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Yury Markushin
10.08.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.08.2014

Recently we have released two articles which talk about chess improvement process is great detail. One reader made a valid point that even though calculation of variations is difficult thing to train, there aren’t many books that actually explain how to train it, or how to find the correct moves. That’s why I decided to […]

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.

Chessbibliophile
10.05.2014
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Chessbibliophile
10.05.2014

In this update on ChessPublishing.com our columnist draws attention to trends in openings, old and new-Ed.    

Yury Markushin
10.03.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.03.2014

According to FIDE there are about 605 million adults who play chess on regular basis (FIDE defines ‘regular’ as weekly, monthly or during past year). It is estimated that 35 million of the world’s chess players are from US, 6 million from UK, 16 million from Germany, 50 million from Russia and 80 million from […]

Yury Markushin
10.01.2014
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Yury Markushin
10.01.2014

There are three most important factors in chess that every player needs to take into account. These are material, space, and time. Most chess players know what the material is: pieces and pawns. Each of the pieces has a relative pawn value that can be assigned to it. For example, a minor piece is equal […]

Chessbibliophile
09.30.2014
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Chessbibliophile
09.30.2014

ChessBaseMagazine is the flagship of ChessBase and released every two months. Our columnist offers review of a recent issue-Ed.

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
09.26.2014
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Yury Markushin
09.26.2014

Today I will talk about the 5 very important steps every chess players should take in order to improve their chess. These are the most fundamental training techniques that every chess players needs to do in order to make progress at chess and to get better at chess. I will describe the things you need […]

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 […]

Yury Markushin
09.22.2014
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Yury Markushin
09.22.2014

Many chess players know that ability to find tactics over the board is a key to success on any level. Chess players solve lots of tactics and even see some positive results after doing it. However, the results are not as dramatic as many players would expect by spending such a significant amount of time […]