There's no way around it—every chess game starts with the opening. These first few moves are crucial to determining how the rest of the game will go. Because of this, learning how to play the opening well can drastically improve your results...
I would like to start this article with a warning: what you are about to see cannot be unseen. I'll understand if you click away right now. But if you're brave enough to power through this, get ready to see the nine most awful chess sets you've ev...
It's evening in Romania, and WFM Maria Yugina and GM Mihail Marin are sitting on the couch at home for our interview. Their rescue dog, Foxy, bounces around the room, playing around and chasing her own tail, at one point disconnecting the camera a...
I still remember my childhood evenings, watching Searching for Bobby Fischer over and over, the script becoming nearly a manual for my chess pursuits. Even in the mornings before venturing to my earliest scholastic tournaments, I found inspiration...
Last month marked 88th birthday of GM Eduard Gufeld, who was born March 19, 1936 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Even though he died over 20 years ago in 2002, he is well-remembered for his entertaining style of play and strong sense of humor. Among many pictur...
The games begin on Thursday, April 4, 2024, for the FIDE Candidates Tournament and FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament! They are being held simultaneously in Toronto, Canada. This article has all the information you need to watch, follow, a...
NM Ben Johnson is the mastermind behind Perpetual Chess, one of the world's most-loved chess podcasts. He has spoken to grandmasters, world champions, adult improvers, content creators, and other luminaries of the chess world every week since star...
The world is full of chess advice. You will find all sorts of ideas in books, videos, and articles. While most of the wisdom you receive will help your game, here are five popular pieces of advice that you are better off ignoring. Don't Play B...
Artificial intelligence is well on its way to controlling the world, or so the computers would have us believe. In reality, computers on their own are still pretty dumb things, even when they appear smart. We spent some time asking ChatGPT some ...
A fan-favorite Chessable course creator, GM Erwin l’Ami has quite literally written the book on some of the most popular ways to start a game with the black pieces. Thousands of people have benefited from his work as one of the chess world...
It's a whopper of an update this month, with some exciting new features and improvements to make your Chess.com experience better than ever. How many visits did the website receive in January, and how many rating points were refunded by the Fair P...
By the age of sixteen, FM Anna-Maja Kazarian had won 25 separate national championships in various age categories. In 2015, she was crowned the U16 Girls' European Youth Champion. In 2020, she claimed the Dutch Women's Internet Chess Championshi...
HunterWhiz is a relatively recent addition to the online chess landscape, but it hasn’t taken him long to beome an established presence on Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, and more. Even Chess.com’s very own IM Danny Rensch is a bit of a fan...
Who is good chess player? It sounds so simple, but this question from Neal Bruce, the founder of ChessPunks, generated a lot of discussion on Twitter recently. Lots of people offered their thoughts and conflicting opinions. At what USCF/FIDE r...
After six qualifying tournaments throughout the year, the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) is ending 2023 with one of the most anticipated finals ever. Our last eight contenders for the throne: GMs Magnus Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Fabiano Caruana,...
Chess drama this, chess drama that… If you’ve been on Twitter/X in the last couple of months, you’ve probably been inundated with discussions over whatever the latest scandal is that day. It can get tiring… maybe you&rsqu...
Do you still remember when you were bitten by the chess bug? Followed by that feverish desire to improve in the game? Only to realize that you started “too late” to amount to anything? In this era of prodigies and 12-year-old grandma...
November has come, bringing with it a huge new partnership and lots of exciting developments in the chess world. Can you defeat Duo, or will this cultured green owl be your doom? Here's what this monthly update covers: Product & En...
Ask any mom what she wants the most at the end of the day, and you will most likely hear: “Quiet time, please!” Adding chess to a mother’s full plate might not sound sensible, but, if at all possible, some amazing benefits can be...
Whether you're a fearless attacker or a calm defender, I promise there's a chess legend who shares similarities to your playing style. That is unless your playing style is memorizing 10 moves of theory and then blundering your queen. But I'm sure ...
The 2023 Speed Chess Championship ran its course, the Chess Clash event concluded after some spectacular battles, and Billie Joe Armstrong has awoken from his slumber—September has ended. Enjoy a recap of everything that happened over the ...
KDlearns' first introduction to chess was the same as it was for many other people: he was mercilessly destroyed by his older family members and didn't play for years after that. His reintroduction to chess follows another familiar pattern: he sta...
September is here, much to the delight of Earth, Wind & Fire fans around the world. Find out what happened in August and what major events and activities you can watch (or even take part in) over the coming weeks. Here's what this mo...
Chess Clash, the ultimate strategy battle between chess and Clash creators, is almost upon us. The event will feature a mixture of chess, Clash of Clans, and Clash Royale challenges, so there's really no telling which team is going to win. But w...
WCM Alexandra Prado, also known as AlexandraChess, is the mind behind some of the internet's most-viewed chess content, with hundreds of thousands of followers across different platforms. How did a young chess champion from Bolivia become one of t...
