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It’s just a flesh wound! 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
When you can’t avoid checkmate or you can’t find a reasonable move, it may be time to consider resigning. Many beginners and even improving players will play on all the way to checkmate even when ther...
Talent Identification 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Very often we hear about ‘talented’ players, which usually coincides with their position on an age/rating chart. Yet years of talent watching have made me deeply skeptical about the value of this simp...
Starter’s Orders 25 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
In an excellent recent post, Ashvin Chauhan explained his preference for starting with rooks when teaching young beginners. This is absolutely fine, and, as Ashvin points out, the order used in the St...
Analyzing Games 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Those who teach and coach chess know the importance of analyzing games with their students as part of the learning process. Chess teachers and coaches often use master level games to present important...
The Olympic Torch and an Encounter with Paul Morphy 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
About thirteen months ago I decided I needed a car to match our eco house and lifestyle. The petrol guzzling, super fast, sports estate car would have to stay locked in the garage and a small petrol e...
Improving The Tactical Strength Of Kids: Basic 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Though I have described the general rules for tactics in my post Something From Me I was looking for something more. After some struggles I have come to following conclusions, though these might also ...
Surviving Success 21 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
My son Sam had his best win on Sunday scoring 7 out of 7 in the inaugural Bradford Junior Knights event. But en route to this result he had to survive one of the chess player’s greatest threats, that ...
How to trap Heffalumps 20 Aug 2013 | 12:05 pm
Stronger opponents are not infallible. Stronger players can be a bit too sure of themselves, and they can underestimate their opponents. That is their weakness. One thing I’ve learnt from analysing my...
Black, White and Grey 19 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
One of the problems with writing books about positional themes is that it can be hard to find good examples. Modern Grandmaster games between players of roughly the same strength feature confusion rat...
Words and Pictures 18 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
One of the questions I ask my pupils is this: Do you think in words or pictures? This always requires a bit of consideration: most teachers don’t ask this sort of question. But eventually they’ll be ...
