Kramnik shows who’s the Vladdy, Adams misses a win After Wesley So’s terrible blunder in round one, Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 4 saw two more games that might be legitimate candidates for Chessentials’ Featured…
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When I am not writing about chess, I make bad positional moves and display horrendous endgame technique.
Chess Tactics 46
Chess Tactics 46 BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 3
Shark survives and swindles the clash of the leaders, Adams’ technique also shines The post about best chess quotes included a quote that is very appropriate for Vugar Gashimov memoriald 2017 round 3: ” A good player…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 round 2
Convincing win by Topalov, another endgame by Eljanov Recently, there has been a lot of speculation whether Veselin Topalov will soon stop to compete on the highest level. After suffering a couple of disasters throughout…
Vugar Gashimov memorial 2017 Round 1
The tragedy and inspiring story of Vugar Gashimov Three years after the tragic death of Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Vugar Gashimov, fourth annual edition of memorial that honors his name is taking place in Azerbaijani city…
Chess tactics 45
Chess tactics 45
Best chess quotes
If you ever played chess, chances are you have probably heard the famous quote by Francois Andre Philidor: “ The pawns are the soul of chess.” Gems such as this represent a priceless part of the rich chess…
Chess tactics 44
Chess tactics 44
Chess study 12 – Gurgenidze Kalandadze study
Chess studies #12: Gurgenidze Kalandadze study This one is really beautiful. Can you spot the winning idea?
Chess tactics 43
Chess tactics 43
Best chess middle game books
Introduction In the previous post we have already identified chess middle game as the phase of the chess game that tends to be hardest to improve. The points mentioned in that post very much apply to…
What Was I Thinking #3 – Sten Boban
PREFACE The hero of the Featured Sundays #3 is a young Croatian player and my close personal… acquitance.. mr. Sten Boban. His style is very prophylactic and he is known as the “Croatian Petrosian”, or…