Quality Chess Blog

I do not want to give anything away too soon; but the theme is the same all the way to Christmas Day!

I know the weekend is over, but the level has not significantly dropped. Forgive me, please, I am trying to take your mind of the forthcoming disaster!

If you are like me, you will be following the London Chess Classic finale from the front row. If not, please do watch it online.

In this position, find the strongest move and not just a way to an advantage…

So, it is the weekend again; but this exercise is fun. Black wins quickly in a very surprising way. Not easy at all!

Even though we are just talking candidate exercises this week, we are now heading into the non-trivial territory of the weekend,

I hate winter and Thursday is usually the hardest day on my schedule. But today I am off to London and looking forward to it a lot!

Is the a-pawn just queening?

A quick candidate search and back to work.