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Van Wely,Loek (2681) - Acs,Peter (2591) Essent Crown Hoogeveen (6), 19.10.2002 Nimzo-Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.0-0 Bd6 9.a3 Ng4 10.h3 Nh2 11.Re1 Nf3+ 12.gxf3 Qg5+ 13.Kh1 Qh4 14.Nf4 H ow should Black follow-up on  14...Bxh3 15.Ncxd5 ?

                                           White to play The following position is White to play and its mate in three.No engines please.The red mark denotes here that Black has currently has only move b5 at his disposal.Can you find mate in three here?

An amateur and non-master chess tournament is up in a week or two! Wondering how to play better than you'd usually do? Clueless how to maximize your performance and improve in chess for the tournament? No problem! While you can't gain 200 rating points worth of playing strength in just a very short time (2 weeks), while playing like a master all of a sudden would take a miracle, there are a couple of things...practical tips that will help you play chess better! Grab your notebook and pen. Get ready to jot down notes! A Practical Chess Improvement Tip You Shouldn't Miss! Chess tournaments, especially if you are NOT used to it, can be a psychologically daunting event. Round after round, you are in battle...you are at war. And you better be tough inside and out unless you don't want to be everybody's 'favorite' opponent (favorite because you are giving away free points). Doubting yourself and your chess playing skills is a surefire way to lose! By coming at th...

Suggestions for Improving Your Play by S. Evan Kreider This article describes my personal Chess Education Curriculum. It’s presented as a companion to Kelly Atkins’ outstanding “ The Path to Improvement .” Obviously, there will be some overlap, and perhaps even some differences of opinion, but that’s a good thing! It’s important that aspiring students of any subject (including chess) consider a variety of teaching methods and styles, in order to see which will suit them best. Moreover, there are some substantive differences in these two pieces: whereas Kelly’s focuses a bit more on a long-term study plan, mine concentrates a bit more on how to spend your day-to-day, week-to-week study time. If you are completely  new to chess , then I recommend reading the following three books in order to learn the essentials: Teach Yourself Chess  (2nd ed.) by Bill Hartston. There are a number of good books designed to teach chess to the absolute beginner or help the aspiring novice to impr...

GM Levan Aroshidze  will be conducting his first webinar “ Endgame and Middle game Essentials ” on  18 April at 3 p.m. GMT . You can watch the free intro. video lesson below: If any one interested please check the link-  http://chess-teacher...ame-essentials/

"What are the rules of chess success?" Many beginning and improving chess players all over the world are left scratching their heads and asking the question above. They spend sleepless nights analyzing different variations of the Open Sicilian. They sink their heads on chess tactics training and read strategy books that are encyclopedia-like in thickness. They watch videos of their favorite grandmaster or chess trainer teach a thing or two about playing the endgame. HOWEVER, despite these long hours spent on chess training, they fail to achieve the consistent results they want! These chess players may win in a game in brilliant and masterly fashion. BUT they would lose and get crushed like someone who has played his first chess game against a master. Chances are you are one of these players. After all, if you are consistently winning games, tournaments, and play at a high level, then you wouldn't be here. Well, don't worry. Right at this page, I will outline 3 rules ...

Every chess player wants to play better chess. That's for sure. HOWEVER, with our personal lives in the way - our profession, our families, friends, etc., not a lot of 'wood pushers' have the time or the inclination to spend FULL 8 hours a day on: - Studying the latest developments in the Sicilian Defense and Spanish Game. - Cutting our teeth...memorizing a 30-move win in a king and pawns endgame. - Understanding the 'out of this world' moves of Grandmasters Alexei Shirov and Mikhail Tal. - Discovering the mysteries behind the positional masterpieces of Aaron Nimzovich, Jose Capablanca, etc. And on top of it all, we need to play chess on the internet or on REAL tournaments regularly to make sure we stay in good shape!    [/HR]Unless you are a professional or a grandmaster, there has to be a way to play better chess without spending as much time, right? Well, different coaches and chess players have different 'short cuts' for improving chess. Some focus MORE...

Top 10 Health Benefits of Chess By  Health Fitness Revolution   |   0 Comment Health Fitness Revolution Often known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. While Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer made it popular in the 1950s and 1960s, the game is still widely played around the world today among participants of all ages, from the young to the elderly. The game of chess might not help you build your biceps or tone your abs, but your lifelong mental health can certainly benefit from it. And a sexy and beautiful mind is one of the best assets you can show off! Here are the Top 10 Health Benefits of Chess: Promotes brain growth:  Games like chess that challenge the brain actually stimulate the growth of dendrites, the bodies that send out signals from the brain’s neuron cells. With more dendrites, neural communication within the brain improves and becomes faster. Thi...

An interesting article in Chesscafe that caught my eye. Requirements for Training Exercises:  by   Mark Dvoretsky Now let's talk about the requirements that examples used in training should meet. It is essential that the exercises should be interesting, that the solutions that are found (or even not found!) should give pleasure, and that they should be remembered for a long time, provoking a desire to keep studying. Difficulty of solving. You should not choose problems that are either too easy or extremely difficult – here it is important to use moderation. Sometimes it makes sense to use exercises of increased complexity, but the difficulties should not be purely analytical ones. Only the pleasure received from examining a subtle and beautiful solution can compensate for annoyance at not finding the solution. Necessity and uniqueness of the solution. Here are some examples, taken from various collections of exercises, that did not seem very successful to me. ...