Meintest du best?
I wish I could tell you that my first win against a 2400 was perfectly-played and worthy of a chess book! Well, it didn’t happen that way. I won a paw…
FunMasterMike Beats A 2400!
Today we go to Las vegas and hit the Jackpot! We also invert last week’s lesson with FunMasterMike. This time the knight dominates the bishop! Watch how silly a bishop feels when all of his pawns are on the same color as him. You’ll also see some common endgame ideas like triangulation and decoy. It takes a lot of knowledge to be World Champion, which is exactly what the White player became in this very tournament!
With only one fighting piece on the board, there’s not much to think about, right? Wrong! Today FunMasterMike shows you a game between two World Champions. You’ll learn all the factors that go into deciding whether the bishop or the knight is better in the endgame. You’ll also learn about the cool theme
Learn how Shabalov beats the snow plow once and for all by using his lead in development
Today former World Champion Boris Spassky beats a top-five player in about 20 moves
First, a record-setting game, in which he beats a grandmaster at only 10 years old
For some reason, a lot of good chess players have long names. For example, there is Ponomariov, Mamedyarov, and Morozevich – and longest of all, Dzindzi…
In a quieter, more slow-tempo type of game, he could be beaten.
ChessKid, Titled players, Silver medal, Shreyas Royal
now one point ahead of second place and the clear favorite to win this as I had beaten
Young chess prodigy FM Shreyas Royal plays against top-rated chess players in the European Individual Chess Championship. Crossing 2400 FIDE and is well on his way to earning IM norms.
He had beaten GM Haik Martirosyan (2630) before in classical chess!
The power of the knight…he’s different from all the other pieces, right? He can jump, go in two directions, hop over anything in his way. Is a knight, toge…
Sometimes the knight beats the bishop; Read Part 1, where the rook gets the best
