Members enjoy access to all archived content, including thousands of PDFs and hundreds of Ebooks – all free! To join: make a $25 (or more) tax deductible donation to ChessEdu.org and we will send your log in details for one-year access. (It may take up to 72 hours to receive your log in.) In Trial by Tactics you are shown the position just before the tactic occurs and then asked to visualize the winning sequence. Thereby emulating a real game scenario. We intersperse these puzzles with endgame studies and chess problems to explore the broad spectrum of chess creativity. We recommend using Trial by Tactics in conjunction with the ChessEdu.org curriculum. A new puzzle is posted … [Read more...]
Play Like Mikhail Tal!
Trial by Tactics is our member-only Daily Chess Puzzle. Members enjoy access to all archived content, including thousands of PDFs and hundreds of Ebooks - all free! To join: make a $25 (or more) tax deductible donation to ChessEdu.org and we will send your log in details for one-year access. (It may take up to 72 hours to receive your log in.) In Trial by Tactics you are shown the position just before the tactic occurs and then asked to visualize the winning sequence. Thereby emulating a real game scenario. These puzzles can also be used as test questions in conjunction with the ChessEdu.org curriculum. A new puzzle is posted daily. A tactic a day keeps the losses at bay! [FEN … [Read more...]
Unjustified Weakening of the Pawn Structure
Russian IM Mark Dvoretsky is one the most respected chess trainers in the world today. In his March 2015 column he presents the third of a six-part series dealing with positions in which Black opens the g-file after a trade of minor pieces. A new column is posted the second Tuesday of each month. Unjustified Weakening of the Pawn Structure By Mark Dvoretsky As a rule, White strives to exploit his opponent's kingside weaknesses by playing for attack, and keeping the queens on the board. But sometimes, pawn structure minuses make themselves felt even deep into the endgame, as the following examples demonstrate. Tal - Korchnoi Game 1, Semi-Final Candidates' Match, Moscow 1968 1.d4 Nf6 … [Read more...]
Master Class Vol. 2: Mihail Tal
A Wonderful Multimedia Product by Davide Nastasio Master Class Vol. 2: Mihail Tal, ChessBase DVD, Running Time 4 hours, 13 min., $39.95 (ChessCafe Price $29.95) This review is about a wonderful new multimedia product. When it comes to chess improvement methods, we often only consider learning from books, and maybe they are best. Yet thanks to the integration of computer, video, audio, and software, we can have chess material that engages all our senses, which broadens our ways to learn. The Master Class series of DVDs starts with Robert James Fischer, rightly the greatest world champion of all, continues with Tal, and now there is already a third installment on Alekhine. I … [Read more...]