Game Spotlight: The Problem With Opening Books
As the world temporarily pulls away from public events, it’s a fine time to study to improve your Chess. As part of this, you may want to learn a new opening, or improve your...
Author: Warren Pollock
Game Spotlight: Know Your Middlegame Plans
While I’ve written before about how to learn an opening, it’s worth pointing out exactly why the focus should be on learning how to handle everything after the opening moves stop. As an example,...
Game Spotlight: 2020 Kenya Premier Chess League, More from Superweekend 1
With the new season of the Kenya Premier Chess League, we got to see the first matches played with new lineups. There have been a lot of shakeups this year, partly driven by the...
Game Spotlight: 2020 Kenya Premier Chess League, Superweekend 1
The 2020 edition of the Kenya Premier Chess League kicked off on February 29. This year, the league is divided into two divisions: a 16-team Elite League, and the second Super League of 17...
Game Spotlight: First Chess.com Team Tournament 2
One of the better ways to improve your Chess skill is to play slow games. Blitz is good for testing your ability to recall opening moves, or quickly recognize tactical patterns, but if you...
Game Spotlight: First Chess.com Team Tournament 1
Our club over on Chess.com ran its first team match last year. Although Nairobi Chess Club lost to Chess School by a score of 11.5-10.5 over 11 boards, the match was sadly plagued by...
Game Spotlight: 2020 Capablanca Cup 4
As it usually does, the 10th Capablanca Cup attracted players from outside Kenya. While we had players from neighbouring countries, our furthest traveler was long-time supporter Niels Lauritsen, who was visiting from Denmark. In...
Game Spotlight: 2020 Capablanca Cup 3
Felix Boera won the under-1600 section of the 10th Capablanca Cup with a score of 5 wins and a draw. As it turned out, even this section was highly competitive, with 4 players sharing second...
Game Spotlight: 2020 Capablanca Cup 2
Ugandan FM Patrick Kawuma won the 10th Capablanca Cup with 5 wins and a draw. The Open section of the tournament has been creeping up in strength recently, this time featuring an average rating...
Game Spotlight: 2020 Capablanca Cup 1
Last weekend, the 10th edition of the Capablanca Cup attracted 70 players for six rounds of classical chess. The most spectacular of these games occurred in round 4, when recent transplant Artjom Gurevich met...
