FM amazingatlasThe Rule of Three: The Candidate Move Capablanca Never Calculated
The fourth game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is his second straight loss to the same habit, no…
RuyLopez1000Magnus Carlsen vs Garry Kasparov
It's a paradox.
FM amazingatlasThe Uncastled King: How a Young Capablanca Lost by Not Castling
The third game in Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is another loss, and it turns on the most basic ru…
RuyLopez1000Interview with Grandmaster Alex Colovic
An engaging chat with a Grandmaster.
FM amazingatlasProactive Prevention: The Question That Cost Even Capablanca a Game
A brand new series on Capablanca's own Chess Fundamentals, and he opens the book with a game he lost…
FM amazingatlasThe Knight Dances: How Capablanca Beat a Bad Bishop in the Series Finale
The sixtieth and final game of Chernev's book. Capablanca lures Reshevsky into a knight-versus-bisho…
FM amazingatlasPosition First, Material Next: How Capablanca Won a Pawn Down vs Two Masters
A consultation game: Capablanca alone against two strong masters. He lets them win a pawn, centraliz…
FM amazingatlasSimplify, Then Strike: How Capablanca Untangled a Jam and Queened a Pawn
Eight heavy pieces crammed onto two files, and an advantage almost too small to see. Capablanca diss…
RuyLopez1000Viktor Korchnoi vs Géza Maróczy
An Unearthly and Heavenly Game.
FM amazingatlasHunt the Naked King: How Capablanca Beat Lasker With a Single Quiet Move
The last decisive game these two giants ever played. In a dead-level queen ending, Capablanca hunts …
CPBchessEstructuras de Peones: El Peón Pasado (Parte 4) Alekhine vs Capablanca
La histórica partida decisiva cuya posición final, con las piezas, tablero y planillas originales se…
AlwaysDizzyI Challenged a 2700-Rated Player to a 3-Game Handicap Match
How much of a handicap does a 2200 need to compete with a 2700? I teamed up with fellow YouTuber @Li…
danthedestroyer317Fischer vs Spassky II: The Match of the Century
The 1972 World Chess Championship is perhaps the most famous chess match ever played. It has been an…
RuyLopez1000Can Anyone Become an Expert with Deliberate Practice?
Deliberate Practice vs Cognitive Abilities.
FM amazingatlasThe Minority Attack in Disguise: How Capablanca Won With Fewer Pawns
Everyone learns the minority attack as White, on the queenside, in a Queen's Gambit middlegame. Capa…
CaseyReeseNimzowitsch - Tarrasch, San Sebastian, 1912
The Other Lasker's Notes
FM amazingatlasWin Because of It, Not With It: Capablanca's Passed Pawn Paradox
Capablanca built two connected passed pawns that never queened. Their whole value was the paralysis …
FM amazingatlasThree Directions at Once: How Capablanca Won a Level Queen Ending
Material was dead even and the books call it a draw. Capablanca centralized his queen so she blockad…
FM jeffforeverInterview with FIDE Arbiter Vlad Ghita alias Vlad_G92
Get to know the FIDE Arbiter, FIDE National Instructor, and author of “The Rating Revolution”
FM amazingatlasWinning From Nothing: How Capablanca Won a Full Pawn Down
A pawn down with an edge Chernev called hardly visible to the naked eye, Capablanca kept posing prob…
FM amazingatlasWelcome the Trade: How Capablanca Won Through the Exchanges
Menchik tried to force a draw by exchanging everything. Capablanca welcomed every trade, came out a …
FM amazingatlasFour Against Three: How Capablanca Won the "Drawn" Rook Ending
A rook and four pawns against a rook and three, all on one wing, is a theoretical draw. Capablanca w…
FM amazingatlasKing Safety Is Paramount: How Capablanca Won a Queen Ending With One Quiet Move
The first pure queen ending of the series. Material was level and Capablanca's pawns were worse, but…
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