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

Monday, January 18, 2021

Tal vs. Fischer: Gladiator battle in the King’s Indian Defense!

First I’d like to remind you of the special offers we’re providing you with on our new course “10 Keys …

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Friday, July 24, 2020

The GREATEST Queen Sacrifice by Tal + Invitation for You

First, let me remind you that you have 4 more days to register to our chess course “The Grandmaster’s Positional …

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Wednesday, February 05, 2020

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 …

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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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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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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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Thursday, July 11, 2019

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 …

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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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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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Thursday, November 15, 2018

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, …

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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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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

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 …

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

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 …

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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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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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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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Friday, August 25, 2017

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 …

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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, 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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Sunday, November 20, 2016

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 …

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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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Tuesday, November 01, 2016

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 …

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

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 …

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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, 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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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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Saturday, November 28, 2015

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 …

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

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 …

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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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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, August 13, 2015

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 …

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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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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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Sunday, June 14, 2015

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 …

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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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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

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 …

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