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Decoy tactics occur when you try to get a piece onto a square. Once the piece is there, then you can use another tactic.
We are continuing the series of motivational posters started last week. Today we are presenting list posters about chess wisdom shared by the greatest players: Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, Siegbert Tarrasch, Aaron Nimzowitsch, Emanuel Lasker, Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand and Wilhelm Steintz. The topics are: fear, passed pawns, success, beauty, brilliancy, blitz, programs, blunders, critics, […]
Most chess players know that opening plays an important role in game’s outcome, but not many know how to choose the opening which is right for them. It always surprised me how chess players can spend hours shopping for the right chess board and pieces, but only spend a few minutes deciding what opening to […]
We are presenting 10 motivational posters about most important aspects of chess: training, losing, openings, novelties, chance, moves, talent, intuition, pawns and psychology. It’s is a collection of quotes by greatest chess grandmasters accompanied by images. A picture is worth more than 1,000 words so here we go:
Double tactics occur when two things happen at the same time. While it may be fairly easy to defend against one thing, it may be impossible to defend against two things at the same time.
The ultimate blunder Anyone can hang a piece, but a good blunder requires thought. There is one sort of move that is almost always played after calm, if not happy contemplation: resigning. Sometimes it is wrong to resign – or to agree to a draw. It was Tim Krabbe, a great connoisseur of the game […]
Today we will talk about one of the most popular and possibly one of the best chess apps there is (according to other reviews): Shredder. We will explore the IPad/IPhone version of Shredder. A very similar version is also available for android devices. Let’s take a closer look at this app [includes a video review].
Chessbibliophile continues his series of reviews on New in Chess Yearbooks, important titles from the point of opening theory-Ed.
The battle has begun… Our columnist reports on the eagerly awaited tournament of the year and don’t miss the videos.
In the current update on ChessPublishing.com our columnist draws attention to French Defence and Grob Attack among other things-Ed.
