Stockfish, Horde Chess, and the Art of Critical Thinking
One of the best ways to improve in Horde Chess is to review your games and learn from your mistakes. Lichess offers a free computer…
Position Spotlight: The knight sacrifice I could make
As I go on in my journey through Horde Chess, I get the impression that sacrifices of a piece for 2 pawns are hard to…
Horde Chess Study #1 – The Three Pawnsketeers
In the following position, which I created, it is the turn of the player with the black pieces. The goal is to find the way…
Emotions in Horde Chess: Overcoming fear
Playing Horde Chess is not only about intellect, strategy, and deep thinking. It involves overcoming strong emotions - and fear is one of the dominant…
How to play Horde Chess: The complete guide
We have covered in this blog several topics in Horde Chess, from general tips to reviewing openings and endgames. But if you are new to…
My recent mistake on the endgame
Hi everyone. I would like to make a more personal blog post, about my own Horde Chess mistakes. In particular, ones I made during endgames…
Opening Overview: The Rook Shuffle
Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels We are about to discuss what may be the most conversational opening for Horde Chess. Is it good? Or is it bad?…
Horde World Championship Highlights (Part 2)
In these days, the Horde Chess World Championship of Lichess is taking place. I bring you the most interesting, cool, and teaching games and positions…
Horde World Championship Highlights (Part 1)
In these days, the Horde Chess World Championship of Lichess is taking place. I bring you the most interesting, cool, and teaching games and positions…
Position Spotlight: Finding Draw in a Hopeless Place
In Horde Chess, we sometimes have an opportunity to rescue draw from the worst positions. In The game svenos - Vasilisa_Egorovna reached to the very…