Exeter Chess Club

Dr. Dave's Canon of Instructional Chess Games

You see the same tired old examples in every instructional book, and all over this website. Why not put them all in a PGN file? You can play along with most of the games on this site from this page or another one. This needs a better index(left), but here they are:

• Hover mouse over board squares to see extra controls e.g. b2 = toggle autoplay, b5 = search, a5 = repeat last search, f3 = next game, f8 = shortcuts help

Select a section of the canon to go to below: Jump to a section of the Canon: Basic Tactics More tactics A puzzle Attacking play Model games for beginners Pawn sacrifices Attacking the castled King Sacrifices Queen's-side attack Openings Castling Opening theory Opening rules Exchanging Two Bishops or Time Positional elements Planning Space Weak pawns Why do we lose at chess Strategy and Tactics (Euwe) Strategy and Tactics II Clock control Endgame openings Meat and potatoes Swindling Problem themes in play Simple chess The Art of Analysis Defence Errors King's Indian Defence Manoeuvres Material inequality Psychology Style Endgames Pawn endings Pawn endings Pawn endings Mate with BB & BN Q vs R Rook endings Rook endings Outside passed pawn Bishops endings Bishop endings Two bishops Opposite bishops technique Blockades A finesse Finesses Minor piece endings Model endgame play Queenless middlegames Endgame openings Problem paradox Graded endgame exercises King's Indian Defence Lessons from Fischer Lessons from Capablanca Lessons from Nunn Lessons from Rubinstein Lessons from Tal Queen's Gambit Accepted and the IQP Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation

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