For many reasons, chess is a very particular game, entertaining millions of fans. In my opinion, it is an excellent way to spend your time, given that it teaches you lessons for your everyday life, in addition to the joy it offers during the game. One who plays regularly for many years has noticed for sure those benefits of playing …
The Complete Guide to Pirc Defense
I have been playing chess for decades and one of my favorite chess openings is Pirc defense. I have won many games using this opening and I decided to talk about it. You might have heard this opening with a different name like Yugoslav Defense or Ufimtsev Defence. Anyway, I think Pirc defense is an opening that you should study. …
How to Win Using Queen’s Gambit Accepted
This article is the second part of the analysis of the Queen’s Gambit. On the first one, I wrote about Queen’s Gambit Declined. On this article, I will write about the Queen’s Gambit Accepted which is one of the oldest and most solid openings in all of chess. Players like Tal, Rubinstein, Karpov and the great Garry Kasparov used this …
How to Win Using the Queen’s Gambit Declined
When I play chess, I like to make an aggressive chess opening and one of my favorite openings is the Queen’s Gambit. However, this topic is extremely big and I decided to talk about only the Queen’s Gambit Declined in this article. The second part of this article is the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Great chess players, at international levels, such …
Guide to Caro-Kann Defense, All You Need to Know
One of the most important openings in chess is the Caro-Kann opening. Caro-Kann defense is played for more than a century and it is named after the great players Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann. Despite the fact that this opening is old, many great players are still using this strategy. So, it’s obvious that this opening is very effective and …
Draw Rules Guide: How to Benefit from Draw in Chess
When I was learning chess, I was focussing on ways to beat any opponent. However, when things weren’t going in my way in a game of chess, I was completely frustrated because I didn’t have a backup plan. When you are losing a game, a draw is often something that may easily happen. Draw in chess is often the best way …
Scholar’s Mate, The Way to Win in Chess in 4 Moves
Chess is a game that makes you feel a bit overwhelmed by the number of possible moves. If you are new to the game, that many possibilities make you feel extremely uncertain about winning a game of chess. In most games, after each player has made about thirty moves, one of them emerges victorious. However, if one of the players …
Complete Guide to Special Chess Moves (En passant, Castling, Promotion)
Everyone who plays chess is familiar with the basic moves each piece makes. However, there are some special chess moves that not everyone knows that exist. To me, that is a serious problem because it can limit a player’s performance in chess. I made this article in order to fix that problem and solve any disagreements that it has created. Also, …
Review of my Harry Potter Chess Set, Buyer’s Guide
The Story of How My Son Became Familiar With Chess About a decade ago I was trying to find a way to introduce chess to my son. I managed to play a couple of games against him in order to learn chess but I could notice that he didn’t enjoy the learning process. He was making excuses in order to …
Step-by-Step Guide for Double Attack (Fork) in Chess
Chess is certainly a game that requires a lot of effort to master it. The number of possible moves and combinations are truly countless. So, if you want to become a great player, you will have to speed up the learning process by mastering some of the most important principles and combinations. I believe that the double attack is a …