Chess Blog

Chess is all about tactics and strategies, or, more precisely, strategies then tactics. Careful positional play and well-planned strategies would accumulate tiny advantages move by move, providing significant spatial advantages and initiatives over time. 

This, however, does not mean playing passively; all positional maneuvers are employed to prepare for the ultimate strike – a deadly tactical aggression. This series of blogs aims to introduce various positional play ideas and interesting strategies through real games, as well as an analysis of positional mistakes in the gameplay.

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Introduction Throughout history, the strategic battles on chessboards have been likened to the violence of war (mostly by people with questionable chess …

Introduction In his book Dynamic Chess Strategy, GM Mihai Suba writes about the Hedgehog structure, a compact, defensive opening setup for Black …

Introduction Hi everyone! Welcome back to another school year, and, much more importantly, another year of Chess in the Library’s tournaments. As …

Introduction Hi everyone! Welcome back to another school year, and, much more importantly, another year of Chess in the Library’s tournaments. As …

Written by Ryan Yao Game Analysis 1. d4 c6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 This is a very common response from …

Written by Ryan Yao Game Analysis 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. …