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At 4 years – youngest Indian chess player!
At 4 years – youngest Indian chess player. At the age where kids grapple with numbers and alphabets, this three-year-old Sparsh Bisht is mastering the moves over the chess board. Still in his pre-nursery (pre-KG), Sparsh took to the game four months back and has started
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Separating the wood from the trees!
Chess is a fun game, till you enter your first tournament! After which all hell breaks loose and two things may happen. Either you will be consumed by passion – or – stand as a bystander in frustration or awe. My intention is not to scare you out of the sport called chess but to help you prepare for it with a proper mindset without any fear or phobia. Separating the wood from the trees
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7 Super Tips – How to prepare for chess tournaments successfully
How to prepare for chess tournaments? I would like to share some thoughts on this aspect of Chess. I am sharing some personal techniques as I have seen the impact of these points on my own experience.
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Knights can often be better than Bishops – 5 Points to Ponder
Knights can often be better than Bishops. When there are weak pawns, even on an open board this factor is important to remove misconceptions about the ‘slowness’ of the knight. Read more… (click on the title)
read moreLondon Chess Classic – Carlsen first, Kramnik second
It was a thrilling finale to a historic event. In the final round, Judit Polgar drew with Levon Aronian, while Vladimir Kramnik also drew, with Michael Adams. Hikaru Nakamura fought against Luke McShane, who blundered, while Magnus Carlsen, despite a guaranteed first, pressed hard against Vishy Anand, came close to winning, but eventually drew. The 2012 London Chess Classic took place in the Olympia Conference Centre from Saturday, December 1st until Monday, December 10th. A win was counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss zero. Links Official tournament site All games in... read more
Reprogram your brain.
Why should you Reprogram your brain ?
The common misconception is that blunders are just tactical errors. Tactics are definitely involved, and better tactical vision will certainly help reduce the number of these blunders, but merely studying tactics is like
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