Chess Tip Of The Day

Use your computer as a training partner, if you do not have access to a trainer or regular sparring partner. Steve Giddins, How To Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire

Attacking chess will normally involve tactics at some point. Tactics by their nature usually involve checks or captures. So the most important things to watch for are checks and captures. Simon Williams, Improve Your Attacking Chess

To create a passed pawn from a pawn-majority it is best to begin by advancing the pawn which has no enemy pawn in front of it. Luděk Pachman, Complete Chess Strategy 2: Pawn-Play And The Centre

Most endgames of king and queen versus king and rook and pawn are theoretical wins. Even where they are theoretical draws, the side having the queen should play them out because it is very difficult to draw them in actual play. Edmar Mednis, Questions And Answers On Practical Endgame Play

Advanced pawns often control squares that can become an important base for penetration by the pieces into the opponent's camp. Practice has shown that it is often best to occupy such outpost squares with a knight. Nikolay Yakovlev, Chess Blueprints

ChessBase and Chess Assistant have functions to show you in what lines your future opponent scores well and in what lines he scores badly. It is very easy to be tempted to play a line in which your opponent has not done well. However, it is also quite dangerous. If you know nothing about the line, you will be in dire straits if your opponent deviates at a point where you did not expect it. Christian Kongsted, How To Use Computers To Improve Your Chess