The Thematic Chess Method
Chess secrets the masters don't reveal in their books--This is arguably the most important chess website on the internet |
Before we sit down at the chess table we should have an overall view of what we intend to do with the specific openings we intend to play. These openings in our repertoir preset the strategies and tactics of the middle game--the "theme"-- which then lead to specific endgame positions. In other words chess can be viewed as a tree, the opening is the trunk, the middle game is the branches and those branches themselves branch out to various endgames. The flowers and fruits of our tree of chess are our victories. Throughout the game we encounter patterns that tell a practiced eye the strategies and ultimately the tactics we need to play and the techniques we need to use. When we discuss "technique" we are talking about the spin without the top, technique is the way we do things, and so it is neither strategy nor tactic, nonetheless it is an important pattern that we should study although most chess players tend to neglect it. The best way to learn all this is through the study of the positions themselves, learning their names and the techniques for playing them. This site is arranged in the form of a tree, showing the positions in the order in which they arise, giving them specific names and providing numerous examples, puzzles and full games to develop your chess I.
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