Easychess
Not every chess player can achieve master strength, but all chess players can improve. With this certain knowledge, we have created a website to help you do just that. We have focussed on 3 simple areas which we believe will yeild dividends 1. Daily Prize Chess Problem,
2. Weekly Multi-Choice Quiz,
3. Monthly Classic Game Test - We also feature dvds and books etc from our partner site the the london Chess Center shop. you will find these around the site and on our chess goods page.
"Instead we have focussed on 3 simple areas which we believe will yield dividends"
In the 21st century, many chess players have become totally immersed in the study of openings, endlessly processing database information on their laptop computers. Even with limitless time, we would doubt that this is the best way for most chess players to develop their potential. But let’s face it, most of us do not have the time or resources which are available to the professional.
Instead, we have focussed on three simple areas which, we believe, will yield dividends.
In one part, we look at tactics. This website will provide a daily problem which will test and improve your flair for combinations.
Another part will consist of multiple choice questions which will test your knowledge of various aspects of the game of chess. We will provide a new multiple choice problem each week.
Last, and perhaps most importantly, we will invite you to follow a classic game from the past, and guess the moves of one of the masters. You will be allocated points according to how successful you are. When you have completed the test, you will be able to calculate your score and make an estimate of your growing strength. This ‘Test Your Chess’ section will appear monthly.
Click on the links to take you to the relevant section.
Latest Reviews
An Unjustly Neglected Opening
By Stephen Berry
Slay the Spanish! Weapons
Against the Ruy Lopez (Everyman
Chess) by Timothy Taylor, 288 pp. £16.99
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My Best Games by Yasser Seirawan Chessbase, Fritztrainer (DVD).
Reviewed by FM Stephen Berry
Why Not the English (Part Two)?
Grandmaster Repertoire: The English Opening Volume Two by Mihail Marin. Quality Chess, 432 pages. -
Grandmaster Repertoire: The English Opening Volume Three by Mihail Marin. Quality Chess, 275 pages. -
Reviewed by FM Stephen Berry
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Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 4
Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 4 by John Watson, Gambit Publications 2011, Figurine Algebraic Notation, Paperback. 320 pages £17.99/$29.95 Reviewed by the Duke of Brunswick
Alekhine Alert!
A Repertoire for Black against 1 e4 by Timothy Taylor, Everyman Chess 2011, Figurine Algebraic Notation, Paperback, 285pp. £16.99.
Understanding the Alekhine
Play the Alekhine by Valentin Bogdanov, Gambit Publications 2009, Figurine Algebraic Notation, Paperback, 127pp.
A Strategic Opening Repertoire
(Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged) by John Donaldson & Carsten Hansen, 2007 Russell Enterprises, Soft cover, 272pp, $18,00.
Reviewed by the Duke of Brunswick
A Friend for Life?
A Personal Look at the Opening 1 b3
By FM Stephen Berry
Play 1.b3! The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: A Friend for Life (New in Chess) by Ilya Odessky
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ABC of Alekhine by Andrew Martin (Fritztrainer Opening – by Chessbase)
The Fritztrainer Opening (also known as the Fritz Media System) series seeks to combine the benefits of a live lecture by a chess master and a database which may be used with a chess engine.
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