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12 Types of Chess Players

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12 Types of Chess Players? Way back in the past, I stumbled on a Quora question titled “What are 5 types of chess players?”. I read the answer by the user Charles Slade and thoroughly…

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The Rise and Fall of Soviet Chess?

in Chess Articles Chess History on April 12, 2020 April 12, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

The cover photo was taken from a tweet by Douglas Griffin. A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a very interesting Quora question titled: “Why has Russian chess faded so badly? They haven’t held…

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Candidates Tournament 2020 – Aftermath

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I don’t own the rights to cover photo. It was filmed by Lenart Ootes. I took it from chess.com article titled Candidates Tournament Opened in the Absence of Participants. I have recently stumbled on Quora…

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Is Forward Chess All It’s Cracked Up To Be? An Honest Review

in Chess Articles Chess Reviews on March 27, 2020 April 9, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Introduction In the 21st century,  new technological solutions and applications have changed several aspects of our lifestyle. One activity that was particularly affected by the arrival of the digital era was reading. The appearance of…

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The Worst (Chess) Book I’ve Ever Read: The Champions Game Review

in Chess Articles Chess Books on March 25, 2020 March 25, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It’s been a while since I did a book review for this blog. However, recently I purchased the book The Champions Game: A True Story by Saul Ramirez and John Seidlitz and it turned out…

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Best French Defence Books

in Chess Articles Chess Books Chess Openings The French Defence on March 20, 2020 April 10, 2023 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

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…

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What Every Chess Player Should Know About The French Defence

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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…

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Best Chess Opening Books (Divided By Opening)

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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…

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My First Chessable Course: The Modern Defence Against Everything – Overview

in Chess Articles Chess Books Chess Reviews on February 13, 2020 February 14, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Note: In this post, I am going to introduce/promote my own Chessable course titled The Modern Defence Against Everything. If you are unfamiliar with Chessable, you might want to check this review of the website…

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Candidates Tournament 2020: Analysis and predictions

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For the featured image in this article, I “borrowed” the picture from the official FIDE Candidates 2020 website I have been meaning to write this post for a while. Considering that the annual January Tata…

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5 Chess Players Who Should Get Posthumous Grandmaster Title

in Chess Articles Chess History on January 12, 2020 January 12, 2020 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

I recently stumbled upon the following question on Quora: If you could posthumously award an honorary Grandmaster title to five chess players currently not holding title, who would you pick and why? I thought this…

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Croatia Bulldogs Website Official Release

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Hi all! We are extremely happy to announce that, starting from today, the official website of the Croatia Bulldogs Pro Chess League team is officially launched. Here you can find out everything about our team,…

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