Jul 5, 20202 min readDecision making: Ex. no.3In the previous exercises, we discovered the importance of assessing the nature of the position, and of using our evaluation skills to...
Jul 5, 20204 min readDecision making: Ex. no.1The first position comes from a game that I played in Malta against Kanyamarala Tarun, a young FIDE master from Ireland. I played White....
Jul 5, 20203 min readDecision making: Ex. no.2In the previous exercise, we examined how 1) understanding whether the position was a dynamic or a positional game can help you to find...
Jul 5, 20202 min readDecision making in chess: a toolboxMy 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...
Jun 30, 20203 min readNever give up!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...
Jun 30, 20203 min readChess opening books: are they worth the money?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...
Jun 30, 20203 min readImproving your chess understanding: an overview of tools for beginnersIn 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...
Jun 30, 20204 min readWhat do you need to start playing chessChess 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...