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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 […]
Here is another cool article written by the WGM Natalia Pogonina, where she continues the nemeses and customers theory and talks about three basic chess characters as Positional, Tactical and.. Calculator. Natalia also analyzes her game against 2448 FIDE rated WFM (!?). One of the reasons behind the “nemeses and customers” theory is that each […]
The transitivity law does not hold for chess. That is, if player A usually beats player B, and player B usually beats player C, it does not imply that player A usually beats player C. In fact, sometimes it’s quite the opposite. While playing against some opponents of similar rating is a walk in the […]
Although some players believe, psychology has nothing to do with chess, it is surely an important element of the game. Dr.Emanuel Lasker, who held the World Championship title for 27 years, wrote “It’s the players who fight over the board, not the wooden pieces. During a chess game both players are trying to trick each […]
