Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Illusionism
Every year, in September, the city of Saint Louis (Missouri, USA) hosts the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup. Both are part of the Grand Chess Tour. The chess community will...
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Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Immortal Pin
In previous posts we have seen pins as tactical resources. A pin can be absolute or relative. Absolute pin means that the pinned piece cannot move because it is shielding the king. Moving that...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Fedoseev’s Swindle
You may think that playing with two queens is an easy win. That is probably what Ian Nepomniachtchi thought but he suffered a painful defeat in the Julius Baer Generation Cup (JBGC) The Julius...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Praggnanandhaa and the Eclipse
The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 took place in Toronto (Canada) from April 4 to April 22. The event featured a mix of veterans along young talents. The selection of players followed criteria established by...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Benko Trick
In February 2023 took place in Dusseldorf (Germany) the WR Chess Masters tournament. 10 top players participated in a simple round-robin for a fund price of 130,000 Euros. The tournament was a mix of...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Nepo’s Bishop
Carlsen became World Chess Champion in 2013 roughly one week before his 23rd birthday after defeating Viswanathan Anand. He has successfully defended the title in five matches. The last one against Ian Nepomniachtchi in...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Hidden Pattern
Magnus Carlsen (born in Tønsberg, Norway, Nov 30, 1990) is for many people the best chess player ever. He has a remarkable chess career having won many international tournaments. Carlsen obtained his GM title...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Exchange Trap
Ian Nepomniachtchi won the turbulent Candidates tournament 2020-21. The competition started on 2020, Mar.15 and finished one year later on 2021, Apr.28. The Covid pandemic heavily affected the event and compelled the organizers to...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Nepo Did It Again!
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is a Russian chess player from the same generation of players like Carlsen, Karjakin and Vachier-Lagrave. Nevertheless, he appeared between the chess elite later than his colleagues. In 2016, at the...
Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: I Didn’t Want!
English writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) captivated readers with her novels about detectives solving puzzling mysteries. In 1926, Christie herself became the subject of a real-life mystery when she disappeared for 11 days. After discovered...
