Not all chess players like open games and tactical slugfests. The French Defense, the opening featured in this article is a slower paced but equally combative opening. Black is often saddled with a "bad" light-squared bishop but gets good counterplay…
The evergreen game was played between Adolf Andersen and Jean Dufresne in Berlin, Germany. It stays up to date up to this day, hence the name the evergreen game. Anderssen drags Dufresne into the deep waters and dangers of The…
Chess Lesson and Video: Chessplayers are famous for being prophylactic thinkers. One of the most common phrases you'll hear when looking for advice is the question "what is your opponent doing?" Usually when players recognize what their opponent is up…
Chess Lesson and Video: After the previous chess video and article on the Grunfeld defense, this article will show a game I played using it with the black pieces. My opponent was an International Master from Spain and he needed…
Continuing on the 1. d4 trend, next up is the Grunfeld defense. A hypermodern opening, the Grunfeld defense places activity above all else. It allows white to build up a powerful center, and to develop freely. Black's counterplay can come swiftly…
Chess Lesson and Video: Jon Ludvig Hammer and Magnus Carlsen have been two of Norway's finest players and most promising talents since they were just kids. Here we get to see a great performance from Magnus and just like in…
A lot of attention is paid to the tricks, traps, and intricacies of the Open Games starting with 1. e4 but not today! In this lesson you will see some of the most valuable tricks and traps that can be…
Chess Lesson and Video: In our featured game today, we are moving from Bobby Fischer to the previous World Champion, Boris Spassky. Spassky faces off with Bent Larsen in a match between the USSR and the rest of the world.…
Opening tastes differ from person to person but some trends never die. The Najdorf is an opening that stands the test of time and has been a popular choice of the world's best players. Kasparov, Fischer, Carlsen, Topalov, Anand have…
Chess feels difficult no matter who you are. One of the things that can make things easier to understand is breaking down a position into smaller bits. A wise thing to pay attention to is the idea of pawn weaknesses.…