they fixed the horrible "new" game review design for the old perfect one !Maybe this will solve your problem with the new update The game analysis board would greatly benefit to use the design o the game review,it would format the varian...
A CHESS.COM Legends League Shares His Trick To Get to 2ooo Points. by ThroughtonsHeir (Week 42 Divisional Cup Champion) During the first months of my adhesion to CHESS.COM as 2022 faded away, I started competing in the Player's League. B...
[Edit: Last updated november 23, 2024!]They brought it back SILENTLY withthe update of november 21-22 !! They didn't even shout it on the rooftops... sad thing !!! They are like dogs cowering with the tail between their legs! Claim it loud: we mad...
Or : how I managed to cross the desert of abandonmentto reach the final 48 ! Autumn is the season of transition, and here we are transitioning into a series of blogs about Chess.com tournaments! We will start with the ongoing "Under 1100 Chess.c...
CHESS🎃WEEN ! Disclaimer : The following blog is for adul readers. Discretion is advised. Explicit content - Parental advisory. Miss Direction : "Welcome to the HⒶLLOW33N themed blog of the month! " This week we will discover a dark aesthetics ches...
ROUND 1 : Partially Gained Notoriety. Have you heard the gospel of our good shepperd Portable Game Notation? As a programmer who left for other fields of work, it remains second nature to solve problems through algorithms. It keeps creeping back...
Pt. 2 - Preparation: the daughter of dedication. Anguish. That claustrauphobic sensation. The feeling of powerlessness of not having any room to manoeuvre with to move your pieces across the board. The realization that having developped this spec...
(This blog also has a francophone version : see blog frontpage!) Pt. 1 - First tournament in 25 years : the preamble. The preparations to obtain a FIDE rating can be done at any age. One day I might experience the achievement myself. At 40 years...
[ EDITORIAL NOTE: this was intended to be posted january 20-25th. Due to delays I had to put it on ice alongside (literally) my arm's physical health. No choice: I had to stop bullet for a while... I won't be back to those rating for a whil...
Always feels nice to accomplish a goal. Getting through tough matchups - finding a way to win against an opponent in front of whom we never seem to get an advantage - can be really exhilarating. I recently achieved a personnal goal of that kind, ...
Has the new generation boxed-up the old-school mindset of "analog" learning?With players of a younger age than ever reaching International Master and Grand Master status in the past decade, there have been musings - even from Magnus himself - abou...
Tournament diaries: Opening on the winning side of the trenches."Strategical Problems are born in the opening,which is why it is so important to understand the openings you play."-Michael SteanLearning to make the most out of positional chess was ...
[Edited: with a subtitle, cause views]Welcome back friends to this Chess Memoirs blog. This week we will be delving into multiple facets of the game that I've been studying in the past month. Bullet, Rapid and long-tenuous end-game are on the menu...
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Can you really QUIT Chess? [Or : How my return to the art brought me to Chess.com] - by Alex Hebert, Throughton'sHeir Starting this blog by asking a question is meaningful. Being one to quit chess in my late teens, I decided to ponder the subjec...
FIDE world Rapid And Blitz Championships Rapid Open Round 9-11 stats update! Stats gleaning from the live streams of the WRBC 11th round UPDATE! Round 11 matchups! Here is my 2nd update about the FIDE WRBC 2022!See the round 9 post here : [ Ro...
4D CHESS MEMEs #001 Totally unrelated chess.com crazy house level mischief When you only have 1 pawn left MEME, TheOffice's Michael Scott, by ThroughtonsHeir URBAN DICTIONNARY definition TO HAVE ONLY ONE PAWN LEFT : slang ...
Don't Fork with me! Resign joking about chess! #001 THE LEEROY JENKINS,"Pawn Edition" Do the Leeroy Jenkins, Pawn Edition on chess.com Presentation of the series :So I might not be funny to some, but I surely am not being cynical. Most definit...
FIDE world Rapid And Blitz Championships WRBC Rapid Open Round 7 stats update! UPDATE : Round 9 stats + Currently Happening ROUND 10 ! Watch the FIDE world Rapid And Chess Championships right now ! Currently happening : Rapid Open Round 7 !Live...
CHESS PLAYER'S LEAGUE Blog #003 - Elite div: 10,000pts reached in 6 weeks + 1 day ! Hello friends Is the Player League something you care about on Chess.com? Personally had never really did play competitive in such a manner except for Darkest D...
CHESS PLAYER'S LEAGUE Blog #002 KNIGHTS vs the Devil with 666 Points Elite division week 51, 2022![Click here : See my new Player's League Blog, #003 ] 666 Points - Leading my Elite division of the Chess Player's League Having reaching an imp...
FIFA World Cup 2022 Final Four Chess Bot National Teams Blog # 000 - The Genesis! Here are some ideas on what can be done working againts the FIFA football team who were in teh semifinals last week for the Qatar World Cup. See France's nationa...
CHRISTMAS CHESS BOTS #01 : Mr. Frosty has a brain freeze! UPDATE #1 : Finally Powder gets his own blogpost! [ Part 1 : Current page! You're reading about how to beat Chess bot Powder the Snowman!Part 2 : Read my blog on beating Chess bot EVEPar...
Welcome to this lil' blog, current version : 1.01 / 2012-12-16 Current status : WAITING!!! Study material is on the way! Introduction : What? Is this not just another standard post on your blog?Half and half. Draw the conclusion you want. I am n...
Some kind of monster? Peculiar Checkmate vs Komodo Chess Bot 7 on Chess.com Once upon a time I faced a creature with mighty chess talents (literally yesterday/this night), the Komodo Dragon, Level 7 / 1100 rating. I triumphed by some twist of f...
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CHRISTMAS CHESS BOTS #05 : Holly : My Nemesis DECEMBER 28 UPDATE : HOLLY bot still active, not yet deactivated!Still haven't defeated her ... try to and get her achievement while you can !!DECEMBER 19 UPDATE : no news... failed again yesterday! ...
