TheCommandalorianRoad to NM: Week 6 -- Playing as the Underdog
Welcome back to week 6 on the Road to NM series where I account my progress on the road towards the …
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 MattyDPerrineYou Won Material. Now the Hard Part Starts.
How to consolidate, when to grab, and when the scary-looking move is just the winning one.
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…
GM Puli1234The Outpost Square
A strong outpost can sometimes become the foundation of your entire strategy.
TheOnoZoneChess Improvement Is Solved
This is not clickbait.
IM datajunkieDeciding to play
What I tell myself before a tournament
kringleman5566A Disappointing Defeat
I analysis a loss of mine that should have been a victory
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…
DIAChessClubStudiesProblem Solving Methods Applied to Chess
Using Chess to Improve Problem Solving Skills
GM DrAgnevsteinThe Power of a Queenside Pawn Majority
When I was a child, the following game made a big impression on me. The idea behind it stayed with m…
FM amazingatlasOne Bishop, Two Passers: How Capablanca Won an Opposite-Coloured Bishop Ending
Opposite-coloured-bishop endings are famously drawn. Capablanca steered into one on purpose and won …
DIAChessClubStudiesThe Think Aloud Method
The Most Important Chess Improver's and Coach's Tool
FM amazingatlasCreate It, Then Use It: Capablanca's Passed Pawn Masterclass
A pawn majority is a passed pawn waiting to be born. Capablanca turned a modest queenside majority i…
baskervileYou Won. That Doesn’t Mean You Played Well.
Winning doesn’t always mean you played well. Sometimes the most valuable lesson is hidden in the mis…
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…
IM Lizard1Magnus Pushes the H-Pawn And Destroys a GM
Magnus spends the opening pushing his h-pawn instead of developing his pieces, and somehow that same…
FM amazingatlasThe Transformation Doctrine: How Capablanca Won Without Capturing the Weakness
Capablanca attacked Rubinstein's isolated pawn all game, then gave up that attack on purpose to seiz…
CM jeigoth5The Fastest Way to Improve in Chess
What's the fastest way to improve in chess? Most players think the answer is studying more. I disagr…
FM amazingatlasThe Endgame Capablanca Had to Win Twice: Steiner vs Capablanca, 1928
Capablanca reached a won ending, let the cleanest win slip with a natural move, and then had to win …
RuyLopez1000The 1948 World Championship
The Match Tournament.
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