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Peter Zhdanov
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25 January 2021

💎 Openings Week // Queen Pawn Openings - The Veresov

Queen pawn systems give White the opportunity to get a reasonable position out of the opening by keeping to set plans and without too much study. This time we take a look at the Veresov Opening. 
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Peter Zhdanov
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21 January 2021

♟️🧰 New Lesson // A Fortified Camp

One of the methods of defending in the endgame against superior enemy forces is gathering all your men into a fist within a small fortified camp. Lock the doors, shut the windows! 
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Peter Zhdanov
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18 January 2021

♟️🧰 New Lesson // Decoy 3 - Hikaru Nakamura's Immortal Game

Back in the day when it was played, Hikaru Nakamura dubbed this brilliancy “the best game he ever played”. A well-calculated queen sacrifice and other spectacular tactical fireworks await you in our new lesson! 
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Peter Zhdanov
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14 January 2021

♟️🧰 New Lesson // David Bronstein

David Bronstein, to whom Viktor Kortschnoj referred to as a “genius”, tied the legendary Mikhail Botvinnik in a World Chess Championship match. Check out our new lesson to learn more about his personality and to discover a game featuring one of his best combinations. 
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Peter Zhdanov
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11 January 2021

♟️🧰 New Lesson // Advantage in development

An advantage in development is all you need to wipe the floor with your opponents, creating masterpieces along the way. Let’s master the art of obtaining and exploiting this advantage! 
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Peter Zhdanov
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7 January 2021

♟️🧰 New Lesson // Jindrich Fritz

Today the man to beat is Dr. Jindrich Fritz – a Grandmaster of chess composition ⚡. Having published 500 chess problems, he won 60 prizes in international competitions. Let’s see if you can cruise through three of his selected studies! 
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Peter Zhdanov
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4 January 2021

♟️🧰 New Lesson // Creating an Impassable Pawn Barrier

⁣“We gonna build the wall!” A pawn wall, to be exact. Our new lesson will help you expand your escape artist’s arsenal of endgame tricks. Some of the featured positions leave chess engines clueless about the outcome of the game! ⁣🎭
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Peter Zhdanov
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31 December 2020

Year in Review – 2020

What a year 2020 has been for chess! While the pandemic changed the way chess tournaments are held today, the world also saw an explosive growth 
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