thereby giving you more chances to beat weaker players. I would strongly suggest reading the relevant chapters in pawn structure chess by andy soltis before you start anything on openings, since it will prepare you to understand whats really going on in whatever type of opening you will be...
Chess tournaments are a fun group activity and there are a few entrepreneurs that organize chess tournaments full-time. You will want to organize your chess tournament using the Swiss system or round-robin tournament style. The key is how many players yo
A recent study suggested that, in addition to predicting how likely a human would be to make a certain move, it's also importantto account for how good that move is. This matches Chess.com's statement that it evaluates whether moves "surpass … confirmed clean play" from the greats. But...
This sounds a little bit complicated in theory, but in practice it is not. We shall give some examples in order to make the solving process of direct two movers easier to understand. When starting the analysis of the position, the first question is surprisingly "What is Black’s strongest ...
use metal detectors to scan participants; use polygraphs on suspicious players; make everyone sign solumn assurances not to cheat. One thing everyone seems to agree on: people caught cheating, with no room for doubt, must receive a lifetime ban from tournament chess. "What bloodthirsty people ...
In Blitz Chess, that time is drastically shorter. Tournament rules often give either player a total of just 3-5 minutes to take all their turns.[1] This makes for an exciting, breakneck game that often involves many unconventional moves, as players are pressured to take their turns quickly...
There will be no choice but to raise the prize fund of twelve or fifteen thousand dollars, and when the money has been raised make him come to play the match. Until now, the public might have thought that, in fact, he was exercising a legitimate right under the international rules of ...
The Belt and Road Hunan Open 2019 in China, held from July 29th to August 6th, was one of the strongest chess opens on the 2019 calendar. The one thing that made this tournament absolutely unique was the prize fund. The first prize was a whopping USD $50,000. Just to put things ...
Angus Wang, Chess in China: 1. Garry Kasparov, who struggles against new time controls, cares about condition of chess and furthermore, the tournament record shows shows he is actually at the top of the top. 2. Fritz 7 miracles happen when Fritz is on the board. This nomination is...
Poland has had a fantastic tournament. They played so amazingly that out of the eleven rounds they fought against the top eight seeds! They beat the USA and Russia! But the Olympiad is not a place where you can bank on the results of the past rounds. The Polish team had to overcome a...