mullerrj's Blog
The benefits of electronic chess boards (eBoards)
How electronic chess boards can improve your game
If you want to improve in chess, stop playing on your computer!
This blog is intended for beginner through intermediate chess players playing Classical chess.
Learning from mistakes, when they happen, with Lucas Chess
This blog is intended for Beginner through Intermediate chess players that play ‘Classical’ games of…
Learn to walk before you run
Disclaimer: this blog is intended for beginner through intermediate chess players.
Position Evaluation Problems & Chess Puzzle Training
Improve your chess game by adding position evaluation problems to your chess puzzle training
Lessons learned after my 1000th game on Lichess
This blog is intended for beginner through intermediate chess players playing Classical Chess games.
Learn chess notation in less than 20 moves!
Chess notation lets you review your games later.
Evaluating with K-MAPS
K-MAPS: a helpful mnemonic for evaluating chess positions and diagnosing blunders.
Want to be a grandmaster in chess? Choose your parents wisely.
Can you solve the Viral IQ Test puzzle?
Why do kids blunder in chess?
Know why kids blunder and how to minimize them.
Attack or be attacked
“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.” — Wilhelm Steinitz
How to prepare for a Scholastic Chess Tournament
7 steps to help you prepare for a scholastic chess tournament
Don’t ‘memorize’ your chess openings, ‘learn’ them instead!
6 easy steps to ‘learning’ your Openings.
Slow down, you move too fast...
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
Post-game Computer Analysis
Learning from your mistakes
FIDE vs Lichess Rating
Does Lichess Rating compare to USCF/FIDE rating?
Train your weaknesses, play your strengths!
Improve your weaker chess skills
No risk, no reward
He who does not take risks does not drink champagne.
What percent of the time are you making the 'best' move? (2 of 2)
How to improve your best move percentage.
Are you making the 'best' candidate move(s)? (1 of 2)
A decision making process for identifying the best candidate move.
Opening repertoire for beginners
What’s in your Opening Repertoire?
How to improve in chess- for beginners through intermediate!
What phase of the game do you need to improve upon?
Err less and Win more
Is amateur chess a losers game?