You are playing a tournament and have defeated a lower rated opponent in the last round. You feel confident, satisfied, and enjoy your accomplishment for a while. You check the next round pairings with a smile on your face and are greated by a familiar feeling of missing a heartbeat. You are paired against aContinue reading “Winning against higher rated opponents”
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Visualization Training – II
In the first article on this topic we saw how we could visualize an entire chess board in our minds. So what next? Now, we come to the pieces. Piece Annotation King K Queen Q Rook R Bishop B Knight N Pawn – (The pawn has no annotation) From the previous article, we already knowContinue reading “Visualization Training – II”
Top 5 female chess players
Time and again women have proven themselves to being great athletes when it comes to various sports, be it indoors or outdoors. Even in chess, they have proven that they don’t lag behind their male counterparts. After all, chess is undoubtedly a game of mental strength and definitely one that challenges the greatest of minds.Continue reading “Top 5 female chess players”
Elo System
Any sport that you play has a ranking system. The number one ranked tennis player in the world right now is Novak Djokovic, the number one ranked cricket player is Virat Kohli and in the same way the number one ranked chess player is Magnus Carlsen. Chess uses an ELO system to define each player’sContinue reading “Elo System”
Chess Clock
A chess clock is a timer which is used during a chess tournament with the purpose of recording and keeping track of the time used. The clock has two timers showing the time utilized by the players. The time reduces for the person who is to move. So, if it is black’s turn to playContinue reading “Chess Clock”