Saturday, October 26, 2013

Strategic Play

Grandmaster Ronen Har-Zvi presents positions from Jacob Aagaard's
Strategic Play chess book.
  
   
    

    
    

Discover your own personality with help of chess

Becoming successful at chess allows you to discover your own personality.
That's what I want for the kids I teach.


Saudin Robovic
  

More about benefits of chess: "Chess makes me a better designer"

There are many benefits from playing and studying chess. Here is another one:
"For me, chess is a powerful exercise in creative strategy when faced with nearly infinite permutations. As such, chess makes me a better designer." (Billy French)


Link to the rest of the article, How Chess Makes Me A Better Designer, written by Billy French.

See also the
collection Research and Benefits of Chess.
  

Friday, October 25, 2013

Intuitive focus in your chess games

Our basic intuition about what is required in a position can always be improved.
Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard has written an article about this.


Link to the article (pdf) published at the website FIDE Trainers' Commission.