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Chess Openings: The London System – IM Alberto Chueca

The London System

When we learn to play chess, our teachers teach us the opening and its basic principles. Simple things like control the center, develop your pieces, castle, etc. The uphill battle from here is which opening to choose from. There are so many choices! In this article, I want to recommend you the London System.

Many players chose prestigious opening lines like the Najdorf Sicilian, Italian Game, maybe even King’s Gambit, and spend hours of our lives memorizing theory and learning every trap in the book.

Although, what if I told you that there is … Read more

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Chess Tournaments APP: Find all the tournaments around the world automatically!

Chess Tournaments app

Pieces sounding as they move, the atmosphere tense and silent, some cries of victory!, sometimes heat, sometimes a cold sweat that runs down the cheeks of people who are focused on just one thing: WIN the chess game.

This is what a chess tournament reflects. The passion that unites a certain group of people where they demonstrate their skills on the board.

Many with enough level to reach the final, others experiencing their first time, but everyone needs to know where could we find the tournaments.

Then, the “Chess Tournaments” app appears to … Read more

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IV Ansoain Chess Open

For some players, the most important part of the chess tournaments is if they raise their chess rating or they lose it. Others find the prizes and others just want to enjoy playing chess… The chess tournament is the perfect opportunity to examine our own abilities… And a very interesting one is the IV Ansoain Chess Open!

The truth is that for all the chess enthusiasts is always good to know about the next chess tournaments. For those, I must inform you that this time Ansoain Chess Club in collaboration with the The New Casino organizes from August 6^th… Read more

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Chess in schools: The big benefits – 5 ideas about it.

Chess in schools

Every day, people become more aware of the benefits of playing chess. This is one of the reasons for the use of the chess in schools. It's being implemented as an activity for students to practice during class and during breaks.

However, the beginning of chess in schools goes back a few years to California. A volunteer father developed a project which goal was to teach students how to play chess. The idea was well accepted in schools nationwide and expanded quickly to schools in other countries. This made chess a class many students have to … Read more

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My next tournament: Guimarães Chess Open 2018! 04 a 07 de Outubro

My next tournament will be the Guimarães Chess Open (Portugal)

Hello friends! Yes! The next chess tournament that I will play will be in Portugal! I will play the Guimarães Chess Open 2018!

The tournament is very strong with lots of Grandmasters and International Masters. It will be hard! There are 7 rounds and will be played in 4 days (with double rounds). The tournament is growing and well organized.

One of the interesting things of the tournament is that we will play in the afternoons (20:00h), something unusual in other countries (like Spain) but many players like to play late! I … Read more

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Chess against cancer

Chess against cancer: A chess tournament against the childhood cancer

Every year, in December, my friend Borja Sanmartín and the ASPANOA Association (an association created against childhood cancer) organize a very famous tournament of chess against cancer to collect money to help in this fight. It's a tradition and a very good reason.

The tournament is really strong and many international and grandmasters play it. Although the most important part is to collaborate with this tournament to help the children that they need this help.

It will be played on Sunday, December 2, 2018, in the morning session starting at … Read more

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First Saturday – Chess: Promoting chess on Budapest!

First Saturday – Chess: Closed tournaments

If in a previous article (read it here), I wrote about the interesting closed tournaments for FM, IM and GMs that they were organizing every month on Budapest. Without knowing it, now I have discovered that one of the best organizers and arbiters Nuno Andrade (and friend ;) ) is collaborating on the First Saturday Tournament of November which is being played on Budapest!

Laszlo Nagy is known as “Mr. First Saturdays”! due to he has organized many closed tournaments every First Saturday of the month for more than 25 … Read more

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How to train chess? Discover the all the secrets and the best methodology!

Do you want to know how to train chess properly?

If you are a chess player and want to know how to train in chess, this is your article.

Whether you're a person who sees chess as a means of entertainment or someone who wants to improve properly and understand all the concepts of chess, here I will tell you numerous tips and recommendations so that you can train chess and achieve what you set out to do.

Many chess players ask themselves every day what you have to do to be able to play good games, have remarkable results … Read more

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Proven: What is a chess PGN? Discover all about it!

Chess PGN

A Chess “PGN” stands for Portable Game Notation, people use this format on the computer to save (as its name implies) chess games. This small format helps chess players to record their games online, against computers or other players to use as a basis for their analysis and personal progress. Excellent, isn't it?

Imagine, you stand in front of your PC and start playing a game online against a certain person, it turns out that your mind is active and ready for the game. So you start using a tactic you read recently or the strategy … Read more

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