Introduction On February 26th, 2024, one of the biggest, proudest moments of my professional life (so far) happened – the publication of the Chessable course Gustafsson’s Aggressive 1.e4 – Part 1, which I co-authored with…
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Burn Variation of the French Defence
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After covering the Alekhine-Chatard variation of the French…
The Alekhine-Chatard Attack
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After covering the McCutcheon Variation of the French…
McCutcheon Variation of the French Defense
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction After introducing the Classical Variation of the French…
French Defence, Classical Variation – Introduction
This article is part of a series of articles covering different Opening Variations. You can find the complete list of Openings/Variations covered on the following link. Introduction Back in 2020, I published an article on…
How To Improve Your Chess Visualization
The following article is a guest post by Aiden Rayner, the founder of Don’t Move Until You See it – a chess training platform that focuses exclusively on visualization, offering more than 400 visualization exercises…
Mikhail Tal Best Games
The games analyzed in this article can be found in this public Lichess Study. You can also download them in the .pgn format at my Chess PGN Download page. The Magician From Riga Out of…
Best French Defence Books
Note: This post is a part of the series of posts about best chess books divided by openings. If you are wondering how I select the books I recommend, or what other openings I have…
What Every Chess Player Should Know About The French Defence
Note: This post is a part of the series of posts about chess openings. Each opening will have two posts devoted to it: „What every chess player should know about XYZ opening and „Best chess…
Best Chess Opening Books (Divided By Opening)
INTRODUCTION A couple of days ago, I talked to a very good friend of mine who also happens to be an ALMOST 2100 rated chess player. He is one of those guys who have an…
Is Chessable all it’s cracked up to be? An honest review
Introduction In the digital era, new technological solutions and applications that shape the modern world appear on an almost daily basis. Chess as a field is no exception. Over the last couple of years, several…
Another 7 Checkmate Patterns Every Chess Player Should Know
This is a 2nd part of the post devoted to Checkmate Patterns Every Chess Player Should Know. The 1st part of the post is available here. Mate nr. 9 A piece on f6 can be…