WFM szefruThe Squares That Were Left Behind
Finding and exploiting weak squares in your opponent's position
IM HelloItsDmitriThe Stories of Openings - The Bogo-Indian
In this post we will learn the story of the Bogo-Indian Defense, not in a historical sense, but rath…
RuyLopez1000Queen vs Rook Endgame.
How to Win Q vs R.
FM amazingatlasA Rook Down Against a King With Nowhere to Hide
Corzo won a rook and the engine says he was close to winning for seven moves. He also had a king wit…
FM amazingatlasAttack Where the Bad Bishop Cannot Help!
Black's light-squared bishop ended up on a8 watching the game. Capablanca attacked the other side of…
FM amazingatlasThe Check Janowski Filed Under the Wrong Heading
Janowski had a check that kept his attack alive and never played it, because he had already decided …
RuyLopez1000Bronstein vs Botvinnik: The Rivalry
Explore one of the Greatest Rivalries in the History of Chess
FM amazingatlasLet Him Eat the Pawns: Capablanca at San Sebastian
Bernstein grabs on a2 and c2 while Capablanca builds on the kingside. For a few moves the engine say…
TheCommandalorianRoad to NM -- Week 14: 1600!!!
Welcome back to week 14 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the…
RajjSinghhChess Master vs Chess Amateur: A Closer Look
For a while I had been struggling with being a good player when my opponent plays poorly but struggl…
FM amazingatlasPROVENTION ! Take the Square Away Before the Knight Gets There
Marshall's whole attack rested on one square, h5. Capablanca survived it by kicking the knight away,…
FM amazingatlasThe Knight on f5 That Marshall Could Never Chase
Capablanca puts a knight on f5 and spends the rest of the game building around it. Marshall cannot k…
FM amazingatlasLet the Pawn Structure Pick the Plan
Capablanca beat Marshall eight to one in their 1909 match without studying openings. This game shows…
IM Alex_luckyЭндшпиль - твое слабое место, которое не позволяет расти дальше
"Сила мастера - в конце"
FM amazingatlasTwo Questions to Ask When You Are Winning
Most won games are thrown away by trading at random. A pawn up against two opponents in consultation…
ecoarrivazumashoomzo3 of the wannabe uzbek gms review their games.
Our games last round in the Classical Team Champions League reviewed by the players themselves. (Sat…
FDAIMANProblemas en la identificación de patrones
En algunas partidas existen varias posibilidades donde muchas ejercen el factor distractor sobre la …
FM amazingatlasThe Pawn the Rook Could Not Leave: Capablanca's Advanced Passed pawn
Capablanca out calculates Fox in the complications. He comes out an exchange up and then rolls a paw…
FM amazingatlasThe Attack That Should Not Have Worked: Capablanca's Pawn Storm
Capablanca throws his queenside pawns at a castled king and the engine says the attack is not sound.…
NM suhaasnThree Games That Got Me to NM
A rematch, a draw with a GM, and my first win over an FM. Three games from the climb back up, with t…
FM amazingatlasCount Tempi, Not Material: Capablanca Mates Two Pieces Down
Kings castled on opposite wings turn a game into a race. Raubitschek went material hunting with his …
FM amazingatlasHunt the Uncastled King: Capablanca at Twelve Years Old
The champion of Cuba chose a gambit to punish a boy with no opening theory. Instead he lost the righ…
Onion_BabaChess Rules of Thumb: GM Elisabeth Pähtz
A set of practical guidelines for choosing plans in the middlegame and endgame, and for finding cand…
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