Knowing how to attack is an essential part of the chess struggle. An attack can emerge for several reasons – a poor coordination of the opponent’s pieces or a weakness in his king’s shelter could be enough to launch a direct offensive.
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has been a beast in Shamkir, and enjoyed a half-point lead going into yesterday's rest day. His win over Pavel Eljanov in round 3 was huge, as Eljanov had led with 2/2. In fact Mamedyarov was a bit lucky...
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World School Chess Championship 2017 started in Iasi on 21 of April with the conference press and the opening ceremony.
These two events were attended by Mayor of Iasi Mihai Chirica...
Two more publications by Tony Gillam have appeared. The first is another booklet (number 111 already) in the series Rare and Unpublished Chess Tournaments and Matches. It covers tournaments held during 2016 in Amsterdam, Arnhem, Budapest, Utrecht and Vienna.
When preparing an attack against the enemy king it is important to know the typical sacrifices and attacking patterns. We have already covered most of the ways to start an attack and the most common...
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Pavel Eljanov is one of those players who is either super-hot or (by super-GM standards) mediocre; he rarely seems to lurk around 3rd place in elite tournaments. It's still early in Shamkir, but he's off to a great start with 2/2, today defeating Pentala Harikrishna with the black pieces.
Although all the games were drawn, it was still a good, hard-fought final round. The game of the round was Fabiano Caruana's battle with Levon Aronian. Caruana tried a bit too hard to make something happen, and the result was that he lost a piece.
