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Preparing in Minutes
Today’s hectic lifestyle affects everything. Unfortunately, chess tournaments didn’t go unscathed either. If in the past playing 1 game a day was something that went without saying, nowadays 2 (or sometimes even 3!) games a day are consider...
How I Became a Grandmaster
The following is my Quora post from 9 years ago. It’s still available there, but I thought it would be nice to have it as part of my Substack.
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I became a Grandmaster through unending punishment of pain....
My Routine
Recently I was asked about my daily routine when I was “at the top of my game.”
While I think that now I understand chess and myself better than in that period, I would still say that the “top of my game” was in the period 2012-2013. That...
Stunning Prophylaxis
Prophylaxis in chess can have different forms and this one is probably something you wouldn’t expect.
This insane position arose in the course of the analysis of the game Bagirov-Lputian from the USSR semi-final in 1980.
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Fischer's Move-Orders
I always wondered what Fischer had in mind as an alternative to his Najdorf Sicilian. We know that he played the Kan in Reykjavik, but Game 20 of the match with Spassky in 1992 may give us another idea.
That was the first game of the matc...
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Grandmaster. Helping players break plateaux with The Method: https://www.alexcolovic.com/method-substack. 20+ yrs chess pro, bestselling Chessable author. Capablanca’s Endgame Technique (ECF Book of the Year shortlist 2025; #2 on Chess.com).
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