Middlegame Strategy Breaking into the Opponent’s Camp!

Middlegame Strategy: Breaking into the Opponent’s Camp!

First, I’d like to remind you of the survey we are conducting to let you choose your favorite chess topic(s) to learn from your favorite …

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Release of “Mikhail Tal’s Magic Revealed”

RCA’s New Course about Mikhail Tal!

First, I’d like to apologize for any inconvenience caused because our shop might have faced some issues due to over traffic, therefore most of you …

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Kasparov's Masterpiece in the Sicilian Najdorf Against Dominguez Perez

Kasparov’s Masterpiece in the Sicilian Najdorf Against Dominguez Perez

First, I’d like to remind you of the Christmas special offers – you get a really huge 40% discount on all RCA courses and packages …

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Planning in Various Stages of a Chess Game

Planning in Various Stages of a Chess Game

First, I’d like to inform you about something really cool –from now on, you can comment on our blog-posts from your Facebook account. All you …

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Fabiano Caruana’s Fantastic Victory Against Magnus Carlsen!

Fabiano Caruana’s Fantastic Victory Against Magnus Carlsen!

First, I’d like to remind you of the special and massive 40% discount we’re providing you with on our courses based on the world champions. …

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Beating the Isolated Pawn Playing Around the Isolani

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). If you missed it, you …

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Beating the Isolated Pawn Playing Around the Isolani

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 a weakness because they cannot …

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Planning in Various Stages of a Chess Game

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 Chess Camp  in 1992 to …

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Greatest King Walk in Chess by Nigel Short!

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, especially with the idea of …

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Does Castling Really Make Your King Safe

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 your king away from the …

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How to Complicate a Position and Win

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 tournament, defeating Ding Liren in …

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Queen Maneuvers in Chess

Queen Maneuvers in Chess

What is a Queen Maneuver? A Queen Maneuver is the idea where the queen makes a series of moves, traveling from one position to another, …

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How to Defend like Paolo Maldini in chess

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 and the Italian national team. …

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