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…
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Chess in popular culture
Chess gone mainstream February 19th, 2017 will go down in history of chess as a date when chess became an integral part of the mainstream popular culture. Because on February 19th, 2017, the 15th episode of the…
Best chess endgame books
Chess endgame Bibles After assembling a list of best chess tactical books in the previous post and after writing a first post in the “endgame domain”, we thought that the next logical step is making…
Popular chess websites
CHESS AND INTERNET? The 21st century can trully be regarded as the golden era for all the connoisseurs of the chess game. Because never before was chess more accessible to the broad public than today. The most…
Best chess tactics books
Chess tactical Bibles In some of the previous posts on this blog I have considered the subjects chess improvement and chess tactics. As I have mentioned there, I consider chess books as the best source for studying chess. Additionaly, the…
Chess tactics for beginners – Chess combination elements
TACTICS, TACTICS, TACTICS In the previous post we have written about best ways to improve your chess. One of the suggestions was very blatant, as it simply said that studying chess is esential for improvement. The…
How to get better at chess
… OR WHERE TO BEGIN? Very recently a college colleague of mine has sent me the following FACEBOOK INBOX (sorry, EMAILS are so 20th century): ” Hey Vjeko, recently I have started playing alot of chess over the Internet….
10 gift ideas for a chessplayer
Disclaimer: The following article contains several affiliate links to Amazon.com, meaning that if you go to Amazon and buy the recommended product (or some other product in an allotted period of time), the author of…
Basic chess rules
INTRODUCTION Many times during the course of my life I people have asked me where have I learned the basic chess rules. And I have always answered rather reluctantly that it was my uncle who thought…
Dealing with d4 deviations – Book review
INTRODUCTION Every chess tournament I have participated in has had THAT moment. THAT moment when after refreshing the pairings in the solitude of your apartment and lamenting about how you got the Black pieces again,…
The Art of the Checkmate – Book review
INTRODUCTION Whenever I start remembering my first chess steps, I can’t resist paraphrasing the title of the famous Garry Kasparov autobiographic book – How chess imitates life. And for everybody thinking „Oh great, Vjeko, too much blitz…