Developing a Sense of Danger
Most Surprising Double-Rook Sacrifice in History?
I recently had the good fortune to come across the following position from the 1978 game between Larry Christiansen … Read the rest
Category: Training
Can you find the mate in 2?
Winning Training
How are you today? Monday! The start of an other week…have a great one! Recently I got interested in solving mates in two … Read the rest
From Capa’s ”My Chess Career”
Capablanca’s Final Advice
Capablanca’s ”My Chess Career” was written in English and published shortly before the Cuban won the world title against Lasker in (1921). I … Read the rest
Friday’s Winning 5-second Tactics
Winning 5-sec Tactics!
How are you today? So many interesting tournaments going on right now in the world and so I thought to myself that … Read the rest
How good are your tactics?
Year end 5-sec tactics!
How are you today? To celebrate the end of 2018 I present some dozen (12) examples of tactical skill from recent … Read the rest
Monday’s Winning 5-second Tactics
Monday’s Winning Tactics!
How are you today? Here follow some 6 tactics from recent events. As it is Monday – and maybe your weekend antics … Read the rest
Monday’s Winning 5-second Tactics
Monday’s Winning 5-sec Tactics!
How are you today? I trust your weekend was super! Here are 6 tactics, all from the Isle of Man International, … Read the rest
2018 Isle of Man tournament begins
Games & Tactics
One of the year’s strongest open tournaments began Saturday on the Isle of Man. A huge prize fund of 144k british pounds … Read the rest
Today’s Winning Tactics
Winning Tactics at the European Club Cup
How are you today? The following 6 tactics are taken from the 1st round of the European Club … Read the rest
Friday’s winning 5-sec tactics
Friday’s Winning Tactics!
How are you today? Below I present some 6 tactics from the first rounds of the Batumi Olympiad for you to test … Read the rest
Wednesday’s winning 5-second tactics
Today’s winning 5-sec tactics
How are you today? It is already the middle of the week! Below are some six (6) examples of tactical ingenuity … Read the rest
Sunday’s winning 5-second tactics
Sunday’s Winning 5-sec Tactics
The 12 examples of tactics that follow below are all taken from the World Junior Championship taking place in Turkey as … Read the rest
5 tips even a grandmaster can make use of
Staying on path
I read these wise words over on MENAFN earlier today, and I instantly realized that such advice is of immense practical value, … Read the rest
Nice attacking finish from Chinese Tch
Combining Attack and Defence
The immortal Emanuel Lasker advised his students to defend calmly, with the absolute minimum use of defensive resources necessary, and to … Read the rest
Brilliant Attacking Finish!
The Classic King Hunt!
WHITE TO PLAY AND CRUSH!
Roll over Paul Morphy! On Monday, in the 6th round of the Korchnoi Memorial (St. … Read the rest
