In this article I'd like to talk you about one of the leading e-learing companies, the Modern Chess. Modern Chess is a digital learning platform, founded by the Bulgarian grandmasters Grigor Grigorov and Petar Arnaudov. In my personal opinion they do create fantastic lessons that can help students improve themselves. They have different level...

One of the most popular first moves is 1. e4; King's Pawn Opening. The other most popular move is 1.d4. The idea is simple; to liberate the pieces as soon as possible. Indeed, it is liberating simultaneously the Queen and Bishop. Defiantly, 1.e4 is the best move to start the game if you are a club level player (800 up to 2000 FIDE rating). You...

Chess Openings | Caro-Kann Defense | Besic Ideas And Tactis Are Explained The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves 1. e4 c6. It's a common opening defence against the first move 1. e4. It is a solid openind and it has a lot of similarities with France defense. The main advantage of Caro-Kann, against franse, is that Black...

London System is such a popular opening, especially at club level players. White's development plan is very easy to learn, and it can be employed against any Black's defense. What's more, depending on mood, style or opponent, White can choose either to attack directly or use a positional strategy. How London System Developed  In order to under...

The Fried Liver Attack is and entertaining chess opening and usually Black should avoid that. We can find that opening in Italian, when White is developing the bishop on c4. Then Black has two options; he can develop his own bishop on c5 or he can try the two knights defense with Nf6. Black has the logical defensive move d5; but this is a pawn sacr...

 I'd like to confess something. My most difficult times is when I play on chess.com against 1500 to 1700 players! They do play amazing chess and they NEVEN blunder anything at all. Their cheating abilities are in the next level because they don't make the first computer moves; but one of the best. In the same time, chess.com anti-cheating cont...

The French Defence is one of the oldest and reliable systems against White's first move 1.e4. Bkack's idea is to challenge and hopefully to exchange the e4 pawn for d5.Transpositionsinteresting to know that we can transpose to the French Defence by Queen's Gambit after 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 or the declining of a Blackmar–Diemer Gambit after 1.d4 d5 2.e4 ...

In this video lesson, professional chess trainer Angelo kesaris will teach you how to confuse your opponents in the opening stage with a chess opening trick. The majority of players use Spanish or Italian. After the standard opening moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6, usually played move is 3.Bb5 the Ruy Lopez, or 3.Bc4 the Italian Game. But there's a tricky ...

If you would like to get an unbeatable start to your games then Bishop's opening is the right choice for you! The idea is to keep the options open and immediately start pressing black's position. Maybe white can transpose into a more fevorable variation of King's Gambit with the move f4. However, most likely white would like get the Vienna ope...

If you are beginner or intermediate level player then you should avoid the main lines. You need an aggressive opening weapon that serve your tactical ability to the maximum. We're going to talk about it today. I'm refering to the Scotch Opening. You can start with the moves:1. e4 e52. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4   Deadly Chess TRAP to Win in 7 Moves! S...

In order to win your opponents in this current ELO (below 1600) you need an aggressive system. This is why I prepared this article for you. You can learn how to play Evans Gambit with success.After the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 we have the Italian system; Black develope Nc6, Bc5 and e5. All of Black's army is aiming to control d4-square. If...

If you're searching for a aggressive, universal, and unknown system with White pieces then Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (1.b3) is the right choise with you. Continue reading this article to learn the main ideas and how to use it successfully into your future games. After the first move 1. b3 we have the Larsen's Opening. This is also called the N...

The most aggressive first move of white is 1.e4. If Blacks don't know what to do exactly against it, then they will face many problems. In this comprehensive guide to Scandinavian Defense I would like to introduce you to this opening, which is a credible answer against the whites' plans.  Chess Opening Guide | Scandinavian Defense The ope...

Garry Kasparov is from Baku Azerbaijan, who lives at United States, Grandmaster and former World Chess Champion. He born at 13 April 1963 and his peak rating is 2851; achieved in 1999. One of his students, non other than GM Magnus Carlsen, manage to break his record after many years, in 2013. It is also impressive that Garry was ranked world N...

Mikhail Tal was Latvian grandmaster and the 8th World Chess Champion. He born at 1936 and passed away at 1992. Few months before he died he manage to win Gm Garry Kasparov in a blitz game!His strong points was the creativity, imagination, and aggressive chess style. We can say that his combinations was daring but all people around the world love hi...

"Although I started chess late, I quickly managed to make up for lost time." The Grandmaster Stelios Halkias open his cards and he explains us what you should do in order to be succesful at chess! When someone starts learning chess he will cross with the story of the American World Champion Bobby Fischer, who started playing at the age of...

Everything You Need to Know The variation is named after Russian master Semyon Alapin. It is a strong response against the Sicilian Defense, 1.e4-c5, 2.c3. This is a very popular variation because it is extremely sharp and offers great opportunities to win the game instantly! Many fantastic players choose it, as World Champions Garry Kasparov, Vlad...

"I used to attack because it was the only thing I knew. Now I attack because I know it works best!" Let's analyze why attack in chess is so important and how can you improve this skill successfully. Above you can read the quote of the legendary Grandmaster Garry Kasparov! He is one of the best attacking players of all time who manage to motivate an...

In this article you'll going to learn how to get better at chess by learning practical calculation techniques. Let's dive in into amateurs mind and compare the thinking way of amateur against strong player. Calculation is not just tactical puzzles and after few minutes you'll understand why!   Main Problem Let's start with a fact. The number O...

The biggest moment of every chess player is to play a World Chess Championship (WCC). On November 2018 is taking place this event in which the current World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen is facing his challenger Fabiano Caruana. Mikhail Tal, the 8th World Champion, was born on November 9th, 1936 in Riga. He probably would have been happy to know t...