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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “attack”

Monday, December 09, 2019

Shocking Chess Game: White’s First 17 Moves Are All Pawn Moves!

Before getting to this immortal pawns game, I’d like to share with you something very important. I hope you know …

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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Strategy and Tactics – The Dynamic Duo of Chess

First, I’d like to remind you of the Thanksgiving Day special offers we’re running. You can now study chess courses …

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Saturday, November 02, 2019

The Most Beautiful Checkmating Attack in Chess

First, let me remind you of the special 30% discount I’m providing you with on the new course “Attack and …

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Monday, October 28, 2019

3 Main Principles of Attack in Chess

First, let me remind you of the new course that I have created for you “Attack and Win” and the …

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Monday, October 28, 2019

GM Igor Smirnov’s Birthday and New Course “Attack and Win”

Today, 28 October, is a very special day for me because it is my birthday! 😊 It’s my 32nd birthday …

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Friday, October 25, 2019

Magnus Carlsen Destroys Karjakin’s Coach – Brilliant Attack!

Today we are going to see one the greatest examples of attack from the World Champion Magnus Carlsen. He played …

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Decline the Opponent’s Sacrifice – Make a Counter-Sacrifice

First, let me remind you of the huge 30% discount I’m providing you with our new course “How to Find …

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Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Leela Zero vs Stockfish – Redefining Exchange Sacrifice!

Before getting into the interesting game between these chess computers, let me remind of you the $35 USD voucher I’m …

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Sunday, September 29, 2019

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 …

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Friday, September 06, 2019

RCA Next Course About the Trompowsky Attack

It would be really cool to catch our opponents off guard in the game of chess. How great it would …

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

27 Checkmate Compositions and Puzzles!

Even though solving checkmating combinations, puzzles and/or compositions won’t help you improve your knowledge in chess, it helps in improving …

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Friday, August 23, 2019

King Hunt: Hikaru Nakamura’s Brilliant Queen Sacrifice

King hunt is always a fascinating subject in chess – everybody enjoys it. It is no surprise that we are …

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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Teaser of the RCA Chess Course “The Secrets of Strong Players”

In our previous blog-post I’d informed you about RCA’s next chess course “The Secrets of Strong Players”, from which you …

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Wednesday, August 07, 2019

What Makes a Strong Chess Player Strong?

I have often said that strong chess players win slowly, but surely. In other words, strong chess players, titled players, …

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Sunday, August 04, 2019

When to Start an Attack?

Today we are going to talk about a topic that most of the chess players love – ATTACK! Many chess …

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

5 Best Chess Opening Traps in the Center Game

Today I will share with you the 5 best chess opening traps in the Center Game. The Center Game is …

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

RCA’s Next Course + That Deadly Rook on the Seventh Rank!

Rook Endings are one of the most common and most important endings in chess. And since it comes in the …

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Sunday, May 12, 2019

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 …

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Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Greatest Queen Sacrifice Ever by Rashid Nezhmetdinov

Sacrifices in chess are always nice to see, and feels really satisfying when we nail a perfect sacrifice to win …

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Garry Kasparov’s Fantastic Exchange Sacrifice!

It always feels nice to go back in time and see some beautiful games from the past. Today we are …

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Praggnanandhaa Masterpiece at Isle of Man

In this blog-post, we are going to see a beautiful game played by the young chess prodigy from India, Rameshbabu …

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Monday, April 08, 2019

The Power of Playing Your Pieces in the Center

Chess players are often advised to play towards the center –to develop their pieces towards the center. And that’s just …

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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Bobby Fischer’s 21-move Brilliancy Against Byrne

First, I’d like to remind you of the celebration we’re having – the RCA YouTube Channel has recently crossed over …

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

How to Attack Your Opponent’s King?

About a month ago, we published an article on the topic “Why do you lose chess games?” – it was …

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Wednesday, March 06, 2019

Sicilian Dragon: Black’s Fantastic Win Against the Yugoslav Attack

The Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defence, also known as the Rauzer System or the St …

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

WC 2018 Carlsen vs Caruana: Decision Making in Critical Moments Part-2

This is the second part of the lesson about the World Chess Championship 2018 between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. …

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Kasparov vs Topalov: Hoogovens Tournament 1999

Today we’re going to see one of the most beautiful chess games ever played – it’s the game between the …

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Thursday, November 22, 2018

4 Tips for a Successful Attack

Attack in chess is one of the best (and most important) ways to checkmate your opponent and to win the …

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

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 …

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Friday, July 06, 2018

Adolf Anderssen’s Best Attacking Chess Games

Adolf Anderssen (1818–1879) was a German chess master and he’s considered to have been the world’s leading chess player for …

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Saturday, June 23, 2018

A Unique Chess Pattern Which Will Help You Win Grandmasters!

I hope you are familiar with the oldest checkmate ever invented, the Arabian Mate. This fatal attack performs with the …

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Monday, May 28, 2018

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 …

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Friday, May 25, 2018

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 …

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

How to Attack a King in the Center?

There is a chess quote by Rob Sillars, which goes “Castle early and often”. Indeed, we know that castling our …

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Friday, March 23, 2018

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 …

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Friday, March 09, 2018

Weak Squares in Chess

Today we have an interesting topic to discuss. It is called the weak squares in chess. And the immediate question …

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Friday, February 09, 2018

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 …

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Monday, January 29, 2018

The Game of a Genius: The 13-year-old Magnus Carlsen’s Aggressive Play!

Nowadays many chess players face problems when they are playing against stronger opponents – for instance, one who is higher …

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Monday, January 08, 2018

6 Best Games of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2017

The King Salman World Rapid Chess Championship concluded on 28 December, and the 48-year old former World Champion Viswanathan Anand …

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Sunday, December 17, 2017

2 Best Games of Mikhail Tal – The Magician from Riga

Today we’re going to learn from the 8th World Chess Champion, Mikhail Tal, The Magician from Riga, who was widely …

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Tuesday, December 05, 2017

3 different Aspects of Attack in Chess

Today we’re going to discuss about something, the 3 different aspects of attack in chess. Our guest coach FM Marko …

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Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Hikaru Nakamura’s dramatic and adventurous win in Dutch defense against Jovana Vojinovic

Today our guest coach, CM Tryfon Gavriel, has a very instructive game to show you, which he considers one of …

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Everything about our course “Magnus Carlsen: The Journey of a World Champion”

I’m very happy to inform you that our new course “Magnus Carlsen: The Journey of a World Champion” will be …

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Sunday, June 25, 2017

Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen – Norway Chess 2017

The fourth round of the 2017 Altibox Norway Chess tournament was nothing short of entertainment. Although there were three decisive …

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Friday, June 02, 2017

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 …

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Sunday, April 30, 2017

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’ …

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Grunfeld defense: Bobby Fischer’s masterpiece!

Today I’ve some great news for you – our next course is titled “Master the Grunfeld defense as Black” dedicated …

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Monday, February 20, 2017

“Crushing the King” – an attacking chess course

In recent times, we discussed a lot about one of the most important and basic strategies in chess – attack. …

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Saturday, February 18, 2017

Basic conditions for a successful attack

In the previous article, we discussed about 5 biggest problems in attack and how to solve them. Today we’ll move …

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

5 biggest problems in attack and how to solve them!

Attack in chess is a fundamental topic, because without an attack we cannot win a single chess game. Perhaps strong …

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Friday, February 10, 2017

5 most important attacking principles

“Attack is the best form of defense” is a well-known phrase, and it means that to attack or to strike …

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Monday, December 19, 2016

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 …

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Friday, November 04, 2016

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 …

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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 …

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Saturday, July 16, 2016

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 …

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Friday, June 24, 2016

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. …

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Friday, May 13, 2016

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”. …

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Initiative in Chess

Today we have an interesting subject called “Initiative”. I’d like to recall a famous quote, “Only the player with the …

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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 …

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Bobby Fischer’s greatest chess game – game of the century

Today, we’ll have a look at the greatest chess game played by Bobby Fischer – the game that is also …

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Wednesday, February 03, 2016

The greatest chess game everyone MUST know

Millions of chess games have been played over the history of chess. But there is only a small percentage of …

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Creating ideas in chess

This is the final part of the series of articles “Interpretation of chess moves” prepared by Srikanth G., a friend …

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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Useful story of an RCA student – Part-2

A few days ago, I shared with you the story of my friend and student, Ram S. Krishnan. If you …

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Sunday, December 06, 2015

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 …

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Monday, November 23, 2015

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 …

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Friday, November 06, 2015

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 …

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Tuesday, November 03, 2015

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 …

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Review of “Killer Endgames Part-2” by the RCA Academy Manager

First, let me remind you of the special 30% discount I’m providing you with, in honour of my birthday (28 …

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Saturday, October 24, 2015

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 …

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Corner Pawn Attack: a new way to attack in chess

Even though the pawn is the smallest piece in chess, both in size and in power, it is good enough …

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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

GM Smirnov’s review about the new chess courses

A few days ago, we added a two guest author’s courses to our RCA Shop. They are “Play like Tal” …

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