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Alberto Chueca

Top 10: Marvelous Apps to Play Chess

The best apps to play chess

Improving in chess is a task that requires hard work, discipline, and excellent methods to learn. As a chess coach, I can tell by experience, that chess learning must be fun and progressive.

One of the best ways to combine learning with fun is by always changing the method you use to train, or by trying out different strategies.

Today we bring you the 10 best chess apps to play chess and improve your skills in the process.

Chess.com

Chess.com is a desktop ask to the webpage of chess.com, you have surely heard about … Read more

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06 Online Chess, Databases and Software ♟️
Alberto Chueca

The Favorite Openings of AlphaZero

What is AlphaZero?

That is a quite interesting question that is actually very difficult to answer, but I’ll do my best. AlphaZero is a chess engine developed by Google’s DeepMind, a project of the main company Google.

We all thought that the creators of the program Stockfish were the best in what they do, but we were wrong. The programmers of Google’s DeepMind showed the world how to create a chess machine.

This goes to a whole another level, because AlphaZero is not even a chess engine, is more of a chess artificial intelligence. AlphaZero wasn’t nurtured with … Read more

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Alberto Chueca

The Best Tactics Trainer of The Whole Internet On Chess.com

Chess.com tactics

The tactics in chess are one of the most important factors of the game, also one of the funniest. The chess.com tactics trainer is the best, and with great renown on the internet.

Training tactics are very important, so it’s to expect that you want to choose the best option. Of course, I will always recommend books over a traditional tactical trainer on the internet.

But if you don’t like books it’s ok, you can use the internet to find what you need.

Some of these trainers have features and commodities that compete with each other to appeal … Read more

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Alberto Chueca

Improve Your Skills 100% With The Chess Puzzle Rush

What is the chess puzzle rush?

One thing that every chess player in the world love is the chess puzzle rush. One of the most interesting chess mini-games that exists is related to tactics.

You may be wondering: But, how is the chess puzzle rush played?

Its name explains itself, it’s a game in which you will be given several chess tactical puzzles one after another to solve in the least time possible. The more puzzles you can solve in a pre-determined time; the more points you will win.

You can play by yourself or with a friend or rival … Read more

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06 Online Chess, Databases and Software ♟️
Alberto Chueca

The Monster Stockfish 13 to Improve your Chess!

Stockfish: The best chess engine in the world

Today we are going to talk about Stockfish, the chess source for everyone, that will allow you to analyze chess positions. The Stockfish configuration, download, and usage will be explained in detail today.

Quick disclaimer: This isn’t really the “best chess engine” it’s the second-best chess engine created, with GoogleDeepMind’s Alpha-Zero being the first one, but not being available for everyone.

Nevertheless, Stockfish has a great strength to play chess, having the insane amount of 3560 ELO rating, you can view the stockfish configurations for the skill level.

Recently, on February 19… Read more

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06 Online Chess, Databases and Software ♟️
Alberto Chueca

Grandmaster Mac Chess Academy: Start learning with their free videos and follow up with private chess coaching.

One of the last websites I have discovered is the Grandmaster Mac Chess Academy! I was surprised because it has a great number of chess resources and videos to learn, and best of all, many of them are free! GM Mackenzie Moliner analyzes in video interesting games to learn new concepts and discover new ideas.

Videos are well-structured as learning material because you can find punctual chess lessons or videos about one specific topic, like “Attacking Chess Course”, “The Sicilian Defense Course”… with many chapters in each one. The fact that a GM like “Mac” analyzes positions showing how … Read more

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06 Online Chess, Databases and Software ♟️
Alberto Chueca

What is the chess-result.com server for?

What is the chess-results server?

The chess-results server or chess-results.com is a useful webpage that allows people to access a great amount of important chess data. You can view any kind of information related to chess tournaments and games.

This is really useful for people who need to review information about other tournaments or their own. The chess results of all tournaments in the world are registered here so everyone can access them.

Players can also view their own chess results on the platform, information about their FIDE ratings, chess norms, and etcetera. When a player is new in the … Read more

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Lichess Puzzles Benefits, Is it for you?

The internet has so many great resources to practice puzzles. The key is finding a platform that you like, as well as an effective one. Remember, that the main point of puzzles is to give you practice positions. You determine what move or sequence of moves you would play if you were actually playing the game. It's also great for recognizing common patterns.

With that out of the way, let's make the judgment on if Lichess puzzles are good for you or not!

Signing up for a Lichess account

Generally, when you go to Lichess, if you have not created … Read more

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06 Online Chess, Databases and Software ♟️
Alberto Chueca

5 best chess apps for iOS

Chess on the iPhone?

Yes, almost everyone is hooked onto their iPhones on a daily basis. It is a revolutionary invention that changed our lives forever. A big reason that we love our iPhones is because of the apps. There are all kinds of apps, whether it be games, fitness, the news, etc.

Naturally, we have our beloved chess apps. Chess is so amazing that such an ancient game invented thousands of years ago accommodates so well with the technology to this day. It's simply amazing how much progress chess has made.

So here are the top chess apps on … Read more

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06 Online Chess, Databases and Software ♟️
Alberto Chueca

Chesslang – Tools for Online Chess Academies (I).

Tools for Online Chess Academies: Chesslang.

Are you looking a powerful software to help you to have online chess lessons and train your students? Then, you must discover Chesslang. I will show you the pros and contras that it has this software.

Chesslang is one of the tools that I use as a coach in my Online Chess Academy. Let me show you Chesslang in-depth.

What can you do in Chesslang?

  1. Train your students, having the possibility to upload pgns and load them in the lesson. In addition, the microphone and the webcam are incorporated.
  2. Give them assignments to solve.
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