GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko is a grandmaster, mathematics PhD, Chessable author... and August 2025 Chess.com Coach of the Month! Mykhaylo has counted GMs Bassem Amin, Ahmed Adly, and Alexander Ipatov among his students, not to mention the countless pl...
For anyone serious about chess improvement, Chessable is the premier place to learn the game. Chessable has hundreds of courses for all levels, from beginner to Lifetime Repertoires that even grandmasters study. With so much content, it can be tri...
Have you ever played a brilliant move in one of your games? How about more than one? They're hard to find, so it's difficult to score several in a game. However, there's one tactical trick that's likely to let you stack up multiple brilliant mov...
"There is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot." - Jim Loy Last week, many of us watched the exciting Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas tournament. The gambling capital of the world might seem li...
Learning how to play the opening can be a great way to get better results, but it also demands time and effort. While there are many openings you can play as White, some may not be the best option for beginners. That's why it's so important to pic...
“There is no concrete preparation, the way it is in normal chess when you can memorize 20 moves and it's hard to even get a game—in this format, you always get a game!" - Magnus Carlsen, February 9, 2024. Have you tried F...
As the second half of 2025 begins, there is a lot going on at Chess.com, as always. But what is new is chess at the Esports World Cup, where $1,500,000 will be up for grabs starting on July 29. This past month also saw exciting events, a new half-...
Once upon a time, before Stockfish and glowing evaluation bars, analyzing your games meant something entirely different. You'd grab a notebook, sit with a friend or coach, replay the moves from memory, and try to answer questions like: "Where did ...
Recently, WGM Maria Manakova posted an interesting position on her Facebook page. She wrote: "A fun puzzle for third or forth category players." According to the old Soviet chess classification, it refers to people with a US Chess rating somewhere...
GM Valeriy Aveskulov earned that prestigious title of grandmaster at the age of 20, but largely walked away from competitive play when he was just 23, in order to focus on imparting everything he learned as a player in coaching professionally inst...
Chess has a deep-rooted history in India, tracing back to its origins as chaturanga. The transition from the traditional Indian version to the westernized format remains an overlooked chapter, but a remarkable discovery has now brought this forgot...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Yes, that's right, pants were a key storyline in chess this past month (this year, really). But not just any pair of pants: GM Magnus Carlsen's pair of pants. Read on to see what the heck we're talking about, plus other key events in chess this ...
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...
Last year, I shared a powerful opening trap, and judging by the comments, you, my dear readers, liked it. Since I got numerous requests for more traps like this, I will share another one, which is even more powerful than the previous one...
Our first Coach of the Month in 2025 is GM Danyyil Dvirnyy! Danyyil moved to Italy with his family in 2003, turned professional in chess before graduating high school, and obtained his grandmaster title in 2013 at the age of 22. That same year, he...
The 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals was an exciting event with many thrilling encounters, combinations, and blunders: everything chess spectators love to watch. In this smorgasbord of "tasty" chess, you could easily miss the following one: Wh...
2024 was full of great games. We had it all: surprising opening ideas, unusual tactical themes, unexpected defensive resources, devastating attacks. I had the pleasure of dedicating many hours during the past year to an in-depth analysis of the be...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from GM Arturs Neiksans as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers club!...
IM Andras Toth is an international master, decades-long chess coach, popular Chessable author, streamer, and more. Andras was the 2021 Chessable Author of the Year and has even co-authored a course with fellow Hungarian GM Judit Polgar. Now based ...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from CM Can Kabadayi as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers clu...
