Mistakes often come from being extremely focused on one’s own plan and losing sight of that of our opponent’s. In today’s game, Black seemed so confident in his combination that he didn’t pay too...
The Vienna opening was created by Viennese chess players in the middle of the XIX century. The idea behind the Vienna Game is to play a delayed King’s Gambit while avoiding Black’s d5 reaction...
Mikhail Tal was a Russian chess player famous because of the improvisation and unpredictability in his play. He played a combinatorial and risky style. He used to surprise his opponents with unexpected moves. Even...
The Dragon Variation in the Sicilian Defence is a natural way of developing Black’s pieces. Especially the king’s bishop takes an active position on g7. The Yugoslav attack (6.Be3) is one option for playing...
The Grob’s Attack (1.g4) takes its name from the Swiss International Master Henri Grob (1904-1974). Henri Grob used it in many correspondence games. Nevertheless, it is an irregular chess opening and not employed in...
The Tarrasch trap takes its name after the famous chess player Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934). In fact, the Tarrasch trap refers to two different opening traps. Both in the Ruy Lopez, but in different variations....
There is no doubt that psychology plays a key role in chess. Aspects like conviction when playing the pieces or playing quick moves create in the opponent the impression of playing against a well-prepared...
Thanks to new technologies, nowadays chess players have access to a massive amount of information. Top players have their own analysis and databases with thousands of games. Even they can access powerful engines with...
The Tarrasch trap takes its name after the famous chess player Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934). In fact, the Tarrasch trap refers to two different opening traps in the Ruy Lopez but in different variations. One...
The American Paul Morphy is a chess legend who dominated the chess world in the mid to late 1800s. Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and...
