Today’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning 5-sec Tactics
Sunday! The traditional day of rest, but if you are a competitive chess player then you have no time to rest! You … Read the rest
Category: Training
Spanish Team Championship
Spanish Team-Ch underway
Considered one of Europe’s strongest team leagues, the Spanish team championships are taking place right now in Linares (14 to 20 August). … Read the rest
2017 Riga Technical University Open
Ukrainians triumph in Riga
Congrats to Ukrainians gm Vladimir Onischuk and im Sergey Pavlov for winning the very strong Riga International with 7.5 points out … Read the rest
Aronian crushes So in Rd.6
Aronian demonstrates his magic to So
When the Armenian superstar has the White pieces and is at his best form, it seems as though no … Read the rest
Some interesting chess!
Played this week!
While everyone’s attention naturally is glued to the Sinquefield Cup taking place right now in St. Louis, there are dozens of other … Read the rest
Tuesday tactics, games, news and potpourri
Tuesday chess potpourri
The Everleigh Social Club is an attempt to bring back to life what was America’s most notorious brothel (Everleigh Club) … Read the rest
Portuguese Team_ch underway
2017 Portuguese T-ch
This year’s Portuguese Team Championship is being organized as part of the Leiria Chess Festival between July 17 and July 23. You … Read the rest
Saturday’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning 5-sec Tactics
Developing your skills to a high level and then maintaining this level is all part of a competitor’s daily schedule. Regardless of … Read the rest
Friday winning 5-second tactics
Winning 5-sec tactics!
As in the martial arts, victory in tactical chess skirmishes sees cunning, agility and position often overcome mere brute force. Today’s tactical … Read the rest
Thursday’s winning chess tactics!
Winning 5-second tactics!
A tactic can be considered any unexpected blow designed to (temporarily) cripple the opponent or leave him vulnerable to a follow up … Read the rest
Today’s winning 5-second tactics!
Some 5-sec Tactics!
Good day, Sunshine! I present some tactical exercises for my readers to solve. All taken from tournaments played or being played this … Read the rest
Today’s winning 5-sec tactics!
Winning 5-sec Tactics!
Practice makes perfect! It does not matter what is your game, sport or pleasure: the same principle applies equally. Today I present … Read the rest
European Individual Championship
2017 Championship of Europe
(Part I)
Without a doubt the strongest open tournament of its kind in the world, the European Individual Chess Championship also … Read the rest
Viktor Kupreichik RIP July,3 1949 to May 22, 2017
Uncompromising ‘Master of Attack’ dies at age 67
FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title at age 30 (1980) but Kupreichik could have achieved it much … Read the rest
Today’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning with style and elegance!
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever” – John Keats (1795 – 1821)
What follows is all from games … Read the rest
Tuesday’s winning 5-second tactics
Winning 5-sec tactics
Today’s selection of quick tactics is taken from the Reykjavik Open, taking place as I write. Each solution can be seen … Read the rest
Sunday chess
Sunday Chess
There are a lot of tournaments at play this week! Grenke and the European Individual Championship (women) finished just yesterday. Reykjavik, Karpov and … Read the rest
Korchnoi Open finishes in 5-way tie
5-way tie for 1st place
The first ever Korchnoi-memorial tournament, organized in Zurich Switzerland, came to a close yesterday. The 7-round Swiss Open was … Read the rest
Chess from La Roda (2017)
La Roda International Open
La Roda is a smallish, traditional city in southern Spain. During the past 44 years – always close to Easter – … Read the rest
