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Today we will explore chess games of the 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov. He was holding the highest world title for 10 years, from 1975 to 1985. Karpov’s won incredible 160 chess tournaments in his career. For decades Karpov was among the world’s most elite chess players. He is considered to be one of […]
ChessBaseMagazine # 164 February/March 2015 Editor: Rainer Knaak (DVD+Booklet)
Before starting the actual presentation, we will first address a basic question to the understanding of this article: “What is the ‘Carlsbad pawn structure’?” This notion refers to the pawn structure arising in the Exchange Variation of the Queen’s Gambit, which made its debut in Carlsbad, in 1923. We can see this pawn formation in […]
Today we will explore some of the greatest positional games played by masterminds such as Alexander Alekhine, Aron Nimzowitsch, Emanuel Lasker, Akiba Rubenstein, Siegbert Tarrasch and so on. Many amateur chess players lack deep positional understanding because they don’t analyze classical games. Positional understanding is a very important element of chess which should not be […]
You must have heard a million times that a queenside pawn majority is usually preferable, as it gives you a significant strategic advantage. But why is it better and how should you play in order to increase your advantage? It is common knowledge that a queenside majority is dangerous in the endgames, but, many times, […]
In today’s article, we will take a look at some of the very simple middlegame ideas that many players ignore. Chess is a game in which every little detail counts. The higher level a player gets the more “details” they understand and pay attention to. For example, at the beginner’s level, the doubled pawns are […]
In today’s article we present 3 very tough mate-in-3 problems. Needless to say, how important it is to solve tactics consistently. If you’d only be allowed to pick a single training exercise to improve your game, solving tactics is no doubt one of the most effective ways to get there. Solving tactics in the correct […]
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Tigran Petrosian became the 9th World Chess Champion after defeating Mikhail Botvinnik in 1963 Match. He lost the title against Spassky in 1969. Petrosian was nicknamed “Iron Tigran” because of his unbreakable defensive style of playing. He was strongly influenced by Aron Nimzowitsch system, and especially the idea of prophylaxis. Any improving playing can learn […]
As Philidor stated, “pawns are the soul of chess”. In this article, we will explore the most fundamental pawn structures and learn about their properties. A deep understanding of pawn structures is something that separates masters from amateurs. Go through each of the positions one by one, and you will be able to identify them […]
