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Your Opponent Pushed Their g-Pawn. Now What?
I’ve been coaching for over 12 years and this particular problem comes up in my lessons with students quite a lot: Opposite-side castling, or a blocked center, and your opponent starts throwing pawns at your kingside. First g5. Then h5. And...
Chessalyz September Update: Matty Answers Back
We were busy during September with a ton of updates over at Chessalyz.ai. Here’s what we’ve been working hard on:
Not convinced? Follow up.
Matty's coaching is now a conversation: ask "but why?" on any critical moment and he answers abo...
Don't Ask If Your Move Is Good. Ask If It Loses.
Back on December 3, 2025 I posted a note about a position where White has two tempting captures, 1. Nxf7 and 1. Nxe6. Look at the position below and try figuring out yourself which move is correct:
Should White play 1. Nxf7 or 1. Nxe6?
Bo...
The Most Common Chess Mistakes at Every Rating Level and Which Ones to Fix First
I’ve been coaching chess full-time since March 2014 and over that time I’ve taught more than 6,000 1-on-1 lessons (just crossed it recently with 6,023 at the time of writing) to players all throughout the rating spectrum. After that many ho...
You're Down a Pawn. Now Trade Pieces.
When you’re down material, everyone tells you not to trade pieces. Most of the time that's good advice. But there's a whole category of positions where trading is how you save the game when you’re down material, and knowing when to do it ca...
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