Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Pre-Moves
The Scholar’s mate is certainly the first trap every beginner learn during the first days of their training. You will never see that setup in GMs games. But it doesn’t mean they will not...
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Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: 9-Move Trap
The 2024 CrunchLabs Masters was one of the Champions Chess Tour’s four events. That competition determined one of the players who played in the in-person CCT Finals. CrunchLabs Masters ran from July 17 to...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Firouzja’s Scholar’s Mate
Friendly games are good opportunities for practicing new ideas or testing your opponent’s knowledge of unusual openings. Besides that, those games make a lot of fun. I found today’s game on chess.com. Contendents are...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Bullet Influence
When we talk about Blitz and bullet games, we refer to chess variants with short time control. Usually less than 5 minutes per player. While time controls for blitz are between 3 and 5...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Firouzja’s Oversight
The Sinquefield Cup is a prestigious tournament held every year in September in the city of Saint Louis (Missouri, USA). The tournament receives its name from the founders of the Saint Louis Chess Club,...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Kotrc-Mieses Gambit
In chess, we give the name of gambits to openings where one player sacrifices material (pawns and/or pieces) in order to achieve some advantage, usually quick developing of own pieces. Maybe you wonder how...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Forgetting the Basics
In a previous post, I wrote about the opposition. I showed there that the kings are in opposition when they are in the same rank or file with only one square between them. Specifically,...
