Good afternoon everyone. I am back from my travels. Whilst away a picture in my reading matter reminded me of a project I had never gotten around to. Benjamin Leussen. I have seen him described as the best Dutch player before Euwe, but O...
In Division 1, SRM-A and SRCC repeated their performances from previous years, both qualifying for the Finals of the 2026 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring Season just as they did in the last edition. SSN and JU Team A will play for t...
With any other great player who had any more glamor, Margate would be a big event in chess history — 23-year-old Sammy Reshevsky leaving the US for the first time as an adult, traveling to Europe, and defeating Capablanca in his first intern...
The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament starts tomorrow (March 29) in Pegeia, Cyprus, and it’s going to be one of the most exciting chess events in a long time. Eight of the world’s strongest players competing in the Open section and eight...
#otbchess #chessup2 #funchess #quickwin Click to subscribe to my YouTube channel! Earlier in the week on Wednesday 25th March 2026, I was very pleased to attend the inaugural meeting, the "First Move" of the Inner West Ch...
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something. ~ Wilson Mizner Welcome everybody to another tactically unsound edition of the Osaka Papers. On Sunday March 22nd, I found myself in the idyllic city of Kyoto, Japan, there t...
Please welcome back @JediGoat whose exile has ended after he correctly chose this match's victor (see here). If this were a more serious tournament, I actually might feel a little bad for Chigorin, as his path through this bracket was stacked. B...
Hey guys, it's SmarterChess! 👋 John Bartholomew and I just released a new video covering the 2026 Candidates tournament starting on Sunday already! The top players in the field are Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Javokhir Sindarov. But tha...
The chess world was surprised to see a Grandmaster blundering mate in one in an advantageous position. This is a very rare occasion. GMs, as all humans, can and do make incredibly big blunders, but it is not often you see a mate-in-one blunder in ...
On March 15, 2026, the MVP Chess K-12 Quads brought together 28 players from Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The event used a three round G/25 d5 quad format to support a wide range of US Chess ratings and first-time competitors. The t...
On March 19, the chess world learned that sports icon Erling Haaland is becoming a significant investor in chess events, specifically by investing in Norway Chess and its new tour format, the Total Chess World Championship Tour. What is important ...
You’re sitting down at the board for a tournament game. Maybe you lost last round and you’re still thinking about it. Maybe your opponent is rated 200 points higher than you and you’ve already convinced yourself that you’re...
A Conversation with Alex Byelashov By Ken Lee Reprinted Courtesy of Northwest Chess, March 2026 Issue Alex Byelashov (bye-la-shoff) astonished me when we discussed how he has managed to blend his multiple responsibilities (che...
In this blog post, I'll address my first classical chess tournament, which I've referred to in my previous writings as the event that changed my life and made me decide to dedicate myself more seriously to chess. In case you don't know me yet, I...
Dear Chess Friends! I'm excited to share highlights from my recent workshop "Typical Mistakes of Improving Players", where we explored the most common errors that even strong players make when they rely on memorized patterns instead of concrete ...
The author of this guest post is Sara Cavaglià, a PhD candidate at the University of Verona, Italy, and one of the winners of the 2025 Chessable Research Awards. In this article, Cavaglià reports on her pilot study which explores ...
In Division 1, SRM-A topped the regular 2026 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring Season with a perfect score of 7/7. SRCC and Jadavpur University stood second and third, respectively. The top-six teams qualified for the Playoffs s...
One of the days in mid-February last month served me a wonderful evening. Winter had begun to fade, the wind was blowing gently, and I could hear the soothing rustle of the leaves on the trees outside my house. I had to enjoy this moment. Closed m...
In 1925, the USSR’s Moscow tournament demonstrated what a chess heaven the Soviet Union really could be. Not only were the playing halls jammed but so were the streets with spectators jostling to get in. For many of the international masters...
#chessup2 #otb #viennagambit Click to subscribe to my YouTube channel! 🔥 Coupon code: CHESSNOOB64 for 10% off ChessUp products Hi everybody! I've been rather busy since mid-January 2026 as I've started a new job, and ha...
Let's distinguish tactics or forcing moves, and positional play or non-forcing moves. Chess and all of the chess-like games have these. Because there is another board, there are teams, and time moves into the foreground, bughouse has a third...
Chessable’s identity always stood on active learning… spaced reviews, videosync, trackable progress. With the new Repertoire feature, our platform evolves. Now you can personalize your training and pave your own path to Elo gains. ...
La "clavada" es uno de los recursos tácticos más importantes del ajedrecista, quizás el más importante. Este tema se manifiesta en innumerables combinaciones. Una vez que se topa con él en sus primeros pasos, el ...
In Division 1, SRM-A dominated the regular season of 2026 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) Spring with a perfect score of 7/7. The top-six teams qualified for the Playoffs stage. Standings After Week 7 | Division 1 This...
The thing about some true chess lovers is that they keep playing despite indifferent results and work even harder when success eludes them. The forces that will drive the local chesser (who is still schooling) away from competing are tremendous.&n...
