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All serious chess players know how important a deep endgame understanding for competitive chess is. They also know about a direct correlation between studying endgames and the ELO increase.
It does not matter where you play chess, on the official FIDE-rated events or on your favorite chess website. If you invest a little bit of your time in understanding these 10 most fundamental chess endgames, you will see a quick rating improvement.
Garry Kasparov, undoubtedly, one of the greatest chess players in history, won many of his games against the most elite players like Karpov, Kramnik and Anand by using razor sharp tactical combinations.
Here we present the list of 5 of his crazily creative ideas:
Endgame Principles: Today we will cover the 13 most important ones you should always keep in mind during the game.
These come from the greatest players of the past who need no introduction: Nimzowitsch, Capablanca, Kasparov, Keres, Benko, Tarasch, Botvinnik, and Kotov.
They were surely the endgame experts who dedicated their whole lives to these subjects.
Have you noticed how chess masters easily and flawlessly find a winning combination and win the game, while other players struggle and cannot achieve the same? Have you ever wondered why does that happen like that and what can you do to achieve master’s performance? Look no further.
Today I will show you the 10 things that master level players do differently from the rest.
Today we present the list of 7 world’s most famous chess combinations. You may ask why are these combinations are the most famous? Well, some of these games were played as early as in the 9th century. If we still study them today there is definitely something special about them. Enjoy and don’t forget to comment with your solutions!
Returning to the St. Louis Chess club in the upscale Central West End neighborhood for round 9 on the Men’s side and round 8 on the Women’s. Akobian lost as black against Shankland to shake-up the standings.
Shankland was able to create a very active position trading his rook for two superior minor pieces while Akobian’s h8 rook was locked in its own private jail.
The 10th International Solving Contest under the aegis of WFCC took place on Sunday, 26th January, 2014. It was simultaneously held in as many as 34 countries with 488 solvers. Category I was for experienced solvers and Category II for debutants, inexperienced solvers. The first category drew 290 solvers and the second, 198 of th
The contest consisted of two rounds with six problems each, three direct mates followed by an endgame study, a helpmate anda selfmate exercise.
For each round, the solving time was two hours. The rules & regulations of the event were very strict to ensure a fair contest.
The results were announced some time ago.
Category I:
- Piotr Murdzia (Poland)
- Marko Filipovic (Croatia) (shared)
- Kacper Piorun (Poland) (shared)
Category II:
- Jeyhun Huseynzada (Azerbaijan)
- Arie Kozer (Israel)
- Chris Maes (Belgium)
Here is a two-mover from the contest. Have a go!
John J.O’Keefe and William J. Smith, 1st Prize, The Good Companion 1917
White to play and mate in two
Courtesy: Thanks, Ms Julia Vysotska, WFCC
Previously we write about why Magnus Carlsen has won the World Championship Match [according to Anand], discussed his unique, super-GM traits and also shared Gelfand’s opinion about the Match.
Today we want to share the head-to-head comparison of Carlsen and Anand, as well as estimating the odds of winning for each player.
Returning to the St. Louis Chess Club in the chess capital of the U.S. for round 5 of the U.S. Championships and U.S. Women’s Championships we see GM Var Akobian make a move at the leaders with a win as black over Timur Gareev.
Akobian out played his opponent in a challenging end game. Alejandro Ramirez defeated Mac Molner to stay competitive in the tournament.
Have you ever wondered what can be the perfect gift for a chess player? Should you get a chess book or the classical chess pieces set? No, that’s too straightforward and everyone can do that. Want to get something more clever and stylish?
