Lately I have been browsing a lot of forums about chess (specifically on chess.com) and I’ve come into a wonderful trend about flagging (trying to win by making the opponent lose on time). To be specific it is about the ethical part of flagging. As you can tell I was pretty interested in this since…
If you have been reading a lot of historical books about chess (or through some other medium like youtube) then you might have heard that games used to be adjourned back then. But you might be wondering why this rule is nowhere to be seen in modern elite tournaments, what happened to this mechanism? Is…
If you have been watching a lot of online chess featuring some of the most famous chess streamers then you might have encountered this term, that is hand and brain chess. When I first heard about this I don’t have a clue what it even means (and I have been playing for years!) so I…
Chess is one of the most complicated board games out there, there are so many intricacies that work together that one can easily fizzle out from all the knowledge. This is why I have the urge to really help as many beginners as I can by providing all the readily available information on this blog,…
The King is the most valuable piece in chess that it has some unique rules that are not available for other pieces. I had a lot of questions about this piece like that with castling (since it is also a special rule) so I have wondered a lot and eventually picked up the answer with…
Castling is perhaps one of the weirdest moves in chess, it looks unnatural when two pieces can form a unique movement together. This is why I reckon that a lot of beginners will have some questions looming in their head about this that they could not find the answer to in google search. I’ve done…
Solving a game preemptively means having a straight strategy to always force a particular result by following a plan, it occurs in some games. I have wondered if chess is close to being solved, and if not, what developments in the future can we expect regarding this case. It will after all have a significant…
If you take a look at how many bodily functions we use to play chess then you can notice that it is not that much, we use our hands, sight, and that’s pretty much it. With this knowledge in mind I have wondered if disabled people are actually included in chess competitions, and are they…
The opening is the most studied part of the game more than any other in the elite competitive setting, it is revered. Computer moves are being used constantly to reinforce theoretical openings, which is proof of its importance to grandmasters. An interesting thought would be how do grandmasters choose which opening to play? It is…
People watch chess tournaments in order to experience the competitive spirit of playing the game in its utmost condition, we want a good battle. However there have been rumors of fixed draws lately which get in the way of this goal, and which has also led me to make this article. Do players really pre-arrange…
