Hey all! welcome back to another tournament game of mine, today we're looking at my 7th ever tournament game where I played on the white side of a ruy lopez and struggled to find effective plans and let a win slip! Before we get into the...
Hey all! We are back with another tournament game and this one had some important lessons in it, this was played all the way back in 2017 but the lessons learned here are still relevant today! If you are more interested on reading about the game...
Hey all! Welcome back to another post about my tournament games, today i would like to cover a game I had in the Ruy Lopez which felt like I made quite a few mistakes that I would love to discuss today. Before we get started, I would lik...
Hello everyone! Today I would like to cover my first Queen Sacrifice in a tournament game! This was an interesting one where I had played an inaccurate opening and middle-game and my opponent over-pressed in a better position allowing me to win. ...
Just a fun fact here, this is my 5th tournament game if we also include my national rating in the mix. However, this is my first ever FIDE rated game and it went as well as many would expect (it didn't). The game started off as a d4 openin...
First off, congratulations to gukesh for crossing 2700! I think as a celebration we should look at the game he won in order to cross this important barrier. The game played was vs Le Quang Liem and it was a doozy! From the last move pl...
Hello everyone! Today I would like to talk about a game that is very dear to my heart because of one critical moment, the game is Wesley So vs. Gata Kamsky and was played in the U.S. Championships. When I watched this game live, this was...
Today I would like to discuss one of my favorite openings of all time, the King's Indian Defense! This opening has been played by some of the best chess players of all time, it's primarily used against 1.d4 (also can be used against c4 as there ...
Today I would like to discuss my 2nd ever tournament game! This game was a Caro Kann and turned out quite poorly for me. Partly due to my inexperience of the opening and mainly due to my inexperience in chess as a whole. I would like to discuss ...
Today I would like to look at one of my favourite games of all time! This game was Gledura - Anand and was played in 2016! There were three big points of the game that made a big impression to me from this game. Lets check them out! Bh7+ w...
The Ruy Lopez has a rich history in the game of chess, it's been played by every range of player and it's themes are extremely deep, but this may sound a bit daunting for new players so in this blog I wish to break down some of the basics of the o...
Today I would like to take a deeper look into my first ever tournament game. I have already analyzed this one several times in a public manner but would like to take one last look at it as I think it can serve as a form of inspiration for new pl...
Today I would like to discuss a very important game that I hold closely to my heart. The game is Fischer vs. Gadia and it was played in 1960. The game is interesting because of it's use of weak squares, so lets take a look at how the ga...
Endgames are arguably the most important phase of the game for players to study. The reason is in the name. Since endings are the last possible phase of the game, evaluations go from the more nuanced slightly better, slightly worse to the objectiv...
The longest chess game ever played in an official tournament as of writing this post was Nikolić vs Arsović played in Belgrade in the year 1989, This game lasted 269 moves and took 20 hours to complete! The game ended up being a draw: When I f...
We all know Chess, the game played on the 8x8 checkerboard with 6 different pieces: the pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, queen and the king. It's undoubtedly one of the most famous board games of all time known for its seemingly...
Chess is a very complex game and because of this it can often become difficult to find a plan. You may notice that many strong players will try to provoke weaknesses from their opponents and squeeze as much of an advantage out ...
Endgames are undoubtedly a very important part of chess, from understanding how to convert a material advantage to key concepts such as zugzwang or opposition. But how well do you know theoretical endgames? In this blog I would...
