Chess tactics 45
Date Archives April 2017
Best chess quotes
If you ever played chess, chances are you have probably heard the famous quote by Francois Andre Philidor: “ The pawns are the soul of chess.” Gems such as this represent a priceless part of the rich chess…
Chess tactics 44
Chess tactics 44
Chess study 12 – Gurgenidze Kalandadze study
Chess studies #12: Gurgenidze Kalandadze study This one is really beautiful. Can you spot the winning idea?
Chess tactics 43
Chess tactics 43
Best chess middle game books
Introduction In the previous post we have already identified chess middle game as the phase of the chess game that tends to be hardest to improve. The points mentioned in that post very much apply to…
What Was I Thinking #3 – Sten Boban
PREFACE The hero of the Featured Sundays #3 is a young Croatian player and my close personal… acquitance.. mr. Sten Boban. His style is very prophylactic and he is known as the “Croatian Petrosian”, or…
Chess tactics 42
Chess tactics 42
Chess tactics 41
Chess tactics 41
Chess studies 11 – Kotov Mitrofanov study
CHESS STUDY 11 Kotov – Mitrofanov study Another week, another study, another Mitrofanov. After examining two Mitrofanov’s brilliancies in weekly chess study #2 and weekly chess study #10, we present another one of his gems….
Chess in popular culture
Chess gone mainstream February 19th, 2017 will go down in history of chess as a date when chess became an integral part of the mainstream popular culture. Because on February 19th, 2017, the 15th episode of the…