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World Chess Day became an occasion of jubilation and reverence at Espalier Heritage School, as students from grades 1 to 10 gathered to honor the one and only chess legend, Vishwanathan Anand. The day...

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One of the biggest questions when it comes to building a repertoire is should I focus on only one opening or include more than one option for each side? There is no right answer to this question; prob...

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It is common knowledge that the key to making progress in chess is the consistent and deep analysis of your own games. Once you have learned the most typical nuances of positional play and tactics,...

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Over 99% of chess players play way under their maximum performance rating. Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply flip a switch and your chess performance goes up? Unfortunately, it doesn’t w...

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Attacking chess is a delight to watch and probably every player who watched such a masterpiece wished they could do the same in their games. But everybody is different and each player has their ow...

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Quite often we have met club players who perform well in tournaments with classical time control and give a strong appearance of being underrated players. However, when time trouble comes they ...

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Becoming a stronger player is every chess player’s dream. Since the day we step into the chess world we commit ourselves to an eternal quest for self-improvement. We all want the same. Of cou...

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Improving at chess takes a lot of work and patience.It cannot happen overnight, but only after investing many hours of training and practicing the newly learned elements. With the development of te...

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The goal of this improvement plan is to take you to the competent novice level (Rating: 1000-1200). First things first: Bookmark this article the plan is divided into two components:&nb...

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tactics is something that can make you an overall better player. That’s why it is recommend practicing tactics problems on daily basis. Tactical blunder is the factor that very often decides the gam...

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