When we start playing chess, we are told that each piece has a value. This is to offer us guidelines about what we should consider a...

Flexibility is particularly important in the opening. We might like to play specific systems against certain opening, but we always have...

Doktor-Faustus-M15 - Me! https://lichess.org/SW16Qj6S/black#0 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Nh6!? White has chosen a solid system that can be...

Sometimes you can confuse your opponent with a fancy move. Me! - Asetaminofen46 https://lichess.org/TLFBulka/white#37 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6...

Me! - sotille https://lichess.org/Z55ncklnmVON 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e5 6.Qd3 h6 7.0-0 Nf6 This is a fairly common...

This was a bullet game where my opponent played a strongly doubtful queen sacrifice, but there was nevertheless a charming tactical...

When you trade pieces, calculating precisely if you will be up or equal material-wise is not always enough; you must correctly assess the...

One of the hardest challenges during an attack is consistently finding aggressive moves. Me!- ES_4AEK https://lichess.org/FwnHq2B5#13 1....

I am going to present a powerful system with White to fight against the main old line of the Scandinavian Defence. Me!- riga1960...

Realising that my position (White) is nothing to be proud of, I played Qf4 with the hope to target the only weakness in Black's position:...

A positional exercise for you! Black is a pawn up but White's pieces are better placed. White moves, what would you play? ............

Today's post is just a tactical exercise and the proof that I can still calculate something! Black moves and wins. .......... .............

What I realised after many years of playing, is that the best chess games I played were the ones that looked so "easy" from the outside,...

How many times did you hear chess players talking about weaknesses? I had a weak pawn structure, he had a weak castle, the weaknesses on...

Indeed! And you can beat strong players virtually with any opening. Do not beat yourself because you don't know X and Y openings, and do...

I have played an interesting game using my regular off-beat openings (basically rubbish but good enough for a rapid game!). There was a...

Greed. What a horrible, horrible thing when you play a chess game. When we learn the game, we are taught that gaining material is good...

My last post was about how to win fast with dynamic play. https://marcoferrante.wixsite.com/website/post/be-dynamic Unfortunately, you...

This is how you play when you want to win fast! Me! - TourneyPro (chess.com, 22 Jan 2022) 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4!? Black was probably expecting...

About one month ago, I received a vocal message from Rony Shalman, a good friend of mine from my time in Israel, a passionate all-attack...