Here we are, at our last post on open dynamic games. This is basically the game that I wanted to show you since the beginning, but I felt...

We are slowly getting there, don't worry. We just need to explore a couple of games more and then we can consider this open games...

The calm before the storm. By now, you master this position and there is little that I can say to surprise you 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6...

By now, you should have realised that I am going to torture this position of the Ruy Lopez (and you, my dear reader) a bit longer. But...

Triberg was not really an easy tournament (there were actually more tournaments), as the players were interrupted several times and even...

We shall keep exploring an idea introduced thanks to the game Janowski - Lasker, 1909. Our tabiya arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6...

Not yet. We can't move on before we understood a few things more about this position (using proper chess terminology, I shall say tabiya...

Why not capturing in c6 with the bishop? This is what you should have wondered in these last weeks, while you were trying to fall asleep...

This time we are going to sharp our tactical eye with the help of Mr. Réti. We are not going to abandon the Ruy Lopez for a while, so...

We continue with our review of open games (with the help of Mr. Tarrasch). This game is going to be short but it is a very important one,...

We will continue reviewing open position with the help of Tarrasch. Our starting position arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0...

In the next posts, I am going to discuss open games, starting from one of the most topical position of chess: the Ruy Lopez opening, also...

In chess, player with the white pieces has been traditionally considered having a slight advantage in virtue of the right to move first....

Chess is a game of geometrical patterns, which should be assimilated to train our intuition to find right moves. This is especially true...

Tuan Minh Tran (2512) - Iyer Akash Pc (2432), Bhubaneswar 2018 In the position above, White has a clearly favourable endgame being an...

One of the most important chess patterns is the king opposition (an odd number of squares between the two kings, either frontally or...

Today we are going to look at queen vs. rook, an endgame that is trickier than it seems at first glance. The good news is that the player...

Amateur chess players often neglect the study of endgames because they consider them boring and irrelevant. Indeed, if you were always...

In this post, I will discuss why every chess player should devote time to studying endgames. We talk about endgames when there are only a...

At beginners level, most chess games are won because one the two players obtains a material advantage. Indeed, a must for every chess...