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In this update on ChessPublishing.com our columnist draws attention to trends in Alekhine-Chatard Attack and Grünfeld Exchange Variation-Ed.
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.
Today we will focus on the positions that appeared in the games of the World Champions and Contenders: Alekhine, Karpov, Korchnoi and Kramnik. They came up with brilliant attacking possibilities and successfully defeated their opponents. Now it’s your turn to find yourself in their shoes and to come up with the best moves.
Kramnik needs no introduction. He is one of the most elite chess players during the past decade and keeps going strong.
Kramnik’s most significant accomplishment is taking away the world championship title from Garry Kasparov, in 2000. Kramnik kept the title till 2007, when he was defeated by Anand.
Chessbibliophile continues his series of reviews on New in Chess Yearbooks, important titles from the point of opening theory – Ed.
Chessbibliophile continues his series of reviews on New in Chess Yearbooks, important titles from the point of opening theory-Ed.
Many players like to give you advice when it comes to chess. A piece of good advice is priceless; it can help you to become a good chess player quickly.
However, a piece of bad advice can slow down your improvement process and even make you disappointed in your chess abilities.
Here is the list of 7 common friendly chess advice you should never take:
Leonid Kubbel was a prince among composers. I first saw an endgame study by him way back in 1970s. I still remember my awe and wonder seeing how the Black monarch was chased and mated with a lone knight. Ever since I became a fan of Kubbel. But then his admirers are legion. Great players like Smyslov, Timman and Nunn have been connoisseurs of his art. In his brief life he is said to have composed more than 1500 endgame studies and problems. The 1984 edition of his work (Leonid Kubbel by Vladimirov and Fokin) lists 466 endgame studies and more than 400 problems.
Although I had this Russian book for nearly two decades I never paid attention to the problems section. Recently when I had a look I was in for a surprise. Some of these problems are indeed beautiful. Here is an example. See if you can figure it out.
White to move and mate in two moves
Time: 5 minutes
Today we will analyze the scoresheets of the famous chess players. Some of the players have incredibly terrible handwriting, you cannot read anything without a proper decryption process. Some of the players have a great handwriting.
Why is that? Are they short on time and rush to write down the moves or they use it as a weapon to confuse their opponents? Anyways, here is the list:
We all know that ordinary players blunder. We also recently learned that GMs blunder as well from time to time. What about the Super-GMs? These the the world champions, ex-world champions, and all those with insanely high ELO of 2700 +. Do these guys have blunders? Apparently, they do. Here are a few bright examples: