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FM MattyDPerrine

You're Down a Pawn. Now Trade Pieces.

The title of the article isn’t a typo.NSN_Knight2022

Bobby Fischer’s “Impossible” Move: The ...Nh5!? That Shocked the Chess World

The ...Nh5!? Surprise That Shocked Spassky in the 1972 World ChampionshipOSCAR_CORDOBA_35

How to Play Chess Like Tigran Petrosian

Iron TIGEROSCAR_CORDOBA_35

The Petroff Defence

Petroff Defence StrategyFM amazingatlas

Whoever Attacks Wins: How Opposite-Coloured Bishops Beat Capablanca

The last loss Capablanca ever published. A pawn up with a great knight on d5, he was crushed anyway,…AdamPoster

The Art of Taking Advantage of Inactive Pieces

This blog is about one of the most beautiful games that follows the concepts of restriction!IM Lizard1

Destroy the King’s Indian With This Aggressive Setup

King’s Indian players are used to playing ...e5, ...f5 and attacking White’s king, but this aggressi…WFM szefru

Board Vision First, Strategy Later

What Should You Actually Think About During a Chess Game?Realraptor

"Most Thought Provoking Book" - "Best Play" by Alexander Shashin

Book proposes tools to mathematically analyse move priorities.FM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang

Good Piece, Bad Piece

Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20-year-old FIDE Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …NSN_Knight2022

Ding Liren: Nothing Happens... Until He Strikes!!

When a much higher-rated player faces a lower-rated opponent, what do we normally expect?DrKalashnikovv

The Right Way to Study Chess Openings

How to actually learn opening and its idea in the most recent ways after the Chess BuffWFM fla2021

The Reti Rifle: Loading My Queen Behind the Bishop

Loading my queen behind the bishop to hit the center, Reti Rifle style, on and off the board.FM amazingatlas

Position First, Material Next: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down vs Two Masters

A consultation game: Capablanca alone against two strong masters. He lets them win a pawn, centraliz…FM amazingatlas

Hunt the Naked King: How Capablanca Beat Lasker With a Single Quiet Move

The last decisive game these two giants ever played. In a dead-level queen ending, Capablanca hunts …FM Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang

I Analyzed 100+ Games In The Benoni... This Is What I Learnt:

Hi! My name is Vidar Grahn. I'm a 20 Year-Old FIDE-Master from Sweden, and as part of my journey to …CM ChessFlow_orgCEO

Is Chess Coaching Worth It?

My answer may come as a surpriseFM amazingatlas

The Minority Attack in Disguise: How Capablanca Won With Fewer Pawns

Everyone learns the minority attack as White, on the queenside, in a Queen's Gambit middlegame. Capa…IM datajunkie

Where my 60 minutes actually went

And what it told me about my own chessFM amazingatlas

Win Because of It, Not With It: Capablanca's Passed Pawn Paradox

Capablanca built two connected passed pawns that never queened. Their whole value was the paralysis …FM amazingatlas

Three Directions at Once: How Capablanca Won a Level Queen Ending

Material was dead even and the books call it a draw. Capablanca centralized his queen so she blockad…FM MattyDPerrine

You Won Material. Now the Hard Part Starts.

How to consolidate, when to grab, and when the scary-looking move is just the winning one.FM amazingatlas

Winning From Nothing: How Capablanca Won a Full Pawn Down

A pawn down with an edge Chernev called hardly visible to the naked eye, Capablanca kept posing prob…FM amazingatlas

Welcome the Trade: How Capablanca Won Through the Exchanges

Menchik tried to force a draw by exchanging everything. Capablanca welcomed every trade, came out a …