Attacking At The Right Moment

When you’re playing really well in game, you feel like you’re in complete control and that sooner or later, you’ll eventually find the winning combination. In most cases, you’ll probably won’t and in some, you think you’ve found it, only to realise that it’s actually a losing combination. So the question is, “How do I [...]

Answers To The Exercises

Positional Answer

Welcome To The (Chess) Club

Hello and welcome back, or if you’re new to this site, then welcome to you too. It’s time to start going through some of the more advanced ideas in chess, including when to attack and when to defend, gaining the initiative and exploiting small advantages.

Now You’re Really An Amateur

Chess is a really complex game so it’s no surprise that after all this time that you’re still considered an amateur. But with study and practice, you can easily become a better player and if you’re really keen on it, you can easily gain a master title.

Some Practical Chess Tips

Today, I’m going to give some practical chess tips that I think you’ll find handy – especially during a tournament.

Getting A “Feel” For The Right Move

Chess is a game that requires you to calculate, analyse and to evaluate the positions that you face in a game against your opponent. Each of these things takes a great deal of time to master. And to do these things with exceptional ease – seeing 20 moves ahead with computer-like precision -  is an [...]

Chess Books That You Gotta Have

Statistics show that well over 90% of all interested chess players read chess books or play on the internet (1). Whether they’re getting ready for a tournament or sharpening their tactics or even just want to get in touch with the chess world after a long period of inactivity, chess books are the essential ingredient [...]

Answers to the Positional Exercises

Answer #1

Some Positional Exercises

Now that you’ve had some practice with tactics, you also need some practice with positional exercises. These are less mentally demanding (less concrete variations) but you still have to analyse and critique positions carefully to get an accurate assessment of the position, whether white or black is good or bad.

Answers to the Tactical Exercises

Answer #1