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Written by Yury Markushin
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 19:06 |
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I have outlined in the Chess Training Program Outline (for up to 2100 ELO) that tactics is an important part of the chess player's preparation and it is recommended to practice it on regular basis (our program recommends 20 hours of tactics training). I also published various chess tactics studies which should help sharpen your skills: Study 1 - Mate in 2, Study 2 - Mate in 2 and Study 3 - Mate in 2. Today's 7 tactics problems are taken from actual games and therefore more useful for practical chess player than arbitrary chess studies. Try your bets to complete all of these at once and note (comment below) the amount of time it took you to complete them.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 19 August 2012 19:53 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Wednesday, 08 August 2012 14:37 |
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 Today's article is somewhat a continuation of the last week's chess saga about finding strengths and weaknesses of your chess. We will talk about developing a chess study program that would suits individual needs for players it's designed for.
What is the most important in the chess program? Of course it needs to be effective, meaning that after investing your time in it your chess strength should increase. It is very difficult to create a universal study plan that will suit all chess players.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 August 2012 10:15 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Saturday, 21 July 2012 17:39 |
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 Many people ask me over and over again how to improve their chess game. I have written multiple articles on this theme including How to get better at chess: guide for all levels and Chess self improvement guide (if you haven't yet, you may read them as well).
Today I will give you some practical advice that will help in chess training process. You will learning your strengths and weaknesses through opening and middle game classification and analyses.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 21 July 2012 17:49 |
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Written by John Herron
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Friday, 06 July 2012 18:32 |
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 This is the most common endgame in chess.
It usually comes about when you promote a pawn to a queen, and then you have to checkmate the opponent to win the game. The best way to do this is to follow the three steps for this endgame. You will be able to force the opponent into checkmate quickly and easily every time.
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Last Updated on Friday, 06 July 2012 18:43 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Sunday, 29 July 2012 22:10 |
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 Topic of today discussion is endgames. I know most chess players don’t like studying endgames. They spend all their dedicated chess time memorizing 10th and 11th moves of one of the lines in Closed Sicilian or some other opening.Then, after losing game, after game after game, they are very disappointed and say something like ‘Why do I lose? I spend so much time studying chess!’ If only they spend 25% of the time they spend ‘studying’ openings to understand simple endgames they would’ve been so much better chess players… 200 points better or maybe even 400?
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 July 2012 11:05 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:18 |
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chess players are curious about famous people who at the same time are also chess
players. I decided to compose a list of famous people who play chess and have semi-official chess rating. The numbers may not be
exact and in some cases such as with Lenin, the rating may be given just as
representation of the chess strength, not as the actual rating published by
chess federation. Anyway, enjoy the list and feel free to comment about other
famous people of known chess strength.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 21:07 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:42 |
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 Many people are curious if there is a correlation between one’s chess rating and IQ score. I did some information research, compiled facts and data and decided that it should be a good time to write an article about IQ score and ELO rating correlation.
If there is a correlation between IQ and ELO it would be also interesting to know how strong it is. Is it true that only people with high IQs can be strong chess players? Do all strong chess players have high IQs? We will try to answer those and other questions throughout this article.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 30 June 2012 18:53 |
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