Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Absolutely Trapped
When we talk about a trap in chess, we used to think that after a combination one of the opponent’s pieces is captured. However the most unusual is to see all the opponent’s pieces...
Author: Roberto Villuela
12th Capablanca Cup
12th Capablanca Cup Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) is proud to announce its first OTB event of 2023 starting with the hugely popular Capablanca Cup. The 12th edition of the Capablanca Cup will take place...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Wrong Alekhine
This post was possible thanks to Mr Andrew Crosby’s help. Andrew is an expert in chess gambits and successfully plays them in his games. He is also an active member of our virtual Chess.com...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Ivanchuk’s Famous Blunder
Vasyl Ivanchuk (1969) is a talented Ukrainian GM. He attracted the attention of chess world in 1991 after winning the Linares tournament ahead of Gary Kasparov. According to chess sources, Ivanchuk has an extraordinary...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: From Winning To Losing
Covid pandemic heavily affected the Candidates tournament 2020. Scheduled to start on 2020, Mar.15th and last for three weeks, the spread of coronavirus compelled the organizers to cancel the event on Mar.26th after 7...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Knight vs Rook
Gustav Neumann (1838-1881) was a German chess master and during the late 1860s one of the best players in the world. However, he abandoned the practice of chess from 1872 because of severe mental...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Inaccuracy or Mistake?
Chess players know that the goal in chess is to checkmate the opposite king. People also like to mention that chess is a game that combines art and science. While people also relate art...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Out of Focus
This post was possible thanks to Mr Andrew Crosby’s help. Andrew is an expert in chess gambits and successfully plays them in his games. He is also an active member of our virtual Chess.com...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Snake Charmer
Garry Kimovich Kasparov is a retired chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion who has successfully played the World Chess Championship on six occasions. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, he was the highest-ranked...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Draw Resource
If you are an ambitious player and eager to know the secrets of this game, then you are studying openings theory. There are hundreds of openings and the tree of variations and secondary lines...
