The highest Elo rating to date is 2882, which belongs to Carlsen, while the last Elo rating of Kasparov is 2851. What is the rating of the best chess comp...

For all major FIDE events, the World Chess Federation has set a single time control. This means a standard 90 minutes is given to both players. This time ...

1.5 points is typically considered a “winning advantage.” As long as you don’t get checkmated (from a suprise attack), you should win the game. Exchange d...

If by theory you mean openings, you should wait until you become a 2000+ player. Before that you can know some main lines of a few openings, but not that ...

If you are going to play a classical opening (either d4 or e4) you probably want to place your bishops on the 4th or 5th ranks. Where does the term Fianch...

White has a half-move advantage. It is true that before each black move, white is ahead one move. However, after each black move, equal moves have been ma...

The bishops are better than knights in open positions, where there are long diagonals, so that they can cross the board in just one move, and also control...

A sport which relies on the use of skills, tactics and strategy. The modern adaptation of fencing is now attracting a new generation of competitors in Afr...

In modern chess, the most popular opening move for white is to immediately bring the king’s pawn forward two spaces. (This is notated as 1. e4.) The grand...

What is FIDE online rating? The FIDE online rating is just like regular FIDE rating, but to get and improve it you don’t have to travel the world and part...