Some people’s lives are marked by careful planning, others by a series of coincidences that feel almost too unlikely to be true. For the Norwegian IM Sebastian Mihajlov, the story leans towards the latter. Back in 2014, obsessed by Costa ...
How do humans decide when to trust AI and when to take control? Kevin Yang, a Biopsychology major at UC Santa Barbara and U.S. Chess National Master, explores this question through the lens of hand-and-brain chess, a unique format where one teamma...
Early in his coaching career, NM Robert Ramirez worked with two gifted young students. Eager to accelerate their growth, he encouraged them to play up in tougher sections instead of remaining in their age group. One of the students, still a thi...
For Michael Green, a chess trainer and content creator based in Liverpool, a defining moment of his coaching career took place in Izmir, Turkey. Partnering with GM Dragan Solak, he brought together ten young players from the United Kingdom and ...
Chessable is proud to announce that a major new study on sex differences in chess performance has been published in Chance, a peer-reviewed journal. The work, partially funded by Chessable, represents one of the most comprehensive analyses ever...
Mistakes are the worst… right? You spot the tactic one move too late, miss the quiet move that conquers it all, or overlook a sneaky intermezzo. We’ve all been there. Sure, it’s frustrating; but here’s the twist...
When GM Alex Colovic became the first grandmaster to publish a Chessable course in 2016, he set a precedent that has only grown stronger in time. Since that debut, he has established himself as not only one of the platform’s most prolific...
Growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, NM Ruben Mashal found his calling in chess teaching at just 17 years old. In a region rich with strong players and tournaments, he learned to be inventive by turning books and creative training methods int...
Christoph von Puttkamer (né Kuberczyk) first discovered his coaching spark around the age of 14 or 15, when he stepped in to lead his high school chess club in Hamburg, Germany. Not long after, he obtained an official coaching license an...
The Charlotte Chess Center is one of the premier chess institutions in the United States. What began as a small community initiative has turned into a major American chess hub, hosting some of the most prestigious national and international tou...
Today’s update brings you new tools, smoother training, and serious potential for Elo gains! For the first time ever, you can now run engine analysis right inside the app… powered by the strongest open-source engine on the pl...
GM Arjun Kalyan’s first serious experience with coaching could not have been more testing. It was at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in his hometown of Chennai. As one of the assistant coaches for the Indian 'B' team in the open section, he prepa...
Karel van Delft is a prominent figure in Dutch chess education, known for blending chess expertise with psychology and pedagogy. As a journalist, author, and the founder of the Apeldoorn Chess Academy (Schaakacademie Apeldoorn), he has spent de...
Efstratios Grivas was 13 years old when he learned to play chess. A few weeks later, he entered his first competition, a round-robin youth tournament at the Kallithea Chess Club. Thirteen games later, he had suffered thirteen crushi...
This guest post has been written by Alan-Safar Ramoutar, an International Master and Chessable Author from Trinidad and Tobago. Have you ever wondered what separates the greatest chess players in history from the rest? It's not just...
Before he became a grandmaster, Jose Gonzalez had an eye-opening experience. Along with the top players in his country (including a grandmaster and other four strong international masters), Mexican Champion Gonzalez was assigned a trainer...
This post is written by Chessable Research Awards Coordinator, Dr. Alexey Root. All applications have been reviewed, and the winners have been chosen for the 2025 Chessable Research Awards! From the applications, Chessable selected two win...
This guest post was written by Karel van Delft and Dries Wedda. Karel van Delft is a psychologist, chess trainer, and the Science Project Manager at Chessable. He is the author of the book Chess for Educators and co-author of the book Developing...
Summer is upon us! But…you don’t really want to go…outside, do you? It’s hot out there. And there’s chess to be played! As Sheldon Cooper once said, “If outside is so great, then why has mankind...
When it comes to chess improvement, few voices bring a perspective as multidisciplinary and pragmatic as FM Nate Solon. He started as one of the strongest kids in the United States scholastic scene, spent seven years as a professional poker pla...
Shortly after winning the World Championship title in Singapore in 2024, newly-crowned Gukesh played a casual game with AI-generated pieces. In his first game after becoming World Champion, Gukesh played 1.b3, and proclaimed “for Adhiban!...
This blog post is written by WIM Luciana Morales, Social Media and Community Manager at Chessable. I’m going to keep it real – I never read IM Jeremy Silman’s books when I was learning. My own path was shaped by differ...
This guest post was contributed by Kamryn Hellman, a writer, chess player and video creator. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Creative Writing and Literature through Harvard Extension School. Kamryn’s journey in ...
What’s the first thing you connect with the name Garry Kasparov? Probably the words World Champion come to mind, images of his epic battles against Anatoly Karpov, his brilliant immortal game against Topalov or his legendary match against...
This blog post is written by WIM Luciana Morales, Social Media and Community Manager at Chessable. It’s easy to look back at your games and find dazzling tactical shots. A moment of brilliance is like fireworks against the nigh...
