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...

In the previous post, we had an example of what we could call “active prophylaxis”. In that particular example, the king move was...

In this post, I am going to reinforce the concept of the comparison method to select between variations. The first time that I introduce...

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...

In the previous exercises, we discovered the importance of assessing the nature of the position, and of using our evaluation skills to...

The first position comes from a game that I played in Malta against Kanyamarala Tarun, a young FIDE master from Ireland. I played White....

In the previous exercise, we examined how 1) understanding whether the position was a dynamic or a positional game can help you to find...

My dad and I in Lisbon (Open Portugal 2018). In the next posts, I am going to share a few thoughts on how to decide what to play in...

I want to take a moment to write about how beautiful is to keep playing chess even if you are not a professional chess player. I have...

If you have read my previous post, you know that I don't consider chess books essential to start playing chess. Most chess books are...

In the previous post about chess, I gave some insights on what do you need to start playing chess (besides a chessboard, a chess set, and...

Chess is dear to me. I invested a lot of time in it, since the age of 12 until literally 2 minutes ago. In this post, I explain why chess...