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Train and improve your tactical capability becoming familiar with the most frequent tactical themes occurring in a chess game. KEY CHECK MATE POSITIONS When can you force check mate? Analysis of the main piece endgames. CHESS ENDGAMES TECHNIQUE Technique plays a fundamental role in the chess endgames: few material has remained in the Board and the King begins to play an active role. NALIMOV TABLEBASE Online database containing all the possible endings with no more than 6 pieces on the board; upon request, it gives the final result of the inserted ending position. Very useful! FIND THE MOVE Five chess positions to solve of the kind "White to move and win". |
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HOW TO STUDY OPENINGS Some useful tips for beginners: how to choose and study openings, how to move pieces in the opening, strategy in the opening, understanding the Sicilian. SOME THEORY Sicilian Najdorf (Poisoned Pawn vatriation), Belgrade Gambit (Trajkovic variation), Caro Kann Panov Attack (Gambit variation), how to play against Modern defence.  CHESS OPENING DATA BASE An archive of recent games, classified by opening, available for download. It includes both OTB and correspondence chess games, played by strong players and Grand Masters. ECO CODES Openings classified by ECO codes. |
| REVIEWS |
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Reviews of some novels and
short stories related to chess as well as the famous essay by
Fine on the psychology of the chess player.
CHESS AND SMARTPHONE How strong are the apps to play chess in the smartphone? Here are the results of a practical test. |
