Bogoljubow - Rabinovich, Triberg 1915
Triberg was not really an easy tournament (there were actually more tournaments), as the players were interrupted several times and even...
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Jul 26, 20202 min read
Capablanca - Hodges, New York 1915
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...
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Jul 19, 20203 min read
Janowski - Lasker, World Championship 1909
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,...
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Jul 12, 20204 min read
Schlechter - Steinitz, Vienna 1898
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...
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Jul 12, 20202 min read
Réti - Sterk, Vienna 1910
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...
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Jul 12, 20201 min read
Tarrasch - Marco, Dresden 1892
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,...
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Jul 12, 20203 min read
Tarrasch - Lasker, World Championship 1908
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...
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Jul 12, 20205 min read
Tarrasch - Steinitz, Vienna 1898
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...
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Jul 12, 20202 min read
Mr. Zugzwang
In chess, player with the white pieces has been traditionally considered having a slight advantage in virtue of the right to move first....
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Jul 12, 20202 min read
The rule of the square
Chess is a game of geometrical patterns, which should be assimilated to train our intuition to find right moves. This is especially true...
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Jul 12, 20201 min read
Endgames do matter
Tuan Minh Tran (2512) - Iyer Akash Pc (2432), Bhubaneswar 2018 In the position above, White has a clearly favourable endgame being an...
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Jul 11, 20201 min read
Pawn endgames: The opposition
One of the most important chess patterns is the king opposition (an odd number of squares between the two kings, either frontally or...
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Jul 11, 20202 min read
Queen vs. rook
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...
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Jul 11, 20204 min read
Queen vs. pawn endgames
Amateur chess players often neglect the study of endgames because they consider them boring and irrelevant. Indeed, if you were always...
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Jul 11, 20203 min read
Why you should study chess endgames
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...
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Jul 5, 20202 min read
Tactical patterns: Deflection
At beginners level, most chess games are won because one the two players obtains a material advantage. Indeed, a must for every chess...
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Jul 5, 20202 min read
Decision making: Ex. no.7
Here we are, the final exercise! This time, I am going to present the entire game. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.0-0 a6 6.Bd3...
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Jul 5, 20202 min read
Decision making: Ex. no.6
In the previous post, we had an example of what we could call “active prophylaxis”. In that particular example, the king move was...
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Jul 5, 20202 min read
Decision making: Ex. no.5
In this post, I am going to reinforce the concept of the comparison method to select between variations. The first time that I introduce...
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Jul 5, 20205 min read
Decision making: Ex. no.4
In the previous posts, we saw several tools that might help us to decide which move to play in a complicated position. It would be a...
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