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Planning in Chess by IM Valeri Lilov
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RCA YouTube Live Stream + the Power of the Bishop Pair
I am happy to announce that the Remote Chess Academy (RCA) will conduct its first ever live streaming on the …
Release of Boleslavsky Pawn Structure
Today our new course “Boleslavsky Pawn Structure” is released. Studying pawn structures is more fruitful than memorizing opening moves. This …
Learn Chess Strategies that Grandmasters Use
In the previous lesson, we learnt the importance of pawn structures in chess; especially how they shape the game right …
Everything you need to know about the pawn structures
Structures are very important, especially in the opening, as they shape the chess game. All the strategic elements like King’s …
Anatoly Karpov’s Immortal Chess Game Against Veselin Topalov!
Today we are going to see the former world champion Anatoly Karpov’s immortal chess game – he played this game …
Counter Attack – Defending the Right Way!
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Patterns of Positional Play
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Happy New Year + Prophylactic Thinking
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Cyber Monday Special Offers + Short-term and Long-term Advantages
As you may know, we are providing all the RCA courses with a huge 30% discount to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. …
Material Imbalance – Rook and Pawn vs Bishop and Knight
First, let me remind you of the survey we are conducting to know your opinion about the RCA’s next chess …
Decline the Opponent’s Sacrifice – Make a Counter-Sacrifice
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Brilliant Positional Queen Sacrifice – Defying Chess Engines!
First, let me remind you of the Giveaway we’re conducting on the RCA YouTube Channel, celebrating the milestone achievement of …
The Main Secret of Strong Chess Players
First, let me remind you of the special offers I’m providing you with on our new course “The Secrets of …
Bishop Pair: When Are Bishops Better than Knights?
How powerful are two bishops? In what positions it is good to have a bishop pair? How to make use …
How to Restrict Your Opponent’s Pieces? (Powerful Trick)
Chess is a game that requires you to come up with strong ideas and plans to defeat your opponent. But …
4 Best Tips to Exchange Pieces the Right Way!
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Magnus Carlsen going to reach ELO 2900?
The recent big news is that World Champion Magnus Carlsen has won the 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic, which was held …
5 Tips to Improve Your Positional Play
If you would like to improve your chess and have better results, then you need to master the positional play. …
How to Regroup Your Pieces to Gain Space and Activity?
Before diving into the topic, I’d like to remind you of something important, and also related to the topic. The …
RCA New Course + Magnus Carlsen Crushing Anish Giri
In the last few blog-posts, we have been discussing about a very important topic in chess – piece coordination. And …
Importance of Piece Coordination
In the previous lesson by our guest coach CM Tryfon Gavriel, we learnt about the power of playing our pieces …
Crushing Magnus Carlsen in Vladimir Kramnik’s Style!
First, I’d like to inform you about something important – a few days ago we published a lesson about how …
Emanuel Lasker Amazing Piece Sacrifice
Today we are going to see one of the greatest chess games ever played in the chess history – it’s …
14-year-old Magnus Carlsen Missed Advantage Against Garry Kasparov!
Today we’re going to see one of the most interesting chess games ever played –it’s the game between the 14-year-old …
Pieces Exchanges are more Crucial than You Think!
Let me remind you that the special offers I’m providing you with on our newly launched course “Exchange Pieces like …
How to Exchange Chess Pieces Effectively?
A few days ago, we republished one of our video lessons from the past about the strategy of exchanging your …
Chess Strategy: The Exchange Technique
The strategy of exchanges (or the exchange technique) in chess is very often underestimated by the young/inexperienced players. Of course, …
Benefits of a Doubled Pawns Structure
In chess, it is often said that the pawns should control the center of the board. However, there are certain …
Middlegame Strategy: Breaking into the Opponent’s Camp!
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RCA’s New Course about Mikhail Tal!
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Kasparov’s Masterpiece in the Sicilian Najdorf Against Dominguez Perez
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Planning in Various Stages of a Chess Game
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Fabiano Caruana’s Fantastic Victory Against Magnus Carlsen!
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Beating the Isolated Pawn: Playing Around the Isolani
In the previous article, our guest coach IM Larry Evans taught you how to play against the isolani (isolated queen pawn). …
Beating the Isolated Pawn: Playing Against the Isolani
An isolated pawn is a pawn that has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file. Isolated pawns are usually considered …
Planning Ahead in Chess
Today I’d like to present to you an article from our guest coach IM Larry Evans. IM Evans founded Mountain Lake …
The Greatest King Walk in Chess by Nigel Short!
A king walk in chess, also known as a king march, is when the king travels up around the board, …
Does Castling Really Make Your King Safe?
I’m sure you’re aware that castling your king is a very important part of the opening strategy, since it moves …
How to Complicate a Position and Win?
The FIDE World Cup 2017 in Tbilisi featured 128 players in a series of knockout matches. Levon Aronian won the …
Queen Maneuvers in Chess
What is a Queen Maneuver? A Queen Maneuver is the idea where the queen makes a series of moves, traveling …
How to Defend like Paolo Maldini
Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-back and central defender for A.C. Milan …
Kasparov defeated 13-Year-old Carlsen in Rapid Chess Game!
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Mikhail Tal’s Fantastic Victory against the 16-Year-old Bobby Fischer!
First, I’d like to share with you something really cool – the RCA YouTube Channel has achieved a milestone of …
Another Fianchettoed Bishop
What is a Fianchettoed Bishop? A fianchettoed bishop is the one that is developed to the second rank of the …
Test Your Skills on Positional Chess
It’s always extremely important and instructive to follow positional principles in chess. Below I’ve presented a number of chess puzzles. …
3 Ideas to Play Better in Open Center Positions
Sometimes, it’s quite confusing when both you and your opponent do not have any pawns in the central d- and …
The Best Chess Strategy (simple and powerful)
Let me start this article with a question. What is the best chess strategy? Reading this, several important chess rules …
Are there any Key Elements to Victory in Chess?
A few days ago, we published a video lesson by CM Tryfon Gavriel about a game between Vassily Ivanchuk and …
5 Key Ideas that Can Help Defeat Garry Kasparov!
It’s time again to brush through some classics from the past – today we’re going to learn from one of …
How to Find Active Squares for Your Pieces?
“Help your pieces so they can help you”, said Paul Morphy. Today, we’re going to learn how to find the …
Mikhail Botvinnik’s winning method
Mikhail Botvinnik was the World Champion for about 13 long years. And there are definitely a lot of things that one can learn from him …
How Piece Coordination and Pawn Structure give you the Initiative?
A few days ago, I shared with you an instructive video lesson from our guest coach IM Valeri Lilov about …
5 Principles to Effective Middlegame Planning
Today we’re going to discuss about an interesting topic. How does the opening structure affect your middlegame plans? What middlegame …
Fabulous Fabiano Caruana’s Candidates Victory!
After winning the FIDE Chess Candidates Tournament, Fabiano Caruana won another super tournament, the GRENKE Chess Classic, leaving behind the …
Positional Pawn Sacrifices of Garry Kasparov
Today we are going to have a look at some of the greatest positional pawn sacrifices of Garry Kasparov. The …
Garry Kasparov’s Immortal Chess Game
Today we are going to see one of the greatest chess games ever played in the history – it’s the …
Dream Start for Vladimir Kramnik at the Candidates 2018!
The FIDE Candidate Tournament 2018 in Berlin had a spectacular start. We saw several decisive games in the first three …
Weak Squares in Chess
Today we have an interesting topic to discuss. It is called the weak squares in chess. And the immediate question …
The Right Planning & Thought Process to Improve Your Pieces
Today we are going to discuss about two key topics that a chess player needs to get better at, so …
5 Interesting Games from the Tata Steel Chess 2018
Magnus Carlsen won his record sixth Tata Steel Chess title last month. He beat Anish Giri in the tiebreaks, as …
Ideal and Demolishing Attack by Garry Kasparov against Fabiano Caruana!
Today, we are going to see one of the most impressive chess games ever played – it was the game …
Free lesson from the course “How to Beat Stronger Opponents”!
Today I’d like to share with you one of the video lessons from the course “How to Beat Stronger Opponents” …
How Critical Converting Your Advantage into a Win is?
I would like to start off this article with some amazing news – today I will reveal the author of …
3 Tips to the Realization of the Material Advantage
Most of my students often say to me this: “I am able to reach a winning position OR get an …
Is the Isolated Queen Pawn Good or Bad?
Isolated Pawn An isolated pawn is a pawn that has no pawns on its adjacent files. For instance, let’s say …
Interesting Games from the FIDE World Cup 2017, Tbilisi
The FIDE World Cup 2017 was held from 2-27 September, 2017, in Tbilisi. In the final, after the four classical …
3 Tips to Improve the Position of Your Pieces in the Middlegame
Do you remember any of your games where some of your pieces were ‘locked’, became too passive and you couldn’t …
3 most important middlegame principles
After the opening stage, when you have developed your pieces, you need to find the right way to proceed in …
How to create a solid plan in challenging/passive positions?
Planning is one of the most important skills in chess. But how do we create a solid plan in a …
How to exploit imbalances in chess?
Today we’re going to talk about a very interesting topic: exploiting imbalances (weaknesses). Most often, we don’t know how to …
The Kasparov Gambit: amazing win against Karpov in WC 1985
Today we’re going to look at one of the greatest chess games of all time, from the World Championship Match …
The most powerful ideas in chess (part-2)
In the previous article, we’ve been talking about the most powerful chess tips about defense. I’ve told you why many …
15 most powerful chess tips about defense
Today we are going to discuss about an interesting topic: the most powerful ideas or tips in chess. Here we …
What to do after the opening stage?
First, I’d like to remind you of our new course “From opening to middlegame” by IM Asaf Givon. To celebrate …
Theory of pawn breaks explained!
What is a pawn break in chess? National Master Dan Heisman defines pawn break as: “A break move is a …
16-year old Bobby Fischer’s amazing game against Tigran Petrosian
Today we’re going to have a look at what can be called as an absolutely classic encounter between two of …
Which is the best side to castle your king?
Castling is a very important move which every chess player should do. It is an important goal in the …
3 important principles of pawn storm
The pawn storm is generally regarded as a situation in which the pawns form a ‘chain’ are creating a ‘storm’ …
How to evaluate a position at the various stages of the game?
If we want to better evaluate different positions of the chess game, we would consider a lot of various factors …
Psychology of defense in chess
As I said earlier, defense is a very important chess skill. At least in about 50% of a chess game, …
4 typical chess mistakes in defense you should never make!
In this lesson about defense, you will recognize and understand those mistakes. It will help you avoid those mistakes in your future games and it will drive you in cloud nine!
What can you learn from our chess course "Defending Champion"?
In my previous article, I wrote that we’ll be launching a new chess course called “Defending Champion” soon. The authors …
How to become a defending champion in chess?
Remote Chess Academy (RCA) is very happy to announce that its new course is almost ready – it’s called “Defending …
How to use your rook effectively?
First, let me remind you of our survey – help us create an opening chess course tailored to your needs, …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-12: Fastest game of the Match
After eleven hard-fought games, the twelfth and final game of the World Chess Championship was a brief, dull draw. Only …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-11: A fighting draw!
The eleventh game was a fighting one, but ended up in a draw after 34 moves. Sergey started with the …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-10: Magnus Carlsen makes a comeback!
The tenth game of the World Chess Championship in New York was crucial. Magnus Carlsen scored his first win, after …
Instructive video analysis of Karjakin’s victory over Carlsen in Game-8
Our guest coach FM Marko Makaj has prepared a very instructive video analysis of Game-8 for you. In this video, Marko explains …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-8: Karjakin wins, seizes lead
World Champion Magnus Carlsen is down! Sergey Karjakin takes the lead after eight rounds, with 3.5 – 4.5 in his …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-7: New opening, another draw
It was Carlsen’s time to put his head into the lion’s mouth and everybody expected the beast to snap. But …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-6: Halfway done
After one and half hours, game six ended in a draw. So a match of 24 games would be much …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-5: Carlsen "screwed up"
The fifth game of the World Chess Championship ended in a draw, but this time things were little different. It …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-4: Karjakin survives, again!
The ‘miracle’ continues at the World Championship! Karjakin managed to survive another extremely difficult position by defending, again, for 6.5 …
What can you learn from Carlsen-Karjakin Game-1?
There’s no doubt that the World Chess Championship started in a great manner on Friday, 11 November. In the first …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-2: Ruy Lopez draw
We don’t know for sure if Woody Harrelson is the best chess player among Hollywood actors, but he was the …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-1: Surprising Trompowsky
One journalist asked Magnus Carlsen in the first official press conference who is the best chess player in the world. …
Everything you need to know about Carlsen vs Karjakin
We’re exactly one week away from the biggest chess event of the year – the World Chess Championship Match between …
How to attack a central king? (Fischer’s great game)
Robert James “Bobby” Fischer, born March 9, 1943, was the strongest American Grandmaster ever. Many consider him the greatest chess …
How to win with opposite-colored bishops?
First, let me remind you of the survey we’re conducting to know your opinion about the next RCA course. The …
Decision making in critical positions – part 2
By IM Sagar Shah and myself (GM Igor Smirnov) In the first part of this article, we discussed what …
Decision making in critical positions
First, let me remind you of our new vacancy for the post of “YouTuber”. If you like to record videos …
Breaking chess rules – defying chess strategy
Being a good chess player is not only about following every single chess rule and guideline: it is about understanding …
What exactly should you do in the middlegame?
Now, let me ask you a question: what EXACTLY should you do in the middlegame? Well, in the …
Magnus Carlsen wins a very important game against Anish Giri
My good friend and experienced chess coach Aggelos Kesaris (from Greece) has prepared a nice article for you. This is …
Exploiting your opponent’s bad piece Part-2
A few days ago, our guest coach IM Boroljub Zlatanovic prepared a video lesson for you on the topic “Exploiting …
How to exploit your opponent’s bad piece?
“Help your pieces so they can help you”, said Paul Morphy, one of the greatest chess masters. Indeed, that’s true …
Power of centralised pieces in chess
There are several important advantages that come from centralising your pieces and aiming to have strong control over central squares. …
What are the consequences of neglecting the centre in chess?
The centre is the most important part of the chessboard, as pieces from the centre can easily move to either …
The advantage of space in chess
The advantage of space in chess enlarges your influence over the board and provides options that can be exploited tactically …
How to use an open file in chess Part-2
A few days ago, we published the first part of the lesson “How to use an open file in chess?” …
How to use an open file in chess?
Basically, an open file is one with no pawns of either colour on it. And a file with pawns of …
The power of the bishop pair in chess Part-2
In the previous article, we published the first part of the lesson “The power of the bishop pair in chess”. …
The power of the bishop pair in chess
The bishop, by itself, is a powerful piece. However, its value is more than doubled when another bishop is added …
Weak Squares in Chess Part-2
In recent times, we have published several lessons for you on the topic of “Weak Squares”. In case you missed …
Chess Strategy: Weak Squares
A few weeks ago, we published an article “Transforming advantages in chess” which was prepared by one of the RCA …
Finding the right plan: knight v bishop
There might be some points during a chess game when you are stuck in a position and cannot think of …
Transforming advantages in chess
Today, we have an interesting topic to discuss. It is entitled “Transforming Advantages” or converting advantages into a victory. This lesson …
What happens when coordinated pieces occupy weak squares?
Recently, our guest coach IM Boroljub Zlatanovic published a video lesson for you on “Weak Squares”. In that lesson, Boroljub …
How to make use of important chess squares?
Some time ago, our guest coach IM Boroljub Zlatanovic prepared a lesson for you on the topic “Weak Squares”. If …
Creating ideas in chess
This is the final part of the series of articles “Interpretation of chess moves” prepared by Srikanth G., a friend …
How to approach a position from a different angle?
A few days ago, we published the first part of the article “Interpretation of chess moves” prepared by Srikanth, a …
Interpretation of chess moves
Some time ago, we published an article about stress during a chess game and lots more. It was prepared by …
The Big Clash: Anand vs Carlsen
This is the second part of the article prepared by IM Saravanan, featuring the first game of the World Chess …
The three most important principles of chess: Round-10 Highlights
“Less is more” really is a very nice quote by Mies Van der Rohe. Sometimes, simple and logical decisions are …
Indian National Premier Chess Championship 2015, Round-9 Highlights
In this article, you can watch the highlights of the ninth round of Indian National Premier Chess Championship, annotated by …
Indian National Premier Chess Championship 2015 Round 7 Highlights
In the previous article, IM Valeri Lilov prepared a video lesson for you, annotating the games of the sixth round …
Instructive games from Indian National Premier Chess Championship
One of the most grand and popular events in India, the Indian National Premier Chess Championship is currently being held …
WC 2014 Sochi: Anand vs Carlsen – the Grunfeld Defence
Today, we’ll have a look at the first game of the World Chess Championship Match 2014, Sochi between Vishy Anand and …
Evaluation of a position – Part-2
This is the second part of the lesson “How to evaluate a position in chess?” by GM Petr Velicka. To …
How to evaluate a position in chess?
Today, I’d like to share with you a very interesting article on the topic “How to evaluate a position in …
A 75-year-old chess teacher who fought off knife-wielding attacker during class
Today, I’d like to share with you an amazing story which involved a chess teacher. I just found it very …
World Cup 2015 final: Karjakin vs Svidler – highlights Part-2
If you missed the first part, you can check it out here. Coming back to Karjakin – Svidler: …
World Chess Cup 2015 final: Karjakin vs Svidler – highlights
Today, I’d like to share with you an interesting article prepared by Srikanth G, a professional chess player and a …
Corner Pawn Attack in Chess Part-2
In the previous lesson, GM Levan Aroshidze gave you an introduction to the “Corner Pawn Attack” (CPA), along with a …
How I defeated Fabiano Caruana in a blitz game!
<<Get the book now>> Talking about my new book A Promoted Pawn: My Chess Journey, this all started from a …
Pre-registration for my book and the Art of Planning in Chess
To start with, I’ve great news – my upcoming book, A Promoted Pawn: My Chess Journey, will be released within …
Master the art of the exchange technique in chess
A few days ago, our guest coach GM Levan Aroshidze prepared a lesson for you about the “Exchange Technique” in …
Piece coordination and maneuvering in chess Part-2
Recently, we published a video lesson “Piece coordination and maneuvering in chess” prepared by our guest coach GM Levan Aroshidze. …
How GM Igor Smirnov helped win a game against a Grandmaster
First, let me remind you of our new chess opening course, the “Bogo-Indian Defense” (LINK) and the special offers. You …
Paranormal chess endgames with different-coloured bishops
Generally, there are certain rules and principles that are followed in the endgame stage of a chess game. But in …
Magical Chess Rooks
When I was thinking about rooks, I recalled a famous quote: “The only good Rook is a working Rook!” – …
Endgame and Middlegame Essentials – Introduction
In the previous article, I made the announcement that our Game Festival has started. And I also told you that …
A to Z about Isolated Pawns – Introduction
Recently, I made the announcement that the next webinar “A to Z about Isolated Pawns” would be conducted for you …
Hanging Pawn Structure PART-2
In the previous lesson, we discussed “Hanging Pawn Structures” (HPS) in a famous game between Kasparov and Portisch. Let’s continue …
Hanging Pawn Structures
In the previous lesson from Remote chess academy, we covered “Power of Pawn Storm”, and I hope you enjoyed it …
Chess Strategy : Power of Pawn Storm 1
Power of a pawn storm By International Master Zoran Ilic Chess-Specialist Remote Chess Academy A PAWN STORM is a chess strategy in …
The Art of Defense in Chess
On Sunday 6th July, I made a live webinar, and I would like to thank all students who were present. But …
Karpov’s Prophylaxis
Today, for the first time, we’ll present you with a video from a guest trainer and we’ll ensure more cooperation …
How to beat a STRONGER opponent?
In the previous lesson, we analyzed the correct attitude and mental approach when facing WEAKER opponents. Now let’s talk about …
How to beat a WEAKER opponent?
People often ask me psychological questions related to chess (not surprising since I’m also a psychologist 🙂 ). One of …
Fianchettoed Bishops
In the previous issue, we analyzed the fianchettoed Bishops on the Queenside. If you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend …
How to Arrest a Bishop?
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Your goals for 2012
Recently, I gave you some advice about analyzing your chess development in 2011. I hope that you sat down and …
Nerves of Steel (part-2)
First, I’d like to show you the solution to the task I gave you: Now you can download the solution …
How can they do it-2
Have you found the answer? You should have thought by yourself AND analyzed the position with your computer engine after …
How can they do it?
I’m sure you have watched a video or perhaps read a book, where a Grandmaster analyzes his game. Most likely, …
How to make incorrect moves to win?
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