Get better at spotting and correctly solving tactics is key to chess mastery! Tactics are dynamic opportunities which
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Suspicious Opening, Complex Middlegame, Baaad Endgame…
A practice game in the Fantasy Caro-Kann against Amin, an 1800 USCF rated player. We entered the opening
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Balogh Variation | Alekhine Defense Opening Theory
The Balogh variation is a very double-edged sideline white could use against the Alekhine Defense. For the basics
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Open Center Positions | Chess Middlegames
An open center means aggressive play, active pieces and battles on the open files! For an introduction to
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Closed Center Positions | Chess Middlegames
Whether the center is open or closed determines the nature of the position. A closed center means less
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Four Pawns Attack | Alekhine Defense Opening Theory
The Four Pawns Attack is white’s most ambitious try against the provocative Alekhine Defense. For the basics of
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Two Pawns Attack (Chase Variation) | Alekhine Defense Opening Theory
The Chase (also known as Lasker) Variation is one of the most aggressive ways to fight the provocative
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Isolated Pawn Positions | Chess Middlegames
An isolated pawn is almost always a weakness. It’s a structural deficit for the defending side and the
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A Very Dangerous Game… | Road to GM, Game 53
I faced a higher rated opponent on board 1 in the 2nd round of the 4th Croatian league.
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How to Learn From Your Mistakes | Chess Meditations
Correcting your mistakes and improving on your inaccuracies by analyzing your own games is the best was to
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