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Chessbase Complete: Chess in the Digital Age – 5 Useful Tips
ChessBase Complete: Chess in the Digital Age Chess in the Digital Age is an enchanting 356 pages guide that explains almost all aspects of using ChessBase. Let us start with the basics first. What is ChessBase? ChessBase is an amazing chess database software mainly used by top professionals and by amateurs. It has evolved constantly from a very basic chess data reference tool to a full-blown chess database software. Much like the Swiss knife of Chess What is the book about? For those who have been using the ChessBase Software (and I am pretty sure at least 75% of chess players around the world have used it at one point in time or the other) for straight forward game collections and annotations or for mundane tasks like viewing a game or playing a game online, this book will show what ChessBase software is actually capable of doing. Here a small caveat – though the author has done a very good job explaining the key features with real-time case studies, it can by no means be labeled as ‘complete’. However, that does not take any credit away from the utility value of the book which is a path-breaking one. Why this book? I am sure most of you would have by now figured out a few basic functions in Chessbase, but a lot of the nerdy stuff features are not obvious unless you see them in the true perspective of results. You may argue that there is a user-manual in the program as is the case with all software, and pretty much is explained in there, but it’s written more with... read more
Review: Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies
Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies by Ghenrikh Kasparyan is a true treasure trove of many of the greatest chess compositions by various authors, including Kasparyan himself. – well organized and presented. No other book even comes close to its level of organization by topics such as ‘two minor pieces trap a Rook’ or ‘two Rooks trapping a Queen’ so that you can look up specific scenarios according to which game play is involved.
I remember as a kid I was forced
Smart Chess Training
Most of the beginners and parents start doing something merely by looking at others like learning endings or openings and then wonder why they do not win games.
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How important is Physical fitness in Chess – 5 Tips to better focus in chess
How important is physical fitness in Chess? I wonder if we must take into account the state of our health when we are about to play a chess game.
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Power of the common Pawn – Chennai (Tiger) Express
This was one brilliant game of technique played by Vishy Anand, that shows how positional understanding is the foundation of all tactics. Its not often you get to see a game that literally keeps you mesmerized. There was some inefficiency by Wesley So but that does not take the credit away from Anand. A champion has to be brave and this is what Anand demonstrated – he showed the Power of the common Pawn today in Shamkir 2015.
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Chess Informant – the esoteric art of learning chess – hacking your chess brain.
Chess Informant – the esoteric art of learning chess – hacking your chess brain. Why esoteric? Because it was not known publicly till now. And why hacking? Because we are using action instead of passive knowledge. And why are using this book to hack our chess training?
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