First, let me remind you that you have 4 more days to register to our chess course “The Grandmaster’s Positional …
Magnus Carlsen vs Hou Yifan – Brilliant Exchange Sacrifice!
How great would it be to see a chess battle between the world’s best male player and the world’s best …
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 …
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 …
When to Start an Attack?
Today we are going to talk about a topic that most of the chess players love – ATTACK! Many chess …
Game of The Year 2017 by Ding Liren
Chess never fails to make someone completely baffled! Or is it the chess players who do that? 😊 The history …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Amazing Piece Sacrifice to Get a Powerful Central Pawn Storm
Before going to the lesson, I’d like to inform you about something. RCA is growing and we’re looking for a French …
The Best Chess Strategy (simple and powerful)
Let me start this article with a question. What is the best chess strategy? Reading this, several important chess rules …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Bobby Fischer punishes Paul Keres’s opening novelty!
The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia: Bled, Zagreb and Belgrade. The winner of this event …
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 …
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 …
Carlsen-Karjakin Game-6: Halfway done
After one and half hours, game six ended in a draw. So a match of 24 games would be much …
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 …
Top three amazing chess sacrifices (by GM Smirnov)
Finally, I’d like to thank you all for wishing me well on my birthday; therefore, I’ve prepared a gift for …
How to use an open file in chess?
Basically, an open file is one with no pawns of either colour on it. And a file with pawns of …
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 …
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 …
Creating ideas in chess
This is the final part of the series of articles “Interpretation of chess moves” prepared by Srikanth G., a friend …
Indian National Premier Chess Championship 2015, Round-8 Highlights
As the competition gets tough, IM Valeri Lilov continues to provide you with the highlights of the key games from …
Indian National Premier Chess Championship 2015 Round 7 Highlights
In the previous article, IM Valeri Lilov prepared a video lesson for you, annotating the games of the sixth round …
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 …
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 …
How GM Igor Smirnov helped win a game against a Grandmaster
First, let me remind you of our new chess opening course, the “Bogo-Indian Defense” (LINK) and the special offers. You …
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”, …
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” …
Play like Mikhail Tal
As of now, I can inform you that we’ll be adding the premium video “Play like Tal” by GM Simon …
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, …
The Art of Exchange Sacrifice by GM Milov
There are some things in chess that are very hard to learn on your own, for example positional understanding and an endgame play. It’s …
