Breakthrough Update

This ending caught my interest as I was working through the games in Chess Informant 130. It is from Moroni -- Hamitevici, Baku 2018, Infor...

Studying with Kramnik Update

Over the course of three sessions, I blitzed through all of the games in Chess Informant 130 that contain an ECO Code beginning with E.* As...

Inspired by Morphy Update

Lesson of the Week This week's lesson for advanced students features part of a complex struggle that reveals how Yasser Seirawan was i...

A Technical Win? Update

The annotations in Chess Informant 44/672 by Oscar Panno indicate that Black is in zugzwang . The game was Panno -- Leskovar, Buenos Aires ...

Krasenkow -- Hammer, Stockholm 2018 Update

A couple of days ago, I watched the video, " Fear the Bishops: Hammer vs. Krasenkow ," by Jon Ludvig Hammer on Chess.com . In this...

The Best Chess Game Ever Played Update

What is the best chess game ever played? What criteria determines this choice? Do we favor players whom we like? At Inland Chess Academy...

Seeing Patterns Update

Tal's Winning Chess Combinations (1979) has influenced my perception. Last week, I read the first chapter of this book by Mikhail Tal a...

Discovery! Update

White played the strongest move in this position from Marovic -- Pomar Salamanca, Espana 1969, Chess Informant 7/505. White to move ...