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GM Ipatov and the road to Chess Mastery

Sep 19, 2021Davide NastasioChess InterviewAdrian Mikhalchishin, chess improvement, Chessbase, Efstratios Grivas, Endgames, Ipatov Alexander, Openings, Romain Edouard, Thinkers Publishing

A long time ago, before COVID hit the world, I had the chance to talk to GM Alexander Ipatov and ask him how he became the strong player he is today. In this interview we can discover more on the genesis of a top grandmaster. How many hours a day he was studying when he

A modern guide to checkmating patterns – Vladimir Barsky New in Chess 2020

Sep 9, 2021Davide NastasioCheckmatesBarsky chess, Checkmates, chess book, Chess review, Endgames, New in Chess

Often it is said one should learn chess first by learning the endgames. Unfortunately those who repeat such phrase like parrots don’t really understand there is another phase of the game which should be taught first, and which is as well as important: the checkmates! Learning checkmates should be fundamental, because it will introduce the

The Human Factor in Chess

Jun 26, 2021Davide Nastasio1 CommentEndgame, Middlegame, OpeningsActivist, alekhine, Botvinnik, Chess middlegame, Endgames, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Openings, Pragmatist, Reflector, Spassky, Theorist

GM Karsten Mueller shouldn’t need a presentation, he is likely the GM who has written more books about the endgame in chess history! He publishes regularly on Chessbase Magazine a column on chess endgames which is simply fantastic, and big like a book, since he presents something like 50 different endgames every 2 months. I