The english opening is probably the third most popular opening after e4 and d4. It is always the English opening or the Reti after that, but most people tilt more to the English side. This means that the English opening is incredibly popular. Since so many people play it I think it is important to…
The reti opening is probably the one that started the hypermodern movement. It is an opening strategy in chess where the center is controlled by the pieces instead of the pawns. Although the hypermodern approach is really not the meta right now it is still popular. I have seen many go for the reti opening…
The queen’s pawn opening is arguably the second most popular opening move for white. The most popular is e4, but the second most popular is probably d4. Due to its frequency in real life games it is important to discuss something. What is the best move against it actually? I think this requires a more…
The king’s pawn opening is probably one of the most played first moves for white. Bobby Fischer famously said “e4 – Best by Test!”. When an opening move gets so much praise from one of the best chess players of all time then it means something. If you have played chess for some time now…
Imagine playing a game where you have the option to sacrifice a whole rook to get two whole bishops, what do you do? This is an interesting situation that a lot of people have found themselves into but cannot take advantage. This article will help you in this problem, here is what I know: Two…
Solving chess puzzles is still one of the best and quickest way to improve your tactical awareness, solving specific number of puzzles per day should lead to significant progress. However what is the right frequency to this? I think that this is something that I can answer. From my own experience, here is what I…
Chess books are quite a pain at first, upon looking at one you will be greeted by the many combinations of letters and numbers (chess notations) that appears to be a hard thing to follow. Can anyone even read this thing without having a reference (for notations)? It seems to be impossible no matter how…
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…
