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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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Finding the right opening for you is a complicated and time-consuming process. You need to be objective, know yourself very well, and try to find positions that will suit your style.If you are s...

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These days engines have become a chess player’s best friend. Its influence is mostly felt in the opening phase, where every line is analyzed in detail and everybody, regardless of their level...

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In a time where the opening phase has become extremely important, every chess player must give this phase its due attention. With various good books available, the quantity of information on th...

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The pawn structure in the above image is very familiar in chess practice. It can arise from openings like Slav and Semi Slav, Alekhine, Scandinavian, French and of course Caro Kann, the latter ...

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1.Opening RepertoireThe improvement of the opening repertoire of a player is done by looking at the latest developments in the openings the player employs. Then these developments are compared t...

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Known as one of the best coaches of all times, Mark Dvoretsky left  a valuable legacy to help chess players improve their training technique and take that much-awaited leap forward. Hi...

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Tired of regular chess and all the loads of opening theory? Then try Chess960 or the variant also known as Fischer Random Chess. The 11th World Champion Robert James Fischer&n...

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Chess players are usually highly interesting people.Chess stands somewhere between art, sports, and science, universes where a chess player can drift away from the real world for as long as he wants. ...

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PSYCHOLOGY MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. ITS ALL ABOUT HOW WE SEE THINGS AND PERCEIVE THEM. Well chess is something where no chess lover can get rid of. Like it’s a very mind charging as well ...

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