This week I decided to take a break from the typical examination of one positional theme and present you a recent game by one of the great masters of Positional Play. I i...

Last month, I ended with examining the third element of good positional play: good and bad squares. This week I would like to show how to effectively make the most of goo...

It is probably no longer a surprise for you when I tell you it was indeed Vishy Anand who won the 2014 Candidates tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. The key to his tournament...

Please close your eyes and visualize your last game or exercise you solved. Can you visualize the whole chessboard? Good for you! You make unconscious use of this quality...

I like the youtube video from Magnus Carlsen. So, let's share it with you!      transcribed Carlsen's words below >> A lot has happened and the...

This week I’d like to explore the positional concept of good and bad squares. A keen reader of the previous articles will have noticed a strong link between squares and...

mqdefault.jpg Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Aronian, Levon FIDE Candidates Tournament 2014 2014.03.23 In this blog post I'd like to have an indepth look at a game that may ...

In my previous blog post, we saw the importance of placing our pieces towards the center and on squares where it attacks enemy weaknesses. In the game Van Kampen Thorfins...

Smaller or bigger, simple or complicated, written or unwritten, rules are playing an inherent role within our lives. The thorny road of a new born child is “clearly” ...

Hi everyone! Beginning this month, I will do a series of blogs on the “Elements of Positional Play.” While opening preparation and calculation skills have taken a mor...

The three golden rules of the opening As a chess coach, I never talk to players under 1600 elo rating on opening theory. The reason for this is that they need to learn h...

Upgrade your endgame. and win more games! International chess master Robert Ris developed the unique endgame trainer that is based on a well-known program of Ches...

mqdefault.jpg Aronian, Levon - Svidler, Peter  FIDE Candidates Tournament 2014 2014.03.17 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 The Grunfeld. Not much else could be expected fr...

Sadorra, Julio Catalino - Pena, Pablo 2014 Western Class Championship 2014.03.07 In response to Janton's blog, here's my experience in dealing with an unsafe king in a ...

  Manuals and Books are sometimes hard to follow along. Why just go through countless pages of laborious explanations when you can ask questions about the exercises...