Chess Vision

This afternoon I struggled with the position below. If you want you can use it yourself as a Stoyko exercise. The position is taken from Khm...

Somehow during the Christmas holidays I lose focus and become a bit more contemplative. This week I am at home, taking care of my children. ...

In last weeks post "searching for Steve Stoyko" I explained the dilemma I encounter when I select positions for my Stoyko Exercise...

As described in my last post, I am currently doing two Stoyko Exercises every week. The aim of these exercises is to improve my calculation....

At the moment I use two training methods. The first is step 6 of the steps method. I already did this book once (over a period of more than ...

Blunderprone has started a new circle of chess players on the road to improvement. I think this is a wonderful initiative and it certainly s...

When I started blogging last year my rating had reached an all time high. I hade made a jump from 2040 in november 2007 to 2068 in february ...