from the point of opening theory – Ed.
Chessbibliophile continues his series of reviews on New in Chess Yearbooks, important titles from the point of opening theory-Ed.
Many players like to give you advice when it comes to chess. A piece of good advice is priceless; it can help you to become a good chess player quickly. However, a piece of bad advice can slow down your improvement process and even make you disappointed in your chess abilities. Here is the list […]
Leonid Kubbel was a prince among composers. I first saw an endgame study by him way back in 1970s. I still remember my awe and wonder seeing how the Black monarch was chased and mated with a lone knight. Ever since I became a fan of Kubbel. But then his admirers are legion. Great players […]
Today we will analyze the scoresheets of the famous chess players. Some of the players have incredibly terrible handwriting, you cannot read anything without a proper decryption process. Some of the players have a great handwriting. Why is that? Are they short on time and rush to write down the moves or they use it […]
We all know that ordinary players blunder. We also recently learned that GMs blunder as well from time to time. What about the Super-GMs? These the the world champions, ex-world champions, and all those with insanely high ELO of 2700 +. Do these guys have blunders? Apparently, they do. Here are a few bright examples:
Sacrifice in chess is defined as a move that gives up some material in hopes for getting some tactical or positional compensation in the future. In other words, sacrifice is a risky business; you give up a piece now and may not get any return in future. Today we offer you to challenge yourself with […]
