The 2021 U.S. Chess Championship is a 12-player, 11-round tournament that takes place October 5-19, 2021 in St. Louis to determine the next chess champion of the United States. The 2021 U.S. Women's Championship is being held concurrently with t...
Grandmasters Magesh Panchanathan and Arun Prashad are two of the best chess coaches teaching today. In this incredible series of articles, they take deep dives on all sorts of topics, from classic openings, to unique patterns, chess history, and m...
He didn´t like school but has a masters degree in computer science, his nickname is "Captain Mag-Pan" (according to IM Danny Rensch) and he happens to be a fan of Gandhi... Meet Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan from Madurai in India, host...
Dear GM thamizhan, I am busy going over some of my games, and I am mostly confused about the ideas behind pushing pawns on the castled king-side. I think in this first position the idea is a fairly simple tactic. By playing h5 black is attacki...
Dear Thamizhan, I am a d4 player, rated 1300-1400 and I enjoy playing the Samisch Variation against the King's Indian. a) What are the factors or principles that I must use in order to win a game whenever I am in a good position? b) Since th...
by GM Magesh and GM Arun From: Mustafa Rashid In middlegames and openings I use the imbalance system to logically think through my moves which I find very helpful. I've studied a few books on the endgame but I still don't understand this phase ...
Hello GM thamizhan; I have questions relating to chess studying and hope you can answer these questions: - After reading IM Soltis's Studying Chess Made Easy I understand that in order for a player to improve in chess they ...
These three letters might not mean anything to a Non-Indian, but trust me it means a world to Indians right now. MSD stands for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the Indian Cricket team. India won the Cricket World Cup last week beating Sri Lan...
