64 Concepts You Should Really Know: A Course by a Chess Team, for the Club Player
The following is a guest post by IM Richard Palliser. A prolific opening theoretician and Chessable author, IM Palliser recently came out with his new course 64 Chess Concepts You Should…
Anti Sicilians for White – Free Course
Love to play 1.e4, but hate to deal with all the theory behind Sicilian Defense? FM Milan Popovic has your back! After playing these lines for over a decade, he’s…
Cheating in Online Chess (Part II): The Analysis of Engine Use
Héctor Laiz Ibáñez and Raúl Sánchez García are currently conducting a qualitative study on cheating in online chess, whose preliminary findings they describe in a two-part blog entry. This blog…
Philidor Defense: Complete Guide
For amateur players, the study of openings should not take up most of their time. Other topics like strategy, tactical vision, and practical decision-making have a far greater impact on…
Going Above and Beyond: Christoph Kuberczyk
Andrew Kauffman Andrew is a chess player and writer from Detroit on a mission to make the Motor City into the chess capital of the world. Keep an eye out…
1…d6 System – Free Course
Looking for a solid, yet flexible opening choice against 1.e4? IM Valentin Baidetskyi recommends… the Philidor Defense. But there is a twist. It’s not that old & boring Philidor. It is completely…
King’s Indian Defense Complete Guide
Kings Indian Defense (KID) is an opening for the fighter. It’s for the player with a never-give-up attitude who will fight for the full point from move 1. The greatest…
Candidate moves: When you see a good move, look for a better one
Top image: Online ChessQuiz by Laszlo Moldovan (Schaakacademie Apeldoorn)Bottom image: IM Mark Dvoretsky and GM Artur Yusupov, Apeldoorn 2010 (photo team captain Karel van Delft) Candidate moves:When you see a…
Cheating in Online Chess (Part I): Suspicions of Engine Assistance
Raúl Sánchez García and Héctor Laiz Ibáñez are currently conducting a qualitative study on cheating in online chess, whose preliminary findings they describe in a two-part blog entry. This blog…
Two Ideas Against the King’s Indian Attack
The King’s Indian Attack. Ever since I was a child, I had mixed feelings about it. The main reason – because there was never an attack. Of course, I knew…