Each game of chess goes through three distinctive phases. There’s the opening game, the midgame, and the endgame. It’s vital that you attain a degree of mastery in all of these phases of the chess game, as …
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Review of Complete Book of Chess Strategy by Jeremy Silman
Jeremy Silman is an International Master in chess and one of the foremost experts in terms of teaching chess to a wider audience. He has written several dozen …
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Introduction to the Orangutan opening
The Orangutan opening (primarily known as the Sokolsky opening, the Polish opening, or Polish Attack) is an unorthodox opening in the game of chess. It’s rarely used in official top-tier tournaments and chess games – …
Read moreWhen I play a much stronger player, my thought process is sometimes affected. On the one hand I feel I have the freedom to play aggressively and more instinctively, because a loss would not be unexpected. On the other hand …
Read moreThis is not a ‘sexy’ lesson with a big wow-moment, but it is the sort of subtle thing which is often overlooked.
My opponent, rated 1150, made life difficult for himself out of the opening, having to displace his King …
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Playing over the board requires a different skill-set to playing online. One of the key differences is the requirement to write down your moves on a scoresheet. There are several reasons for this requirement, one of which is that you …
Read moreHow to Choose a Chess Move
Do you remember a time before satellite navigation? If you went anywhere new, planning started the day before. You had to take out the large map book, find your destination and map a route. …
Read moreNow that I have explained the various aspects of my chess study plan, I thought it would be worth showing an example of what this looks like in summary.
I allocate around two hours per day to chess and …
Read moreSo far I have explained how I approach the first three aspects of my chess study plan, endgame study, tactics and opening study. That brings me to the fourth aspect, strategy.
Chess strategy is somewhat of a …
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