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Jose Raul Capablanca is considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. He held a World Championship title from 1921 to 1927 until he lost it to Alexander Alekhine. Capablanca was known for his exceptional endgame skills, and ability to precisely play technical endgame positions. Because of his mastery and simple style of playing he was nicknamed as “Human Chess Machine”. At the same time Capablanca had an outstanding positional judgment and superb tactical skills. He played both positional and attacking chess when it was necessary.
Our original program 21 Days to Supercharge Your Chess was a huge success. After the launch in September 2014, hundreds of players from all over the world have completed the course, improving their game.
In the first part of this article, we have discussed how to play against the doubled pawns and exploit their weakness. It is very important to remember that they are not always weak and there are situations when doubled pawns represent an advantage.
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In this article, we will discuss some of the very common training habits that a lot of chess players have without even realizing it. It seems like they do everything correctly study GM games, solve tactics, etc. But somehow that is not effective and their chess does not improve. Today we will look at the “why” part.
Alexander Alekhine was the 4th World Chess Champion and is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players that ever played the game. In his early twenties Alekhine was already one of the strongest players. After beating Jose Capablanca and becoming the world champion, Alekhine dominated world chess arena for many years.
Mikhail Botvinnik is considered to be one of the greatest chess players in the world, and 3 time World Champion. He was also a prominent chess coach, with students including Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. Today we will take a look at 10 of Botvinnik’s best chess games.
It is very frequent that, after the trades made during a game, the pawn structure changes, and doubled pawns appear on the board. As a result, both pawn and pieces mobility is affected. There can be isolated doubled pawns, when none of the pawns can be protected by another pawn and doubled pawns defended by another pawn, creating an outpost in the structure.
The following position is familiar to experienced solvers. We crave their indulgence even as we introduce it to younger readers. White rook is under attack and Black pawn is about to queen.
Magnus Calrsen is no doubt one of the most successful chess players that ever played the game. Many consider him to be one of the best players of all time, next to the greatest minds like Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer. Carlsen holds the world championship title in all 3 categories: classical, rapid and blitz.
Today we present 5 positions taken from high level games and involving some sort of tactical motifs. These are not typical, straightforward mate-and-3 problems. You need to be creative in order to find the combination winning material and the game. In many cases you need to consider alternative responses of the opposite side to consider your solution complete. Give it a try, post your solutions in the comment field below!
