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You have probably heard a lot about the importance of studying the classics and the many things you can learn from old games. Nowadays, when most of the players focus their training on openings and finding novelties that help them get an advantage from the first moves, this type of training is slightly overlooked. However, […]
Very often when we are going to play a stronger opponent than us we think about the worst-case scenario, which is losing the game in an embarrassing way. This is, of course, one of the biggest fears for every player, to give in without a fight or being brutally outclassed by the opponent. In case […]
Having a solid and sane strategic concept is very important in every player’s path to improvement in chess. There are plenty of books on the market to study and we ourselves have written various articles on basic themes such as exploiting weaknesses, how to create weaknesses, the bishop pair, opposite color bishops and so on. […]
Perhaps the most common structure arising from the majority of queen’s pawn openings (1.d4) is the structure known as the Carlsbad pawn structure. It is a structure rich in ideas for both sides with many hidden subtleties and unique methods of playing. Of course, if you have followed our articles in the past you may […]
Hedgehog is one of the most popular set-ups for black nowadays and it can arise from several openings. However, it is one that’s not to everyone’s taste. Black willingly gives white a space advantage right from the start and chooses a compact position where his pieces are placed behind the wall of pawns. After the […]
Bishop Endgames: Improving your technique is day-by-day work. The technique has to do with knowing how to do “things”, for example winning positions or knowing how to convert a clear advantage. For certain players, no matter their strength, this ability comes naturally. Just as some players are gifted with a killer instinct for tactics, others […]
Today we will explore chess games of the 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov. He was holding the highest world title for 10 years, from 1975 to 1985. Karpov’s won incredible 160 chess tournaments in his career. For decades Karpov was among the world’s most elite chess players. He is considered to be one of […]
