Best chess beginner books Everybody knows how confusing and difficult it is to learn something from the scratch. Chess, being the rich and complicated game it is, is by no means an exception. More experienced…
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The Legal Trap
INTRODUCTION On the road toward chess mastery, a chess player acquires knowledge about numerous attacking mechanism and mating patterns. For instance, every strong player is familiar with the typical sacrifice of the bishop on h7,…
Chess tactics 54
Chess tactics 54 BLACK TO PLAY
Funny chess problems
Funny chess problems? One of the greatest young chess talents in the World, 12-year-old International Master Nihal Sarin recently visited the quarters of the Chessbase in Hamburg, Germany. In the article report following that visit, there…
Chess tactics 53
Chess tactics 53 WHITE TO PLAY
Fast checkmates
Introduction We human tend to get obsessed with the superlatives in any field of human activity. We are constantly trying to determine who is the biggest, the strongest, the most intelligent, the greatest ever, etc…..
Chess study 15 – Yochanan Afek study 2
Chess study 15 Yochanan Afek study 2 Pawn endgames are easy, they said? How does White convert his advantage here (the solution is far from obvious) . White to play and win
Chess tactics 52
Chess tactics 52 WHITE TO PLAY
Chess tactics 51
Chess tactics 51 BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN
Croatian Chess Cup 2017 – Highlights
Croatian Chess Cup 2017 A couple of days after the Croatian Chess Championship 2017 has finished, another prestigious Croatian chess event took place. The final of the Croatian Chess Cup 2017 was a team event…
Chess tactics 50
Chess tactics 50 BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN
Chess study 14 – Vladimir Korolkov study
Chess study 14 Vladimir Korolkov Study A brilliant composition with very limited material. White to play and win Quite impressive creation by Vladimir Korolkov.