Chess Tip Of The Day

A desire to create complications at an early stage in the game sometimes urges a player into unwarranted experiments. Alexey Sokolsky, The Modern Openings In Theory And Practice

When you have a dangerous initiative, it is important not to cash it in for material too soon. John Nunn, Grandmaster Chess Move By Move

The fewer pieces there are on the board, the more squares will become available for the heavy pieces, and consequently their strength increases for every exchange. Jacob Aagaard, Excelling At Positional Chess

You should not eat a heavy meal during the hour before you play. Digestion will influence the amount of blood going to your head. Jacob Aagaard, Excelling At Chess

Among the positions that form exceptions to Tartakower's famous aphorism, "all rook endings are drawn," those where the stronger side has an outside passed pawn supported from behind are especially unpleasant for the defender. Mihail Marin, Secrets Of Chess Defence

I have developed a rough method for a preliminary evaluation of rook endings. For each favourable element, such as an extra pawn, spatial advantage, the more-active rook, or an important weakness in the enemy's camp, one point is awarded. If the difference between the two sides is one point the position is clearly better but not necessarily winning. With the exception of some extreme cases a score of 2-0 or 3-1 should guarantee a win. Mihail Marin, Learn From The Legends