Chess tournaments are one of the best places to test our abilities regarding this game, it is pretty enjoyable. I think that it will be a wonderful experience for everyone trying to get stronger, the competition here is better than what you can find online. But what is the right time for anyone who is…
Many of us want to be good at chess quickly, however, there are complications that we need to overcome that require hundreds of hours of studying in order to fully master. You know they say that there are no shortcuts to being truly good at something, but is this true when it comes to chess?…
The queen is the strongest piece in chess and the second most valuable, which is why many beginners are confused why the act of promotion is not automatically set to a queen. Since the queen is the strongest piece it should be promoted all the time right? well no, chess is complicated you see. This…
Chess games last for a very long time, this is the truth that you will understand after watching a couple of chess tournaments (or games). Many matches will be played for hours without too much rest, this is why it is interesting to know how many moves do games have on them? It must be…
If you are new to chess then there is a very popular gambit that you might have encountered already, and this is the queen’s gambit. After 1.d4 this is probably the line that you will encounter the most, which is why I am making an article about this. Is it better to accept the queen’s…
We have seen some crazy elo spikes over the course of years, some people are able to break the 2800 barrier or even the 2900 one in faster time controls. But what about the rating of 3000? an elo so high that some people think it can only be achieved by modern chess computers. As…
I have seen the discussion trends lately where people are complaining about the players that resign after losing their queen. Some think that we should play on even after such a catastrophe, which has compelled me to make an article on why this happens. This is actually a common practice even at the top level…
If you have studied the master tacticians of chess like Mikhail Tal or Rashid Nezhmetdinov then you would have an idea about what gambits are, they are pretty crazy. However I am not here to define it, I am here to discuss whether it will actually work in real-world play. Taking from my experience, here…
If you look for the best chess players in history there is one that you can notice, many of them have very different playing styles but they still get the results that made them the best. Aggressive and Defensive are the two main playing styles in chess (although if we dig down there are many…
Chess is a complicated game, there are many pieces with their own unique movements and when everything is active the field is a complete battle royale. This is why some people wonder what happens if you play chess everyday? After all, effort is needed in order to excel at something. This is a question that…
