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Today we are presenting a collection of 10 games played by arguably the best chess player of all time Garry Kasparov. He held a World Championship title from 1985 – 2000 when he lost it in a match against Vladimir Kramnik. Kasparov also holds numerous chess records, including being number 1 in the world rating […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Previously, I have interviewed GM Alexander Ipatov, and asked him quite a few questions about how to improve at chess. Today we will continue our Grandmaster interview series by discussing a similar set of questions with WGM Natalia Pogonina (2508 peak ELO), one of the strongest female chess players in the world. Natalia Pogonina has […]

I have recently conducted an interview with GM Alexander Ipatov (2615 FIDE) on a topic of improving at chess. Alexander started playing chess at age of 4, became Natianal Master and International Master at 15, Grandmaster at 18. In 2012 he became the FIDE Junior World Champion. GM Ipatov participated in many prestigious chess events […]

Not being an avid blitz player myself I advocate the longer time control games. However, there is something special about blitz and bullet chess that attracts many players online. For example, on Free Internet Chess Server (FICS), about 80% of all games played are fairly short time control ones. That’s partly due to the fact […]

Jose Raul Capablanca, a Cuban chess player, who held a Word Championship title for 7 years is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Capablanca was renowned for his exceptional endgame skills, superb technique in theoretical positions and exceptional speed of play. Here are the 10 great endgame tips, straight from […]

There are hundreds of millions of chess players in the world, rated from 100 – 2900 ELO. Independent on their chess strength, all players can be subdivided into 5 distinct categories.Knowing what category your opponent belongs to, may significantly help you to decide what strategy is the most effective.

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.