The Chess Tactician

I was recently trying to find some gambit lines against the Petroff and I stumbled across the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit. It should be noted ...

I have to admit that I don't think I've ever played the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit as White but perhaps I'd better start doing so ....

Here is last week's club game - a Budapest declined. In this game I made two fundamental errors. 1) I blocked my dark-squared bishop...

Here is another one in this short series of chess traps. I feel it is worth learning these well known traps in case they are sprung against...

I decided to have some fun last night and try an unorthodox chess opening: 1.Nh3, The Amar (Paris) Opening. I don't have much idea how ...

According to M De La Maza, you can improve your tactics by attempting the same set of problems repeatedly. The same set of problems are com...

Although I thought the day would never come, I finally succumbed to temptation and bought a Galaxy Android smartphone . I haven't bee...

Here is a gambit with a nice trap that Blackburne used to play ... but before this - an amusing anecdote concerning Joseph Henry Blackburne ...

I have just downloaded a fantastic, up to date tactics book for my Kindle.  It features the most recent wins of Magnus Carlsen and demonstra...

Here is my game from last night ... My opponent opted to play the London System. I found that as the game progressed there were fewer and f...