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10 Opening Traps That Actually Work
It was on July 17, 2019, that I lost all faith in humanity. That was my first loss to the shameful Englund Gambit, which left me wondering what type of person does this. Why would someone play a dubious opening...
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Knowledge Is Power!
Francis Bacon's famous statement: "Knowledge is power" was written in big block letters on a wall of my school, so I read it more than a thousand times in my childhood and it became firmly engraved in my mind....
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Find Out Your Chess Horoscope
You may not think that chess and horoscopes would usually intersect. Could the alignment of stars and planets really affect chess skills from month to month? Maybe. Spring is coming, everything is changing, and...
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Webster Reaches 5-0, Rio Grande Beats Reigning Champions
Webster reached 5-0 while Rio Grande defeated the defending champions in week five of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). Though Webster achieved a commanding overall score, they did so with a balanced...
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Chess.com And Lide Haiti Raise $42,794 To Empower Girls In Haiti, Rainn Wilson Stars
Chess.com and the nonprofit Lide Haiti raised $42,794 to empower at-risk adolescent girls in Haiti (including via chess programs) during a star-studded live event featuring Rainn Wilson on Friday. The June 2 event—hosted...
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'Half Man, Half Zombie' Nakamura Wins Chessable Masters, Beats Caruana Twice
GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023 Grand Final to win Division I on Friday. The "half man, half zombie," as GM Robert Hess called Nakamura on...