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Written by Yury Markushin
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Thursday, 11 August 2011 12:32 |
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 Today I will tell you how to win more chess games. Yes, it’s that simple, after reading today’s article you will have a pretty good picture in your head and will be able to fix something that you doing wrong in order to win or at least not to lose games. The topic of today’s discussion is again: endgames. Are you excited? Well, you should be since you are the one who will play better after today and win games.
I have written many articles about endgames such as how to improve your endgame play, how to checkmate with a Knight and Bishop, Two Bishops or play Rook Endgames. This time the topic of our interest is very broad and will explain endgame strategies that can be applied to any type of endgames.
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2011 12:18 |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 04 August 2011 20:54 |
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 Chess is a kind of game that even Kings themselves played in the past. It is a common knowledge that Indian Shahs ended their territorial wars due to the invention of chess. They were able to decide their disputes by the brain power translated into pieces’ moves on the chess board rather than by pointless wars. Even though the rules of the game and chess soldiers were a little different from ones used in the modern game the ultimate goal stayed unchanged for thousands of years: to checkmate the enemy’s King. Obviously the Shahs and Kings played on very expensive boards made out of gold and silver and crafted with diamonds and other precious stones.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 August 2011 10:50 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Friday, 29 July 2011 09:57 |
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 A lot of players ask how to make good decisions at chess. It seems to be an easy question to answer but, actually it isn't. What is very obvious for one player may be very subtle for the other one.
One chess player asked me recently how do I look at the board and how do I deal with threats? What do I do when I'm under attack? Is there a systematic approach dealing with all these things? These are actually very deep and fundamental questions which may or may not have a single right answer.
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Last Updated on Friday, 29 July 2011 10:25 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Wednesday, 06 July 2011 20:17 |
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 Chess is a very complex game. Playing high quality moves is a very difficult task to achieve and the ability to pick the best moves is art, which requires many hours to master. Have you ever find yourself in a position, while playing a game of chess, when it seems like you don’t know at all what move should you make on the board. You think, well should I make this move or that move and you feel lost in the position and totally don’t know what to play? If you do you should feel happy for two reasons. First of all, you’re not alone, many novice players don’t know what to play (yes this article aims mostly novice chess players, since when Masters don’t know what move to make it a completely different story, but even they can learn something here). The second reason you should feel happy, because you were fortunate enough to stumble upon this article which will solve the issue (hopefully).
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Last Updated on Sunday, 10 July 2011 11:18 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Monday, 01 August 2011 20:41 |
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 Rook endgames are the most common type of endgames there is in the game of chess. These endgames take place in about 50% of all games. If you are a tournament chess player and wish to improve you results in future, the rook endgame is something to look at more deeply. Rook endgames are not something that can be played intuitively; there are many positions where you need to make ‘strange looking’ or ‘counter-intuitive moves’ to win or draw the game.
What’s so special about the endgames? One of the greatest chess players of the past Mr. Capablanca, suggested that one should start learning chess from studying endgames. First, a player should start with simple endgames with just a few pawns present on the board and then move on to more complex and sophisticated ‘piece’ endgames. Mr. Capablanca believed that a player should study an endgame first, prior to studying opening or the middle game, since it is possible to master this part of the game without knowing opening or a middle game. However, opening and middle game cannot be studied separately from the endgame and so the endgame should be a priority thing.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 August 2011 12:56 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Friday, 15 July 2011 21:48 |
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 I have written many articles on the topics of improvement at chess, becoming a better chess player and beating a stronger opponent at chess. Throughout that time I was getting mostly positive responses from readers. Some agreed with the ideas I presented, some were pretty skeptical at first but then tend to share my thoughts, some completely disagreed (not many, but I cannot completely ignore this category as well). Regardless of the category you belong to, you may ask does the methods and ideas recommended throughout this website work at all? Am I going to become a stronger chess player if I follow your guidelines? And you’re right, you should be critical and question the information you’re being exposed to. In today’s article I will show and analyze one of my recent “officially rated” chess games that I played against a National Master (FIDE ~ 2250) and managed to win it.
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Last Updated on Friday, 15 July 2011 22:01 |
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Written by Yury Markushin
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Saturday, 02 July 2011 18:29 |
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 You probably know what chess is. If you do, you most likely know how chess pieces move and which pieces are worth what.
However, what you may not know is why they worth that much and how to efficiently use them to win more games. You may not know these simple facts and ideas that applicable to chess pieces. Intrigued? Read on…
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Last Updated on Saturday, 02 July 2011 18:43 |
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