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. …
Magnus Carlsen’s Exchange Sacrifice Against Fabiano Caruana in Biel Chess Festival
The world chess champions surely have contributed to the development of the chess game. Fischer, Tal, Botvinnik, Spassky, Kasparov, Karpov, Anand, Carlsen, and several other …
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 …
5 Lessons I Have Learned from 25 Years in Chess
First, I’d like to remind you of the special offers I’m providing you with in honor of my birthday (on 28 October). You can purchase …
Queen Sacrifices by Magnus Carlsen
Today I have a very interesting lesson for you, in which I will show you the 5 greatest queen sacrifices by the World Champion Magnus …
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 Draw in the History of Chess!
“Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really …
Chess Tactics in the Sicilian Defense
Today I’ve some great news for you – the RCA’s next chess course is in its final stages and it will be released soon. The …
The Mighty Sicilian Dragon Bishop!
The Sicilian Defense is the most popular opening and one of the best responses to White’s first move 1.e4. The main reason for its popularity …
Chess Tactics: Fork, Pin and Discovered Check
What is meant by Chess Tactics? Chess Tactics means a sequence of mostly forced moves, where one side takes over some kind of an advantage …
The RCA Student Ashwin Subramanian becomes ACO World Champion!
Ashwin Subramanian is a 40-year old engineering manager in Intel Corporation. He participated in the World Amateur Chess Organization (ACO) Championship (https://amateurchess.com/) and won the …
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 …