Master tactics in chess are not limited to traditional gameplay, but can also be a powerful ally in competitive titles, especially in the eSports and online chess scene. Want to know more about this ...

“Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn’t make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be!” If you ask a chess player to elucidate this inspiring quote ...

A Chess board works in similar ways as the lovely little scene we looked at. Chess evolved from ‘Chathuranga’, a board game said to be developed in India thousands of years ago Imagine you are walking ...

Bacrot-Kramnik, Paris 2002. White to play. DK Black has just advanced his rook's pawn, one of my favourite attacking strategies. Why? Because it does not compromise my own king, and the lone pawn can ...

One has to be better than good to win at the World Chess Championship. One has to be nearly perfect. Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, was reminded of that today in his eighth game against the ...

Pawn structures are the backbone of chess. In many instances, especially to the amateur player, these structures are underestimated and overlooked. Actually, the first book I saw about pawn structures ...