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

Wednesday, February 06, 2019

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 …

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Saturday, November 10, 2018

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). …

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Tuesday, November 06, 2018

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 …

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

4 Key Principles to Win Queen-Rook Endgames

The queen and rook endgames are among the most important and critical endgames. The main reason is that they are …

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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 …

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Monday, March 26, 2018

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 …

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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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Saturday, March 03, 2018

Chess Traps and How to Avoid them?

Chess traps are always fun and exciting as long as you’re the one who sets it and it’s even more …

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Friday, February 23, 2018

4 Ideas to Squeeze a Win in an Equal/Drawish Endgame

Winning an endgame that looks equal or drawish is not a walk on the cake. We have to push and …

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Friday, December 08, 2017

Typical Ideas and Plans in the Sicilian Sveshnikov Variation

The Sicilian Defense is a very popular chess opening, as it can be often seen in several chess games, from …

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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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Friday, December 01, 2017

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 …

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Saturday, October 28, 2017

How pawn majority helps you win endgames easily?

I’m sure you have come across the term “pawn majority” during your chess career. Do you know what it means? …

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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, November 28, 2016

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 …

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Friday, November 25, 2016

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 …

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Friday, November 18, 2016

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 …

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Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Winning the Middlegame – Teaser and Pre-Registration

A few days ago, I informed you that our upcoming course will be called “Winning the Middlegame” and is about …

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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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Monday, June 20, 2016

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 …

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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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Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Basic Chess Rules for Beginners Part-2

A few months ago, we published an article called “Basic Chess Rules for Beginners”. If you missed it, you can …

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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

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 …

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Interpretation of chess moves

Some time ago, we published an article about stress during a chess game and lots more. It was prepared by …

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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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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Bobby Fischer’s pawn sacrifice

About a month ago, I wrote in an article that I had watched the trailer of the movie “Pawn Sacrifice”, …

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Saturday, June 06, 2015

Special discount reminder and Pawn Sacrifice movie

First, let me remind you about the special 30% discount that I’ve provided you with on our new premium video, …

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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Middlegame Pawn Structures by GM Ivan Sokolov

In my previous article, I informed you that we’d have some new and interesting material in June. That’s why, today, …

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Mini-course – The Secrets of Strong Chess Players

I’m very happy to talk to you again after a while. As you may know, stage-1 of our Game Festival …

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Friday, April 03, 2015

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 …

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Special offer – final reminder

First, let me remind you that the special 20% discount (you save about $14) on our course “Unlocking the Grandmaster’s …

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Unlocking the Grandmaster’s Mind – second edition and next webinar

Firstly, the next webinar for you will be conducted by IM Attila Turzo on 4 April at 3 p.m. GMT (check timings here: LINK) and the webinar …

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Friday, February 27, 2015

How to play with or against an isolated pawn?

Before getting into this topic, let us(Remote Chess Academy) ask you a simple question. Have you ever played with or …

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