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Getting Started In Chess: Part 7 – Time Controls

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 PapaDragon 1 Comment chess, Chess Basics, chess clock, chess clock rules, chess rules, chess time format, chess timer, Chess Training

This particular post will focus on helping you understand the implications and etiquette that go along with playing a tournament with a specific time control. After reading this you will be able to read a tournament announcement and understand the biggest variable in any tournament which is the time control.

Getting Started In Chess: Part 5 – Chess Notation

September 20, 2019January 4, 2020 PapaDragon 0 Comments Algebraic Notation, chess, Chess Basics, chess notation, Chess Training

Hopefully, you’ve enjoyed this series so far and are playing some chess. One of the great things about chess is

Getting Started In Chess : Part 4 – How To Move The Pieces

June 8, 2019January 1, 2020 PapaDragon 0 Comments challenge, chess, Chess Basics, chess game, chess pieces, Chess Training

We are close to sitting down and playing our first game! The next step in this journey is learning how

Getting Started In Chess : Part 2 – Selecting Your Chessmen

May 3, 2019January 4, 2020 PapaDragon 0 Comments chess, Chess Basics, chess game, chess pieces, Chess Training

Let’s get physical. In this post, we will cover the physical characteristics of what I believe make good chessmen. We

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Caro–Kann Defence

April 21, 2019January 1, 2020 PapaDragon 0 Comments caro-kann, caro-kann defense, chess, chess game, Chess Openings, Chess Strategy, Chess Tactics, Chess Training, Horatio Caro, Jacques Mieses, Marcus Kann, strategy, strategy game

1.e4 c6 The Caro-Kann was named after Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann who analyzed it in 1886. Kann scored an

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Top 5 Free Chess Databases

April 20, 2019January 1, 2020 PapaDragon 7 Comments challenge, chess, Chess Engine, chess game, Chess Microbase, Chess Strategy, Chess Tactics, Chess Tempo, Chess Training, chess-db, ChessBase Reader, Database, Parallels Desktop, SCID, Shane’s Chess Information Database (SCID), strategy, strategy game

As you progress in your chess career it will become apparent that you have a lot of chess games you