Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Shankland’s Trap
I would like to thank my friend Mushfig for his contributions and suggestions in writing this post. I met him at Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) where he served as a Committee Member, Director of...
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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...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Karjakin Trapped
This post is a collaboration with Mr Andrew Crosby who is an expert in chess gambits. He usually plays them in his games with great success. Andrew is a member of our virtual Chess.com...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Copying Mistakes
According to FIDE rules: “during play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyze on another chessboard”. But what happened in round 8 of the...
