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    • Chess Cheating - Episode 4: A New Hope

      It’s been a rough month for Bulgarian professional players taking part in major chess events held in my home country. The newly-fledged FIDE master Borislav Ivanov has taken on every GM and IM ‘daring’ to enter a chess tournament here in Bul... | Read More

    • My Best Game Ever Played

      My Chess.com Blog abounds with instructive positions and memorable games by the great masters. Still, at times I like to entertain my audiences with real life games of mine, some of which have fascinated not only my opponents but also many of my o... | Read More

    • How to Defeat an International Master

      In today’s blog post, I am going to present you with one magnificent game played by a student of mine. In this game my student played against an International Master. In fact, these two players have played a match some time ago, but now, my stud... | Read More

    • Chess Cheating - New Revelations

      In today’s blog, I am going to cover the latest news concerning the Zadar Scandal case that shook the chess world and worried many tournament organizers whose worst nightmare came through at the Zadar Open in Croatia when a young untitled player... | Read More

    • Tata Steel 2013 - Brilliant Attacks

      Today’s blog post will bring the best of Tata Steel Open to you presented in an instructive way. As always, it is my greatest pleasure to annotate some of these brilliant games by the world’s renowned top grandmasters. In the video below, howe... | Read More

    • Chess Mysteries - The Cheating Scandal in Zadar

      Today’s blog post I have devoted to a sensitive topic in contemporary chess, one that may determine the future of the ancient game and ultimately destroy the beauty and sportsmanship that chess has been known for generation after generation. The... | Read More

    • Happy New Year and Brilliancy Prize

      In today’s New Year’s Eve edition of my blog post, I would like to present you with one amazing game by the legendary Bobby Fischer. This game he played at the U.S. Championship in 1963-64 against the strong international grandmaster Robert By... | Read More

    • Winning a Top GM in Online Blitz

      In today’s blog post, I have selected two very instructive games I played exactly a year ago on Playchess.com against one of the strongest British grandmasters, GM Nigel Short. The games were played over the internet at a comfortable blitz time ... | Read More

    • Attacking for Beginners

      In today’s post, I am going to focus on the basic attacking principles which every chess player should be very well familiar with and use to his advantage in every game. Attacking is not as simple as deploying your pieces on advanced squares and... | Read More

    • How to Beat a FIDE Master

      Welcome back to my Chess.com blog! Today, I will dwell onchess training and how important it is to a beginner player. Two years ago, a novice chess player contacted me with a request to teach him to improve further in his understanding of the... | Read More