Tricky Tactics to Tickle Your Brain
Welcome to "Tricky Tactics to Tickle Your Brain"! If you're a chess aficionado, you'll know that tactics are the exciting, brain-crunching moves that can make or break your game. At…
Chess Openings: Caro-Kann
The Caro-Kann Defense is an opening for Black characterized by the moves 1.e4 c6, aiming for a solid but flexible pawn structure while preparing to control the center with ...d5.…
The Art of The Endgame by Jan Timman
The Art of The Endgame Growing up, I personally found endgame study to be so boring. Fewer pieces on the board means fewer complicated variations to calculate, right? Wrong! The…
Playing the English by Nikolaos Ntirlis
The English is a classic chess opening that is a flexible and strategic choice for White, beginning with 1.c4. It focuses on controlling the center and offers interesting pawn structures,…
Chess Openings: The French Defense
The French Defense is an opening for Black characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6 and creates a solid pawn structure and aims for counterattacking opportunities. In this exploration, we'll delve…
Author of the Month: Matthew Sadler
Get to know our Forward Chess author of the month for August 2023, Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and his colorful career as a player and author. Matthew Sadler My career as…
The London Files
The London System has seen a huge increase in popularity in recent times, from the club to the World Championship level, most likely because it's an easy opening to learn…
Chess Openings: The Ruy Lopez
The Ruy Lopez (Spanish Opening) is one of the oldest and most theorized chess openings in the world, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. Let's take a…
Chess Openings: The Queen’s Gambit Accepted
The Queen's Gambit Accepted is one of Black's main responses to White's Queens Gambit opening, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4. Let's take a look at what the Queen's…
Author of the Month: Zenón Franco
Get to know our Forward Chess author of the month for July 2023, Grandmaster Zenón Franco Ocampos, and his latest release "Attacking Chess in the 21st Century". Zenón Franco Chess training…