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Assaubayeva is now leading the Women's Grand Prix after spreading some really nasty words and turning an organizational problem into a sour personal dispute between players themselves. It's not the fi…

https://lichess.org/ML89T2aJ/black#0 This is an interesting game for two reasons, and an uninteresting one because it contains too many obvious mistakes. I decided the two favorable reasons would take…

Ivanchuk is a chess legend. According to his own words, Kamsky is a legend for another activity.

I've posted previsouly some examples of tactical blows in the Exchange Slav to show that this opening is not half so quiet (some say boring) as its reputation. This time, my example illustrates the id…

The Blackmar-Diemer (1.e4 d5 2.d4 in this move order) is half-playable at low level (although this is not how you will make progress and increase your playing level), and I'm surprised not to see the …

Here is my analysis, helped by engines of course, of the beautiful decisive tie-break game played by Carlsen and MVL this wednesday. https://lichess.org/study/H94YYm6o As one of the previous games in …

The Semi-Tarrasch, in his special form pionneered by Kramnik and championned by Hou Yifan, is a way to avoid the dreaded Carlsbad structure in the exchange variation of the QGD. It is characterized by…

"In order to overcome your fear, you have to become your fear" (Batman, the Nolan trilogy). I suggest that the players who feels weaker in tactics than in other compartments plays openings when tactic…