It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.

It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.

Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.

We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its subject. Just as there is no such thing as 'artistic' art, so there is no such thing as 'positional' chess.

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

The only good Rook is a working Rook!