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…
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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…
7 Checkmate Patterns Every Chess Player Should Know
Initially, this was imagined as a single post. Due to its length, we have decided to split it into two parts. The second part titled Another 7 Checkmate Patterns Every Chess Player Should Know can…
How To Analyze Your Chess Games Like A Pretentious Asshole
Analyzing your own games We all know we should analyze our own games. In his interview, European Champion Ivan Šarić mentioned it as a tool on the road of chess improvement. Several other grandmasters and…
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…
Chess middle game principles
WHY IS THE MIDDLE GAME SO HARD? The course of a typical chess game can be divided into three phases: the opening, the middle game and the endgame. In order to become a strong chess…
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….
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…