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The Death of the Professional

The Death of the Professional

GM alexcolovic
| 8 hrs ago

The modern chess environment is not favourable for the common chess professional, who relies on playing opens and leagues to make a living. The general trend of sharply increased competition from the young generation (not only Indians) coupled w...

Wayward Queen Attack | STOP! 🛑 It's BAD! 😱

Wayward Queen Attack | STOP! 🛑 It's BAD! 😱

vitualis
| 9 hrs ago

#waywardqueen #beginnertips  The Wayward Queen Attack (1. e4 e5 2. Qh5), is an opening that is commonly played by beginners. In fact, in the Lichess community database when limited only to players with an average ELO of 400, it is played...

March Blitz and Memes

March Blitz and Memes

SheldonOfOsaka
| 15 hrs ago

Hello, my fellow chess lovers, and welcome to another edition of Blitz and Memes. If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do. As always, the tactics ha...

A Century of Chess: Carlsbad 1923

A Century of Chess: Carlsbad 1923

kahns
| 3 days ago

If there’s a single moment when hypermodern chess crossed over into the mainstream, Carlsbad 1923 is as good a candidate as any. Nimzowitsch appeared in his first major tournament in years displaying his revamped style, which one observer (N...

ASK MAGNUS CARLSEN A QUESTION!

ASK MAGNUS CARLSEN A QUESTION!

Richard
| 5 days ago

Hey chess fans! We are excited to announce that we’ll be recording some videos with the GOAT Magnus Carlsen very soon, and we want to ask him some great questions straight from you! The Chess.com community! Have a question you’ve alw...

CHESSBASE Online Style Boards

CHESSBASE Online Style Boards

Agiota_do_Artenio
| 6 days ago

Online CHESSBASE style boards adapted for chesscom! English translation. There are three styles to choose from, you can customize them by activating or deactivating internal or external borders, backgrounds and highlight color, choose internal o...

Steinitz French: Practical Insights

Steinitz French: Practical Insights

FM mizant
| 7 days ago

The first step in preparing the Steinitz variation, whether playing as White or Black, is to examine the best model games. Among these, the match played between Steinitz himself as White and Alexander Sellman as Black is arguably the most instruct...

Thin Evaluation Bar with Stylus

Thin Evaluation Bar with Stylus

Agiota_do_Artenio
| 9 days ago

Evaluation bar was made wider in chess.com beta, you can use Stylus to make it thin again. First thing, install Stylus browser extension (Chrome, Edge or Opera or for Firefox ) than get the code for the evaluation bar here.

How to defend worse position?

How to defend worse position?

GM Storne89
| 11 days ago

Greetings to all my dear chess friends! I am excited to use this chess blog to share my unique teaching style with you. My goal is to analyze at least one exciting game or position every week. I hope you will find it both informative and enjo...

How to calculate better?

How to calculate better?

IM MatBobula
| 12 days ago

Recently, I released a series called 'Stop Making Blunders!' All the episodes are available on YouTube. One of the topics that I focus on is calculation, and there are two videos explaining that. _________________________________________________...

A Century of Chess: Copenhagen 1923

A Century of Chess: Copenhagen 1923

kahns
| 13 days ago

Aron Nimzowitsch had been an emerging star before the war, finishing shared second at San Sebastián 1912 and qualifying for the elite St Petersburg tournament of 1914 where he failed, however, to make the final round. The war displaced him ...

Vienna Game 2… c6 | GREEDY QUEEN CHASE! 😋

Vienna Game 2… c6 | GREEDY QUEEN CHASE! 😋

vitualis
| 15 days ago

#vienna #greedyqueen #royalfork  This game is a cautionary tale. Bringing out the queen early is often seen as a mistake out of defined lines of theory; certainly it is risky. However, when given the opportunity, it can be difficult to r...

Viktor Tietz. A Forgotten Game

Viktor Tietz. A Forgotten Game

simaginfan
| 15 days ago

Afternoon everyone. it's been quite a week here, but I have been able to look at a little bit of chess, so a small blog - mainly to show a forgotten game with a charming finish. Over in the twittersphere a friend posted the picture that the head...

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