In my previous article, I discussed how to build a strong opening repertoire with the white pieces. Now, we will figure out the even harder challenge of getting a good game as Black. What To Play Against 1.e4 What To Play Against 1.d4 Wha...
FM/WIM Yosha Iglesias, who made headlines in 2024 as the first-ever transgender player to achieve the woman international master title, is also a passionate and insightful chess coach. Yosha recently shared several of these insights with Chess.com...
Greg Mustreader has made a name for himself in the chess world for his amazing interviews with several top players, among them GMs Fabiano Caruana, Daniel Naroditsky, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and IM Sagar Shah. Greg has had a successful career in law, ...
Greetings, chess fans! You might remember that in late December I published a study plan for advanced players. I gave a brief overview of what type of openings you should look for and where to look for reliable sources. Now, I'll attempt to expand...
There are many gambit lines known in chess. Some of them are very sharp and dangerous, others are more positional and not even real gambits, like the Queen's Gambit. Today, I want to discuss one of the most dangerous gambits in chess, which you pr...
There aren't many chess players who are featured in the New York Times, have met former U.S. presidents, and have had their book sold to a major Hollywood studio. Tani Adewumi did all of that before he became a teenager! With the recent news of ...
When Adam Weissbarth founded Silver Knights Chess Academy in 2006, he had no idea how far it would grow. Joined two years later by his brother Daniel, the duo have built one of the most prominent scholastic chess programs in the United States. T...
Chess.com’s historic "Magnus vs the World" Vote Chess match has attracted a record-breaking attendance with 100,000 registrants breaking the previous 70,000 record against former World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Over a dozen moves into the ...
Losing in chess is a small death. — Albert Camus Picture this: You're playing an important game. Hours of intense battle (assuming it's an OTB game), you've built an advantage, everything's going according to plan… and then&md...
The 2025 Reykjavik Open marked the return of one of the world’s longest running and ever-growing open tournaments. This year is special, sadly, due to the passing of Iceland’s first grandmaster, Fridrik Olafsson, just days before the t...
Not many chess careers are as long, as varied, and as successful as GM Susan Polgar has crafted. Not only was she the first woman to become a grandmaster via norms, the eldest of the famed Polgar sisters later became an Olympiad gold medalist, a w...
Many years ago, a young aspiring chess player was planning to play a big tournament abroad, but there was one problem: money! Just like many young players, he couldn't really afford the travel expenses, so he decided to ask for help at the depar...
What's in a name? Have you seen this famous clip of GM Hikaru Nakamura calculating a deep combination in seconds with his famous "check, check, check...." How can Hikaru calculate that quickly? He's amazing, but it helped that he knew the s...
After a successful playing career, including a peak FIDE rating of 2641, April 2025 Chess.com Creator of the Month GM Tamas Banusz spent several years as a second to world championship candidate GM Richard Rapport. After that, Tamas finally began ...
CM Can Kabadayi is one of Chessable's most popular instructors, and is now the Chess.com Coach of the Month! The 2024 Chessable Author of the Year and a cognitive scientist by trade, Can uses several tricks of that trade in order to teach importan...
Former world champion GM Magnus Carlsen recently lamented that it's "kind of sad to see how far you have to go to get a game, that you cannot really play the best lines anymore." Chess engines have demonstrated that all mainstream openings, and ev...
"How do I get better at chess?" It's probably the number-one question people ask to more experienced players, along with "Want to play a game?" There are many things you can do: review your games with a better player, consult Game Review after you...
WGM Sabina Foisor has been coaching and teaching chess for more than a decade, in addition to continuing her playing career and writing a book. Now, she is the Chess.com Coach of the Month for March 2025! The Romanian-American woman grandmaster ...
Over 1.5 million (and counting) users have made the Chess.com Daily Puzzle a part of their daily chess routine. As the Daily Puzzle curator, I aim to excite, challenge, and sharpen your puzzle-solving skills. In this article, we'll focus on tips t...
If you are wondering why I would talk about the blockbuster movie from the 1990s on a chess website, don't worry. This article is about the tenth World Champion, Boris Spassky, who passed away on February 27. While I saw Spassky on numerous occa...
Chess is the most written-about game in history. People have been writing and studying chess books for 1200 years Even in the internet age, chess books are still a great way to improve your game, but with so many out there, what should you be read...
Agne Semonaviciute is a Lithuanian Twitch streamer, YouTube creator, chess player (whose 1934 FIDE rating is nothing to sneeze at!), and more. In just a year and a half of creating content, she has already built an audience in the thousands. Agne ...
With AI getting more efficient every day, the world worries that humans will eventually become obsolete. Chess players, however, don't really have to fret. Chess engines have been crushing humans for years now. But, as sad as it is to get rolled...
As 2025 gets into full swing and Chess.com welcomes it's 200,000,000th member, we have a boatload of updates for you this February. Events, content, community—it's all here! Here's what this update covers: Events Product & E...
Are you looking to get better at chess but are overwhelmed by all of the content out there? Worry no more! Here's a complete guide to all of the training material on Chess.com. Play Chess Puzzles Lessons and Courses Analysis, Game Rev...
