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...

Winning Advantage? Update

Stockfish and other engines give White an advantage of 1.7 to 2.3 pawns, but cannot suggest an approach superior to that played in the game....

Avoid the Torturous Draw Update

White to move Analysis Position This position could have occurred had White played 37.Be6 and Black replied fxg5+ hoping for a rook v...

Try not to Lose Update

What must White do? White to move

Assess the Pawn Ending Update

Black to move Black exchanged rooks and went on to win. Was the rook exchange technically correct?

Playing with Rooks Update

Lessons for both my beginners and advanced students focused on rooks this week. For the beginners, the lesson focused on an elementary check...

Patterns and Calculation Update

There has been quite a bit of discussion concerning pattern recognition the past week on Chess.com . An article by a philosophy student,* ...