What is the Woodpecker Method?
Chess, a game as ancient as civilization itself, has been dissected, studied, and refined for centuries. The rise of different training techniques over time has offered players many ways to…
Chess, a game as ancient as civilization itself, has been dissected, studied, and refined for centuries. The rise of different training techniques over time has offered players many ways to…
Every now and then something comes along that becomes all the rave for a period of time. In recent years we have seen this quite often - from NFTs to…
Review of The London System in 12 Practical Lessons “ is not a frequent guest in games at the highest level...yet anyone not aspiring to world championship level may rest…
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…
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 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…
Review of Advanced Chess Tactics, 2nd edition “Long variation, wrong variation” – Bent Larsen, as quoted by the author in this book. Despite its title, this is not your average…
Oh, no! Not the London System! I am sure most players feel the same when the opponent bypasses so much mainline theory by opting for what is often classed as…
How would you feel playing White in the following positions? 2b1r1k1/pp4pp/1npq1p2/2N5/7P/1PQ1P1P1/P4PB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1 Ntirlis - Elyoseph, ICCF 2020 White is ready to play b4-b5! Black managed to…
We are happy to announce the beta release of a HIGHLY requested feature: a Forward Chess Author Tool for authors to create and edit their very own books on the…