In this Video you can see how white brilliantly outplayed black in the opening and won convincingly ..read more

Hello guys, I have something amazing to tell you! We just created a youtube channel and will upload a lot of useful material here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQrIW1RIxiW8S7WgNOqEJg) You can already find a deep analysis of one very instructive game played by one of our students ..read more

Very recently I played a very fascinating game. There were tons of mistakes. And both sides had good chances to win the game. 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Sf6 3.Sc3 e5 4.dxe5 [4.Sf3 is the main move and keeps then tension] 4…dxe5 5.Dxd8+ Kxd8 ..read more

GM Boris Avrukh is going to held a free webinar on the 16th of May. Topic will be a specific line in the King’s Indian Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Be3 0-0 7.Be2) where Avrukh is one of the top experts. In order to participate in Avrukh’s Webinar, you just need a zoom account. Avrukh is a strong Grandmaster for many years (former 2650+). Despite being an excellent player, he is even more known as author of some amazing books on 1.d4 repertoires and as a coach of the best players (e.g. Caruana) Avrukh will not only focus on theory, but also on new developments and on the main i ..read more

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When listening chess most people tend to think about 2 relatively umsporting people sitting and playing for hours. While this might be true there are very rarely people in the world class who do not exercise. So let us take a look on the impacts of sport! The modern GM of the 21st century spends a certain amount of time on exercising. Take Kaido Kulaots for an example. Although he is over 40, he exercises very much and performs quite good. On the otherside there are great players like Igor Miladinovic who suffered health issues and couldnt hold their level of chess. One of the first players t ..read more