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IM Silman | Sitting in a coffee shop in Tokyo that’s little known but adored by those who frequent it, I was staring at the most beautiful and delicious cappuccino on Earth. This was my second one, but before I downed my drink I thought of IM John Grefe and IM Jay Whitehead, both now deceased. Once close to both these players, we had drifted apart. It tastes as good as it looks! Orderi... | Read More

ChessCenter | IM Danny Rensch and the ChessCenter team check in from the 2016 Chess.com meeting in Florida with big news from around the chess world. Learn when the Carlsen vs Nakamura mega-match will be played, hear from Hikaru Nakamura himself as FM Mike Klein scores an exclusive interview, and find out what happened to Hikaru's gold medal. | Read More

PeterDoggers | Three players took home the full point at the Tal Memorial today. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ruthlessly refuted over-optimistic play from Boris Gelfand, whereas Anish Giri and Ian Nepomniachtchi won in Kramnik-style, the latter against Vladimir Kramnik himself. In the best round so far, the Moscow super-tournament saw three winners at the end of a long day. Mamedyarov's win came&nb... | Read More

NM linlaoda | This post will be a little different. We'll be learning from a game of a bullet super-grandmaster a couple of their key traits that we can implement in our own games:Principal #1: take free material if isn't a blunder (it tends to be easier to play with the pawn up)Principal #2: when you have a choice, choose to defend your forces and thus reduce potential threats. This is a very important one tha... | Read More