Traps, Trcks & Mistakes: Time Trap
Viktor Korchnoi (1931 – 2016) was a Russian grandmaster who devoted his whole life to chess. Born in Leningrad, he suffered as a child the terrible days of the siege of the city by...
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Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Age
There is a general tendency in declining performance with age in every human activity and chess is not the exception. Reasons are weakening concentration and increasing fatigue because chess is a demanding activity in...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Twitching Legs
As explained in a previous post, off-the-board tricks also influence the result of a game. Theatrics is one of them but others are really dirty, like shaking the table while your opponent is thinking....
