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Tag: positional play

Chess: mobility: opening files?

By Jack Posted on December 30, 2015 Posted in chess, lifestyle Tagged with keeping a file closed, limiting mobility of opponent's pieces, positional play

The tutor discusses the (dis)advantage of opening files. I suffered some chess burnout earlier this holiday season, but hope I’m making a recovery. I still lose more than I win, but computers aren’t prone to error the way a human …

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Chess: positional play

By Jack Posted on December 7, 2015 Posted in chess, lifestyle Tagged with Killegar Chess, Ludek Pachman, positional play

The tutor reflects on his evolving chess experience. When I played chess as a kid, I knew little about it. Eventually I came to believe that tactical finesse was the key to winning. For me, in those early days, it …

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