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Tournament "News" regulations
Advantages of chess
Today is a Christmas present. Text about what we can gain by playing chess. This is also one of the …
Zalety szachów
Dziś prezent gwiazdkowy. Tekst dotyczący tego co możemy zyskać grając w szachy. To też jeden z przyk…
Strategy test
10 tasks to test your strategic skills
Improving the position of a badly placed piece. Improving own position
Finding the best move is not always easy, especially if we don’t have a well-defined plan.
Peregrination of the king. Improving own position
Peregrination – a journey, especially a long or meandering one. The king usually becomes an active p…
The disappearing move - Weakening the opponent’s position
The concept of the maneuver is that a piece forces the weakening of the opponents’ pawn structure or…
Trading
Trading (exchanging) pieces and/or pawns is one of the key elements in chess.
The shuttle - Weakening the opponent’s position
Maneuver that aims to force our opponent to weaken his pawn structure and worsen the position of his…
Weakening the pawn structure - Weakening the opponent’s position
Weaknesses are an important element influencing the evaluation of the position.
Restricting the opponent’s pieces - Weakening the opponent’s position
The strength of pieces changes, depending on the position.
A guidebook How I look at the chessboard in order not to leave my pieces hanging
When it comes to playing a game of chess everybody will face the problem of how not to overlook thei…
My advice
My advice for beginners and others.