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). If you missed it, you …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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. …