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New Champions On Their Way Ahead Of 2025

New Champions On Their Way Ahead Of 2025

CHESScom
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The end of the year is always a busy time, and Chess.com along with the rest of the chess world are not exempt. Right now there is an ongoing world championship, and everyone from content to Chessable is getting in on the fun. Soon, there will be ...

What Your Favorite Chess Piece Says About You

What Your Favorite Chess Piece Says About You

WCM lularobs
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Let me set the scene. You meet somebody new. The topic of hobbies comes up. You tell them you're a chess player. Suddenly, you're met with a deep, unsettling feeling... regret. You know it all too well. You and I both know what's coming. The Inevi...

How Grandmasters Play Chess

How Grandmasters Play Chess

GM Gserper
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In his book The Game Of Chess, Siegbert Tarrasch, one of the greatest players of his time, famously said: "It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well." Indeed, all great tournament results, ratings, and titles boil down to a sim...

Gold Medalist Shares His Top Coaching Game

Gold Medalist Shares His Top Coaching Game

NathanielGreen
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GM Srinath Narayanan is one of Chess.com's most impressive and accomplished Coaches of the Month yet. Most recently, Srinath made headlines as the captain of India's team at the 2024 Chess Olympiad that scored an amazing 21/22 to win gold! Srinath...

Gukesh Vs Ding: Here's What The Numbers Say

Gukesh Vs Ding: Here's What The Numbers Say

NM CoachJKane
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On November 25, World Champion Ding Liren will aim to defend his title in a match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju. IM Rakesh Kulkarni has analyzed the match and its place in chess history. Here's what we can look forward to. Match Details The 2024 ...

The Greatest Tournament Performances Of All Time

The Greatest Tournament Performances Of All Time

NM CoachJKane
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Every chess player dreams of playing a brilliant move or a spectacular game. More serious players hope to put together a masterful tournament and claim first prize. Yet, it's only the best of the best who can lay claim to have played the best tour...

The Tactic That Catches World Champions

The Tactic That Catches World Champions

NM CoachJKane
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Have you ever played against a grandmaster in a chess game? How long did you survive? If you lasted more than than 12 moves, then you did better than former world champion GM Anatoly Karpov in his roughest game, against GM Larry Christiansen. See ...

Online Chess Unites Prisoners Worldwide

Online Chess Unites Prisoners Worldwide

WIM Patty43
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The FIDE Social Commission (dedicated to using chess as a tool for social development) organized, in cooperation with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, the 4th FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners as part of FIDE&rsq...

How I Turned My Chess.com Blog Into A Book!

How I Turned My Chess.com Blog Into A Book!

kahns
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I started my chess blog, really, because I couldn’t figure out what else to do during the dead time of a day. Some people, I suppose, apply makeup, or scroll on social media, or listen to podcasts, but, when I was waiting for a train or some...

The Relentless Mind

The Relentless Mind

CHESScom
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Credit for this article goes to Pavel Lint, a senior developer at Chessable. The article is part of a series on Garry Kasparov, the rest of which is available at the Chessable blog. You know what’s interesting about GM Garry Kasparov? Ever...

How To Paint The Mona Lisa Checkmate

How To Paint The Mona Lisa Checkmate

NM CoachJKane
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"You guys are not going to see a nastier thing on the chessboard, maybe in your lifetime." That's what GM Aman Hambleton said right after delivering what is, without exaggeration, probably one of the most incredible checkmates the world has ever s...

The Most Important Tactical Pattern In Chess

The Most Important Tactical Pattern In Chess

GM Gserper
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Recently I was explaining a concept of a chess X-ray to one of my students. I don't need to do it too often since surprisingly, most chess players, even quite inexperienced ones, know about it. So, I described chess X-rays as a situation where a...