This is problem 156 from The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book: 1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, from Beginner to Grandmaster, by John Emms…
Month: August 2017
Memorizing Chess Positions
This is a position from the Achutti vs Teixeria, Rio de Janeiro, 2000. Take 60 seconds to study the position and then try to set it up on a board or on the computer from memory…
Strategy on the First Move
You may recognize this position. Suppose you are playing this position as white. What do you do? First, forget about your opening preparation and get focused on the game by…
Tactical Analysis 4
This is problem 24 from The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book: 1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, from Beginner to Grandmaster, by John Emms…
Overlooking Responses to Threats
It is easy to overlook critical responses to a threat. Having a disciplined approach for the assessment of possible responses can go a long way to ensure that you play your best…
Tactical Analysis 3
This position is based on problem 17 from The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book: 1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, from Beginner to Grandmaster, by John Emms…
Sasquatch? (Really??)
It is now 50 years since the famous Patterson-Gimlin film was shot, and yet no definitive evidence for sasquatch has been produced to date. The clock is still ticking. But that doesn’t matter…
Tactical Analysis 2
This is problem 3 in The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book: 1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, from Beginner to Grandmaster, by John Emms…
Tactical Analysis 1
This is problem 1 in The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book: 1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, from Beginner to Grandmaster, by John Emms…
Tactical Analysis
This is problem 671 in The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book: 1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, from Beginner to Grandmaster, by John Emms…
Master Game Analysis, Suba vs Raicevic Part 2
We continue our analysis of the game Suba vs Raicevic, played in Bela Crkva in 1985. In the last post we focused on the last few moves of the game. Here we focus on the opening…