Victory came along the g-file  Last year in my chess teachings at a local club the open file was a main theme. And it seems to me, t... Read more »
                                                            A master of endgames!  In the the year 1976 I traveled with a friend to Biel in Switzerland. There took place a ... Read more »
                                                         A good bishop on b2 Let me first make clear the difference between a good and a bad bishop on b2              Â... Read more »
                                    At the edge of the circle!        Some years ago I had to play in a tournament against a strong International master with an Elo about 2500 ( Today he is a gr... Read more »
         ..., but I missed the decisive tactical blow! To be honest, I was always good in tactics! But many, many years I had problems in opening play. So ten years ago I decided work at that weakness. It was the beginning of a long... Read more »
                                                        The Clearing Sacrify In the following position white had a promising attacking position at kingside. Black`s pieces are absent. ... Read more »
I have posted this game already as article, but in pictures and uncommented. The story of two rooks and one knight, -told in five pictures! Here now the whole game with comments! I really like this game, because I think it would not have been p... Read more »
That is a game I played at another server. I used my passed pawn to transform it in a winning rook vs bishop endgame. Black does his best to play active with his king and his pawns, but the rook work hard in Blacks area. The endposition is a winni... Read more »
In the last lessons we have seen how gambit concept in openings work: You offer a pawn for quick development. Material for time!- Today - in lesson 5 - I want to look forward into middlegame. There also the pawnoffer is a dangerous weapon. Espec... Read more »
So in the last lesson ( lesson 3)I wrote about the concept of gambit: Offering a pawn for quick development. Today in lesson 4 I want to make clear, that it is your choice to accept oder decline a gambit. If you like to have a small material adv... Read more »
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