Opening theory, endgame technique, and the analytical side of improving at chess.
ChessBase´26 – Tips for beginners, Part 20: Award medals to your best games!
ChessBase 26 introduced medals, a tagging system that lets you mark your best (and worst) games without digging through your entire database later. Fl…
Soenke Maus and his contribution to opening theory
Soenke Maus walked away from chess at his peak. In 1995, the German prodigy quit the game entirely to become a marine researcher in Norway, abandoning…
ChessBase´26 – Tips for beginners, Part 19: Find model games for training
ChessBase's search function turns database browsing from tedious to surgical. Use CTRL+F and you hunt for exactly what you need. Looking to study how …
Review: My Sokolov-Strategy, Part 1
Jochen Schwarz, a Bremen club player, identifies a common problem: he gets decent or even winning positions out of the opening, then fumbles the middl…
How to Play the Scotch Opening | Grandmaster Chess Lesson
The Scotch remains one of chess's most fighting openings. White moves out the kn…
Round 9 Underway at 5th Gambit Closed Tournament
The 5th Gambit Closed Tournament enters its decisive stretch in Prague. Round 9 …