"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...

The the COVID-19 pandemic delayed for 3 years the World Chess Champions Match. In last months of 2021 Norwegian World Champion Magnus Carlsen faced the Russian Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in a 14-game match that take place in the Dubai Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates. FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament Traditionally this is the tourna...

Do you want to stop losing chess games and have the feeling of every chess position? Usually chess players complain for their unstable results and sudden loses. This will no longer concerns you because here is the solution to the problem! I'm talking about a Chess Training Program that will help you to archive your goals and be succesful with ...

Find Rapidly Champions | Quotes | Records A common question that comes into any begginer's mind is: How many players play chess in the world? According to various studies, 70% (!) of adults have played chess at some point in their lives. Chess players make up one of the largest communities in the world, numbering more than 605 million. Of course, n...

Find Easily Unofficial | Official | FIDE 1948 | The Separation | FIDE nowdays | Carlsen Unofficial WCC 1834–1886 Before 1886 there is no official World Chess Championship, but the strongest players of that era considering as Champions. They was: Ruy López de Segura – 1560 Gioachino Greco – 1623 François-André Danican Philidor (1755–1795) ...

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...

I guess that you know it already that some players can beat you easily, and some times you may have the feeling that the other person didn't think for a single move! This happened because at some point in his life he/she trained hard or someone stronger player taught him/her the ideas.

I guess, especially if you're looking for a personal chess coach online, you have this great uncertainty about yourself; you are not sure and confident about your chess skills. Don't worry and remember:

“Every chess master was once a beginner.”

Irving Chernev

I created this step guide in order to help you how to make an online chess training, what to expect, what to ask, and how much it will cost you.

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Englund Gambit is one of the basic opening chess trap that can help you win more games and improve your rating. It's difficult to find a good reply against 1.d4 because players who use it are solid and don't like the tactics. Nonetheless, Englund Gambit will help you to shake them and create tactical opportunities for you!

It was the first time that he faced this opening chess trap so his opponent manages to beat him in the first few moves... It was a miniature! If you have some unknown words in the above sentence then stay with me because I'll reveal to you five (5) very basic things in the opening. After this lesson you can start a chess game properly and with confidence. The first moves of the game are very important and you'll learn how to develop your pieces successfully.

Advanced Chess Openings

All openings today have their own name and these have analyzed for hundreds of years. The best players know exactly which plans to follow in order to equalize the position or gain an advantage. If you want to start your game perfectly, with the correct strategy and without losing quickly, then you should study some of the opening courses that I prepared for you.

The opening in chess is characterized by the first eight to ten moves in which you must develop your pieces quickly from their original positions. This is a very important chess strategy which will help you later to attack the opponent king and win. We cannot attack immediately, without having developed our pieces; for example only with few pieces, or the "Superman" piece. Our queen alone cannot capture all of the opponent's pieces.

The Main Goal In The Opening

We need to develop our pieces in order to control the center, i.e. the squares e4, d4, d5, and e5. The ultimate goal of the chess opening is to have the upper hand or at least to avoid the obstacles that the opponent may set up.

The Benko Gambit is an aggressive and tactical answer to 1.d4. Black has a lot opportunities to win games even to stronger opponents...

Grand Prix Attack is one of the basic chess openings in Sicilian Defense. White can avoid the huge theoretical lines and by a very simple plan ...

“Modern chess is too much concerned with things like pawn structure. Forget it, checkmate ends the game.” Thease are the words of …

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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…

Chess Openings | Caro-Kann Defense | Besic Ideas And Tactis Are Explained

The Fried Liver Attack is and entertaining chess opening and usually Black should avoid that. We can find that opening in...