To round off our brief look at different sections of the game, here are some great tips to improve your chess endgame. The King is a Weapon You’ve spent most of the game treating the King like he’s made of glass and hiding him from your opponents pieces. In the endgame the King can become […]
Playing friends and family can quickly become a bit limiting for the aspiring chess player. So it’s quite natural to look around and see where else you can get a game and improve your skills. This is particularly important for the player who’s looking to enter competition play at some point or another. The Chess […]
We’ve already looked at some tips for the start of the game, this time we’ll look at the mid-game but we’re going to move to a slightly more conceptual level as this part of the game can be very complex indeed. Acknowledge the arrival of the Midgame Really this means taking some time to consciously […]
One of the hardest things to do in Chess is to choose an opening, particularly when you’re unfamiliar with your opponents strengths and weaknesses. There are literally thousands of possible combinations of move – only 3 physical moves into the game. However, not all of these choices are created equal. So we’ve got a quick […]
When the Oxford Press put together a series of “Top 10 Chess Players” from a series of different professions, they came to an extraordinary conclusion. Scientists aren’t very good at chess, in fact they couldn’t find 10 great chess playing scientists at all. One particularly notable omission from the (shortened) list was Einstein. Despite his […]